Banalove 2.4GHz Wireless Mini Portable Keyboard with Built-in Trackball Mouse Combo, HTPC/Smart TV Multimedia Keyboard (Black)

I typically never NEVER write reviews but this is such a clutch product and there is no market for some reason for handheld keyboards. Why isn't this more of a thing!? But anyway I hope they become more popular. Sure you can't type faster on it, but it allows you to type anywhere and to reminds me holding a controller which is much more comfortable when lounging on a couch or bed. I am going to be testing this out for lazy coding sessions but in a way my productivity has increased because I don't have to worry about my posture as much. I am so bummed there just isn't market for these type of products but these need to be more of thing. I will send a picture hopeful when I am not feeling as lazy but I do strongly recommend this product for loungers and big kudos to this company for doing something niche and different in the boring bland sphere of keyboard and age of mass manufacturing we live in. For anyone else interested in seeking more handheld keyboards there is another brand that sells a similar product and theirs are a bit smaller with a mouse ball and bit different layout. I am actually typing this review using that other product and I plan to do a comparison of them both but I will be keeping them both.

Installed the unit, moved the trackball no movement of my cursor. All keys were functional. Rebooted PC still no trackball. Reconnected multiple times, no track ball. Used the ID button, no trackball. Tried the sleep / wake up no trackball.Fit and finish. The battery door does not fit smoothly in the rear, it just out on both sides, even though its all concave to fit smoothly.Receiver is a nano and inserted correctly.For the money this is a very cheap feeling keyboard.

This would have easily been 5 stars except for a problem with the scroll wheel. Its very comfortable as a keyboard for my media setup (TV etc.) but may be a little small for hardcore computer use (typing etc.) Great for surfing the net. The build quality is very good. The layout is great!! The mouse buttons and scroll wheel are in just the right places for fast, easy use. The trackball works flawlessly (so far).Now, about the scroll wheel. The scroll works but has problems. Scrolling up it works fine but scrolling down is slightly problematic. When I first start to scroll down it will initially move UP a line or three and then start scrolling down. Very annoying. Some time it will not start moving at all until I really start spinning the wheel. Very annoying! This is not the first time I have had the exact same problem with a different brand of keyboard. In that case I was able to buy the little switch mechanism from a Chinese manufacturer and replace it on the IC board. In this case I have not been able to locate the required switch to replace it. I also had problems with the trackball bearings wearing out on the other keyboard so I am watching these on the new board closely.If I can get the scroll wheel straightened out I will gladly come back and change the rating to 5 stars. By the way, it only took 10 days to get here from China.

You need line-of-sight, but apart from that, it's a decent keyboard. I use it with a mini-PC in an AV rack, so it didn't have line-of-sight and was nearly useless. However, I plugged it into a USB extension cable and hid the dongle under the amp, and that solved the problem. That aspect is a little disappointing, about 10 years ago I had a similar keyboard and the receiver was in a dedicated AV closet about 30 feet away, behind wiring, metal racks, etc ... and reception was perfect. But as the title says, there aren't really any similar options available on Amazon right now.The keyboard feel is awful, and it's all just too small to comfortably touch-type, but the layout of the mouse buttons and scroll wheel (HUGE bonus!) is really nice, particularly the extra left-click button in front. Somebody put a lot of thought into the buttons on this. The trackball feels cheap but it works. Helps to really dial-down the pointer acceleration in the mouse settings. I'd buy it again happily, it does the job for *occasional* usage on my home entertainment system's mini-PC. No way I could use this as any sort of full-time keyboard, though.

This is a very nice keyboard that works really well. Most importantly, PLEASE DON'T BELIEVE THE REVIEWS THAT SAY YOU CAN'T REMOVE AND CLEAN THE ROLLER BALL! The cover isn't super easy to dislodge and you have to use a little elbow grease when applying some downward pressure while rotating the cover counter-clockwise, but if that wasn't the case, it would probably come loose on its own and you'd be chasing that tiny ball all over the place, so I think that the design is necessary...anyway, YES, you can absolutely remove and clean it and if I can do it without any trouble in under thirty seconds, I imagine that everyone can.With regard to battery life, and considering the use it gets, it's pretty darned good. I use it ten hours a day, have had it several months and have only had to change the batteries once. It's also really nice to not have to mess with a separate mouse and to have everything integrated, as well. It took me a day or two to get used to the different set-up, but the learning curve was short and the reward well worth feeling a little wonky for day or two while I got used to it.I'm glad I made the purchase and wouldn't hesitate to buy this product again.