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(More customer reviews)EDIT #3 8/31/09 - I'm having the unresponsive keys problem as well. With me it's mainly the [, ], o, and m keys. It has gotten worse over the last couple months, where I'll have to press each key at least two to three times (sometimes more) to get them to work. The battery light randomly flashes on and off every now and then as well.
I'll be replacing this keyboard as soon as I can afford to. This is the first time I've had a bad exeperience with Logitech, so I may give them another try. Granted, it won't be this model.
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I was in need of a new keyboard because my old cordless one was about 3 or so year old and starting to give up the ghost. After looking over all the options, I chose this set and I couldn't be happier.
The keys are low-set and exceptionally quiet. The only light on the keyboard itself is one that lights up when your batteries need changed (a feature I really like). One of my biggest complaints about my old keyboard was that it had no lights to let you know whether or not the Num or Caps lock keys were on. While there isn't any on this one either, the USB receiver does. There are bright LED lights for both Caps and Num, so you always know whether one or the other is on.
The Fn key is very handy as well, as it prevents the keyboard from looking cluttered with extra buttons. You simply press it and one of the F-keys to open up your word processor, spreadsheet, email, etc. The only extra keys are 9 media keys at the bottom, but they don't make it look cluttered at all. From left to right, there's three zoom buttons (100%, Zoom out, Zoom in), three volume buttons (mute, down, up) and three media keys (previous track, play/pause, next track). Once I installed the software, they worked immediately without having to mess with settings for which media player I use. I know they work for both WinAmp and Windows Media Player, but not for VLC.
The keyboard itself is very sturdy. I don't have a desk, so my keyboard either sits on my bed or in my lap. Even in my lap, it feels solid and I don't feel like it's going to keep falling out of it.
The included mouse is great as well. Full scrolling wheel (with available side-scrolling). And even an on/off button on the bottom of it to help conserve batteries. Like the keyboard, it also has an LED light on it that will alert you when the batteries are low.
I haven't owned this keyboard long enough to judge its boast on battery life, but considering I had to change the batteries out of my old mouse every two weeks or so, I'm hoping this one is better. At least this mouse will alert me when I do need to change them, unlike my old one which would spontaneously die.
All in all, a very good keyboard for the money. Very highly recommended.
Edit 2/16/09 - I just had to change the batteries in the mouse for the first time. It was no eight months, but considering that I use my computer heavily, I am still very pleased. I received both a warning icon in my system tray (which I noticed first) and then when I took my hand off the mouse there's a very bright red LED that slowly flashes to let you know it's low.
I used to turn the mouse off every time I shut the computer down, but I've forgotten to for the past month or so. If I had remembered, it might have added further battery time. But 4 months compared to only a few weeks tops with my old mouse is still a fantastic improvement.
Edit #2 3/24/09 - Not two days after receiving the notice about my mouse batteries being critical, my keyboard did the same. This time, I decided to wait and see exactly how long it took the keyboard to die completely before having to change the batteries. For a full day and a half my computer kept telling me the batteries were critical, but then something strange happened. The keyboard froze up for about three seconds and then the warning went away. I checked it and it said the batteries were suddenly good again.
It stayed that way until around two days ago (3/22/09) before it started to do the same thing, but at a more rapid pace. It would say the batteries were critical and then switch back to good status multiple times a day, finally to the point I got annoyed with it and changed them today.
So it appears the battery indicator is about a month off for the keyboard. I may have thrown out good batteries from the mouse because of this exceptionally early warning.
Still a nice keyboard, but the battery life warning needs worked on.
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