# My wireless keyboard sucks.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-keyboard-sucks/529466>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-keyboard-sucks/529466 "2010-02-18T14:39:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-keyboard-sucks/529466/1 "2010-02-18T14:39:38Z")

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Please help me pick a new one? It needs to:

1. be Windows compatible.
2. not eat batteries. Much.
3. cost around $50, but I’m willing to spend a little more if you say yours is really good.
4. be available online, so please provide a link.
5. have sound (volume/mute) controls.  
Help? 🙂

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-keyboard-sucks/529466/2 "2010-02-18T14:52:32Z")

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I bought [this one](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823217006) off newegg, I like it. The keys are low rise and quiet, like a laptop’s. The mouse that comes with it is adequate, but you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. The wireless receiver is about the size of a Bazooka bubble gum piece and works for both keyboard and mouse. The sound controls are big buttons on the side but unobtrusive. It’s $40. The mouse uses one AA battery, the keyboard uses two AAA batteries. I use rechargables, and I have to replace them about every three months.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wireless-keyboard-sucks/529466/3 "2010-02-18T22:09:11Z")

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I’m _very_ pleased with my [Logitech diNovo](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126046) keyboard - in fact I was just thinking about getting another one. It’s fairly compact for a full 102-key keyboard, but feels solid and substantial. Tactile feel is pretty good, comparable to a late model ThinkPad. There’s no wireless issues at all (e.g. time delay or intermittent connection), most of the time I forget it’s a wireless keyboard. I don’t know about battery life yet - I’ve had it for half a year and haven’t had to replace batteries yet, but I only use that computer for an hour or two a day. I’ve never used the volume controls (because my headphone has volume control), but they’re there.