Need a keyboard with a back light

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Limp Gawd
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My Everglide DKTBoard finally broke on me, after about 9 months of casual use. This thing was $50 new and is actually of poorer quality than the $8 dollar Microsoft keyboard it replaced.

Since I've e-mailed them multiple times regarding their 3 year warranty policy and have received no reply, there is no chance of them helping me.

I need a keyboard that has a backlight, foremost. But I also want it to be small, compact. G15 is out of the question because it's too large. The Creative Fatal1ty keyboard is no longer available on most online retail sites, that leads me to believe it was unpopular, and that leads me to believe it was of poor quality. The Saitek Eclipse keyboards don't meet my size requirement, but some of the K series look promising.

Anyone have any experience with the Saitek K series keyboards, or another keyboard that I haven't listed?
 
I like my Saitek Eclipse II.
http://www.saitekusa.com/prod/eclipseii.htm
The different colored backlights make it easy to match your case lights if you have them and I really like the weight and feel. It's also a bit cheaper than the other keyboards listed here, but it's pretty much just a basic keyboard with backlight and media controls.
 
Did the backlight on your dktBoard go out or did it just stop working altogether?

I haven't had any problems with mine so far, and it's survived a few drops as well as being splashed with Bawls.
 
+1 for the Saitek Eclipse 1 or 2. I have the first one and love it, so I can only imagine having the option of 3 colors and slight improvements must make the 2nd one even better.
 
anonuser said:
If you want a small keyboard w/a backlight then you want the new Microsoft keyboard:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=102

You can detach the numpad/macropad to make it even smaller.

The only negative that I have read about this keyboard is that the escape key is in a nonstandard position and the space bar is longer than most keyboards. Check out this high resolution image to see:

http://images.gfx.no/508/508188/x6.JPG
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Thanks a lot. I settled on this one and I love it.


Raz1r said:
Did the backlight on your dktBoard go out or did it just stop working altogether?

I haven't had any problems with mine so far, and it's survived a few drops as well as being splashed with Bawls.
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No, a key broke, the paint wore off on all the W,A,S,D keys, it had no driver support, and Everglide's customer support would not respond to my e-mails. Will never buy from them again.
 
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