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What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

#11
I don't like mechanical keyboards. I think the Apple Magic keyboard 2 has some of the best chiclet keys ever made. I also really liked the keyboard on the Surface Book 1.

As for the mouse I really like the Logitech G Pro. It's precise, lightweight, and the shape is great for fingertip grip.

Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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I travel a lot, so my selections are made with this in mind. Kebyoard: Logitech K380. Perfect travel size, excellent keys, lovely stylings and — from what I can tell — infinite battery life. (Mine has been running for a year on the same batteries with no complaints.) It also doesn't bend like the expensive Apple wireless keyboard if you chuck it in your backpack. Mouse: Logitech G403 Wireless. (I think the G703 might…

> Logitech K380

It's a great little keyboard. I was skeptical at first but it grew on me.

Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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post #13

I travel a lot, so my selections are made with this in mind. Kebyoard: Logitech K380. Perfect travel size, excellent keys, lovely stylings and — from what I can tell — infinite battery life. (Mine has been running for a year on the same batteries with no complaints.) It also doesn't bend like the expensive Apple wireless keyboard if you chuck it in your backpack. Mouse: Logitech G403 Wireless. (I think the G703 might…

> Logitech K380 It's a great little keyboard. I was skeptical at first but it grew on me.

I have not the K380, but a K480. Its bluetooth implementation interferes with Wi-Fi at home. Periodically, once every few minutes, the device with which the keyboard is being used experiences a stall in its Wi-Fi connection. While I don't see this behavior in various hotspots around town, I also haven't seen the behavior from other bluetooth gear, including other keyboards. Changing the Wi-Fi channel doesn't fix the issue. Aside from that, the keyboard has a poor feel for typing, and feels cheaply made. E.g if you grasp it in both hands and give it a squeeze, the poorly fitted plastic case squeaks. I think the keys are the same as in the K380 [evidently not]. The only selling feature of the 480 is that you can switch the BT connection among three devices with a physical three-way switch. And you can stick a tablet and one, perhaps two phones into it at the same time, having them all stand up.

Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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As far as keyboards go, I don't have a current favorite but I only use keyboards with an 84 key layout [1].

The 84 key layout keeps all of the important keys from the standard 10-keyless layout (home, page up, page down, arrows, etc) but it puts them in a single row on the right side of the keyboard.

I find that a 10-keyless keyboard is too wide, which requires me to put my mouse farther to my right than I like it. The 84 key lets me keep my mouse where I want it without losing important keys.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/0TEi1.jpg?1

Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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post #11

I don't like mechanical keyboards. I think the Apple Magic keyboard 2 has some of the best chiclet keys ever made. I also really liked the keyboard on the Surface Book 1. As for the mouse I really like the Logitech G Pro. It's precise, lightweight, and the shape is great for fingertip grip.

I also use the Logitech G Pro and like it quite a bit.

Logitech also makes the g203 prodigy [1] which is identical to the G Pro except for two things:

1) the G Pro has a sensor with a higher DPI (6,000 vs 12,000)

2) the G Pro has a braided cable, while the g203 has a normal cable

Unless someone actually plans on using their mouse above 6,000 DPI, the g203 is probably a better choice because it's cheaper than the G Pro.

I've got one of each, with the G Pro at home for gaming and g203 at work so that I more-or-less use the same mouse all the time.

[1] https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/product/g203-prodigy-gaming-...

Re: What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned?

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Logitech K380 It's a great little keyboard. I was skeptical at first but it grew on me.

I have not the K380, but a K480. Its bluetooth implementation interferes with Wi-Fi at home. Periodically, once every few minutes, the device with which the keyboard is being used experiences a stall in its Wi-Fi connection. While I don't see this behavior in various hotspots around town, I also haven't seen the behavior from other bluetooth gear, including other keyboards. Changing the Wi-Fi channel doesn't fix the…

I have tried the K480 in store. Weirdly enough, it feels very different from the K380. Neither the keys nor the construction are the same. (The Wirecutter makes this observation in their BT keyboard article[1]. I didn't believe them, so I had to check it out for myself. Turns out: true!)

[1]: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-bluetooth-keyboar...

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