Brydge 12.3 Pro+ Wireless US QWERTY Keyboard with Precision Touchpad, Compatible with Microsoft Surface Pro 7, 6, 5 & 4, Designed for Surface (Black) - US QWERTY Assignment

A much less expensive version of the Surface Pro keyboard works brilliantly!

This looked like an amazing product and felt great when I connected my surface 4 pro to it. Actually, felt like a regular laptop. Then when I started to use it I found that a load of the keys did not work EG: 1,2,q,w,a,s,z,x...... VERY DISSAPPOINTED!

This is a premium product and the packaging makes that clear. It looks like high-end Microsoft or Apple packaging. Here are my pros and cons for this product: ✔ Quality feel ✔ Very stable to type on ✔ Good battery ✖ US layout ✖ No F-lock keys ✖ Trackpad glitches ✖ Stiff hinges ✖ Startup delay Clearly the badness outweighs the goodness, and I will clarify a couple of the negative points. The trackpad appears to be running slower than other ones I have used, for example the original MS signature keyboard. It is using a lower refresh/polling rate, at least that’s what it feels like. This makes it feel slow and laggy, like a cheap £100 netbook. When connected to a £1000 Surface Pro it should not feel like that. Another problem is it will sometimes glitch out and jump around the screen. I don’t know if this is a driver issue, static, or something else. It’s not very often, and only appears after about half an hour of power being on. The startup delay is much more annoying. The keyboard can often take a couple of minutes to connect after power on or sleeping, which is crazy. This should be a few seconds at most, as it’s right next to the device. This is with a surface pro 6 i5. The stiff hinges are a real concern for me as they require some force to move and this is definitely putting strain on the surface pro itself. All in all for the £130 price this is a failure. For that money I expect perfection, and this is far from it.

I have a Surface Pro I've used for a couple years but I don’t think I was truly getting the full potential out of it. So I thought one of these might do that. When connected I was pleasantly surprised to see just how comfortable it is to type on, even for a fast typer like myself. Cheaper keyboards tend to not allow fast typer’s to get accurate feedback as the keys are cheap and not very tactile. Luckily I will say the quality and craftsmanship of this keyboard is very impressive! The Trackpad works well too. Im able to storm through tasks with ease, not having to re-slide with my finger like I had too before with my cheap keyboard I had. The hinges are solid and sturdy. They certainly will be able to withstand everyday use. One issue I wasn’t too please with was the function keys can’t be locked to be function keys, but are always locked to be the secondary function such as brightness, volume, etc. Which means that you can't do simple things like ALT+F4 because the function key and alt key are how you enable and disable the trackpad - so that means you can't hit that combination. To me that doesn’t make sense. But to be honest is it really a deal breaker? Not for me. Just slightly a bug bare. The price has come down considerably since it was first poster, so for little over a hundred pounds I do think this is the sweet spot. Anymore than this then I think it would be highly overpriced. The build quality is fantastic and I haven’t run across any off the issues that the other reviews are stating. The trackpad is extremely responsive for me along with the keys. I ultimately believe these issues are down to not updating firmware.

He sell it in pounds but he sent it from USA soooo, I have had some problem at customs!!! And FedEx covered me 40 euros!! Very bad seller

made in china and it shows. the quality is not high enough for the price, as can be seen in photo, the paint is poor quality. for the amount of money i was expecing a very stylish item. this keyboard layout will really impact surface pro productivity for english/british users. loosing function keys makes me sad also, design companies see these as redundant, but they are extrmely useful shortcuts in many applications that enhance productivity greatly. if you do have alot of documents and code to write, this might not be the keyboard for you.

A solid metal keyboard however this means it is nearly 700 grammes which twice the weight of the Microsoft Type Keyboard. With it not being a Microsoft product, connection is by Bluetooth as opposed to using the proprietary magnetic port on bottom on the Surface Pro. Charging is with the included USB-C to USB-C lead although any USB-C charging lead will work. When the Surface Pro is in the keyboard grips, the keyboard is slightly raised which is useful One significant point is this is the US version of the keyboard meaning the £ symbol is a # and " and @ are swapped around. Windows 10 can cope with this by installing the US keyboard layout on the Surface Pro and the toggling between the two keyboards. Also the Function keys along the top row do not lock. Ensure your Surface Pro is fully up to date as this solves many issues. I'm not a trackpad fan on any devices so only used the trackpad a little so can't really comment here. Given the keyboard layout is US, the price is a little high in my opinion. Product come well boxed

I love this design, it really is a thing of beauty and for a moment I was able to experience my surface pro in laptop form. However, keys on the top 2 rows would stop working at random, and issues with the Bluetooth meant it would lag and spam letters. I want to love this because the design is top notch and the price is good, but its let down by this issue. I'll be returning it.

Writing this on second day of delivery Build quality is really good. Comes in nice packaging. First impressions are very convincing

Those of us who own Microsoft Surface tablets love and loath them. We love them because they are powerful, thin, light, and fun to use. We loath them because they aren't quite a laptop, even with the MS clip-on keyboard cover. The kickstand idea looks good on paper, but how many of us really use tablets as tablets and not like ad-hoc laptops? Without a keyboard, you are basically wasting 80% of the Surface's power. Just go buy an iPad if all you want is a tablet. You'll be happier with it if all you're doing is watching streaming video or reading books. But if what you want is a modular tablet/keyboard combo to get you the power of a laptop with the versatility of a laptop, you really only have a couple of options. a) You buy Micro$oft's keyboard/cover combo, which is decent enough, but doesn't really solve that painful kickstand problem when you try to use it as a pseudo-laptop... or b) You buy a bluetooth keyboard/folio combo, which is usually a major kludge and chock full of compromises. Performance suffers and the whole thing just looks cheap. Why spend $800 on a Surface when it winds up looking like you stuffed it into a cheap pleather case with a crappy bluetooth keyboard. Enter option c) The Brydge 12.3 Pro+ bluetooth keyboard. This is the first and only (to my knowledge) keyboard that actually makes the Surface act more like a SurfaceBook. You slip the Surface into the clips that hold it snugly to the keyboard, you pair up the Bluetooth, you get typing. I'm typing this review on it, BTW. In the world of keyboard options the Brydge 12.3 Pro+ is... a) An incredible keyboard (super comfortable with a decent amount of spring to the keys) b) Well balanced (it has enough weight to keep the tablet part from tipping it over) c) Seems very stable as far as the Bluetooth connection is concerned The pros are obvious. For the first time the Surface behaves like a true laptop without the cheap pleathery case/combo feel. The cons are a little tougher to define, but they get down to the central issue. If you want a true SurfaceBook, get ready to spring another $500 to get into the ballpark. This does not make the Surface a SurfaceBook. The surface doesn't "clip" into the Brydge the way the MS keyboard/cover clips onto the Surface. The Brydge uses small-ish tabs at the lower corners of the surface to "cinch" the Surface into place. They are silicone coated clips that provide a snug, but not "clicked" point of connection with the tablet. In other words, the tablet *can* slip free, especially if you do what I did and try to add a sticker to the back of your Surface to protect that beautiful aluminum case from scratches. Then, what you'll wind up doing is also what I did, cutting away pieces of that beautiful skin so the clips maintain perfect, flat contact with the back of the Surface. After I put the skin on and tried to clip the Surface into the Brydge, the clips failed to make perfect contact, so the silicone coating wouldn't grip and the tablet slipped right out. But, if you do buy a skin and spend a few moments creating a template to cut the corners out before you apply it to your Surface, the silicone clips on the Brydge will maintain a reasonably snug connection with the tablet and you will have all the functionality of a slim, powerful laptop with a solid, author-approved keyboard. Bottom line, the Brydge 12.3 Pro+ keyboard for the Microsoft Surface Pro line of tablets is an incredible value, a solid performer, and perfectly funtional. Just buy a decent skin for the back of your Surface and make sure the silicone-covered pads that hold the Surface in place have complete contact with the tablet case and you'll enjoy the best of both worlds. The tablet functionality of the Surface when you need it, and the keyboard comfort of a laptop for the 80% of real world purposes that we buy a Surface for in the first place. Highly recommended.

This is a great Bluetooth keyboard with trackpad that will work (to varying degrees) with almost any computer. I am typing this on one of these paired with an ASUS ProArt PZ13 Surface-style tablet, have used it with an Android tablet, in Linux, and also paired to an iPad. On iPad I recall the trackpad not working for some strange reason that I would, perhaps falsely, attribute to Apple. Brydge went out of business, was bought out, and is sort of still a thing. This keyboard, a significant upgrade from the Brydge 12.3 for older Surfaces, is a bit of an abandoned product, for sure. But. It's selling for $60CDN vs $130USD, works with everything I've thrown at it, and is of quite high quality. If, in 2025, you are on the fence about this, just go for it. It is better than anything similar for $60. Even as a backup for a standard Surface keyboard, it's great. I have a bunch of Brydge keyboards that I've purchased on heavy discount in the last year or so. They are all great. No regrets.

Brilliant product and must have for surface pro owners. It seamlessly converts tablet to a laptop with much better look and feel than microsoft keyboard

La tastiera è di ottima qualità, il risultato estetico ottenuto sembra quello di un normale laptop, buona corsa dei tasti (anche se molto piccoli ed è necessario abituarsi), ma è davvero molto pesante e raddoppia (se non triplica) il peso del mio Surface Pro 4. Un altro aspetto da tenere in conto è che ha il layout americano, risolvibile con adesivi (da comprare a parte) oppure abituandosi alla corrispondenza dei tasti. Una nota sull'accensione: basta premere il tasto Fn contemporaneamente a del/power per un solo secondo e la tastiera si attiva, non c'è un led di accensione fisso (si accende solo mentre premi e per 1/2 secondi dopo, in verde, ma poi scompare): Se non si è consapevoli, sembra che non sia accesa, ma lo è! Su amazon usa e su alcuni forum internazionali, viene riportato il rischio di rompere lo schermo dove sono posti i fermi, nel chiudere il laptop. Spero non accada. Non mi esprimo sulla durata della batteria, perché l'acquisto è troppo recente.