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The good:
The typing experience is great, the keys have just the right amount of travel, and overall it feels similar to typing on Apple’s Magic Keyboard –– although these keys have just a bit more travel I feel –– but I don’t see that as an issue. It feels very satisfying, especially for its size.
The build quality is super great. The whole package is very well done with a foldable cover (reminiscent of the Logitech Keys2Go 2). The inner surface of the cover is lined with suede-ish microfiber, and everything feels premium to the touch.
Bonus: the back of the cover has a flip-out kickstand, similar to Microsoft Surface laptops, and it makes for a GREAT and stable stand for a mobile device such as an iPad or an iPhone.
There are even iOS-friendly keys, such as a shortcut for the home button, to take a screenshot, playback controls, and volume controls. They’re all accessible by pressing the fn key.
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The okay:
This keyboard is SMALL, and that, I think, should be the primary reason to pursue it. Because of this, it has a few caveats in terms of how some keys are laid out to save space. The apostrophe key, the question mark, the backslash — they’re not in a position where you’d expect them, and it requires some readjusting from your usual typing experience. This isn’t *bad*, but it does make you go through an initial period of making mistakes based on your earlier mental model.
Also, because of the small size, you might reach for certain keys but end up pressing something else — this happened most frequently with the backspace and enter keys –– I’d hit the = key instead of the backspace, and press enter when I wanted to press shift. However, I will once again add that it’s because of its size, and in my view it’s not a huge dealbreaker. The apostrophe key however…yeah…it’ll take some getting used to…
The only other area this layouting issue extends to is the position of the fn key between the control and opt key, which some larger keyboards also already do, but yeah, it is what it is.
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All in all, I think the primary purpose of this keyboard (aside from being a keyboard) is portability. If you want the absolute smallest package (which is very well done) this is great! I see this kind of keyboard being great for travel, or essentially, shorter bursts of intensive typing on a device such as an iPad mini or an iPhone (or Samsung Fold and other mobile devices). I’m not sure if this would be satisfying enough as a primary keyboard for heavy, longer typing activities, especially on a PC. Ultimately, so far, I really like it with the iPad mini! :)
