| Well made, nice looking.. Light weight (not a plus tends to move under your hand when in use) ...Hooks up no problem via usb, no software needed...
The layout is just too small for my big meat hooks...
I would like color coded keys (I am really a visual person) when I glance down to verify my finger placement...
Needs sticky feet, tends to slide around.
| | I've been looking for a good one-hand option for my online gaming to go along with my Logitech trackball mouse. As a person that uses a computer most of the time he's awake, alleviating wrist stress is also important.
The Warrior Gaming Keypad is the best option I've found and has everything I need for performing in-game actions when I don't need to type responses to others. The board is 9" in diameter. The bottom has 5 plastic pads for friction as well as two flip legs for raising the board at a slight angle. When raised, it can move around if nudged since the raised legs don't have any pads or otherwise friction resistance attachments.
The keyboard has your core gaming keys: WASD, Alt, Shift, Left Ctrl, Right Ctrl, TAB, 0-9, and F1-F12. In addition it has volume control buttons, K, F, R, G, T, ~ (tilde), and others. The W key has a noticeable nib on it for quick hand placement.
There is one major con to the board, which is having to get used to the placement of the keys on the keyboard. It's not a normal keyboard and if you're not quick at picking up new key placements this is probably going to slow you down more than aid you in the short term. I'm still getting used to the 0 key being before the 1 key as opposed to its normal placement on the standard keyboard. Furthermore, if you're looking for a left-hand based gaming keypad, you may experience a greater learning curve since key placement primarily mimics the left-hand placement on a normal keyboard.
If you have a keyboard with USB expansion slots, this does work since it doesn't use up much power. I'm using a Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, a Logitech Trackman Wheel Optical Mouse, and the Warrior Gaming Keypad with only one USB cord plugged into my computer and have experienced a lot less stress on my wrists when gaming. If you have large hands, I'd suggest going with a Microsoft Trackball Explorer Mouse over the Logitech Trackman Wheel mouse.
| | I can't say that I have had a lot of experience with other products like it, but it works extremely well. There is no software, which was a plus for me. Overall, the key layout is what I would want, and after a few nights of gaming the vast majority of the keys were easy to find. However, the function keys seem entirely useless, and there are two 'CTRL' keys next to each other. There isn't much of a 'click' on key presses, and occasionally the keys don't respond to being constantly held down. It's a well designed product if what you are looking for is easy access to multiple keys and not customizable software.
| | It found it very hard for my fingers to find their "home." The non-rectangular key layout means your fingers get lost very easily and you have to look away from your game to find them again. Eventually I ended up taking my pocket knife and scoring hatchmarks into the Shift, A, W, D, and Space keys where my fingers should normally rest to provide tactile confirmation that my fingers are where they should be.
There are some aspects of the layout I would change. The large Z, X, C and Space keys could all be split into two keys with no loss of usability. The top half of the Space could be turned into a V key, and the MHN keys could be moved up into the lower half of the ZXC keys where they would be more easily accessible.
Otherwise, it does a good job at taking keys that would normally be scattered all over the keyboard and putting them within reach... As long as you're willing to spend the time developing the necessary muscle memory.
| | I purchased this gamepad for online games such as WOW. It worked right out of the box. It seems to be very well constructed.
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