Just whenever you thought the superb Logitech G915 Lightspeed wi-fi keyboard couldn’t get any higher, Logitech have simply gone and introduced they’re making a compact tenkeyless mannequin of it, the G915 TKL. Launching this June for £200 (US pricing TBC), it’s nonetheless going to value you a reasonably penny when it comes out subsequent month, however in the event you’ve been trying to find a space-saving gaming keyboard that does away with all these pesky wires, then the G915 TKL may very well be simply the factor.
The G915 TKL makes use of the identical low-profile GL switches because the common G915, and also you’ll have a alternative of their GL Linear, GL Tactile and GL Clicky switches when it launches subsequent month, that are successfully Logitech’s in-house equivalents of Cherry’s MX clean up and down Reds, bumpy Browns and loud, clacky Blues respectively. It additionally comes with Logitech’s tremendous quick Lightspeed wi-fi expertise for responsive key presses when you’re gaming and typing alike, making it the primary Logitech G keyboard to mix it with their Lightsync RGB lighting in a tenkeyless kind issue.
Even higher, Logitech declare it’s going to have a battery lifetime of as much as 40 hours at 100% brightness, which is fairly spectacular when the common G915 was solely rated for 30 hours at 100% brightness. Indeed, flip its RGB lighting off and Logitech reckon you’ll have the ability to prolong that play time to a whopping 135 days, assuming you’re utilizing it for eight hours every single day – which, given most individuals are working from house proper now, might be a reasonably correct reflection of its longevity.
Of course, the opposite advantages of choosing a compact keyboard are a bit null and void for the time being. Indeed, in Logitech’s press launch, they proclaim that lobbing off the quantity pad will make the G915 TKL a lot simpler to “bring it to a friend’s house” or “take it to a LAN party”, which everyone knows is a little bit of a pipe dream proper now. Still, in the event you’re quick on house in your present lockdown atmosphere, then the G915 TKL may very well be simply what you want proper now.
I had loads of good issues to say concerning the full-sized G915 once I reviewed it final 12 months, and it’s been sitting in my best gaming keyboard rankings ever since as one of the best wi-fi gaming keyboard you should buy right now. For starters, its slim aluminium body is an actual beaut in comparison with different high-end keyboards, and its low-profile keys are sensible for typing on. It additionally has a stunning quantity curler within the prime proper, together with devoted media keys just under it.
The excellent news is that the latter have been shifted to only above the Fn keys on the TKL model, so that you’re not shedding any of the common G915’s performance by choosing its smaller sibling. The quantity curler can be nonetheless current and proper, albeit a bit smaller than its full-sized counterpart.
Of course, the one actual hurdle is the truth that it’s going to value £200. Indeed, you possibly can at the moment get the full-sized G915 for £199 over on Amazon UK, whereas its full-sized wired sibling, the G815 Lightsync (which is equivalent to the G915 aside from the large wire protruding the highest) may be had for £140. I type of want the G915 TKL was nearer the G815 when it got here to pricing, if solely as a result of it feels just like the tenkeyless and full-sized fashions shouldn’t value precisely the identical sum of money. Still, if the G915 TKL appears prefer it is perhaps simply up your avenue, then you possibly can pre-order one on Logitech’s website proper now.
