Microsoft Bluetooth Keyboard Black

Awesome keyboard! I replaced my cordless MS 5000 keyboard & mouse with this keyboard (and the MS Precision Mouse). The results have been superb. First and foremost, make sure that you PC/device has Bluetooth. I neglected to remember that I did not include a Bluetooth receiver when I did my PC build. But $12 and a Bluetooth receiver later, I was in business. The keyboard paired immediately. It has great feel with good key movement and resistance, much better than my last keyboard. It is very slim in design and appeals to my minimalist sense. The only downside is, because it is Bluetooth, the lag for the first few keystrokes until it is awake and working.

My employer is finally going to let us work remotely 2 days a week so I needed a better keyboard to work with than the one that came with the Surface. I have dual monitors set up which makes it even harder to type off of the Surface keyboard. This new one linked up via blue tooth in a snap. It is a sleek looking keyboard to me and types very quiet.True no backlit keys but I am never in a situation where I need them lit and it helps on battery life.If I could make one small change it would be nice if it had the little kick stands underneath to raise it a little bit (it sits totally flat).Other than that, I'm very pleased with my purchase.Also, it allows me to unhook the Surface keyboard freeing up some space.

This is about as basic of a computer keyboard without getting one of those dirt cheap no name generic ones that will last until next week, if you’re lucky. Microsoft doesn’t make keyboards of course, but the sources who make them know when they put that logo on it there’s some amount of performance customers expect. By the way there has been some speculation that say the company who sells these is actually called Microsoft Accessories - I don’t know if that makes a difference.GENERAL IMPRESSIONSWhile basically mostly plastic I’ve seen some much lighter ones around than this. It has enough weight to stay put without sliding around. Here is a summary of what’s right and what’s wrong, after all it’s only a keyboard, when you know these things you’ll know enough to decide if it is a yea or a nay.THE GOOD STUFF1. It’s quiet, really quiet, if the keys were a little less plasticky I would put it near the same quietness as Logitech’s expensive MX keyboards, which have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.2. The key travel is long enough that you feel like you’re typing, not brushing your fingers over rubbery buttons not knowing if they actually responded to your keystroke.3. The keys are matte finish and have a slight roughness to keep your fingers from sliding off, in that respect I like them almost as much as the MX’s dished keys (which are nowhere near as good as their famous original illuminated keyboard which every said was perfect, so logically they discontinued it).4. The key size and spacing are regulation, after all, Microsoft set the standard forty or so years ago, everything is in the right place too so the learning curve for most people should be almost zero.5. The lettering uses a normal, unembellished font of a good size and white lettering on a very dark gray background. One of my pet peeves is the current trend of bored keyboard designers to feel they have to use exotic font faces and make the lettering almost the same color as the keys. I’m pointing right at you Logitech.NOT SO GOOD1. It’s flat, no angle at all and no way to tilt it. That means it reflects light and glares and generally doesn’t feel as comfortable as it should. I don’t like being forced to conform to some designer who happens to like flat keyboards.2. No indicator lights at all, and they seem to think that the CAPS button should be an optional key. Thankfully there is a brief on-screen notice when you turn caps on and off but that assumes you stare at your screen. As far as not having zero status lights while I miss them they do consumer battery power and that makes this keyboard very thrifty on using battery power - and by the way it uses standard everyday penlight cells, available everywhere, no waiting for it to charge up.3. No light or meter to alert you of remaining battery power, you can download a driver that will give you an on-screen warning, that driver also gives you the on-screen caps notification.4. No Num Lock and no way of using the numeric keys as directional keys. Instead they have a dedicated emoji key, one of the most egregious examples of dumbing down their customers I’ve seen.5. It actually gets worse, at least the emoji key can be reprogramed (as well as, oddly, the media player controls). What can’t be reprogrammed are several keys I probably will never use and one in particular that is placed right next to the space bar where it is certain to get accidentally pressed (often). That key takes you to a begathon to subscribe to 365, a very pricey app that used to be called Office. You can’t say no to the dedicated key, it does the same thing every time you press it. I paid a small fortune out of my own pocket to buy the full Professional suite license, for the way I use it I have no interest in renting 365. While Microsoft likes to turn everything they make into childish mindless games, and refuses to offer a true business version of Windows, Explorer or Office, 365 is one product they think only billionaires can afford and these days it is their biggest cash cow. Pushing it in my face with a dedicated key is a big mistake.YES NO MAYBEI wasn’t sure I would like this so I bought one from the Amazon Warehouse for half price and it looks and feels like brand new. It’s not worth sending back so I’ll keep it around for a while. I returned the $130 Logi Bluetooth lighted, it was that bad. I actually like this one better than that one, in total darkness the light reflected from my monitor screen is better than their lighted keys and in daylight it’s no contest, this one wins hands down. If you only want a basic Windows standard keyboard for a reasonable price this one is pretty good, especially if you are an aficionado of the mandatory office subscription suite.

The Battery last forever, it goes into an auto sleep it seems so ya gotta double tap a key sometimes but most of the time just pressing a key and it auto connects within a split second Battery last at least more than half a year a daily use. and while I use it for my surface pro and it's the one thing that doesn't fit in the bag, its still in perfect condition. It's compact, and I do make more typing mistakes than say a full ergonomic keyboard but when you don't always need a keyboard but don't feel like get the onscreen one to come up with a finger press because the pen will want you to write...I bought it over 2 years ago and every once in awhile I may need to reset and re add it but may be the surface pro. Still, glad I got it. Still use it. small enough to carry along with a bag in one hand and it's nice to go into a place with a more powerful computer set up than everyone in the place together. Sure I could use the cover keyboard but I guess I prefer using an un-needed keyboard than it. So that should say something. Or I just don't like a drawing tablet to need to be in a laptop mode for the keyboard to work...It's no thrills, and the f keys can be annoying but when it's not a main input device except for when needed ya use it put it to the site and just use it for whatever quick commands /shortcut keys you need. It's small but not impossible to use. Plus it's pretty water resistant. I'm pretty good at adverting issues there's but not an issue so either lucky or just made well.Didn't work well with the Quest 2 but why would I want some gimick logitech keyboard. However, after this keyboard I insist on only using bluetooth peripherals. Even with mice, I don't do do that dongle crap anymore. I need my ports. This requires nothing but a response code.

What I love the most about this keyboard is that it is a lot more quiet when typing compared to other keyboards I have used in the past. The buttons are also raised more which feels great when I am typing. The size of the keyboard is standard - not too thick but not too thin. Pairs perfectly with my Windows laptop. The only thing I wish was different was that it could charge via USB cable. Instead, it uses AAA batteries. Other than that, very happy with this purchase and it's the best external keyboard I've ever had.