Kensington Slim Type Keyboard – PC ( 64365 )
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From the manufacturerDress up any desktop computer with a stylish, low profile keyboard. The Kensington SlimType Keyboard delivers comfort and convenience – with a style that will complement any desktop. Outside, the sleek, slim exterior reflects today’s contemporary styling. Inside, the latest keyboard technologies deliver fingertip convenience and control. Scissor-switch key technology – found in laptops – delivers light action typing with a crisp, responsive feel. And intuitive multimedia hot keys provide one-touch control of volume, play/pause, track, mute, and eject. There are even hot keys for sleep and calculator modes.
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Sep 28th, 2009 at 4:09 am
I prefer laptop keyboards because the keys have a shorter actuation distance, which seems to make typing less stressful. The Slim Type actuation distance isn’t as small as an iBook keyboard, but I think it’s smaller than the keyboards of some Dells I’ve used. Maybe it’s also the feel of the “crisp” “scissor-switch” keys as advertised above – “crisp” is certainly accurate. Anyway, I find that with this keyboard I can type a lot longer before my wrists start to hurt, as compared to normal desktop keyboards. Plus, the low profile (less than an inch high) means that I don’t need a wrist support, I can rest my hands comfortably on my desk.Update: yes, I’ve noticed the problem mentioned in another review with keys “sticking”, with both keyboards that I own. What happens is that about every half an hour the keyboard power-cycles, and when it comes back on, if it powered off or maybe came on when a key was depressed then things can get in a weird state – pressing other keys fixes it. The power-cycling itself is annoying, since I can’t type for the two seconds or so that it takes to complete – the key repeating part I find less so, since it only happens occasionally. It isn’t as bad for the user as it sounds, although it is indeed a major design flaw. I didn’t mention it earlier because I thought it might be a Linux problem, I’m sorry if I misled other buyers. I’ll wait and see if I can get replacements from Kensington.
Sep 28th, 2009 at 4:43 am
I do not want to repeat everything that all the others wrote about this keyboard, except for a fact that it is nice, solid, fast, and inexpensive for its quality. What I do not like about it (although I could not give it less than 5 stars) is the regular-size NumLock key (some Logitech boards have a smaller NumLock key, which allows your to avoid pressing it accidentally). Well, it is just a wish, actially. Also, I am not crazy about the placement of the Delete key: it is somewhat hard to reach. The second ”|” key exists for no reason (I guess that the manufacturer did not want to make another irregular size ”Alt” or ”Start” key ) and it kind of interferes, sitting between the ”SpaceBar” and the left ”Alt”. Yes, I type fast, I type ALOT. So, certain things do make difference for me. There are no perfect keyboards, but this one is certainly above-the-average in so many ways.
Sep 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Mine died a few weeks ago, and I replaced it with a Logitech UltraX keyboard. It is a 100% improvement over this Kensington model. The UltraX feels more solid, is even more responsive, has a standard layout, looks more sophisticated, and has no driver problems.
Pros:
- Keys have a very nice feel to them. Not as good as many laptops, but still a huge improvement over a regular desktop keyboard.
- It’s much easier to type very fast on these scissor-switch keyboards.
- The media (play/pause, volume up/down) keys are handy.
Cons:
- Problems with the USB driver. At unpredictable intervals, one key press will result in ~30 repetitions of that key. You have to backspace through them, unless the backspace key was that one that stuck, forcing you to retype most of your last sentence again.
- Chrome-colored paint accents wear off very quickly, leaving an ugly greenish-grey color.
- The keys tend to stick after a while. They feel 10% engaged and you have to poke them a little to unstick them.
- The nonstandard layout is a little annoying at times. I never got used to the pgup/pgdn positions.
- The Cadillac comparison made by other reviewers sounds perfect to me. Too much flash, chrome, and cheap materials and not enough quality.
- Mine lasted less than 18 months. Unacceptable when paying $30 for a keyboard alone.