Winner of CES 2009 Best of Innovations Award
Logitech has discontinued this product. Now they are selling from 3rd party sellers at over $200. I purchased this product in December 2017 for $57. If you are thinking about buying this product, do not purchase it for any more than the $80 brand new. This price is around what I paid when I bought this keyboard approximately 2-3 years ago. I liked it so much for the games that I played that I bought a second, as a Christmas gift, for my brother who plays the same games.
If you are like me and are skeptical of things that you read, I suggest you look at Logitech's website. The product is no longer listed under their G series keyboards. The G13 keyboard missing from the site is what had me think the keyboard was discontinued. I was looking to buy a third for myself just in case my current one died.
I also suggest you Google "logitech g13 discontinued". This search, and the pricing on Amazon, confirmed to me that the keyboard is no longer being manufactured.
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Product description
Product Description
The Logitech G13 advanced gameboard gives you game-changing comfort and control. Naturally contoured design follows the natural shape of your hand and fingers for increased comfort during long sessions. Onboard memory lets you program up to 5 ready-to-play profiles, so you can take your personal preferences with you. Customizable backlighting lets you choose your colors and easily locate the right key in low-light conditions or lights-out play.
From the Manufacturer
| Game-Changing Comfort and Control Whether you’re rescuing hostages, on a quest with your guild, or saving humanity, you don’t want to worry about hand fatigue or hitting the wrong key. Introducing the Logitech G13 advanced gameboard--a hybrid gaming keyboard designed to complement your Logitech gaming keyboard and mouse--giving you game-changing comfort and control on a Mac computer or a PC. Unlike other gameboards that focus only on programmability, the G13 advanced gameboard incorporates the principles of our award-winning Comfort Wave design. So whether you’re getting into World of Warcraft or walking into your next LAN party, the G13 gameboard gives you a powerful advantage over those forced to work with less. Change your game and play with the best.
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Suggested games for the Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard:
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
- Left 4 Dead
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Crysis Warhead
- Fallout 3
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
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| Logitech G51 Surround Sound Speaker System Bring your games to life with 360-degree surround sound--for amazing audio clarity that lets you hear your enemies sneaking up behind you. | With simulator-grade force feedback, 900-degree of wheel rotation, and a true six-speed stick, this high-performance racing wheel lets you feel every inch of the road for maximum control. | Get an edge over the competition with unprecedented communication and control, thanks to programmable G-keys and an integrated LCD that displays key game information.
| The G11 Gaming Keyboard features 18 programmable G-keys that let you create useful macros on the fly--and then play them back with just one, time-saving keystroke. | With interchangeable grips, customizable weights, and adjustable mouse settings that are stored in onboard memory, the G9 Laser Mouse lets you personalize your entire gaming experience. | Logitech G7 Cordless Laser Mouse Featuring blazingly fast wireless technology and a high-resolution 2000 dpi laser engine for extreme precision, the G7 mouse gives you wireless freedom without sacrificing performance. |
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Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
When it died I got on here to order another and couldn’t believe the prices. Well, I’m not going to pay $250-300 for another board that’s going to die again. So I decided to repair/mod my board by shoe horning a Cherry MX blue keyboard switch into the location of the broken thumb switch and folks it’s better than the original. Your going to have to have some soldering skill, set of needle files, some very small wire, preferably a Dremel tool, drill, #1 philips screw driver, soldering iron with a needle tip, solder wick, super glue, hot glue gun or some type of epoxy. Lastly a lot of patience. It took me about a day and a half to do it. There’s plenty of videos on how to open it up. You have to unsolder the j33 micro switch from the board and solder in to wires that will be soldered to the Cherry MX switch. You have to notch out the lower left corner of the board and drill a hole that the switch sits in. Lastly you have to cut out a a hole for the key in the palm rest. It takes a lot of test fitting and filing but it will fit. See some of the pics.
If you don’t know how to solder this will be difficult. YouTube it practice before you put that iron on this little board. It’s very easy to lift the pad off the board if you put to much heat to it by staying on the pad for too long. If it lifts super glue or expoxy it.
Filing plastic creates a lot of micro dust that can get into the inner workings of the thumb joy stick. Do your best to blow it out during the test fitting phase. My joystick got a little stupid, I cleaned it out with alcohol and compressed air. Seems to be back to normal now.
I purchased this gamepad because of the built in joystick. I've been using the Belkin and now Razor Nostromo keypads for years and I love them, and I thought it would be a big leap to switch to the G13. Nope! I was worried I wouldn't be able to use this because I have small hands, but that was not the case. I find it easier to hit the keys on G13 and "use" the board versus the Nostromo, and I'm just blown away by this. Nothing was suppose to feel and work better than the Nostromo, for me the G13 works very well and I love it.
I use the G13 in conjunction with the Xim4 on the Xbox One. I pulled the controller out of the box plugged right into the Xim4 with zero issues. With this setup I can aim with the mouse or joystick, hit an assigned button on the G13 and switch the joystick to movement control on the fly. Fantastic!
I'm not going to review every feature a 1000+ folks ahead of me already have. Simply put, it's a solid device. If you're worried about not being able to use this thing because you don't have 10" fingers like I was, you may want to reconsider. I'm so glad I did.
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Very Surprised, this thing is Fantastic!
By Wingnut on March 14, 2017
Edit (18 Nov 2018) I purchased this board in Feb 2017. Yep, my thumb switch J33 died last week, which is the likely fate of all these boards and probable reason Logitech ran away from it. Originally gave this 5 stars, detracted two of them.By Wingnut on March 14, 2017
When it died I got on here to order another and couldn’t believe the prices. Well, I’m not going to pay $250-300 for another board that’s going to die again. So I decided to repair/mod my board by shoe horning a Cherry MX blue keyboard switch into the location of the broken thumb switch and folks it’s better than the original. Your going to have to have some soldering skill, set of needle files, some very small wire, preferably a Dremel tool, drill, #1 philips screw driver, soldering iron with a needle tip, solder wick, super glue, hot glue gun or some type of epoxy. Lastly a lot of patience. It took me about a day and a half to do it. There’s plenty of videos on how to open it up. You have to unsolder the j33 micro switch from the board and solder in to wires that will be soldered to the Cherry MX switch. You have to notch out the lower left corner of the board and drill a hole that the switch sits in. Lastly you have to cut out a a hole for the key in the palm rest. It takes a lot of test fitting and filing but it will fit. See some of the pics.
If you don’t know how to solder this will be difficult. YouTube it practice before you put that iron on this little board. It’s very easy to lift the pad off the board if you put to much heat to it by staying on the pad for too long. If it lifts super glue or expoxy it.
Filing plastic creates a lot of micro dust that can get into the inner workings of the thumb joy stick. Do your best to blow it out during the test fitting phase. My joystick got a little stupid, I cleaned it out with alcohol and compressed air. Seems to be back to normal now.
I purchased this gamepad because of the built in joystick. I've been using the Belkin and now Razor Nostromo keypads for years and I love them, and I thought it would be a big leap to switch to the G13. Nope! I was worried I wouldn't be able to use this because I have small hands, but that was not the case. I find it easier to hit the keys on G13 and "use" the board versus the Nostromo, and I'm just blown away by this. Nothing was suppose to feel and work better than the Nostromo, for me the G13 works very well and I love it.
I use the G13 in conjunction with the Xim4 on the Xbox One. I pulled the controller out of the box plugged right into the Xim4 with zero issues. With this setup I can aim with the mouse or joystick, hit an assigned button on the G13 and switch the joystick to movement control on the fly. Fantastic!
I'm not going to review every feature a 1000+ folks ahead of me already have. Simply put, it's a solid device. If you're worried about not being able to use this thing because you don't have 10" fingers like I was, you may want to reconsider. I'm so glad I did.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017
It's construction is quite robust. The keys are membrane, but very comfortable to press. Counting the main buttons alone, there are 22 of them. The default WASD keys have a slight indentation to them which make it comfortable and easy to find by feel. There is a thumbstick which can also be pressed down, however, it is very stiff to press. I do wish this will be fixed in a later iteration as it is a small bit of wasted functionality. Though if you're alright with putting a lot of pressure to press it, then by all means you may use it. There is RGB illumination, but it is just adequate. It is not as bright or vibrant as other competitors. The cable is not braided but this is a small issue in my opinion. The LCD is actually very useful in practice. You can set it to overlay a bunch of different graphics via applets such as a CPU and RAM usage meter, time and date and even a news feed. I believe you can also code your own applets if you're so inclined to do so. There are also dedicated buttons which allow you to choose between 3 different keymaps very conveniently. You can also quickly record macros by pressing using the "MR" button. There's also a backlight button which allows you to turn off the backlighting instantly.
Customising the gameboard is quite easy to do with the Logitech Gaming Software. I find it easier than using Razer's Synapse. What I do love the most about the software is that your macros are grouped in the different profiles you can create. This means that if you've got a lot of macros, they will be neatly arranged according to the profiles and not clumped together which Razer does and can be very frustrating to navigate around. Even better is that you load the profiles into the gameboard so that it will stay with it even when you plug it into a computer which does not have the Logitech Gaming Software Installed. Furthermore, you can set a profile to be active for as long as the application is running unlike Razer which only lets a profile stay for as long as the application is in the foreground. So if you're doing some Photoshop or playing some Dota, in the Logitech, the profile will stay even if you switch applications, but on the Razer, it will deactivate once the program loses foreground focus. This can be very irritating if you're quickly switching between applications. An absolutely fantastic way of doing things and Razer could really learn a lot from Logitech here.
In use, I did find that the G13 is also more more comfortable than Razer's Tartarus Chroma which I do own as well. The Tartarus is ergonomic but I did find that I have to put my hand in a different position to what I am used to. I feel like I have to spread my hand slightly to use the Tartarus which I do not have to do with the G13. The G13 allows my hand to rest naturally which is very comfortable. The Tartarus does have an adjusting palm rest though, but I found it helps a little. Also, it has a directional 8-way stick instead of a thumbstick found on the G13. The keys on the Tartarus are also membrane, however they have slightly more tactile response than on the G13, but are also slightly stiffer to press. The backlighting on the Tartarus is also much more vibrant and colorful than on the G13.
Overall, I found that the G13 is a pleasant gameboard to use. Gaming is a little awkward at first, but you can easily get used to it given enough time. There are a number of alternatives in the gameboard market such as Razer's Tartarus and also their higher-end Orbweaver. The latter gives 20 programmable keys instead of just 15 on the Tartarus and they are also mechanical. The Orbweaver also features more adjustable areas to make it more comfortable to use. Some people question the use of a gameboard when you can just remember the keyboard shortcuts, and that is true. You never need a gameboard if you're perfectly fine with using shortcuts, but if you just want to speed up your workflow to get more stuff done, a gameboard does just that. And if you wanna wind down with some gaming, the gameboard does well too. In the end though, it's up to you which one to get; Razer if you want aesthetics Logitech for functionality.
I highly recommend the Logitech G13 if you're comparing this against the Razer Tartarus Chroma.
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Fantastic productivity booster and great gameboard
By Hikasbit on May 19, 2017
Fantastic productivity booster and great gameboard. Used it just for a few hours and I can tell this is highly recommended if you're looking to make your life easier by assigning macros for commonly used shortcuts.By Hikasbit on May 19, 2017
It's construction is quite robust. The keys are membrane, but very comfortable to press. Counting the main buttons alone, there are 22 of them. The default WASD keys have a slight indentation to them which make it comfortable and easy to find by feel. There is a thumbstick which can also be pressed down, however, it is very stiff to press. I do wish this will be fixed in a later iteration as it is a small bit of wasted functionality. Though if you're alright with putting a lot of pressure to press it, then by all means you may use it. There is RGB illumination, but it is just adequate. It is not as bright or vibrant as other competitors. The cable is not braided but this is a small issue in my opinion. The LCD is actually very useful in practice. You can set it to overlay a bunch of different graphics via applets such as a CPU and RAM usage meter, time and date and even a news feed. I believe you can also code your own applets if you're so inclined to do so. There are also dedicated buttons which allow you to choose between 3 different keymaps very conveniently. You can also quickly record macros by pressing using the "MR" button. There's also a backlight button which allows you to turn off the backlighting instantly.
Customising the gameboard is quite easy to do with the Logitech Gaming Software. I find it easier than using Razer's Synapse. What I do love the most about the software is that your macros are grouped in the different profiles you can create. This means that if you've got a lot of macros, they will be neatly arranged according to the profiles and not clumped together which Razer does and can be very frustrating to navigate around. Even better is that you load the profiles into the gameboard so that it will stay with it even when you plug it into a computer which does not have the Logitech Gaming Software Installed. Furthermore, you can set a profile to be active for as long as the application is running unlike Razer which only lets a profile stay for as long as the application is in the foreground. So if you're doing some Photoshop or playing some Dota, in the Logitech, the profile will stay even if you switch applications, but on the Razer, it will deactivate once the program loses foreground focus. This can be very irritating if you're quickly switching between applications. An absolutely fantastic way of doing things and Razer could really learn a lot from Logitech here.
In use, I did find that the G13 is also more more comfortable than Razer's Tartarus Chroma which I do own as well. The Tartarus is ergonomic but I did find that I have to put my hand in a different position to what I am used to. I feel like I have to spread my hand slightly to use the Tartarus which I do not have to do with the G13. The G13 allows my hand to rest naturally which is very comfortable. The Tartarus does have an adjusting palm rest though, but I found it helps a little. Also, it has a directional 8-way stick instead of a thumbstick found on the G13. The keys on the Tartarus are also membrane, however they have slightly more tactile response than on the G13, but are also slightly stiffer to press. The backlighting on the Tartarus is also much more vibrant and colorful than on the G13.
Overall, I found that the G13 is a pleasant gameboard to use. Gaming is a little awkward at first, but you can easily get used to it given enough time. There are a number of alternatives in the gameboard market such as Razer's Tartarus and also their higher-end Orbweaver. The latter gives 20 programmable keys instead of just 15 on the Tartarus and they are also mechanical. The Orbweaver also features more adjustable areas to make it more comfortable to use. Some people question the use of a gameboard when you can just remember the keyboard shortcuts, and that is true. You never need a gameboard if you're perfectly fine with using shortcuts, but if you just want to speed up your workflow to get more stuff done, a gameboard does just that. And if you wanna wind down with some gaming, the gameboard does well too. In the end though, it's up to you which one to get; Razer if you want aesthetics Logitech for functionality.
I highly recommend the Logitech G13 if you're comparing this against the Razer Tartarus Chroma.
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