PERIDUO-813 Wireless Ergonomic Compact Keyboard and Vertical Mouse, UK QWERTY, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz, Black

I have 2 work computers (it's a security thing) but when I started needing ergonomic equipment work only sent me one of everything and continually unplugging and switching it between the two was driving me nuts so I bought this one. It is not movable like my work one but it doesn't need to be as the position is perfect. It's just as good as my work one which I looked up and cost over £150!! It's really comfortable to type on and it doesn't take a huge amount of force to press the keys. Great for my arthritic fingers. It's plug and play so no problems connecting it or anything. Keyboard is regular size too. I'm very happy with it.

This is a great keyboard for someone who wants an inexpensive ergonomic layout, and has nostalgia for classic style keyboards. Keys are reasonably stiff and don't have a particularly deep action (but better than most laptops these days), but otherwise pretty comfortable to tap - particularly since they are full size. Unfortunately they are quite loud - both when pressed and when bottoming out - so not ideal in a shared workspace. The case is hard plastic, so the wrist rest is not padded, and the fixed angles mean that you may find yourself hitting the wrong key if you have already been using a split keyboard, particularly if you lack the habit of maintaining contact with the F & J home keys to situate your fingers. However, a fixed split/tent means the keyboard is easy to move around if you have to relocate your workspace frequently. Compatibility wise the keyboard paired up straight away with OSX but layout identification doesn't seem to be perfect: most special keys work fine (and keycaps are provided for swapping in CMD/Opt for Windows/Alt keys) but strangely Home and End don't work on all apps.

I was not expecting too much as this is a compact keyboard. I had to make a purchase quickly after being issued with a work laptop that was really hurting my wrist to use. This is a plug and play keyboard. It's easy enough to work that I managed it in a second. It's comfy and compact. It feels just like my bigger ergonomic keyboard. Great price, great product, will even fit in my laptop bag when working in different areas. Very happy :)

Been using my laptop keyboard for a long time and finally wrists started to feel uncomfortable.. thought i would give ergonomic keyboards a try and they are surprisingly difficult to find. Also wanted one that didn't have the number pad so that it's a bit more condensed. For what i got for the price (white USB for £30 at the time) i think it's a steal. It feels really nice to type on - hand-wrist-arm alignment is great and feels pretty natural - and sounds lovely. I do touch type and it didn't feel like a big transition. Of course it's a windows keyboard so am using Karabiner to re-map keys on my Mac. You can get access to all the function keys which is better than with a much more expensive Logitech Ergo which i also trialled - had issues with remapping those, am sure it's possible but i gave up. Only downside for me is that the wrist pad area isn't padded but it's a very minor thing. Also if you want something that doesn't sound as 'clicky' or has a softer feel on the key presses, this probably isn't for you.

Reviewing the USB plugin version (having had two of the wireless version arrive DOA) This is thankfully plug and play with no nasty key-mapping surprises - true UK English layout. I wanted this to replace an iffy laptop keyboard. This one sits over the (HP Pavilion) laptop keyboard and provided the front legs are in the elevated position, it does not interfere with the laptop keyboard or the oversensitive trackpad (I use a separate track ball). The keyboard has some good rubber pads to prevent sliding around (although not on the bottom of the front legs - which is a minus). (Niche issue paragraph) I wanted a ten-key-less keyboard as I don't use the number pad and I found that with the laptop's number pad causing the centre of the typewriter keys being just slightly left of the centre of the laptop (by half the width of the number pad) I was getting sight issues with my vari-focal glasses. This may be a niche issue, but for comfortable typing I centre the laptop's typewriter keys relative to my body - which means the screen is offset relative to the centre of the focal zone of my glasses - and consequently the bottom right-hand corner of the screen was always just uncomfortably out of focus. I have the "split" of this keyboard centred relative to the screen which means that I am centred relative to the screen and it is all comfortably in focus. Moving to an "ergonomic keyboard" (i.e a keyboard that is split with the two halves at an angle to one another and slightly raised towards the centre) can take a bit of getting used to - because if your typing is "hunt and pick" rather than "touch typing with fingers over home keys", the keys fall in a different position - right-hand keys really need to be operated with the right hand (and vice versa). If you learnt to touch type, you adjust relatively easily, and I find it comfortable with your wrists straight relative to your (angled) forearms. I do get caught out that, because of the split, F6 is not just above the 6 key on the left, but is on the right above the 7 key (with F7-F12 similarly over-offset). I also find the delete key a long stretch. The layout is not perfect as it is "right-hand heavy" - but at least the cursor movements have their own keys and do not rely on key combinations for Home, End, PgUp, PgDn etc. Some keyboards have moved the cursor keys to the centre of the wrist-rest in the gap between your wrists so they can be operated by your thumbs - but these are much more expensive (and may not span my laptop's keyboard). For the price, I am happy with this keyboard and I like the more traditional key travel and feel. The plastic may not be the best and it may be a touch noisy for use in a quiet library, but it does feel robust. Update after 18 months Disappointed to find that this has developed a crack across the left-hand side of the wrist-rest. At the moment it does not affect functionality. Out of guarantee, so I will have to consider how to repair the crack. (grind a V shaped channel where the gap is, and fill with epoxy, and then grind flat?)

Keyboard is great - mouse is terrible. Scroll wheel never works, got to smack it to make it work. Changed batteries / cleaned it etc. Then the click will randomly stop working. Do not recommend.

The Mouse is not accurate, it moves on its own when using on the screen, it causes you to miss your click point. Mouse is not very ergonomically designed, i stopped using it almost immediatley. Keyboard has to be pressed firmly, as keys are large and deep. I would not recommend for ergonomic use.