Logitech Atlas Review

Essentially a slimmed down Orion Spark, the Atlas Dawn is Logitech’s latest mechanical keyboard from its vaunted G-series of gaming peripherals. Missing the macro keys and Numpad from its bigger brother, this compact keyboard is basically Logitech’s version of Razer’s Blackwidow Tournament Edition, aimed at delivering a convenient solution for people who are used to lugging their equipment around.

Should it make your shortlist though?

minimalist design

Like most mechanical keyboards, the Atlas Dawn feels solid, with a good amount of heft. It is 50% lighter than the Orion Spark, but construction feels excellent, with 2 hinges to prop up the keyboard. There has been some criticism towards the unique keycaps Logitech has opted to use on its keyboards, but they feel absolutely fine to me.

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As for Logitech’s alternative to the ubiquitous Cherry MX keys, the Romer-G keys feel roughly similar to brown and black Cherry keys with satisfying key travel and a muted click sound. The 4-stage lighting on offer also allows plenty of flexibility with the intensity of the blue LEDs, though there is no RGB option on offer like Razer’s Chroma line-up.

The wrist rest on the Atlas Dawn is somewhat interesting, existing only on the left-most side of the keyboard below the WASD buttons. While my relatively average sized hands could barely fit on it, I can imagine people with larger hands might find the miniscule wrist rest somewhat useless. Logitech also offers a ‘gaming’ key, which basically turns off the windows key so you don’t accidently pull yourself out of an intense firefight.

too many compromises

Despite being positioned as a premium gaming keyboard (with a similarly premium price-tag to boot), the Atlas Dawn unfortunately doesn’t offer anything game-worthy. Its construction may be solid, but the features on hand pale in comparison to its rivals. The first thing I noticed was the complete lack of any macro keys whatsoever, which is certainly a strange thing on a gaming-focused product.

Moreover, the 1.8m cable (which is nonremovable) is not braided and there is no USB/audio jack pass-through to be found on the keyboard. One would think for a product that emphasises convenience, these would be no-brainers. Logitech, as usual, includes some software to customize the keyboard, but with a distinct lack of macro keys, there isn’t much to configure anyway.

So really, what you’re paying for is a stripped down Orion Spark without a corresponding stripped down price. Certainly an eye-catching keyboard, but sadly lacking the chops to back up its price tag.

SPECS

maximum resolution 1280×800

CPu Intel Atom Z3735F GPu Intel HD Graphics storage 32GB WEIGHT 640gms RAM 2 GB

VERDICT

A decent effort from Logitech, but for its asking price, the Atlas Dawn simply falls short.

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