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Good, not great but greater than everything else I've tried.
This keyboard is surprisingly nice to type on. It's not the best thing I've ever typed on but it's worth the money.
Lets skip all the logi features and get right down to the hardware and typing experience.
Starting with the build and feel of the board, this thing is HEAVY. Feels like a few pounds heavy. Great feeling....however....the keyboard has a shocking amount of flex when you grab the ends and twist it in your hands. Unfortunately it's primarily made of plastic and not metals like the Apple keyboards. There's some minor detectable flex if you hammer the keys but none during typing that I can tell. It would have been really nice if it was more rigid but honestly not a big deal. I'm just nitpicking because it's supposed to be a premium product.
Next are the physical keys. The dome depression of the keys is actually nice under your fingers but not really a meaningful enough feature to me to warrant much discussion. The keys have a very soft yet grippy feeling texture to them, satin if you will. Really nice feel to them.
Now the key mechanism, and this is the actual remarkable part. I was weary of this product because it's using the same silicone diaphragm underlying layer for key stroke registration as so so so many other cheap boards do. But there is one primary difference. Like any silicone diaphragm board, you're not going to get any clickity clackity sensation BUT, the keys do NOT wobble and that makes all the difference. Most keyboards keys have some degree of wobble to them when you first rest your fingers on them, even Apple keyboards. These keys do NOT wobble before depression. While the depression is soft and even mushy by some standards, the lack of wobble makes the depression gratifying and the tactile sensation is pleasing. Furthermore, the key stroke takes slightly more force than you may be used to and feels weighty. It feels like each key has some sort of solid mass to it and has a nice gain in velocity once you get past the 'click' point. I still wish it had a physical click feel to each depression but this is still quite good and is the main reason why I've decided to keep it. So kudo's to Logi and hopefully the next will actually have a click. Oh yeah the typing is really quiet too but I dunno if many really care about that. I also measure the key depression distance to be about 2.8mm which seems small but the weighty key press and lack of wobble actually makes it feel like it's plenty.
Connectivity, back light, multi device use, drag across computers....the Logi suite is great. No changes there and definitely valuable however it's the connectivity and multi device use that I would focus on as the main added values in this department. This isn't a cheap product that will die on you.....probably.
Battery life I can't discuss yet but I'd expect it to be good. It's been going for a few weeks no charge so far.
All in all I've used a LOT of keyboards. I'm no connoisseur but I've definitely got my preferences. Those looking for a premium keyboard, $100 really isn't a lot to ask imo. While this product could definitely be better, it gets a solid thumbs up from me. But that thumbs up is primarily because I haven't found anything that meets my preferences more closely rather than the board being excellent in and of itself.
Lastly, it should be known that it's the weighty key depression and lack of play/wobble in the keys in a resting state are what won me over to keep this as my primary. Nothing else is particularly amazing about the product and I wouldn't be surprised if it got mixed reviews after thousands of people give it a go.
October 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase
the product in question
Logitech MX Keys Mini Minimalist Wireless Illuminated Keyboard, Compact, Bluetooth, Backlit, USB-C, Compatible with Apple macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android, Metal Build - Graphite
4.7★ · 16,984 ratings, as of 2023