TEK of the Month: Saitek’s Eclipse II Backlit Keyboard

It’s very difficult to get excited over certain things and up until the past couple years, mice and keyboards are in that category. Up until Logitech went and upped the bar on what was acceptable for mice and computer periphs in general. Then other companies started popping up all over the radar and adjusting the game to fit their own niche. Saitek literally never crossed my mind until their most recent line-up of computer mice and keyboards and man, am I glad I perused long enough.

The very moment I slid the Eclipse II out of the box, I could feel it’s heft. This wasn’t your usual piece of Dell plastic and you could feel the quality of materials that Saitek painstakingly put into this beauty of a keyboard. The keys are precision-cut with allowance for each letter to be seen with the backlights on - no problem. Three different color choices (Red, Purple and Blue - Or nothing, for you purists.) and a dimmer to either brighten or darken your experience. The keys aren’t as quiet as the Logitech DiNovo - but those are built to be a silent as your laptop keyboards nowadays, so that’s nothing to get too hurt about because the Eclipse II is still quieter than whatever you’re clacking at now. Before the Eclipse II, my delicate piggies were resting upon a rackety Dell stock keyboard. Man, what in the hell was I thinking even USING that piece of crap?

If anything, the rubber feet that grip onto the desk and the two different angles of platforms beneath it will remind you that luxury doesn’t end with your pricey desk chair and your fancy monitors. You can have something to write your scathing emails and snarky blogs and you can do it in style and comfort. Absolutely beautiful to look at, durable like the day is long and comfort that is unmatched by any other keyboard of it’s reasonable price-range — the Eclipse II could not be made any better. This and this reason alone is why it is our TEK of the Month. Take a look at the included links to get a better idea of the Saitek Eclipse II Backlit Keyboard.

The Saitek Eclipse II (Purple Lights On) Hi-Res // (Blue Lights On) Hi-Res