| Quiet, comfortable keyboard |
| I was only looking for the keyboard but couldn't find it without the set. This review is for the keyboard only since I haven't tried the mouse and don't plan to. I'm quite happy with the mouse I already have.
I have used this keyboard for only 2 weeks. This is a first impressions review, not a long-term one.
I am a programmer by profession and my Dell keyboard was getting old, noisy and needed increasingly more pressure on the keys. After doing personal research in several stores (Best Buy, Office Depot, etc) I decided that this was the keyboard. I purchased it on Amazon from tech_for_less_inc and was quite happy to pay 1/2 the price of the stores and receive my product with no troubles.
The winner for me on this keyboard are the keys themselves. They are very quiet compared to many other keyboards and require less pressure also. As expected, the layout is full-sized QWERTY so no issues there. Other nice features are the low profile and the NEXT/BACK buttons that you can use by shifting your pinky finger over when using the web browser. I don't use the other buttons too much but I can say that they are set up in a logical and aesthetically pleasnig fashion that doesn't get in the way of normal typing operation.
I have a few cons to speak of. None are all that irritating but worth mentioning. (1) I have yet to find any application in which I can use the scroll button on the left. Supposedly it lets you scroll in things like documents and web pages but it doesn't seem to work for me. (2) The "log off" button at the top left of the keyboard is useful to log all the way out of your user account (i.e. on Windows, such as what I use here at work). I had different expectations though, as I thought it would take me to the screen which allows me to switch users, not log me off completely. (3) Again, the log off button: it is a little close to the ESC key. I use the VI editor where the ESC key is used a lot. A few times now I have hit the log off button by mistake instead of the ESC key. I anticipate that with a bit more practice, this won't be an issue any more.
Despite the cons, I give this 5 stars because it met or exceeded the expectations that are important to me for picking out a keyboard.
| | It Could Have Been A Best |
| Since I already had a wireless mouse, I never used this mouse, and therefore can't rate it. The PilotBoard's best feature is the quiet and soft touch keys. The other features on the keyboard worked okay when I test it but I never use them. My only disappointment is that the driver had to be installed to take advantage of the on screen caplock, numlock, and scrollock features. It worked well in Excel, but not in Word. There was interference with the wireless that my computer would often freeze. I had never had this experience before the keyboard. I decided to take it back because I didn't want to take a chance in losing a typed report. I'm considering purchasing the corded version of the Pilot Board.
| | this wireless keyboard does not stay connected to the RF transmitter; it loses its connection after a couple of minutes - be it at 2 feet or 2 inches distance. there is no discernable pattern, yet the problem is consistent enough to render the keyboard entirely useless.
on the positive side, kensington support was very helpful and replaced the keyboard with the 2.4GHz, flawlessly operating pilotboard 64390. don't buy this one, get the 64390 instead.
| | Keyboard looks good, keys feel good and are nice and quiet -- however -- I have a strange problem with this keyboard. If I hold a key down, any key, including the SHIFT key, the computer goes wild with BEEBEEBEEEBEEBEEBEEBEEPing like its buffer has overflowed. Sometimes it will even enter strange characters or bring up menus since it interprets that some accelerator keys have been hit. This even happens if I am just holding the shift key down. I am having to learn to release the keys very quickly to avoid this. I have tried various settings for key-repeat, I've tried it with FilterKeys off or on, and it always does the same thing. Just got a Logitech wireless keyboard for my son, and it does not exhibit this problem.
| | This is a sweet deal. I have a PowerMac G4 and the thing worked immediately upon installation. I just put the batteries in the keyboard and mouse, plugged in the USB reciever, and voila! I got it so that I could sit on my couch and browse the web/do homework on my 42" plasma. I'm very satisfied. I have yet to explore all of the "hot keys" at the top, but the volume comtrol and the scroll button both work fine. I've only had it for 3 days, but I love it already!
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