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I use this keyboard (Cerulean Polar) at work. It's not too noisy and the key sound is somewhat satisfying.
Switches are very hard to remove if you plan on swapping them.
The back light is a joke. Very dim, even in a dark room.
I got mine open box for $18.
I do prefer it over my previous work keyboard, the Logitech K845.
I've had both the wired and wireless version of their K556 as well as the M991 mouse and pleased with them. The wireless keyboard gets a little wonky from time to time, but switching between wireless modes typically fixes it.
I actually bought the wireless one twice because when I first bought it coming out of sleep it would miss the first few key strokes and it went to sleep in just a couple of minutes. I left a review on Amazon and returned it. Within a couple of days I had a response from them saying they had made a firmware update that should fix it. About a year later I saw it on sale so i went ahead and snatched it up and they did indeed fix the problem. I used the wired version the whole time between the two wireless. The wireless was mainly to help reduce clutter on my desk have never had a single complaint about the wired. My son's keyboard died and I gave him the wired, he loves it as well. Over the years a couple of the switches have died, but they included enough replacements that it's never been a real issue.
I am going to have a hard time finding a keyboard to replace this if the day ever comes. One of my favorite things about the 556 is how sturdy it feels. How does this one stack up on that?
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Switches are very hard to remove if you plan on swapping them.
The back light is a joke. Very dim, even in a dark room.
I got mine open box for $18.
I do prefer it over my previous work keyboard, the Logitech K845.
I actually bought the wireless one twice because when I first bought it coming out of sleep it would miss the first few key strokes and it went to sleep in just a couple of minutes. I left a review on Amazon and returned it. Within a couple of days I had a response from them saying they had made a firmware update that should fix it. About a year later I saw it on sale so i went ahead and snatched it up and they did indeed fix the problem. I used the wired version the whole time between the two wireless. The wireless was mainly to help reduce clutter on my desk have never had a single complaint about the wired. My son's keyboard died and I gave him the wired, he loves it as well. Over the years a couple of the switches have died, but they included enough replacements that it's never been a real issue.
I am going to have a hard time finding a keyboard to replace this if the day ever comes. One of my favorite things about the 556 is how sturdy it feels. How does this one stack up on that?
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