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UPDATE YOUR REVIEW AFTER YOU'VE OWNED ONE FOR A YEAR OR TWO! -------------------------------------------------------- I work in IT for a small company, we have about 30 computers. When the previous system admin was setting up the network he got every computer set up with the same hardware - including the same keyboard and mouse. Today I replaced the last one. Every single keyboard has been replaced with another Wave. All 30 laptop/mouse combos died or started having issues within a year, and all have been replaced within 2 years. This is a super comfy, very slick, very nice keyboard, and the fullsized wireless mouse is nice too. However, be prepared that you will, without a doubt, be buying a new one in a year or two. If it lasts any longer than that, you are in the minority and you should consider yourself a lucky owner of a Wave that actually works. These keyboards essentially have planned deaths right after the warranties expire. Here are a few issues I have documented over the last year: - Mouse will randomly stop moving or become erratic. Turning it off and on again will solve the problem. This happened to 3 of the mice. Mine did it at least once an hour before I finally took a hammer to it and bought a new mouse (which was also Logitech and is now starting to have the same problem. Lesson learned: Don't trust Logitech). - If you have a Logitech Wireless Headset there will be interference and the headset will stop working if you start using the keyboard or mouse. It restart itself once you stop typing or moving the mouse. - One keyboard's num-lock stopped working. - At least half of the keyboards got the "Flashing battery indicator" problem - two keyboards had an issue of "lag" where they would work fine for awhile, and then suddenly stop working for a second or two, and then spam the last letter pressed. So if I was typing with one of those keyboards right now it would look like thissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss - One keyboard's delete key didn't work. Seems like a minor issue until you realize that meant ctrl+alt+delete didn't work. - Another keyboard would insert a hyphen (-) any time you pressed a number. -1 -2 etc. EXCEPT the number 3. - Almost all of them had to have the receiver unplugged once a week and plugged back in. Otherwise they either wouldn't work at all, or the keyboard+mouse would have bad reception. Edit 6/21/2016: It's now been a year since I left this review. In that time I've replaced 4 more keyboards. Unfortunately, thanks to the previous SysAdmin, everyone is comfortable using Waves, so I just continue to replace them. The company has decided to consider them luxuries, and employees have for the most part decided to put up with the frequent problems. When one becomes bad enough, I just swap them out with another Wave. I've started using a wireless mouse and keyboard from Microsoft and haven't had any problems.
June 2014 · Electronics · verified purchase
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