A Closer Look

There are 3 action buttons on the side of the pad. The top one acts as an ESC button, while the other two can adjust the volume in the game or in Windows. Above those three buttons you will find a red LED which lights up as soon as the USB plug is connected, letting you know that the pad is operational.


The circular bend above the WASD buttons sports the F1 to 12 buttons, these are generally used for quick saving or loading among other things. The second row sports the buttons 1 to 10 which generally are mapped to weapons in first person shooters. All of these important buttons are now in reach of the left hand.


The bottom part of the G1-Clawpad has a few round buttons. These can easily be reached with the thumb of the left hand. The ALT button on the other hand is very hard to reach. On a normal keyboard, the thumb would be the one pressing the ALT button right next to the space bar. The users first instinct on the G1-Clawpad would be to use the pinky finger, due to the location of the ALT button, but this proves to be nearly impossible. The thumb can still be used, but it is definitely harder to reach than on a normal keyboard.


The back of the G1-Clawpad has stand-offs which can be flipped up. There are a few rubber parts, to stop the pad from moving on the table. The G1-Clawpad moves around quite easily when the feet are up. Placing rubber pads on the tip of the stand-offs would have fixed this problem. The pad has buttons which are just as big as normal ones used on your every day keyboard. The average fingers should be able to reach every button.


Luckily, the feet do not really make a large difference on height of the pad. Not using them and having the G1-Clawpad stay securely in place may be of greater advantage than having the extra height with it moving around during a fierce fire fight.