Customer Reviews

SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition--Wrath of the Lich King Bundle- Zboard keyboard, WoLK keyset and Standard Qwerty Keyset

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

If you play a ton of WoW (and most people who play, play a lot), it's nice to have your hotkeys labelled -- it actually makes you more likely to use some of the more obscure ones because they are right there in front of you. As for the extra set of special keys that replace your numpad, I don't find them at all useful. Almost all the special buttons have to do with switching between chat channels or triggering an emote in one keystroke. So, if you aren't too concerned about getting from Raid Chat to Whisper to Party Chat and back without using your mouse, or being able to "roar" or "wave" or "spit" with a single keystroke, then the new keys aren't likely worth your cash.

Summary: It's a neat gimmick to have a keyboard with specialized keys and a pretty WOTLK graphic that announces to the whole house what a WoW-head you are (like they didn't know already by the fact you're never anywhere but that computer chair); but its a relatively inferior keyboard (it's rattly loud and not particularly ergonomic), and its functionality is somewhat limited.

I also had one whale of a time getting it to work. I used to have all those trials and tribulations detailed in this review; in the end I got a software engineer friend of mine to come over and sweep all references to this thing out of my registry and then I was able to install the drivers from the SteelSeries website (don't use the old outdated CDROM -- it's what led to my problems!).

SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition--Wrath of the Lich King Bundle- Zboard keyboard, WoLK keyset and Standard Qwerty Keyset

As soon as I got it I sent it back. Don't waste your time on this board with other options on the market, Wotlk fans.

The functionality of the keyboard is nice, however, several issues with the board itself.

A.) The drivers that come with the board are not compatable with Vista 64. The disk does indicate that the drivers will work with Win XP 32/54 and Vista 32/64. Not the case when going to install them. You may download the drivers from the manufacturer's website directly with limited bandwith. The download of 52 mb was "cruising" at a whole 15k kbps. (I have broadband).

B.) Secondly, the keyboard looks terribly cheap. The silk screen process they used to put the characters on the keys must not have been so great. This keyboard was bought new and unfortunately it looked used. Also, the graphics that have been put on the keyboard look like stickers. That wasn't really an issue for me; I figured they would be, however, they looked like that had sat out in the sun for a week and had become faded.

There are a lot of other gaming keyboards out there for the same price. I would suggest looking at other options for your gaming needs.

Received this as a gift, but I would have to agree with some of the disappointments listed in the other reviews here. This keyboard did not give me any issues running on WinXP32 system, and I also had a mouse and card reader plugged into the additional USB ports on the back.

I have to admit a couple items. First, my primary system uses a Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, so it's not totally fair to compare the two boards in a head to head. Second, as this keyboard is on my second computer in a dual set-up, I spend more time using the standard Qwerty keyset on it than the WotLK one.

Does it do the basics and a little more? Sure. Is it a board I recommend for WotLK fans? Only if you find yourself also a collector of the WoW mousepad, WoW mouse, WoW laptop (from Dell) and drink the WoW soda. Otherwise there are better choices out there (how about that Logitech? - j/k).

This was a gift for my boyfriend who plays WOW all of the time and he really flipped out when I got it for him. He really enjoys it and it is great how easy it is to switch from the gaming keyboard back to a regular keyboard which was something I had originally worried about. I would recommend this board to anyone who is a HUGE fan of WOW!!!!

Piece of junk. Incompatability issues on every turn. No support. You click the link to go to the forums for zboard and you see their site is up for sale.
You could do a lot better. Research it out. See all the complaints by people just like you and I about this setup.Do your homework first!
Nuff Said!

I purchased this item for my fiance since I use the original zboard for world of warcraft and love it. However it seems now that Steelseries has purchased the original maker of the board Ideazon there is no support for the keyboard available. You can of course download the newest driver for the board at their site but beyond that good luck. There are keys that do not work as they are macro'd for and there appears to be no fix for this. I had even tried to use the keyset with my old base but found that the whole right side of the keyboard stopped working when I did that. Don't waste your money on this product unless you don't mind that the whole board may not work.

My son picked this out and he loves it. It seems better than some of the gaming keyboards and attachments that won't work as a regular keyboard as well.

I bought this for my husbands birthday and he loves it. We play alot of world of warcraft so its perfect, and if we ever decide to play a different game, the keyboard has other options for that. I recomend this for anyone who enjoys world of warcraft or other online gaming.

I bought the Wrath King edition to replace my Burning Crusades edition keyboard that had Coke spilled into it...I recommend this product as it is the second one I have bought from the company.

This Keyboard is Great! Regular keyboard works well for the limited work I do at home. The WoLK Keyset is Awsome for playing WOW. Keyboard shortcuts are easier to find making the game easier to play. Anyone who needs to look at the keys, needs this keyboard. You won't be dissapointed!