Logitech Aurora Collection Keyboard and Mouse Review

The Logitech Aurora G715 keyboard and G705 mouse are terrific small gaming peripherals with an emphasis on customisation and including some flare to your setup.

I’m impressed with how properly the model can separate itself from different gaming accent makers like Razer and Corsair with its Logitech G sub-brand, creating a variety of merchandise which are extra than simply boring matte blacks with restricted RGB. The Aurora Assortment, just like the merchandise earlier than it, couldn’t be farther from “boring”.

However there may be clearly room for enchancment. With such an emphasis on customisation and inclusion, the Aurora Collection does tack on a pink tax, whereas additionally being noticeably dearer than rival gadgets. We have been additionally essential of how the Aurora headset handles make-up in our review.

Let’s dig in.

Pastel excellent

The Logitech Aurora series mixes the very best of Logitech’s keyboard, mouse and headset expertise with considered one of its most vibrant collections but.

Final 12 months, Logitech released the Color Collection, which included mice, headsets and keyboards in colors the model had not beforehand used (like darkish blue, mint inexperienced and lilac).

Logitech has embraced color every now and then, together with with the Pro X Superlight gaming mouse, a particular version pink mouse tying in with Valentine’s Day, nevertheless it lacked a set much like the Razer Quartz collection (one of many main pink peripheral collections available on the market).

Nicely, that’s over and Logitech now has a devoted pink (and inexperienced) sequence. The main target of this assortment is variety and inclusion amongst all individuals, with a really heavy deal with the package being for ladies. Gizmodo Australia’s editor, Asha Barbaschow, noted in her write-up of the Aurora Assortment that black tends to be her go-to color, so gentle, pastel colors don’t essentially symbolize her. In addition they put those who put on make-up in a little bit of a pickle as properly.

That being stated, as somebody who tries to put on extra vibrant issues, and doesn’t put on make-up, I love this assortment and need there have been extra colors to choose from. Had been it cheaply executed, my pc setup could be comprised of all of the flare and verbosity of the limited edition Hot Wheels computer. Moreover, RGB has typically irritated me because the solely customisation choice for gaming keyboards and mice. No extra black, I would like vibrant tech.

One other dimension that reviewers have utilized to this assortment is that it incorporates the pink tax. See, the pink model of the keyboard isn’t really a pink keyboard: it’s a faceplate with detachable keys, each of which you purchase individually for $20 and $40 respectively (the mouse is just obtainable in white). You purchase these equipment on high of the usual white Aurora Assortment keyboard (obtainable in both wired or wi-fi) and match them your self (the method is simple with a key removing software included along with your buy).

All up, the keyboard, pink faceplate and pink keys will value you $329.95 (wired) or $409.95 (wi-fi).

That’s very costly for a keyboard and, as you may in all probability inform, I’m no fan of Logitech charging further for pink tech. For comparability, the Razer Quartz BlackWidow (the most effective pink keyboards available on the market) costs $240 on Amazon, although even that’s dearer than its black counterpart. Much more, you may get an equivalent black keyboard from Logitech (minus devoted media buttons and the identical RGB tech) for $250.

So, the place does that go away us? Nicely, it leaves us with a set of functionally nice expertise with a worth sadly dictated by color. Although we like the choice of customisation, it’s a disgrace that it’s so costly.

With that off my chest, we are able to begin speaking in regards to the expertise I had with the G715 keyboard and the G713 mouse.

Additionally, earlier than continuing any additional, know that the wired and wi-fi variations of the Aurora keyboard have separate names: the wi-fi mannequin is the G715 and the wired mannequin is the G713. They’re functionally the identical, with the wi-fi mannequin… Nicely, wi-fi.

Click on clack

The Logitech G715 keyboard and G705 wi-fi mouse provide the terrific clicking, typing and scrolling that we’ve come to count on from the accent maker’s gaming division.

The G715 and G713 keyboards, obtainable with Logitech’s double-shot PBT keycaps in a TKL format (which shrinks the scale and removes the numpad), make a satisfying click on noise when pressed in.

There isn’t a heavy emphasis on tactile suggestions, with the buttons rapidly (and satisfyingly) urgent down when tapped. The one time that key tactility turns into noticeable is if you’re typing very slowly.

I like the design of this keyboard. Its rounded edges, quantity scroller, media buttons and TKL format rapidly made this keyboard probably the most satisfying gadgets I’ve ever used with a pc. For sure, it performs exceptionally properly with each sport I attempted it with, from Ghost Recon: Wildlands to the Mass Impact Legendary Version. It’s additionally a pleasure to kind with.

The G705 mouse is ideal in its simplicity, designed for right-handed players with a proper thumb relaxation. There’s no left-handed mouse from this assortment touted as ‘inclusive’ (I’m left-handed and usually use Logitech’s ambidextrous Professional X mouse with my proper hand, so I don’t thoughts this).

Though the mouse is just obtainable in white, it’s a reasonably inoffensive gadget, with 5 responsive buttons on high (together with the mouse sensitivity button) and a button beneath for switching between the dongle and Bluetooth (a trait that the wi-fi keyboard shares, permitting for multi-device connectivity).

There’s naturally much less to say in regards to the mouse as a result of it’s such a small and well-understood gadget.

Moreover, battery efficiency throughout each gadgets was effective. I’d cost them every as soon as each few days or so utilizing a supplied USB-C cable and I by no means seen both gadget on low battery. It’s nice that they use the identical cable, so each night time I can cycle charging between the headset, the keyboard and the mouse, relying on whose flip it’s.

Sure, these are underglow lights

Logitech’s “G Hub” (precise identify) RGB, driver and settings customisation app is leaps and bounds forward of rival apps from Corsair and Razer. I really feel that Logitech’s Aurora G715 keyboard and G705 mouse underscore this fairly properly, with a lot deeper talents to make your personal lighting patterns and sequences.

The keyboards of the aurora vary embody particular person key lighting, so you may program each key to be a distinct color, however I used to be drawn (considerably like a bug to a bug zapper) to the underglow lights. Sure, underglow lights on a keyboard, involving a number of lighting zones so you may have multi-coloured patterns. Suffice to say, that is the deepest RGB customisation Logitech has ever supplied on a keyboard and I find it irresistible.

The mouse, like within the efficiency part above, has much less RGB to speak about, however the gentle strip on the again of the gadget appears very nice. It’s additionally made up of a number of programmable lights, so you may make it a number of colors as an alternative of a single static color.

Brilliant gentle

Logitech’s Aurora G715 keyboard and G705 mouse are terrific gaming peripherals restricted by their excessive costs. In equity, they use a number of the greatest RGB tech obtainable from Logitech and provide deep customisation on high of that, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a excessive worth to pay, particularly if you’d like the inexperienced or pink equipment.

If you happen to deeply care about customisation, then I might advocate them over a lot of the competitors, nevertheless it’s nonetheless greater than what you’d be anticipated to spend on rival tech from manufacturers like Razer. furthermore, the white base color may not fulfill everybody, whereas the small TKL format leaves you with a pleasant quantity of desk house.

The place to purchase the Logitech G715 wi-fi keyboard

Logitech ($350) | Amazon ($350) | JB Hi-Fi ($350) | Harvey Norman ($350)

The place to purchase the Logitech G713 wired keyboard

Logitech ($270) | Amazon ($270) | JB Hi-Fi ($270) | Harvey Norman ($270)

The place to purchase the Logitech G705 wi-fi mouse

Logitech ($150) | Amazon ($150) | JB Hi-Fi ($150) | Harvey Norman ($150)