HopWorks
I would have given this wireless Keyboard Mouse five stars if it was not for the intermittent LAG I have been experiencing. Sometimes, but not all the time, the keyboard acts like it is late to dinner at waking up. Then all of a sudden it works but misses the first keys sent. Or worse, a key gets pressed and it wakes up in the middle of that, and stays pressed until hit again. I moved the USB dongle all over the place. From the front of my PC, to a USB hub, to the back of my PC. The issue continues. I thought maybe it was my phone or other RF interference but I am pretty sure I eliminated all that with no results. So perhaps I have either a bad keyboard or dongle. The solar app shows the keyboard is fully charged so that cannot be the issue. Strangely, the mouse seems unaffected. I have several unifying dongles I bought as a back up in case one gets lost, so I will try to pair with one of those to see if this fixes it. As for the product itself, when it is working, the action of the keyboard is (for lack of a better word)... beautiful. I do not think I have ever typed on a nicer keyboard. It reminds me of the keyboard on my laptops, but nicer. The mouse feels a little flimsy but has not failed to perform at all. The rigid/smooth mouse wheel button feels a bit clunky, but honestly, how often is anyone going to change that preference? I guess if you are a graphic artist you would. It is also much lighter than I like. My M510 is much heaver and I like that in a mouse. In my opinion, the intermittent keyboard thing has to be either a software bug, driver issue, or maybe just a dongle issue. It is hard to low rate this combo because of it, considering how heavy the keyboard is (NICE!), how solid it feels, how great the action is, and the layout. And even the solar app works great! Over the top maybe, telling me what the LUX is when all the time since I had it, the battery has been 100% charged. Unless you are a vampire that needs to compute in complete blackness, one would never even have to look at this app. Still, it opened my eyes to this application and how it can be applied to other embedded projects I am building. This is why I am resisting the urge to take this baby apart and see how they did it. :) I will post an update if I figure out what the issue is with the keyboard lag. One late note worth mentioning. Just unplugging the dongle and plugging it back in fixed it for me, at least for now. If it comes back, I will rinse and repeat. If it continues to make it work for awhile, then at least I know where to go to continue troubleshooting.