Review on 🔌 Brydge 12.9 Keyboard: Ultimate Aluminum Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard for iPad Pro 12.9 inch (2017/2015 Models) with Backlit Keys & Long Battery Life in Space Gray by Lawrence Reuter

This keyboard is great! The design matches my iPad Pro and the buttons are well placed and comfortable. Many features are listed, such as a backlit keyboard and long battery life. The problems start with the latter. I have an iPad Pro 12.9 out of the box, so there's nothing special about my configuration. After charging this keyboard overnight, I eagerly popped it into my iPad, paired it (it was easy), and started using it. I closed it and took it to work (I work at a large state research university in the Central Department of Information Technology). I went to my first meeting, opened the iPad/Brydge combo; it was deader than four hours! Strange! I plugged it in, the LED showed charging for 1 minute and then went GREEN again. It's loaded, right? Well it worked while I was using it while sitting openly on my desk. Of course, he went to bed as advertised and woke up when a key was pressed. Great, isn't it? I closed it and went to the next meeting. Open and NADA, zip code, zero. I contacted Bridge who responded quickly and sent me an RMA to return it. A few weeks later (it was holidays so I won't reply to them) I get an email saying they didn't find anything wrong and all I had to do was press a button to wake him up! I replied that I knew and asked if they tested it as described: close, open after a few minutes, etc. No response. I received a message thanking you for the purchase. Three weeks later I still don't have a keyboard. I wrote to the company again and they responded quickly and apologized for sending it but it was returned to them. you will send it to me They did; They sent me my original Brydge. There were no changes in his work. As long as it's open and you're using it, it looks and works GREAT! However, when I close it and walk 50 feet back to my office, open it and PRESS any key, I get NO response. My workaround is to keep a small battery handy, briefly plug it into the charging port, and then unplug it again. Everything works again. I wanted to test this keyboard to recommend it for a campus that uses a large and growing number of iPads, not to mention the number of devices we use in the labs. I really hoped so! It doesn't, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless you're willing to dig into the 'workaround', plug it in and 'run' it a few times a day. There are alternatives that I will be testing soon. I had high hopes for this product given its price and the look and feel of the support team. It could just be a lemon; It happens. However, Brydge had no desire to improve anything. I have been in the information technology industry for over 20 years and as a technologist I understand how to work with users and overcome challenges. The customer is not always right, but I always give them reason to doubt; lemons there; Give them a working model and move on. Be careful Emptor! Let the buyer beware and warn.