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With just a touch, the Logitech Compact Keyboard K300 has stylish, backlit media controls that provide an elegant and easy way to access your music, videos, and e-mail. Space-saving design with full-size keys integrates perfectly into even the most stylish setups, freeing up space on your desk. Full-size, integrated number pad makes data entry fast and effortless. The ultra-flat profile helps you type comfortably with keys that move quietly, shifting your wrists toward a more neutral position. Plus, it works right out of the box with no software to install.
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- Stylish, backlit media controls- Space-saving design with full-size keys
- Integrated full-size number pad
- Ultra-flat profile
- Easy setup
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By fluffy (San Francisco)
As a professional software engineer I spend a lot of time typing, and little tiny ergonomic details make a huge difference to me. I need a keyboard with low key travel (to reduce finger strain) and with a compact layout (to reduce the amount of reach for my mouse). This keyboard accomplishes both of those wonderfully, and has a surprisingly comfortable feel to the keys.
However, there are a few aspects which prevent me from recommending it for anyone who actually types for a living. The biggest one is that in order to make it as horizontally-compact as possible, Logitech placed the Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys in a pretty ridiculous spot - on top of the number pad. Granted, on Windows systems, people can still just use the number pad's cursor controls, and that is fine, but on Linux and MacOS (the two platforms I use the most), the number pad keys work differently than the cursor pad keys.
The other major flaw is that there is a built-in hard wrist rest, which makes it more difficult to fit onto many keyboard trays or to use in combination with a gel wrist rest. Fortunately, the contour of the wrist rest keeps it out of the way when actually typing and doesn't put pressure on places that shouldn't get it, but it would be nice to not have to put up with such a silly thing.
There is also a flaw for me that is something that is much less likely to cause problems for the vast majority of people, but is worth mentioning anyway. I've found that turning the Caps Lock key into a second control key is great for ergonomics, as having a large easily-pressed Ctrl is much more useful than a key that I never (purposefully) use in prime real estate. I use a lot of key combinations with Ctrl in my various software, and unfortunately, when holding the Caps Lock key, many of the letter keys don't respond, so for those I have to use the lower-placed Ctrl instead. This is a bit of a corner case, though.
In any case, this is a very comfortable keyboard, and if Logitech had just put the home/end/pgup/pgdn keys to the right of the main area (like on the Kensington SlimType, for example), or if they had gone for a traditional navigation section and used an embedded numeric pad (because seriously, who needs a numeric keypad full-time these days?) I would be able to overlook the other flaws. I just have to wonder what the particular designer at Logitech was thinking.
That said, after using it for a couple weeks at both home and work, I've gotten surprisingly used to the strange layout, so I'm raising my rating.
By A. Munro (Reading, PA)
Already owned a Logitech Wireless Keyboard / Mouse combo at home, but was using a Dell (came with the computer) keyboard at work. I'm a developer and found the stock Dell keyboard really annoying. Ordered this K300 for my work machine and just got it / tried it out at home. Needless to say I ordered another one just now for work as this one is staying here at home. I love the feel of the keys, it doesn't take up much desk space and I find it easy to work with. I use vim for my coding primarily at home and at work and don't really use a mouse much, so key placement is very important to me. Also the keyboard is much quieter than my old one - almost silent, while the keys are not too small like on a laptop. Works great with Ubuntu or my work windows laptop. On Ubuntu all the function keys work really well. Very happy with this inexpensive purchase.
By C. B. Smith (Hawaii)
I just got this keyboard so I can't speak to its durability, but I can comment about how good it feels to type on it.
Pros:
It feels RIGHT, with just the right amount of travel and no wobbly keys;
It's quiet;
It's compact, and the keys that got moved around to accommodate the size are keys I rarely use anyway. I'm REALLY happy about the insert key being moved away from the backspace key --- I accidentally hit that key too often, with disastrous results;
It lays at the proper angle for my wrists, reducing fatigue;
I like the multimedia keys and the way they are combined with the function keys.
Cons:
None yet. As I mentioned I don't know how long the keyboard will hold up but I've never had a Logitech keyboard fail.
I can't say that about Microsoft keyboards: I've had two Comfort 2000s and one Comfort 4000 fail within the first few months I had them (some of the keys stopped responding). I kept going back because I liked the ergonomics of a curved keyboard but enough is enough.
By MollipZ (United States)
This board is nearly flawless: good key feel, excellent layout that minimizes the Insert/Home/Scroll lock and arrow keys, all of which could literally could be removed from keyboards and I wouldn't miss them. Frankly I'm not even sure what Scroll Lock does, and the arrows/Page Up/Down/Insert keys must be a holdover from a time before mice were invented. I guess they would be useful for serious desktop publishers.
The Function keys are nice and small, which is good because the only time I ever use a Function key is when booting, to choose a different boot drive or what not.
OK HERE IS THE KICKER:
The spacebar, when pressed, becomes nearly flush with the body of the keyboard. This means that your (most typists) thumb will smack into the area underneath the spacebar repeatedly. Please, do yourself a favor and find this keyboard at a local store to try it out before buying it here so you can see what I mean. It's so obviously wrong that I would categorize it as a "defect", and suggest Logitech alter production immediately.
Why oh why does every nearly perfect keyboard have one glaring mistake that kills the deal? If logitech fixes the spacebar issue, this would be one of the best boards available at any price.
By Michael Mullins (Clovis, Ca)
A truly excellent keyboard. Extremely high quality feel, epsecially for the price. Barely makes a sound compared to some keyboards I've owned. The rest of my setup is black/blue/chrome so the red and orange on this board don't really fit in but as per usual it's tastefully done and unobtrusively Logitech. Well worth the $30. Logitech's taking over my work area one excellent preipheral at a time.
Also worth of note; This board has no problem with multiple simultaneous keystrokes as repored with the wireless model. Gamers rejoice.
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