Logitech G-19 vs Razor Lycosa

[AngryYankee]

Alright, my first real gaming keyboard was the Razor Lycosa.  Today my G-19 arrived.  Time for a little comparison of the two.

Initial looks:
Lycosa: Shiny surface and flat keys for easy finger gliding.
G-19: Typical bulky keys and a matte base.  Tiltable LCD screen draws a lot of attention.

Installation:
Lycosa: PNP (plug and play)
G-19: Disc

Key press:
Lycosa: easy peasy, one of the better keyboards for key pressing.
G-19: Keys are more bulky and I am noticing more typos until I can get used to the layout.  Macro keys on the left side are throwing my off and instead of hitting shift of tab, I hit one of the macro keys.  Soft press keys make fast typing achievable.

Lighting:
Lycosa: one light color (red or blue, depending on purchased product), WASD specific lighting option, option to turn off lighting.
G-19: Fully customizable lighting.  Any color.  Not WASD specific.  If you want to turn off the lighting, you also turn off the LCD screen.

Media:
Lycosa: touch sensitive buttons for full media control including PC volume.  Died in about a month
G-19: Push button control with volume wheel and separate mute button

Macro keys:
Lycosa: None.  Macros are set up to any button of your choice.
G-19: 12 keys set aside for macro configuration with three different profiles for up to 36 macors in total.

Cabling:
Lycosa: USB cable, headphone/microphone input, one USB port (more of a USB extension since out cable plugs into a USB port in your computer.)
G-19: Power cable, USB plug in, two self-powered USB ports.

Rage:
Lycosa: Keys fly off easy and get lost.  Lighting issues.  No major pain.
G-19: Have not raged on it yet, feels sturdy and I might break my hand.

Annoyances:
Lycosa: large, uncomfortable wrist pad.  Removable.
G-19: No installation guide, just three photos.  Took a while to prevent the LCD screen from switching programs every 5 seconds.
Both: keyboard tilt feet too short.  Used crepe to prop it up.

Wow factor:
Lycosa: Touch sensitive media control with lighting options.
G-19: LCD screen.

[Schlup]

LMAO at the rage section.  You know I never did get the whole macro key thing.  I don't understand how to use it, why you would use it, what good they can be, etc.  I have the Tarantula and have 10 macro buttons but haven't used any of them.  Maybe somebody can help me with that.

[CoCoCountyKiller]

looks like G19 might be the winner......
we will wait and see


co.co.

[HashBrowny]

Schlup in regards to the macro settings there are not only game uses but also desktop uses.

desktop:
if you know each program or site and how many times to hit tab in between username and password. its been known to save macros of your user/pass for different sites as different macros. example.   Yahoo.com      Username: whatever ---password: whenever
in yahoo you hit tab button once to scroll from username to password so Macro setting would be
(whatever[tab]whenever[enter]).   then when you want to log onto yahoo you just click on the username box and hit specified macro button.

game: FPS games are not the best for macro. the only thing in FPS i found use for the macros on was in the zombie match using the Double Barrel Shoty. macro's can be the same key repeated until limit is reached and for the newer up to date gamepads, you can set that button 3 different ways, 1. repeat until next key is tapped,2. repeat while key is held, or 3. repeat 1-10 times depending on the gamepad. so for the shoty in zombies it does help.
  Rappelz and WOW are more of the games for macro use. to use combination attacks certain combos you deal better damage and with the ease of one button you can set it to do multi attacks with delays for proper timing in hits for best crit rate.

From: HashBrowny

[Schlup]

So far I'm hearing that I have no uses for macros then...