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On a plus note, the dark design is inoffensiveness hides greasy fingerprints well. Each letter has a visible sticker surround with a low-quality letter printed onto the plastic key caps. Look a little closer, and the budget-ness continues into the key letter printing. And while durable it isn’t exactly desirable. It’s that slightly rough plastic you find on budget products. The first big tell that this keyboard isn’t in the same league as the Modern, Surface or Designer Keyboard, is the cheap plastic used throughout. Although, this is accentuated by the bounciness of the keys especially when typing near the unsupported centre. The keyboard feels solid-ish but with a small amount of central flex. I’ll go into more detail on the layout and what it’s like to type on the 900 later, but for now, let’s talk Design & Build Quality.
These two keyboards are worlds apart! The 900 is very much a budget keyboard with a cheeky mid-range price tag. Packaged very similarly to the Microsoft Designer Keyboard, I wrongly got my hopes up. I'm not sure why there is no real competition in this higher price range of accessories.While the marketing pictures online portray the Microsoft Wireless 900 Desktop Set as a sleek minimalist option, it’s only after unboxing that reality hits you hard in the face. The Dinovo Mini was $150 when I got it years ago and I have sent it back to Logitech many times due to the build quality. I have many of their products because they are the only ones that create the peripherals with the features I need, like the Dinovo Mini for HTPCs and the Performance MX mouse. Too bad the receiver burned out after a few years and that it wasn't back-lit.Logitech charges way too much for their cheaply built products. I think my last keyboard was an HP Elite or something, that I had for years, and it looked much nicer on my desk than this one (it used cheep plastics as well). It's really sad to see, hold, and feel products built like this when you know how things can be built from companies like apple.Poor DesignThe overall design and style with the spacing, bezel, toy like keys, and cheep plastics do not fit at all with the clean, minimal, efficient, highly designed products of modern technology. I would love to have more of a selection but they just don't exist.The Good:Size is fineBattery life it goodUniversal receiver is greatBack-light is amazing!Has a great feature set that just doesn't exist anywhere elseThe Bad:The build quality is horrible!Super cheep plastics that bend and flex like crazy. I have it because it's the only keyboard that has the features I want (wireless, back-lit and number pad).
Being wireless, it gives you more freedom, allowing you to move the keyboard away from your workspace or move it around in general without being restricted by wires.
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The software allows you to disable back light which will increase the battery life. As for the design, I really like the design of the keyboard, it is very slim and modern looking, and the back lit keys which turn on with a feature that detects your hands are a plus. The Logitech "perfect stroke" key set makes this keyboard enjoyable to type on and aside from mechanical keyboards which are pricier, this keyboard is very nice to type on compared to other keyboards. This is the wireless version of the similarly designed Logitech K740 which is the wired sibling of this version, and for those who do not want a wireless keyboard or have to worry battery life, I would recommend the cheaper K740. With moderate use, I usually get 2 to 3 weeks of typing before needing to recharge the batteries. The keyboard comes with a unifying usb receiver and a charging cable for charging the keyboard. This is one of the better keyboards that I have used and just so much better than the standard keyboards that comes packaged with most computers.