Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard ( PK02U )

Average customer rating: 4.5

NICE KEYBOURD
Good product
Best keyboard ever used
Great keyboard, but a little dim
Great product with one minor flaw.

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Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard ( PK02U )

Manufacturer: Saitek
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000H6AY6M

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Product Description

The Eclipse II keyboard gives you a choice of purple, red and blue backlighting colors, which are adjustable via a dimmer mechanism. Key characters and keypad illuminate making the Eclipse II ideal for use in any lighting environment. Solidly constructed from high quality materials and stylish silver casing (included), the Eclipse II's weighted base and large area rubber feet keep it firmly planted to the desk while cushioned. Silent keys mean hours of fatigue-free use.

Customer Reviews:

NICE KEYBOURD.......2007-06-01

I REALLY LIKE THIS KEYBOARD. THE LIGHT HELP WHEN I DON'T HAVE THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS ON. THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD IS THE M SOMETIME HAS TO BE HIT TWICE.

Good product.......2007-05-24

Good keyboard. I find the keys are a bit stiff, but they may loosen up a bit after use. The lighting is good. I find the blue to be a bit dim, but the red and purple settings are acceptable. Only thing I would add to the design is perhaps more special function keys, programmable of course.

Best keyboard ever used.......2007-05-22

Been using this thing for over 6 months now, love it. Was skeptical about paying that much for a keyboard, but have no regrets about it.
People complain about the brightness of the LEDs, could be brighter, but works well enough and much better than no LEDs at all. The brightness knob is useless and should have been a volume knob. This thing is heavy, with good rubber feet, does not move around, even under heaviest gaming actions. Three colors of LEDs to choose from, purple works best for me in the dark hours when playing WOW. Buttons have good solid feel to them, not too noisy when typing at full speed. The media buttons work well for controlling sound, would've preferred volume knob instead of volume buttons.
Overall this is a great keyboard and would recommend it to anyone looking for a solid keyboard for gaming or working.

Great keyboard, but a little dim.......2007-05-14

This keyboard has solid build quality feel to it. The keyboard is narrow like it is described, but that does not really affect your typing habits or speed. The heavily weighed base prevents the keyboard from wobbling or sliding around. This is a pretty standard keyboard and everything works as advertised. The multimedia control is good. The multi-colored backlit light is pretty cool. The keys are placed in standard location and all the keys are there... there is no missing CTRL key or arrow keys, etc.

Now for the negative, since this isn't the perfect keyboard. The backlit light is a bit dim in the dark (main reason why I wanted to purchase a backlit light). Out of the three colors (blue, red and purple), purple is the brightest and blue is darkest. You can not see the number 0 (zero) very clearly and the . (period) from the number pad is completely dark. The light brightness knob is not very useful since the light isn't that bright in the first place... but it's neat to play with.

The placement of the F1-F4 keys are a bit far from the ESC key. The reason why I say that is because most other standard keyboards have the F1-F4 keys placed a bit closer to the ESC key. The only reason why I mention this is because I am an online gamer and I use the F1-F4 macro keys a lot... very handy in conjuntion with the numbers 1-3 keys right below. It's not a BIG issue since I just have to adjust a bit.

Overall, great quality keyboard. The reflective cover finish is nice to look at and if you tap the plastic around the keys, you will notice the build quality is much better than most other keyboards out there. The two feet that props up the keyboard is adjustable with two heights, which I am using the lower leg prop of the two options. It doesn't have as much fancy gizmo keys as the Logitech G15, but it's smaller than the G15 and less than 1/3 the price... almost half the price of the G15 depending on where you buy it. I don't use a lot of macros anyways. The keys do not click with any annoying noise, which is the way I like... it is soft to press and does not have a deep rebound, but it is not as short to press as a notebook keyboard. The Eclipse II does not take up a lot of surface space but the four corner sticks out a bit, which may prevent flush fitment with a palm rest. I use a gel palm rest so it does not feel too out of ordinary.

If backlit under the dark is extremely important then you might check to see there is another keyboard that lights up brighter. I had a Eluminx keyboard that displayed much brighter keys, but that keyboard's light went out after two years of usage (otherwise it was a pretty good keyboard that had notebook keyboard feel).

Great product with one minor flaw........2007-05-14

The quality is excellent. The only improvement I can suggest is that the manufacturer should enable the user to program the backlighting color on startup. As it is the keyboard starts up with blue backlighting by default.

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