Keyboard Protector for MacBook Pro
by Macessity
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Manufacturer: MacessityModel: KBCOVERMBP
Color: Frost clear
Product features:
- Keep dirt, food, liquid, and other materials out
- Leave keyboard keys visible
- Soft and smooth to the touch
- 100% Washable
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Customer Review: Good investment! Buy it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this product for my MacBook Pro. It's good for at least four things:
1. Dust, lint and hair. I don't know how, but all those things got into my old PowerBook (with a removable keyboard). If you have cats at home or have short hair like me, you WILL find hair in your keyboard.
2. It helps in reducing the chances of my keyboard leaving an impression on the screen. Having come from an older model of PowerBook with that problem, I took extra measures to make sure no freaking key prints will go on the screen!
3. The newer MacBook Pros have their keys made out of plastic (as opposed to metal like the newer PowerBooks). And the keys WILL wear out, taking with them paint and the letters/numbers (Google it; I ain't lying). After having used this product on my keyboard for about two months, it's very clear to see the often used keys on the silicon are a little bit worn already (the worn spots are slightly more transparent than the less-used areas). So at the minimum, the silicon should significantly delay the wear and tear of the keys if you really use it that much.
4. Protection against liquid. My two-year-old was trying to open a bottle of water from about 2 feet away. When he finally succeed, some water also splashed all over the keyboard... luckily with the silicon on top of it! That incident alone was worth every penny I spent on this product and then some!
Some minor issues/inconveniences I am willing to live with:
1. The silicon doesn't exactly hug snuggly to the keys per se. But it does have about 95% precision and does a good enough job for me not to notice the difference and doesn't prevent me from typing accurately.
2. It does take a couple of weeks to completely get used to having a piece of silicon on the keyboard. At first my typing was slowed down quite a bit. But after that, I just lived with it and adjusted my typing style accordingly.
3. Over time, the silicon WILL get dirty and even a bit dusty depending on how often you use your computer, how dirty your fingers are, and how often you leave your lid open for a prolong period of time. I simply rinse the silicon off with warm water, wash with soap, then place it in between a couple of pieces of paper towel and press to dry (if you have hard water, the water drops will leave unpleasant marks if you let it air dry).
4. Initially when the silicon is fresh and clean, the back side of it will adhere/stick to the keys nice and tight. But as mentioned in #3, if it gets dirty, it will lose that stickiness and start to move about on your keyboard (esp. where the space bar is). To resolve this, read #3.
5. The silicon will reflect some glare esp. towards the front center of the keyboard where the function keys are. This is extremely annoying if you don't have the muscle memory but still use the function keys often. I've had to move my head towards the screen a little to take a better look at the keys to know which ones to press.
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