PowerPlay Mini TKL Keyboard 87 Key compact

It is hard to find a TKL keyboard that isn't an expensive "gaming" keyboard with awesome Cherry MX Red keys or whatever. If all you need is a basic keyboard without a numpad so you have some more mousing room on a small desk, then this fits the bill well. Very light, which isn't desirable for stability, but might be appreciated by some. Keys are never going to win any awards, but if all you need is something to clack out some basic emails on, then this is what you want. It is hard to find a TKL keyboard that isn't an expensive "gaming" keyboard with awesome Cherry MX Red keys or whatever. If all you need is a basic keyboard without a numpad so you have some more mousing room on a small desk, then this fits the bill well. Very light, which isn't desirable for stability, but might be appreciated by some. Keys are never going to win any awards, but if all you need is something to clack out some basic emails on, then this is what you want.

I was hoping to use this with a home-theatre PC. The back-light is as basic as it gets: while the area behind the key caps is lit, the key-caps behind it opaque, not see through. Unless you're a touch-typist, it makes it difficult to type in the dark. I was hoping to use this with a home-theatre PC. The back-light is as basic as it gets: while the area behind the key caps is lit, the key-caps behind it opaque, not see through. Unless you're a touch-typist, it makes it difficult to type in the dark.

I needed a compact, corded, keyboard. This fills the bill very nicely for ordinary use--the keys aren't sophisticated in their action, but there's plenty of movement; they have a soft action, with no definite click, but there's enough resistance so that they don't bottom out hard. Everything seems to function fine. It even has RGB, which I have left on, in an ironic way.

The one real drawback is that the font for the keycaps is extremely ill chosen. It is exaggeratedly square and the letters are not well-differentiated, so that 5 and 6 look almost exactly the same. I know you shouldn't have to look, but if you do, you want to identify the ...view more I needed a compact, corded, keyboard. This fills the bill very nicely for ordinary use--the keys aren't sophisticated in their action, but there's plenty of movement; they have a soft action, with no definite click, but there's enough resistance so that they don't bottom out hard. Everything seems to function fine. It even has RGB, which I have left on, in an ironic way.

The one real drawback is that the font for the keycaps is extremely ill chosen. It is exaggeratedly square and the letters are not well-differentiated, so that 5 and 6 look almost exactly the same. I know you shouldn't have to look, but if you do, you want to identify the key immediately.

I've used fancier keyboards, but this does me just fine.