Mini Arch Keyboard with Number Slide USB Wired Ergonomic

Works awful!

I got this keyboard from my company’s ergo department in 2011 - 2012 ish. I’ve been using it ever since - it’s moved offices several times with me. I have small hands and I was getting a lot of pain from using keyboard shortcuts- especially working in excel- so the size is perfect for me. I also adore the hot keys- though there was a learning curve. It’s amazing how much not having to use “Ctrl + c” “Ctrl + v” makes a difference in my work life.Not having the number pad available was a little irritating at first, but I got used to it quickly and I now love having the mouse that much closer. The little keyboard feet are also prone to collapsing if I push the keyboard forward, but it’s an easy fix.My original keyboard finally started to act up (after nearly 10 years of constant use) so I just got another, with a bonus extra for my home office. I’m sure it’s not a keyboard for everyone but I’d highly recommend if you have smaller hands and do a lot of data manipulation.

Compact, but sacrifices functionality. The slide out keyboard is cool.

Pros:- Visual design (curvature) is aesthetically pleasing- Numpad tray- Interesting shortcut key mechanics at the top- Lots of shortcut keys, pre-programmed to cut/copy/paste/open/save/etc.- Lit scrollbar at the bottom.Cons:- Mine came not perfectly level, which is very much like a wobbly table. Frustrating.- Cheap plastic. Doesn't look elegant at all. Probably not worth $40, but $20.- Strangely placed shortcuts. You may end up copying when you mean to press Ctrl, since the keyboard shortcut is at the bottom-left where you expect to find Ctrl by touch.- Difficult to navigate with arrows and home/pgUp/pgDn because they are in a row at the right, not around the arrow keys.- Labels on F keys indicate that the keyboard and in general all the pre-programmed keys are not for "power users". Makes you feel dumb, actually. "Hey, here is the copy key, since you obviously know nothing about Ctrl-C". F11 is labelled "F'ward".Let's say you're a programmer. This doesn't have VIM or EMACS shortcuts, it has Microsoft shortcuts, like "launch Internet Explorer". BAH.This one is going back.

Interesting... works as advertised...Not sure I'm sold on this.... it is cheap... but small and effective...I think if it was $100 and quality I'd be happy

I have had two of these and both stopped working within a year. I loved it otherwise, but would not purchase again because of the short life.

Good size-hard keyboard and too easy to hit the Caps Lock when reaching for the A. Sounds a lot like a typewriter when keying

Works well but super loud