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Review on Keyboard A4Tech KV-300H gray by Mateusz Wodarczyk ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

Many complaints about instability to drinks. Can't confirm. Yes, I filled it with pomegranate juice; the keys did not seem to fail, but they began to stick mechanically: they were pressed harder and crawled out more slowly after pressing, so I decided to take it apart and clean it. Disassembling it is really long and a little nervous (during the first disassembly, you need to tear the plastic in several places), but it’s real and easy - it took me 4 hours, perhaps the experience in disassembling laptops affects. After assembly, the gap behaved unusually, but as it was used for a couple more days, everything became as before. Otherwise, I have been sitting firmly on such keyboards for 6 years already, I have tried a lot of other models, but I always returned to this one. Dropped, filled once. Still serves faithfully. (Addition after a few months) One copy still died. After looking through the assortment and not finding anything better, I took the same model and was surprised to find Fn on it (instead of the right Win) and additional functions on the F-keys. I did not find any identifying marks signaling a revision, the model is the same, the brand is the same, functionally different. Comparative photo attached.

Pros
  • Heavy (metal plate under the keys) and has rubber paws (does not slip on the table), the layout is completely classic (no Fn, no media keys, and the most common numeric keypad), thin case (the wrists are already on the tabletop at a sufficient height, no need prop up), the keys are pressed quite quietly, softly and briefly, the Lock indicators are adequately bright (they do not blind or even distract, but are distinguishable even under the light from the window), branding is not striking, 2 USB 2.0 ports in an inconspicuous place. Tenacious, mine is already 6 years old with one reassembly (I'll tell you below). With all this, it is quite inexpensive.
Cons
  • When pressing on the areas without keys, the case slightly crackles (it does not occur in everyday use, so it does not interfere; and the force should be quite significant, only if you press it on purpose). USB ports are not very well located, if you plug any cable on the right, it will compete with the mouse for space; left is ok. There is no key backlight. The design of the keyboard reads difficult to repair (but I don’t know, I mastered it).