Review on Keyboard A4Tech KV-300H gray by Micha Jelonek ᠌

Name: Keyboard A4Tech KV-300H gray
Item: Keyboard A4Tech KV-300H gray
Rating: 4

May 13, 2023

The product did not disappoint, the quality pleases.

At first, Claudia made a very good impression. Relatively inexpensive (took for 1300), fingers just fly. The keys were pressed very easily and quietly.
However, it started to make noise pretty quickly (although still quieter than any mechanics), then some keys began to work only when pressed with a little effort, which is unacceptable at high typing speeds.
Some crumb got under the right Control and he did not want to squeeze through. I decided to take it off, and despite all the accuracy, I still broke one clove. After that, the key can still be used carefully, but it acquires the property of sticking and, if pressed carelessly, jump out of its place. After spending several hours on unsuccessful attempts to restore the original design, I simply removed the mechanism and now manage only the left control.
In general, I can’t call her so reliable and indestructible, as the rumor says. Either the quality has decreased, or I have some other evaluation criteria. However, I do not know any alternatives for this price, so a fully deserved 4 points.

Pros

- The most convenient layout for me: direct enter, long space, long shifts, long backspace, F-keys in blocks of 4. - There too: the absence of any idiotic keys like "Power" and "Sleep", which no one uses, but they tend to be accidentally pressed. - Island + small key travel - extremely convenient for speed typing, raised its average typing speed to 600 characters / min with it. - Lightweight and thin. It is very comfortable to hold it on your knees. - USB hub. An extremely convenient thing at times, it is surprising that so far many manufacturers are stingy to do this. I didn’t measure the speed and current strength, but you can connect a USB flash drive or phone. - Nearly silent at first, and after a few months still quite quiet - Strict design

Cons

- The key travel is constantly broken. Often the key is either underpressed or pressed with difficulty. Probably, this is due to the ingress of some small debris, crumbs (I don’t eat above the keyboard). Sometimes it goes away if you press the key with some force, sometimes it goes away by itself, sometimes it does not go away. - Often the key is not pressed if you press it from the corner. But in general, this is one of the declared advantages of the mechanism, they say, it is not necessary to press exactly in the center - Although matte, it is still quite easily soiled, especially a lot of dirt collects in places between the keys, which are more difficult to clean than it seems - Due to the lack of legs, the angle at which it is on the table is not regulated. Due to the small weight, it stands uncertainly, slides. - DO NOT DISASSEMBLE IT! The "scissors" themselves are held on by very thin four plastic teeth, any of which is incredibly easy to break when parsing, and then you, most likely, will not be able to fix it. - The paint on the keys wears off fairly quickly. I don't look at the keyboard at all, but it's still ugly. - Fans of "sliding" fingers when typing - you are not here. It's possible, but not easy - Very rare double clicks - The bottom right key - Enter on the digital block, tends to be accidentally pressed from some thing, sticking and opening a hundred copies of some program. This is not a keyboard problem, but a consequence of a slight small key travel. - The marks on the "a" and "o" keys are very small, they are easy to miss if you just move your fingers (due to the island type, the edges of each key are felt, so these bumps are easy to miss)