But overall I really like its extra features that I am able to use with my fingers i.e. So will this keyboard last me 10 years like my last ergonomic keyboard did? Probably not. I have used this keyboard now for two months and three of the letters on the keyboard are already coming off (the white paint is coming off) I am a transcriber and sit at my keyboard typing at least 10 hours per day. It is an ergonomic keyboard but, the keys are much closer together than my last ergonomic keyboard and because I have to hold my arms closer to my body to type, I feel like I'm squeezing my upper trunk with my upper arms all the time.Ģ. There are a couple of things that are an issue for me though:ġ. The keyboard works great and has added features I really like to keep me from constantly going for the mouse. I purchased this keyboard/mouse combination for two reasons, the brand name I feel is very reliable and I wanted wireless. Overall good keyboard, but has a couple issues I'm not 100% pleased with. I am disappointed with Logitech with this one. The wave part of the keypad is OK not particularly good or bad, it takes a day or two to get used to by typing is Ok but the CAPS lock thing is a real downer for me. I live with but feel I have wasted my money on this keyboard. Other Wireless keyboards I have had at least had a constant on screen display. YES if you press the CAPS lock key it flashes what mode the CAP locks key is in but thay only last a very short time.
That can be a real pain when typing in passwords, especially if you are in a situation where if you type in the wrong password 3 time you get locked out. The keyboard has what I consider to be a serious flaw that is highly aggravating there is no way to just look and tell whether the CAPS lock key is on. I have had logitech mouse a number of times before and this behaves as well or better than those. The mouse that came with this combo is fine.
Because there’s no Mac version of Logitech’s SetPoint software, however, Mac users won’t be able to customize the K350’s hotkeys.Review of Logitech Wave Combo MK550 keyboard and laser mouse. While Logitech says the K350 will work only with Windows PCs, anecdotally it also connected to my iMac. The K350’s wireless connection never dropped or sputtered during my testing, and it quickly reconnected after going to sleep following periods of inactivity.
The K350 keyboard connects to a PC via the included USB Unifying Receiver, a wireless 2.4GHz USB dongle, which plugs in and works instantly without the need for drivers. (Logitech has a newer, slicker Logitech Options utility, but it doesn’t work with this keyboard.) Melissa Riofrio/IDG Connectivity In all, I counted 30 hotkeys on the K350 (assuming toggles count for two keys), 17 of which can be reprogrammed using Logitech’s aging SetPoint app.
Logitech says its so-called “Comfort Wave Design” is intended to “support the actual, varied lengths of your fingers.” We’ll delve into the actual feel of the keyboard in a moment.Īnother attention-grabbing design feature on the K350 is its array of hotkeys and controls, complete with a central volume toggle surrounded by media playback buttons, prominent buttons for Photo, Music, Windows Media Center (which maps to Groove Music in Windows 10), Settings and Task View, plus a Zoom toggle, hotkeys for Microsoft Word, Excel, Edge, Search, E-mail, and more. The keyboard itself is both slightly curved and contoured in a wave shape, creating a pair of dips roughly where the A, S, D, F, and J, K, L, and semicolon keys sit. Melissa Riofrio/IDGīesides its imposing height, the K350 also boasts a padded palm rest. Thankfully, the second of two steps in the retractable feet raises the keyboard only 4 degrees, shaving a half-inch off its overall height.
Indeed, if you extend its rear two-step feet to their full height (which props the keyboard up 8 degrees), the keyboard rises to a full 2.5 inches in height-so tall, in fact, that it blocked my keyboard tray from sliding back into my desk. Measuring 19 x 10 x 1.5 inches and weighing about 2 pounds, 3 ounces, the K350 is one of the biggest keyboards I’ve ever tested.