HW197

Worked straight out of the box. Keyboard feels more premium than most by having the metal surrounds and weight. Touchpad was sensitive enough and allowed me to move the cursor with enough accuracy to allow typing into some very small boxes on my screen. Prime reason for this keyboard is to be able to have a powerful PC set up thats portable and a small footprint. This keyboard does that job very well. If I can grip it would be occasionally I think the bluetooth went to sleep after some time and could have been quicker to re-engage after this. If I was adding a wish it would be perfect to have it backlit, but I know that would impact battery life and tbh it works well in low light conditions fine without it.

Update. To their credit the seller sent me a new one even though it had passed the return date so I have updated my review. Standing behind their product is a good sign. In the time between my first one and the replacement the seller sent I bought a better known brand keyboard so I can compare. I guess I'm used to a MacBook Pro so maybe my expectations on trackpad performance was too high - these are pretty cheap. Compared to a well known brand I found this keyboard to be just as good for the trackpad and better located to make it easier to use. The keys on this keyboard are more modern and less of a press than the name brand one. This keyboard looks way nicer too, but the key feature the brand name keyboard is missing and this one has is that it has a caps lock light. Kind of essential you'd think, but the name brand one doesn't have one so if touch typing you risk typing in all caps without noticing. Now owning the two, I'm going to use this one, it's better than the name brand one, not by a huge amount, but I prefer it's trackpad position at the bottom (the middle of the keyboard makes it harder to use on the name brand one), it's got a caps lock light and it looks and feels better. I also prefer the low keyboard action of this keyboard too. See the photos for side by side comparison. Old review: Not the best, but adequate. Looks nice, but functionality wasn't the best. Trackpad was laggy or jerky at times, keys sometimes didn't register when pressed - a nightmare for passwords where you can't see what you typed. It's past return date so it's in the bin and I'll get a name brand one instead.

I've had the Arteck2.4G Wireless Touch for about two weeks now and am pretty pleased with my purchase. I have half a dozen mini PC's I use in a music studio that I need to configure settings on. I wanted a keyboard that had a decent trackpad that had scroll and zoom gestures on par with a good laptop trackpad. This keyboard and trackpad does the job well. The keyboard isn't a top notch typists keyboard, but is reasonably good to use. I also use it on my Chromebook with no issue, it just works. I move it about the studio so much it was important that it was light and easy to pick up with one hand and move about the studio without pressing a key or the trackpad - the design of this keyboard means I can do that easily. No back light on this model, but the legends are clear and easy to see.

I originally bought a different keyboard from this same company, which can be found at the following link. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XLYMXY3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have several computers in one room and I had hoped that a multi device wireless keyboard, would enable me to cut down on a bit of desktop space. Unfortunately, although I liked the aesthetics of the keyboard, it failed to reliably connect to more than one device, and I returned it to Amazon after spending a very frustrating couple of hours trying to get it functional. Having learned that 2.4G connections work reliably in my office, but that bluetooth connections do not, I abandoned the idea of 'one keyboard to rule them all' and purchased a couple of these, instead. I own a couple of highly effective Logitech K400i 2.4G keyboards, and considered buying another two of this model, especially as they were on sale at the time of purchase. Then I saw this product, also on sale, at a very slightly cheaper price than the Logitech board, and ordered. The product arrived the next working day. It looks good, the keys are well spaced, with a good, positive action that is pleasant to type upon. Without disassembling the unit, I cannot say for sure, but the keys feel like they have a plastic scissor below the button, with a membrane below that. No keyboard of this type is going to give anything like the kind of tactile sensation experienced when typing on a mechanical board, but if you are used to using a fairly high end laptop on which to type, you are going to feel right at home with this. The trackpad works and seems as effective as the pad on the Logictech boards. I am using these two boards with Lenovo M920 Tiny PC's, both running Windows 10 Pro, so I don't use gestures, and cannot comment on how well they are supported. Set up was very simple. Plug in the RF dongle, and that's it. Good to go. Aesthetically speaking, you'll either like this, or you won't. The brushed metal body of the board is going to be a fingerprint magnet, but to my eyes, it looks quite good on the desk. The keys have a pleasant look, the plastic used feels fairly high quality,and the 'chiclet' style will be immediately familiar to those of you who like to be told what to like by a certain manufacturer, although I have doubts about the longevity of the legends if you are intending to use the board all day, every day. All in all, I am pleased with my purchases. I cannot comment on the reliability or longevity of this board, but generally speaking, this is an excellent product that is completely suited to my needs, that cost less than £20 when I bought it.

EDIT - Very good customer service as Arteck got in touch with me directly and offered me a replacement product. For this good service I'm bumping up my rating on the assumption that the replacement item works. EDIT EDIT - having received the replacement keyboard, I'm happy to say that this one is working flawlessly now :) Fingers crossed that the durability holds this time around. The keys do feel nicer this time around too, nice and bouncy action, decent travel. The touchpad which I ended up hating initially now works as it should. Nice and responsive and no "dropping" of selected items. Original review: Generally pretty good but one major flaw. When trying to click and drag anything using the touchpad it totally fails. MEGA MEGA ANNOYING!! What seems to happen is that I will left click and hold then with another finger try to drag but then the item will deselect! The only way around is to double click and drag, but that is fiddly and unreliable. Note also that if you leave the keyboard for a while it goes to sleep and is woken up only by a key press but that key press will not register. Touchpad wont wake it either. Shame about these faults since it looks good and is well made.

I am quite impressed by this actually, it does everything I bought it for which is lounging on the sofa controlling my laptop through the TV Pros.. * Nice metal fascia giving the look a more premium appearance, this also gives the keyboard a sturdier feel in you hands. * Handy media keys including a Home key that opens up my browser and places the cursor in the search box automatically. * A dedicated back page button. Cons.. * Scroll direction on the trackpad is in reverse so up means down and down means up, a bit tricky. Oh and NO incentivised shenanigans here. There is a real problem here on Amazon, be aware. ** UPDATE: I dropped this down a star because the track pad has a mind of its own sometimes and is a bit annoying, also the reverse scroll is a real PIA. Now its slightly above average with a few unfortunate isues.

***UPDATE 03/03/2021*** I have now rested the replacement keyboard in an office environment. No problems whatsoever. Really nice keyboard to type on. Works well. ***UPDATE 15/01/2021*** Since returning this item Artek have contacted me via email with a generous offer to send a replacement item free of charge. This is despite the fact that I have been given a refund by Amazon. Despite having already bought an alternative keyboard from a competing brand I have accepted their offer on the basis that the original keyboard may have been faulty rather than design flawed. At this stage I am very impressed with the level of customer care that has been demonstrated and will update the review again after I have tested the replacement keyboard. ***ORIGINAL REVIEW*** At first glance this thing is good value. It's well made, feels sturdy and made from quality materials. The layout of the buttons is good for man sized hands and the media controls are nice to have. However, I had a few problems with it which ultimately have caused me to return it. The main issue is the wireless range; this is nowhere near the stated ten metres that is stated in the product details. Suffered with an intermittency from my sofa about four metres away from the receiver, mostly when using the touchpad. I had to move an armchair very close to the receiver, about 1.5 metres away. Even then I had to hold the keyboard up in the air to use the touchpad. I think it would probably work fine if it was placed on a desk, right next to the receiver but this is no good for use in a living room as a media controller. Aside from the range issues this keyboard would benefit from some further mouse buttons placed ergonomically where the hands naturally sit when holding/using it on your lap. For instance, on the underside of the keyboard where your left hand naturally falls (or in the are above the F1 key). Overall, very disappointing. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

I've had my keyboard nearly six months, at the time of writing. I bought it as I have a stand-up desk (as well as a regular one) and I was getting fed up dealing with wires and shifting my usual keyboard. Lazy, I know. Arrived promptly and was pretty much ready to go out of the box (although keep an eye out for the receiver which is neatly tucked away within the box) - I just removed the tape for the battery compartment, plugged in the receiver and it came to life (running Win10). My usual keyboard is ergonomic, so it took me a while to get used to the flat layout and smaller keyboard, but that is no fault of the product. Keys are responsive and, once my butterfingers got used to it, I have been able to type fast with a decent level of accuracy. I have three gripes, which are petty. The first is that the cover for the battery compartment only seemed to "lightly" fit and very easily came off. I resolved this with a bit of sellotape, but it's not the ideal solution. The good news is that it is still on the first set of (supplied) batteries. Next gripe is that, within some programmes (ie Photoshop), hitting the Enter button after writing text does not "close" the text like it does with my regular keyboard. Not quite sure why this is, but the only solution I have found is to select a different tool which then closes the layer. Finally, I use the calculator on my PC quite a lot. On my regular keyboard, there is a button which you press and it opens the calculator. There is no such button on this and, not having a number pad, it isn't as natural to use the top row to input data. Of course, I knew this when I bought the item, so I cannot complain about it. I can't get used to the mouse pad thing, but then I have only ever used a mouse-mouse (rollerball) and, as I tend to kind of type and mouse simultaneously when working, it would be awkward to try to use it. I suspect that, if you have a laptop so are used to that kind of thing, it will be fine. Speaking of the mousepad...the left button ceased working for some reason. I contacted the company and asked if it could be repaired or if there was a warranty and, despite it being well out of the 30 day period, they organised me a new one, no questions asked. THAT is good customer service. Excellent value for money and I would quite happily buy another and recommend.

I am pretty criticical of keyboards because, it’s the the device that most people interact with the most and actually look at the least. I have purchased, tested, and returned test 32 keyboards in the last 7 months with prices ranging from $8 to $400; this keyboard is one of the few that I settled on for the work that I do because I need a reliable input device that can take some action and keep up with the pace. I use 4 To 5 keyboards for specialized work that Ido in the film, creative, and business settings. This keyboard isn’t the best, in terms of a long list of criteria, but I have yet to find a single input device that meets all my needs; the closest I’ve gotten is a 6 inch keyboard made by another company, but it is too small. Where this board excels is in the support of their products. A 2 year warranty is a very long commitment to stand by their product and that’s something that is the paramount when dealing with hardware; and if you’ve ever tried to use a computer without a hardware input device, it’s not a happy time. Frankly, if I i could design and build my own I would because for some reason, the idea of a full size keyboard, meaning a keyboard with the option of lighted keys, a numeric10 key, arrows, functions, macros, and a mouse or trackpad is a uni-llama it just doesn’t exist. So the market is filled with these weak, too thin, too compact and too fashionable devices that may compete on a head to head who has the thinnest device but not who has the best design, or fit for purpose device. 100% if you want a keyboard that is comfortable and 100% reliable, go for wired, if wired isn’t an option this is your best best. What works for me, regular AAA batteries means I can have them charged and read to replace as opposed to having to constantly track down cables, bricks. and extensions for the built in batteries. If you need to return, you keep the batteries and therefore you don’t need to deal with all the extra steps of shipping with special labels, packaging, and shipping times. The keyboard has a decent spacing of the keys so you can mount the keyboard from different angles and find the home keys (F & J) and start typing. The touchpad is large enough to have full right/left buttons and also isn’t often throwing keys because the receiver is too far away. Let me tell you this is the a #1 problem you’ll have with any wireless device, if there’s interference, it doesn’t matter how much you paid or how big the batteries are, you’re gonna have problems. Biggest ‘con’ I would say the hot keys over the track pad. It turns out that is the best place my muscle memory has found to grab it from, and it also happens to open a obéisse window. In the beginning this drive me crazy as I was constantly closing Chrimw, but once I remapped the keys to a more useful function, it actually turned out to be a huge help. The only thing that isn’t so much a problem as it is an annoyance is the Fn keys. They don’t gel well with their locations so any F1, F4 etc has to be done with a little dancing and fitness. It’s an easy work around, but at the same time when you’re looking to play a device like a fine instrument and it doesn’t meet the mark, it’s a great let down. But I’m happy with the 2 I have and will probably get a few more moving forward.

This was no good! after six months of casual use, it stopped working. It was not responding. It was never bounced or dropped. Poor quality....

Material, acabado,calidad y todo muy bien..llevo varios meses y jala como nuevo.

Not every smart tv comes with a magic remote (like LG). Typing experience using remote is frustrating. Voice assistant on modern tvs is still a hit or miss. I wanted a keyboard integrated with touchpad, to create a ergonomic experience. This arteck keyboard fits this need. This does not have bluetooth and integrated rechargable battery, so giving 4 stars.

Looking for something that was easy to use and work with verious devices. So far plugged in to all devices and works perfectly, excellent companion to my smart tvs and other devices. It also looks good