I marked this Off Topic in as much as anything could be off topic to the Lounge forum, but I am feeling the need to let off some steam.
In recent years (maybe eight) I have spent a fair bit of money on high end keyboards for two different Windows 10 systems. My current system had a clean reinstall of Windows maybe six month ago, so I am hoping I can claim that the problems I've had were probabl;y not due to a sick OS.
I like gaming keyboards with their programmable G-keys. You can record keystrokes like a macro, so even the most complex keyboard shortcuts can be triggered by a single key, and once you get used to resetting the workspace you just messed up for the sixth time that day in order to take screenshots for a forum answer, it can become frustrating having to go back to the long-hand version of doing the same thing. (Note you have to use the G-keys to trigger Actions for this because you have to set and then reset the workspace).
If I can remember the model numbers, I've had a Logitech G610, and G910 Orion Spectrum, and I now have a Corsair K95 Platinum all costing about NZ$400 a piece. I also have a Razer Tararus Pro which has a bunch of programmable keys, but which I have not used for a while because I don't like the offset — it is quicker to use the full shortcut than look away to the keypad thingie.
I have not fared much better with mice having used several gaming mice and ending up back with a non gaming MX Master 3, but to be fair, I had to accept that I very probably wore out the Logitech G502 mouse with years of obsessive MS Minesweeper play.
I am almost ashamed to share these stats because they add up to a scary waste of my life, but I usually play whilee listening to audiobooks
So at various times I have had Logitech Gaming Software, Logitech G-Hub, and now Logitech Options for thhe MX Master 3. Razer Synapse (for the Tartarus keypad) and Corsair iCue. Not all at the same time, but most of them at any one time. To make matters worse I also have an Intuos 4, a 3DConnexion Space Mouse and Contour Design ShuttlePro v2 all vying for control of the cursor and text entry, but those have never given me any trouble.
So what has been going wrong? With thee Logitech keyboards it was keybounce with the same character being repeated two or even three times. Goggle told me that this was a known problem and that it had not been fixed, which is crazy for a keyboard that cost that much. This Reddit post is typical of what was happening and how Logitech reacted. There are any number of similar posts if you look.
The Corsair K95 has different keys (Cherry) and iCue could not be any worse than LGS and G-Hub, but I am back to keys repeating (especially the 'e' key, and that's when the key caps are not actually falling off. (I had to retrieve the '-' from the floor while typing this post).
I have had enough of expensive hardware that does not work, but I have no idea where to go from here. I don't play computer games. I just want the programmable G-keys, and I like having an analog volume control. Oh well. Back to Google. There must be something out there that works.
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