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Review on Penclic N3 Office 22-Key Programmable ControlPad With Macro Keys For PC & Mac - Faster Data Entry, Affordable Stream Deck Alternative by Antonio Gonzalez

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Cheapest programmable numpad, but still good quality

For the price, absolutely great. The numpad has good keys that are nice to press and feel like decent quality. They aren't mechanical, but have been fine for me. The numpad is a bit misleading in the photos, but it actually comes with a detachable micro-USB cable which is a nice bonus. Even more that the cable seems higher quality than your run of the mill cable.My favorite part, however, is the programmability of the numpad. You can go to the website and download their program. It's pretty lightweight, dosen't need a username or any stupid stuff. In the program you click on an image of the numpad and it opens up an image of a keyboard with clickable keys that you use to choose the macro. It's pretty simple and is missing the ability to choose more irregular keys like f12-f24 or mouse buttons 4 and 5, but you can choose multiple keys at once so it works great for like ctrl+shift+T to reopen a browser tab. You have the ability to import and export profiles, which is really nice. Also, the changes are saved to the device, so you don't need to have the program running in the background, and I'm pretty sure you can just plug into another computer and it'll work, albeit I have yet to test this.The software also has a macro editor, although I don't really like this part. It has a really weird interface and for some reason I had trouble getting it to close when I opened it the first time. It can do more complicated stuff than the keyboard interface, like timings between keystrokes, but it still can't do stuff like mouse button 4 or mouse movements, so I really haven't had much use for it.I personally keep the numpad close to my mouse and use it for one handed web browsing, closing sites with ctrl-w, going back and forward with alt+left and alt+right, and moving between tabs with ctrl+pgup and ctrl+pgdn.

Pros
  • 3.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
Cons
  • Device may conflict with existing peripheral equipment