Review on Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard Black, English by Adam Orlowski ᠌

Name: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard Black, English
Item: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard Black, English
Rating: 5

May 02, 2023

A valuable purchase, some advantages!

In general, I am satisfied with the purchase, I hope it will last like the previous keyboard from Logitech for 8 years. Most of my discomfort, of course, is the result of many years of habit with the previous keyboard from the same Logitech. But still, I would like Logitech to hit its designers in the head, since in the keyboard, the convenience of pressing buttons should not become a victim of designers' attempts to bring "novelty" or "beauty" by equalizing the size of function buttons, but as a result of shifting the top row to side. And no, if you think that no one uses the F1-F10 buttons for their intended purpose, you are greatly mistaken.

Pros

The keyboard is excellent, the material of the buttons and the course are exactly the way I like it. Heavy, which means it does not dangle on the table ("Heavy is reliability" !). There is a backlight, but I personally almost never use it.

Cons

The left shift is greatly curtailed for the sake of completely incomprehensible why and to whom the desired button. Because of this, until now (I bought a keyboard a month ago) I regularly miss with my little finger. ESC is greatly enlarged and moved the F1 buttons, etc. to the right, again, I regularly miss because of this. The backlight is made in such a way that there is no point in it and it is easier to turn it off. If there weren’t such gaps around the buttons, it would be possible to use it to improve the appearance even during the day, but in the current version it is more distracting and annoying than helpful (and at the same time unrealistically eats up the battery). From here, the backlight stupidly turns off immediately and forever. It only makes sense to turn it on if you have an urgent need to work in almost complete darkness. The session lock button works without having to press Fn. In my opinion, this is a drawback, an accidental press instantly locks and why and to whom this is needed is not clear. In software for Linux (Solaar), this button can be blocked, but it's still not clear why it was made like that. This option should only be activated via Fn.