Review on 💻 Adesso WKB-3150UB - Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard with Trackball and Scroll Wheel, Split Key, Long Battery Life, Compact and Portable - Compatible for Laptop/Desktop/PC, Windows XP/7/8/10 by Belinda Rivas

I've been looking for a smaller ergonomic wireless keyboard for about 2 years. I have very small hands and wrists and have had carpal tunnel surgery on both, so my hands are pretty weak. I can't type on the laptop's built-in flat keyboard, nor on a "normal" keyboard. I've been using Microsoft ergonomic keyboards for years, but they're really big and chunky. The problem is that I have to take my keyboard with me when I go somewhere, but all Microsoft ergonomic keyboards have that big number pad and other controls. buttons on the right side. This makes the keyboard 6 inches longer. This was always very frustrating for me as I personally never used this number pad and didn't need it at all. When I need numbers, I use the ones at the top of the keyboard. So taking the keyboard with me when traveling was always a hassle because it was so big I had to put it in my luggage bag. I finally found this one that seemed to meet all my needs: 1) ergonomics; 2) small enough to easily fit in an overnight bag or under-seat luggage; and 3) wireless. I've only been using it for a few days, not quite used to it yet, but so far so good. There are few downsides: 1. I really don't like the trackball - it doesn't give me enough control and it's too stretchy for my thumb. I almost didn't order the keyboard because it had a trackball in it. Luckily, you don't have to use it if you don't want to - this keyboard works great if you still want to use a regular mouse. So to me, the trackball is just a little red accent on the keyboard - purely cosmetic, as far as I can tell. I will never use the built in scroll wheel either.2. It's SUPER ANNOYING that for some weird reason this keyboard is set to block numbers on startup. This is how you end up printing numbers instead of letters. I had to get my old keyboard out of retirement several times because I couldn't turn off the number lock on it. Simply pressing the Num Lock (F12) key will not turn it off. I almost sent the keyboard back due to my frustration. Obviously this annoys other people too because someone else asked what to do about it. Thanks to R. McMillon for explaining that you have to press the Fn key AND the F12 num lock key. What a stupid idea to set this as the default! 3. The keys are very loud - louder than any keyboard I've ever owned. Don't believe the false marketing that says the keys are silent - they are NOT. This is problematic when trying to take notes on slides etc. during a conference call. I can't just mute my audio because I'm usually on call. All that background typing noise is really annoying when listening to recorded conference calls, and I'm sure it annoys other people on the call too. I would really like to find a way to make them quieter. Overall, I'm glad I've FINALLY found a smaller, more compact, ergonomic keyboard that can easily be slipped into a bag and taken to a meeting, on a plane, or anywhere. .Updated August 5, 2021 Due to the issues I mentioned, I finally reverted to my giant old, clunky, ergonomic Microsoft keyboard. As long as I work from home everything is fine. The problem was when I was traveling. So now this Adesso keyboard has become my pure travel keyboard. But of course COVID came out a few months after I first wrote this review and so hasn't been used in over a year.