Best USB keyboard for my arthritic fingers?
August 12, 2016 8:35 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for a light touch USB keyboard. The Smart Keyboard for my iPad feels perfect, but I need to plug in to a desktop computer, and for added difficulty it also needs to have a ten-key.
My aching joints thank you!
My aching joints thank you!
I'm not familiar with the key feel on the Smart Keyboard, but it looks similar to the normal Apple keyboards, which are pretty nice. They're basically equivalent to the keyboards on Macbooks. They work on Windows, although the "alt" and "windows" keys get swapped. Like every Apple product, there are also a bunch of similar knockoffs for Windows out there.
You may also want to look into a mechanical keyboard with fancy Cherry MX switches, but that's a big rabbit hole to jump down. Some of the Cherry switches have very light click action (brown) or even no click at all (red).
posted by neckro23 at 8:51 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
You may also want to look into a mechanical keyboard with fancy Cherry MX switches, but that's a big rabbit hole to jump down. Some of the Cherry switches have very light click action (brown) or even no click at all (red).
posted by neckro23 at 8:51 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
2nd-ing the Logitech solar keyboard. Awesome keyboard.
posted by angiep at 8:56 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by angiep at 8:56 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
A third vote for the Logitech K750. The key depression distance is very shallow, like a laptop keyboard. I love that it's wireless.
Possible cons:
- if you use it in a dark room, you might have to stick it in a window to charge once in a while. I use mine in a well-lit office, so I don't know how often that would be necessary.
- A few keys stopped working on mine when it was about a year old. It was easy to have Logitech send a free replacement (proof of purchase required, but not much else).
posted by a moisturizing whip at 11:16 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
Possible cons:
- if you use it in a dark room, you might have to stick it in a window to charge once in a while. I use mine in a well-lit office, so I don't know how often that would be necessary.
- A few keys stopped working on mine when it was about a year old. It was easy to have Logitech send a free replacement (proof of purchase required, but not much else).
posted by a moisturizing whip at 11:16 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fourth vote for the outstanding Logitech solar K750. In fact I'm about to see about getting another one so I can have one at work as well as home.
posted by sldownard at 12:45 PM on August 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by sldownard at 12:45 PM on August 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
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posted by clone boulevard at 8:48 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]