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Georgia, Tbilisi
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Review on πŸ”Œ Brydge 12.3 Pro+ Wireless Keyboard with Precision Touchpad - Compatible with Microsoft Surface 7, 6, 5 & 4 - Designed for Surface - Black by Karthikeyan Behm

Revainrating 2 out of 5

The best Windows keyboard and touchpad I've ever tried!

It takes a lot to impress me enough to write a review, but this keyboard did the trick. I've already had stings from spending so much just for a keyboard and touchpad and I feared the worst, especially after seeing a negative YouTube review! (If you're using this product with Surface Pro as intended, make sure you've fully updated your drivers, and even google for the Marvell network driver issue that can cause mouse stuttering and lag.) Aside from the errors Microsoft might create you - it's the perfect setting, even for non-Surface users. I use this keyboard with a Macbook running Windows 10 and it does the job perfectly. And the big alt key is absolutely perfect - I switch ctrl to alt and alt to win, ctrl toggles between ctrl and win. I know my setup sounds a bit complicated, but that's only because I prefer Mac-style keys on Windows, which I do via my Kinto app, which uses Autohotkey. For the user who complains that the multimedia keys are used by default. Rather than complain, you can easily remap all your media keys to F-keys and actual F-keys to media keys via Autohotkey. You'd think priority switching should be possible - and maybe the company will listen and release a firmware update - but otherwise it can be fixed with a little effort. The touchpad is exactly what you'd expect from a precision touchpad - it just works. It's a diveboard setup, like many if not all Windows touchpads, meaning it's easier to press down than up, but nothing works quite like the Mac's touchpad equivalent. However, due to poor driver support, even unofficial drivers that work slightly better, this touchpad performs better than the one built into Windows Macbooks in general. It certainly works better than my work from Dell and that was the main reason I bought this item, my work from Dell didn't have the ability to click when the touchpad was pressed and I feel like it's broken . This product fixes that completely. This technically works on the iPad too, but don't expect perfect alignment of the modifier keys. The touchpad also doesn't work at all on iOS, and I doubt anyone on a jailbroken device will be able to get it to work, maybe if you're still using iOS 9.

Pros
  • Satisfied so far
Cons
  • Weak typing