Seeing as I've spent a small fortune in search of a satisfactory keyboard, I thought I ought to pipe up here. I have a smaller keyboard from Microsoft called the Microsoft Universal Mobile keyboard. It's compact and fairly rugged with a plastic rubber coated lid which doubles as a stand. You need to type in a code when pairing but once that's done, there's realy no lag. I don't know if it's still available for sale so you might have to chase that one with Ebay or something.
The keyboard I'm typing on now is cheeper because it's a 60% mechanical keyboard from Keymove. They've made quite a splash in mechanical keyboard circles recently. I got mine for $50 Canadian on Amazon. You can choose the switch type you want. I like red linear switches. Other types have extra audible clicks and add more feel to typing. It only has 61 keys and you don't get multimedia controls. You do get an actual physical on/off switch on the bottom. The key for slash and question mark is tucked in the corner formed by the bottom and right arrows which takes time to get used to. There's no way that I've discovered to easly turn off the rgb lighting. You don't have to enter a number code when you pair it. The advantages are that it uses Bluetooth4 and reports the status of your battery to the battery widget in the Today view of your iOS device. Nice to be able to check the battery level. There's absolutely zero lag to contend with and the board doesn't feel cramped. It is somewhat noisy to type on so I only use it at home. I've just backed a Keychron K6 mechanical keyboard on Kickstarter. It has physical switches to change between wired, Bluetooth and off as well as one to switch between devices. It uses Bluetooth 3 but given the stellar reviews of their prior keyboards, I don't expect much lag. I went with red optical switches which should help deal with any lag if I'm wrong. This keyboard will also give me multimedia functions despite being a 65% keyboard. I'll also have home and end keys. Another keyboard I've tried was from Anker. It's quiet and compact. It also has multimedia keys. Doesn't report its battery level and unfortunately suffers from a smigion of lag. Just enough to be quite annoying at times. Otherwise, it's a really nice design for a travelling keyboard. Earlier, I backed a keyboard from Hexgears called the X1. Again, wonderful build quality and a pleasure to type on but absolutely horrid Bluetooth connectivity. I use it on my computer now but that one has to pretty much go in the loses column. It's very hard to get something which checks all the boxes. I have fairly high hopes for the Keychron K6 but as you can see, I've been wrong before. I'll have to wait quite a while before I think of taking another crack at that illusive perfect Bluetooth keyboard. It seems to be my holy grail. I suppose, if it injures my fingers to type on one, that could well change to being my Moby Dick. I can tell you that it certainly won't be my fountain of youth. My wife Sara and my parents have often exclaimed "Another keyboard!" in a manner which may well qualify for genuine horror. Perhaps, one of you will find that perfect keyboard and the quest can come to a glorious end. Meanwhile, best of luck to all who set out to find the perfect typing tool that surely must exist. On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:17 AM Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > I have both the k380 from Logitech and the apple magic keyboard, > > If you want simple and easy get the apple magic bt keyboard, > Charging is done through the same lightening cable that can do your phone > or iPad / ipod etc. > > It's small light and has the same keyboard layout to that of the mac > books > > But a lot more cost for the board when buying. > > The Logitech is great lightweight and able to pair with multiple devices > / os's > Feels nice to type > On and simple to switch between different devices. > > And a hell of a lot cheaper to buy. > > Hpe this helps. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Robin > Sent: Thursday, 23 January 2020 5:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bluetooth keyboard > > Yeah, I'm gonna Stay Tuned to "This Thread" as I'm interested in > possibly addin' a BlueTooth KeyBoard (QUERTY KeyBoard) to use with My > iPhone. 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