After the whole debacle with the Razer Lycosa, scouring the interwebs as well as contacting Razer support for a fix to the "stuck/unresponsive" keys problem, I gave up and packed it in, long story short, it didn't work and I got to exchange it for a Logitech G110. Now this thing looks looks more like a gaming keyboard, with slew of extras piled on top. But it's not without it's faults, and after 30 days of rigorous testing, it's time take a hard look at this beast of a keyboard.

Price: $89.99

I heard you like extra buttons?
Well then, this keyboard will not fail to disappoint you, over all this monster has 25 extra buttons you won't find on a vanilla keyboard, as well as a volume wheel. First off you have 12 custom macro buttons, now these are fantastic, you can program anything, even delays between keystrokes. Next we have 3 macro list buttons, these here allow you to switch macro lists, bumping the total macros you can program to a single profile up to 36. After that there is the Macro Record button, it allows you to record macros on the fly and assign it to a macro key, just in case you need it. There is also a "game mode" toggle switch, what this does is disables the Windows/Context Menu keys, so no more accidents while playing. Finally we have media keys (play, stop, rewind, fast-forward, mute), a back-light key, and two keys for muting the integrated headset and microphone jacks.

Custom backlighting?
Well it has it, but it's rather limited, on account of the lack of green, the keyboard only has blue and red. So you can get every color in between blue and red..... Purple. As for the backlighting it self, it's okay, some keys are unevenly lit, Caps and Tab being the most obvious.

Does it ghost?
Unfortunately, yes, it has some major ghosting problems, and if you're an emulation junkie like me, well you can forget about using it for most fighting games. The most combinations I've seen it get up to in a standard emulation button layout is 7 simultaneous key presses, there's also the problem of Z X and C pressed at the same time, as it fails to register one of the keys. So it's better to pull out the controller, rather then use this keyboard.

Software.
The software bundle is rather spot on, this is where the meat and potatoes of the keyboard is! Here you can program your backlight preferences, macros, make game specific profiles, and choose what backlighting to use on which macros lists. I can not find anything wrong with this at all, there doesn't seem to be anything missing, it's almost perfect, even an option to assign application shortcuts to keys.

Anything else?
This keyboard did take some time getting used to, as I'm not a standard typer, I feel my way around a keyboard, and the extra 12 buttons on the left threw me for a curve when trying to hit Esc, Shift, or Ctrl upon my first couple of uses. But now it's second nature and I've gotten used to it. Also worth mentioning, this keyboard has a integrated headset jack, mic jack, and a USB port. The great thing, total cords you'll need to plug in, 1, unlike the Razer Lycosa (which required 4 for the extras).

Review time!

LAYOUT 9/10
This thing looks great, but the lack of full custom backlighting is a small drawback. Other then that, this has everything you'd want, in the right place.

OPERATION 6/10
The macros are great, the software is fantastic, but the extra buttons do take some getting used to. The keys also have a non-slip feeling to them, sadly ghosting is a rather large problem, as a gaming keyboard should support more key presses, not just concentrate on the WASD cluster, as that's a "FPS keyboard", not a "gaming keyboard".

LIFESPAN 8/10
This thing's built like a tank. It's big, bulky which I love, and shows no wear at all. I doubt it ever will as the keys are not painted on, nor is anything else that truly matters.

TOTAL SCORE 23/30 on the LOL scale