Logitech MK850 Performance Wireless Combo
$37.99
$99.99
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Condition: Refurbished
Top positive review
16 people found this helpful
Pretty much what I was looking for
By Andrew C Scott on Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
For daily personal use, I use both a laptop and a desktop PC, and for the past year, I have been working at home, which introduces a 3rd device (a work laptop) to my daily routine. I've got sort of a "man-cave-ish" work/personal setup going on now, where my desktop and work PC are both hooked up to my main TV (I switch the TV input to the work PC during work hours), and my personal laptop is hooked up to a 2nd smaller TV, situated at a slight angle next to the main TV. This whole setup is situated in front of my recliner, from which I now use this spiffy keyboard/mouse combo to control everything. The keyboard has a slightly convex key arrangement. I've never been a fan of this, but this one's is pretty slight and not an issue for me. I've also never been a big fan of wrist rests on a keyboard. Most keyboards I've had in the past have a detachable one. I was concerned about this one because not only is this one not detachable, but it also has a fabric surface, which I (correctly) feared would become rather funky after several days of use. Luckily, it does clean up nicely with a disinfecting wipe. While it doesn't do a whole lot for me functionally or ergonomically, it isn't as big a problem as I thought it might be. I don't have any real issues with the mouse - it's fine, although I had to go into the software to disable the gesture "button", as it was extremely annoying. The actual buttons on the side are fine, but the "non-button" area of the left side of the mouse as a whole acts as a button as well, and I was constantly getting the windows-tab screen when I didn't intend to see it. As for the USB connectivity, I have my main desktop using the Unifying Receiver, and I am also (out of necessity) using the extender cable which was included in the package to bring the receiver closer to me. This mouse and keyboard seem to have a much shorter range than other wireless Logitech mice and keyboards I have used in the past, but the extender cable makes it usable. For the Bluetooth connectivity, there is typically a delay of a few seconds when switching to a device, but I had read others' comments to this effect before I bought it, and figured it was a fair enough tradeoff for not having to switch to multiple mice/keyboards when using multiple devices. It's not that bad. The main issue I have with the connectivity is that if I am using a 3rd Bluetooth device (i.e., a headset for work meetings), if I switch either the mouse or keyboard to another device, it won't connect back to the device using the headset. I actually have to open the work laptop and use the laptop touchpad/keyboard to go into Windows settings, disable Bluetooth, and re-enable Bluetooth in order to use this mouse/keyboard again. It is really annoying. The obvious workarounds are either to not switch to another device when on a work meeting, or to just use the built-in audio of the work laptop instead of a Bluetooth headset. I don't know if this is the fault of the Logitech mouse/keyboard, or if it is an issue with the work laptop or even my Bluetooth headset, so until I've done more testing, I can't really ding Logitech for this issue. Overall, this is a good solution to my problem, which was having to juggle 3 different mice and keyboards, but it is not a perfect solution - I will still keep my eyes peeled for similar solutions which don't have all of the issues I described above.
Top critical review
5 people found this helpful
It might be what you didn't need.
By Jonathan Lindeque on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2023
(You might be after a KVM switch instead) The quality and feel of the product is superb. The mouse took some getting used to (basically because I had forgotten how heaving a mouse with a penlight battery (instead of a built-in rechargeable one is). If you are interested in purchasing the MK850 Keyboard and M720 Triathlon Mouse , these comments are after using the keyboard for three weeks connected to 2 devices (1 by usb dongle and other by BT): o Keyboard DOES NOT feature a context menu key or second Windows Key (usually bottom right between ALT & CTRL). The absence of the context menu key is highly frustrating if you're used to using it in any Text/Browser/MS-Word-like Editors or in Visual Studio (other apps too, I guess). o The keyboard DOES NOT have a Num-Lock indicator (it does have a CAPS Lock indicator(!)). Though the status of Num Lock (and CAPS Lock) is briefly displayed on-screen when toggling. o SOMETIMES the keyboard takes forever (or never) to connect to my second device via BT (the light on the connect button flashes for a while, and eventually goes off when it is unable to connect. Typing on the keyboard brings the light up again... but still does not connect. This is truly frustrating... causing me to have to use the laptop keyboard of the 2nd device to disable/enable BT and try to reconnect to the keyboard. This is on Windows 11). o The layout and feel of the keyboard is otherwise very comfortable. The 2 options for height tilt are great. A little annoying for Windows users that the keyboard has "Mac" printed buttons. o The mouse and keyboard are both switched between devices independently. (ie. You need to switch them one at a time, in other words you could choose to only switch the mouse to the other device or vice versa). o Another thing to be aware of is that the Function keys are narrower (in height) than usual, and there are no grouping dividers (it might take some getting used to, especially for developers wanting to hit F5. On a previous keyboard, a drop of super glue on the key solved the problem by providing a tactile indicator - like in use on F & J keys for centering for accomplished touch-typists). I hope the soft and comfortable palm padding (though it looks durable) does outlast the keyboard as a whole.
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