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If all you want is a backlit keyboard, Saitek's Eclipse II does that very well. We wish that Saitek had also refined the key feel and added a few other features. Aside from lighting up, it doesn't offer gamers much to get excited about.

Call us crazy for recommending it, but its tough material and cool look are something that blows other keyboards out of the water. You can’t go wrong either. If you get tired of looking at its backlit keys, you can easily turn it off and still have a strong and comfortable keyboard to work with.

I only used the keyboard for a couple of hours, because my wrists started screaming at me. The pain got very intense very quickly, so I carefully packed the keyboard back up and thought, okay this is not a good product for me. Your experience may be better, if you have bigger hands.

The Saitek Eclipse II is an extremely comfortable keyboard that is great both as a gaming keyboard and a general keyboard. With comfortable and illuminated keys, the Eclipse II is a high quality keyboard for any gaming or regular use environment.

The Saitek Eclipse II illuminated keyboard packs all the punch you expect from a keyboard that retails for $69.95, but with the added touch of a programmable backlight.

With excellent backlight, soft touch keys and great gaming response I am giving the Saitek Eclipse the "Gamers Choice" Award along with a "Value for Money" Award.