Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Wired USB Mechanical

The Logitech G910 Orion Spark mechanical gaming keyboard is uniquely different from any other keyboard I've used. Various elements of the keyboard, including the switches, Arx Dock and even the shape of the keycaps makes it stand out from the competition. Majority of these functions provided are advantageous to the user but also has a few issues.

The Logitech G910 Orion Spark has the typical 104-key layout, alongside an additional 5 macro keys on the left and 4 macro keys on the top. It also has 4 small keys in the top left corner allowing a user to switch between different macro configurations. In addition, there are an additional two buttons above the print screen/scroll lock/pause area that switch the back-lighting and "Game Mode" on and off. "Game Mode" being a feature that disables the Super/Sticky keys (i.e the Windows keys) so that they're not accidently pressed during gameplay. To the left of these are three blue LEDs for the num lock, caps lock and scroll lock which is standard with most keyboards of this calibre.

The keyboard profile (the angle at which the keycaps rest) is sloped weirdly. Certain keys are sloped backwards rather than forwards. This makes it extremely uncomfortable for those not used to flat/low-profile keyboards and those who have wrist problems. Luckily, standing up the feet of the keyboard returns it back to a more ergonomic keyboard profile. The feet do have their own little rubber anti-slip pads, preventing the thing from sliding even on a surface with very little friction.

There are volume controls above the number pad it includes a scrolling volume wheel and mute button, and above that are additional media buttons that allow a user to pause/play, stop, and skip or rewind media.

The keyboard comes with its own special "Romer-G" switches manufactured by the Japanese company Omron. Logitech appears to have contracted them for the switch design, and it has actually turned out quite good, I actually prefer this over standard swtiches.

The desktop software is probably the best I've seen a company release in terms of responsiveness, visual layout and flexibility. It offers a clean screen for editing the macro functions, and it even includes a heat map that lets a user see which keys they most commonly press (and I guess a user can set their macros based on that).

The backlighting modes are tremendously flexible. Since each switch is capable of almost the full visible colour spectrum and since almost every key on the keyboard can be individually coloured, it makes for significantly wide variety of possible customization configurations. Aside from individual customization, it comes with loaded preset backlighting profiles which include lighting up on key press, breathing (fades in and out), colour waves, a twinkling star effect and a mode which cycles through the different colours.

The Arx app was straight forward to install and set up. It scans the local WiFi network for a computer with the Logitech Gaming Software installed and it prompts you whether or not you want to pair the two. Downloading the Arx app on your smart device allows you to control various elements of the keyboard, including the macro profile layout, allows you to control the sound/music, and allows for monitoring of the computer's statistics (GPU loads, CPU loads, RAM usage, etc). Also, for the record, the phone/tablet doesn't have to be docked on the keyboard in order for the app to work, the app will work as long as there is a network connection between the computer and the smart device.

Unfortunately this app is only available for iOS and Android, so there is no support for Windows Phone or Windows Store.