Customer Reviews

Kensington K64331a Comfort Type PC Keyboard USB/PS2

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I am very happy with this keyboard!
I was dubious that the shape changes could replace a split for comfort. My hands are large and so I was worried that my fat finger tips would not be accommodated by the oddly shaped keys.
For me the shape changes work as well as the split .. at least so far so good!

One of the most surprising things I like are the slight cups of the keys and the ridges on the f and j home keys. The ridges are a big improvement over the little pips on my last keyboard. You can really tell you are in the right place on this keyboard! As a result I believe that I don't have to look down as much.
The one exception to that is that the backslash & pipe (\|) key is below instead of above the enter key. I am adjusting and like the layout.

The keys are a bit textured and I feel that my fingers stay in place and don't slide around on them too easily. My last keyboard was too smooth.

The sound and feel of the keys is good. the keys require less pressure than my last keyboard.

It did take a couple of days to accustom to the new key shapes and feel but I was able to be productive immediately. As I am getting better acquainted with the feel I believe that I can actually type faster with this keyboard. The pressure needed is fairly light but the snap back is great!

I have used and liked a micro innovations split keyboard and a Microsoft split keyboard. I am a programmer and I can get tendinitis so I must have an ergonomic keyboard that prevents the bad position cause by regular keyboards pictured in the description. Just looking at the picture is painful!

I use this keyboard on an adjustable keyboard tray /arm*, a Kensington expert mouse track ball on an extension to the keyboard arm and I sit on a Hermen Miller Aeron chair. My desk with the arm are by OFS of Huntingtonburg Indiana. The keyboard also works well with my io-gear usb/dvi + audio kvm. Out of all the carefully selected components in my workstation this inexpensive keyboard was by far the most reasonably priced!

The ergonomic keyboard of course not a replacement for typing breaks or if I am having a flair up of tendinitis, a good wrist brace.

I would like to see Kensington make or license replacement laptop keyboards with a variation of this layout!

I've been using this style of keyboard for 4-5 years. Another company used to use this layout, and I think they were bought out. You'll adjust very quickly to it because it is simply a standard keyboard with a more natural position/angle. I've had this one for a while. My old off brand one was wireless which was a lot nicer, but I couldn't find it anymore.

We now have three of them.

Kensington did the split keyboard one better with this design. It's comfortable, and easy on the wrists, and damn easy to type on. If you're on the computer often, this is a keyboard to seriously consider.

I received this keyboard yesterday, after a long wait. I agree with other reviews that it is very comfortable and easy to type on, and there is no re-learning involved. The slanted keys feel natural to the touch, and the fact that they are somewhat textured helps to keep your fingers from slipping. Typing speed definitely seems to be increased, and this part of the keyboard I love!

The reason I only give it two stars is that 1) delivery took very long (13 days, which is long for Amazon.com), 2) one half of the outer box was open, the tape being folded under itself so that it could not stick to the other half of the box lid (sloppy work in the warehouse I guess), and finally 3), the most important issue was that it is supposed to include a USB/PS2 adaptor which was missing, and which I need in order to use the keyboard. Fortunately I happened to have an old one lying around and was able to use that, otherwise it would have meant the hassle of returning the whole keyboard and going through the long wait again. Very disappointing. I would love to have another one of these keyboards for my second computer but now hesitate to order it because of the missing adaptor.