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We've been thinking a lot about keyboards around here lately (SPOILER ALERT: We're working on a keyboard roundup for the April issue of Maximum PC) and one board that just keeps coming up is the SteelSeries 7G--not because it's a great keyboard (although it is) but because it would make a great weapon. Or a building foundation. Or siding for a humvee.
The thing is sturdy, we're trying to say.
But just how sturdy is a question of some inter-office debate. So, to settle things once and for all, we decided to see just what it would take to break a 7G. We started out with your basic punch/kick/stomp test.
But it didn't work. We're nothing if not incredibly impatient, so we decided to crank things right to 11 and initiate the truck test. What's the truck test, you ask? We'll give you a hint--it's exactly what it sounds like. Check out the full, plastic-crunching video below!
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garychencool
February 12, 2011 at 7:27pm
you guys should have run it over sideways where all of the keys get swashed!
bstauts
January 30, 2011 at 5:55pm
Drove over my phone on accident one day. It was actually open and face down when I came back looking for it. It only scratched the mouth piece. Thank goodness for a military spec GZ-one phone. Only stopped using it because the battery only lasted for two days on a charge.
Keith E. Whisman
January 30, 2011 at 5:07pm
Greatest video ever. This is slightly better than the "Will it blend?" videos because you used a freaking truck.
Ok, it's not better at all and in any way but it was a nice try and I'm all for destroying shit.
I would love to see what kind of torture tests you guys can think up to do to bring one of those toughbooks to it's knees. How about "Will it burn?"
I enjoyed the video, keep up the great work and keep these videos coming.
JonPhillips
January 29, 2011 at 1:15pm
Great video, guys! I love the editing, and the tour of the office. One request: Put the next keyboard under the back tire, and have Jose do a BURNOUT over the keyboard next!
pellier
January 29, 2011 at 1:02pm
reminds me of my days of running nalgenes over with my truck, most of them survived
Stinger9D9
January 29, 2011 at 7:49am
So an expensive keyboard broke when you ran over it with a pretty light duty (1500 series 2 wheel drive) truck...hee hee, I said duty.
Anyway, what does that prove? You could have broke a cheap generic keyboard doing that. If it would have survived - that would have been worth posting.
Also, why did it take SO LONG to get the thing to a computer to test it? Are notebook computers not portable enough to have one down in the parking lot (preferable connected to the keyboard during it's last keystrokes to determine the exact click of death)?
jaygregz
January 28, 2011 at 10:51pm
Lol.. these guys posts crack me up. Everyone is saying it would have been better with this or that. Well I'm here to tell you that it would have been better if the vehicle was a lamborgini diablo and the keyboard was made of gold. Also if there would have somehow been some type of sutle, yet classy nudity. Another thing that would have made it better is if you guys could have incorporated a guy in a chicken costume. Hey.. I'm just saying.
Columbia747
January 28, 2011 at 9:42pm
I think the real surprise is that the ball joints didn't come flyin right out of that truck
Cleaver
January 29, 2011 at 1:45pm
Two things I wanted to see:
1. Better view of the back (any damage to the keyboardchassis/casing/outer plastic/whatever) I caught glimpses that made it look ok but would have liked a shot.
2. The final result of the circuitboard inside the thing. Since your obviously not getting your money back, and its not going to be used again, might as well pop it open and see how scrambled the innards got.
sayeret
January 28, 2011 at 8:02pm
Are you guys going to do sound level tests? I've been looking for a silent keyboard for ages (the clickies drive my wife bonkers) and it would be nice to see which ones are the quietest in your roundup.
Jesterace
January 29, 2011 at 1:20pm
The Iluminated series by Logitech are pretty quiet. it almost feels like I'm typing on a laptop. Keys are quite quiet compared to other keyboards I've used.
Pylon
January 28, 2011 at 7:28pm
You should definitely do that to an IBM Model M or a Unicomp keyboard. And then run over a cheap Logitech for a comparison.
Ghok
January 28, 2011 at 7:10pm
If I had known I could have done this at work I would have gotten myself an education.
IAteTheKey
January 28, 2011 at 6:35pm
I wish you guys had it plugged in during the beating. I wanna know what the truck has to type.
skelleman
January 28, 2011 at 5:57pm
Keyboard is great, I would buy one if I had a kid...
Guys stepping on keyboard: goofy shoes, and small feet... har!
