desertcart.com: Arteck Ergonomic USB Wired Keyboard with
Cushioned Wrist & Palm Rest, Backlit 7 Colors & Adjustable
Brightness Comfortable Natural Split Keyboard with 6 Feet Wire
for Windows Computer Desktop Laptop : Electronics
Review: Precisely What I Was Looking For - I've used this
keyboard daily for 3 months now, and it has been a great
experience so far. It's my first time purchasing an Arteck
keyboard, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I had heard their
brand is reputable for making solid, reliable devices, and thus
far I would agree with that. I was looking for a very specific
set of features in a keyboard, and this was literally the only
one that checked all of the boxes on desertcart at the time of
purchasing. Features I was looking for that it had: Ergonomic
split key style with a padded wrist rest. Scissor-style key press
mechanism (feels like a laptop keyboard when typing) Backlit keys
with multiple color choices, including white A full sized number
pad on the right side Wired, rather than wireless (although in
hindsight, either would have been fine.) There are a few things
about the keyboard that are relatively minor, not anything that
makes it a bad experience, but that if I could have everything
perfect in a single keyboard, I would prefer they were slightly
different. The half-sized Up/Down arrow buttons, while
functional, I would prefer full size ones like the right and left
arrows. They feel a bit cramped to use. The delete key being
about 3/4 sized is not that strange, but its position above and
right-aligned to the backspace key is just awkward for me. I'm
used to it being underneath, or off to the right side. Very often
I will blind-press either the "FN Lock" (Function Lock) key to
the left of it by mistake, thinking it is the Delete key, either
that or the Calculator key (which works great in Linux by the
way) to the right of it. 3 months in and I'm still not used to
its size or placement unfortunately. Similarly, I'd rather the
top row of keys on the number pad were positioned elsewhere, (or
mainly just the color change button for the backlight not being
above the - key) but I do understand that there are limitations
to the amount of space they can work with, and appreciate that
they managed to pack a bunch of extra feature keys. I'd prefer
the print screen feature to have its own dedicated key, rather
than being a toggle ON/OFF via the function lock. For example, to
switch between the ability to take a screenshot, and the ability
to refresh a webpage via the F5 key, you have to press the
function lock key in between to toggle the functionality. Most of
the functions controlled by FN Lock are used sparingly (volume
controls, media playback controls, brightness settings, scroll
lock and the insert key) but print screen is one of those that's
pretty common for me, and would have been more helpful having its
own key instead. Two more minor things related to the lights...
if I had it all my way... By the way, at the time of writing,
there was a discrepancy in the product description in regards to
the backlighting colors so, for those who are wondering, the key
colors on the HA315B model are: yellow, purple, cyan, white, red,
green, and indigo (blue.) The first one is just a personal
preference. I've surprised myself by gravitating to the yellow
color lights. I wish the yellow color was more to the orange/red
side, like a golden color. Instead it is closer to a
yellow-green, which is fine, I would have just preferred
something a bit more gold if I could pick. Not a big deal at all.
I like that it has a lot of color choices! The other "issue" was
just that the green lights in the center of the keyboard that
tell you what buttons are ON/OFF for capslock, function lock,
numlock, and so on, are SUPER bright. Way too unnecessarily
bright. It looks great when you're using the green color on the
backlight, since it matches well, but for everything else it's
too intense and visually distracting, especially in a darker
room. But, I got some old solid black electrical tape I had
laying around, and cut little tiny squares of out it, and covered
about 75-90% of the visible lights with that, drastically
reducing their brightness to a more sane and tolerable level,
while also being careful not to completely cover the lights, so I
can still tell when they are on or off in general. It's a simple,
low-tech fix, and again not a huge deal, but for future keyboard
designs I would highly suggest putting a much dimmer and more
subtle light in for those. All in all, it may sound like I have a
lot of complaints, but honestly none of them are all that big of
a deal. Almost every keyboard I've ever used has at least a few
aspects that feel are a bit less than ideal compared to what I
would prefer, and none of these things are detrimental enough to
feel like a disservice to the experience. It's a very enjoyable
keyboard to use and I'm quite pleased with it. The pros far
outweigh the cons, in other words. I would definitely recommend
this keyboard if you are looking for these very specific
combination of features, like I was, and I'm pleased with my
purchase for sure. If everything continues to go this well
throughout the rest of the year, I'd safely be able to recommend
Arteck, or at least this specific product, to anyone interested.
Review: Comfort, Quiet, and soft! 🤍 - Keyboard is awesome! Keys
are soft, quiet, comfortable and your wrist immediately feels the
difference. I type all day at work and not once have I gone home
with wrist or hand pain.
