Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 (967561-0403)
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Keyboard Layout Sucks; Mouse Only 2 Buttons + Wheel
Summary: 2 Stars
The keyboard with this set is flimsy and cheap feeling.
Worse, the layout is nonstandard: they've messed up the key cluster above the arrows (Insert/Delete/Home/End/etc.). And the right hand Ctrl is not below the right end of the Shift key, it is under the left end of the Shift key, where one of the Windows keys (the context menu one) normally is. They've taken out one of the Windows menu keys, too.
The wireless features worked fine (I've used it two days) and worked even without installing their driver software (something I'm always reluctant to do). I think some of the extra buttons (multimedia controls) on the keyboard don't work for me, because of this. I use the computer it's on for work, not screwing around, so this doesn't bother me. (I have it installed on a Thinkpad laptop so I can keep the screen farther from my eyes, and my employer bought the thing; it wouldn't have been my first choice.)
I've given it two stars only because it worked great, out of the box, with no driver software. (This is on a Thinkpad running WinXP.) I'm already dreading the battery usage (based on another review here). Thankfully, it's not my main keyboard.
Customer Review: Cheap and Reliable
Summary: 4 Stars
Purchasing this keyboard was just to replace one that I already had of the exact same make and version. I love this keyboard to death and I found nothing wrong with the switching around of the Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and Delete keys. I especially adore the Go Back and Stop buttons on the left side that I use for explorers. Then there are the music play/pause, stop, back and forward keys that make it much easier when listening to music to control things without having to go back and forth between the music player and what I'm doing. I also find the Email, Home and Calculator keys to be really useful and quicker. Without these features I'd get impatient and cranky.
I might have opted to try to newer version of this keyboard, the LX310 but wasn't willing to shell out more money for something I wasn't quite sure about. The mouse seems to work well enough and I don't have any real complaints to state here.
Overall the quality could be better but you get what you pay for and this isn't something that's $100+ so I'm okay with it. Unless this thing starts giving me real trouble in the future I don't see the point in going for something much more expensive.
Customer Review: Bad Enough To Never Buy Logitech Again
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had this keyboard/mouse combination for a little over a year now and in that time I've come to decide to not buy a Logitech keyboard or mouse ever again. It's not so much the workmanship of the parts as it is all about the battery usage by the mouse. The keyboard lasted exactly one year with the original batteries it shipped with but the mouse has gone through nearly $50 in batteries in the same time. I've owned other wireless mice that easily have five or six times the battery life I've gotten on the one in this set.
The keyboard part of the combo is about the only good thing for this set. There is a nice tactile feedback when typing and the added application control keys along the top and left side come in very handy but that's about the only good thing for this combo package.
In the past I've tended to buy Microsoft keyboard and mice as they always seem to work well and after my brief foray into using Logitech hardware I'm going back to Microsoft. I'll probably still buy speakers from Logitech as they've always performed excellently for me but I have to admit this bad experience has made me skittish as far as trusting the brand again.
Customer Review: All right, but nothing special...
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm mildly preturbed that I paid $59.99 at Radioshack for this thing when I see they sell it here for so cheap. Based on my experience with this product though, I wouldn't buy it unless they were charging $9.99... and even then, it'd be my backup keyboard. I agree with the other reviewer, it is a pain in the neck with how they changed the home, delete, end, page up, page down key... I spend at least 5 minutes a day backtracking through my work because the insert key is now over the number pad... For someone who's work involves lots of typing, it's not a very good buy...
Really though, I was writing this review 'cause I have had this thing less than 3 months and my "N", "L" and "S" key have almost completely rubbed off. For me it's all right I suppose as I don't have to look at the keyboard, but it's not really user friendly in that regard. I don't recommend this to anyone else, while my experience has been positive in some ways, it just doesn't look like this thing is going to make it for the longhaul... and at the almost $65.00 I paid for it after tax, that's just not good enough for me.
Customer Review: Comfort plus
Summary: 3 Stars
Ordered on Monday with the free shipping option, arrived on Wed. Can't beat that for speed. Thank you Amazon for that kind of service. I love the freedom from the wires. Keyboard is very sharplooking. The white letters in sharp contrast to the black keys, so very easy to read even in low light. The keys respond with a light touch, so can type really fast. Definitely not as quiet as a laptop keyboard, tho. Mouse feels good. I don't mind the clicking - it just gives a very postive response feel. Don't know how long the batteries will last because I've just attached everything, and was so excited about being free from catching wires that I just had to write immediately. Reason for only 3 stars is that when I load the program CD, the laptop totally stops responding. If I put the CD in after I power up, the screen goes black, and I have to use the start key to power off. If I leave the CD in when I start, it just doesn't. Have to research the reason for that. So for now, just plain and ordinary use of the mouse and keyboard for typing, everything works great. I wished I had done this years ago.