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Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo Black

Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo Black

List Price: $99.99
Your Price: $71.89
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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: It's okay, but...
Review: ...there are some big probs. I really like the cordless feature. Yet after using the keyboard and mouse for several months, I just can't get accustomed to the problems. I've given up and switched back to my old MS Natural.

Problems...
1. As mentioned elsewhere, the home-end-page up-page down layout is VERY awkward.
2. The layout of the remaining buttons is also very weird. I still find myself hitting buttons that I don't mean to hit.
3. MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE: The mouse is a major battery drain. I use my computer heavily and have had to change the batteries (2xAA) every 3-4 weeks. It appears the mouse doesn't have a true "stand-by" mode: the optical scanner seemed to be blinking all the time, even when I hadn't been using the mouse for several hours.

If it weren't for the battery-drain problem, I think I would have tried to stick it out, because I really do like the cordless feature. And I really like the keyboard's solid feel. But I'm tired of having to replace the batteries, and I still haven't gotten used to the home-end button layout. I don't recommend this keyboard, but if you're willing to shell out for batteries maybe you'll like it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for Mac OS X; heavenly device!
Review: .
I was wary of this package after reading the bad reviews by recent customers here, especially the comments about the awkward key layout. I went ahead because I use a keyboard 8 hours a day or more, practically every day of my life, and I want comfort, wirelessness, and the kind of functionality Mac users usually demand.

The page-up/down keys are unusually placed, but anyone who spends time with the board will get muscular memory going in a short time. I hit those keys without looking any time I choose. It took a day to master without misses.

This keyboard is better than any other I have ever used - full sized, compact, corded or cordless, adb or USB, - I've used them all. This one has the wrap-around key layout that keeps my wrists straight, and a wrist rest that absolutely prevents forearm fatigue I usually get after an hour or so of keyboarding. The key action is wonderful, providing the resilient resistance that makes touch-typing easy and error-less.

The mouse was a wash; it's in the trash, but I didn't buy a mouse; I bought a keyboard. I still use my Kensington wireless, which has superior tracking and accelleration. It's been over a month on the original batteries that came with with the keyboard, two AA's, which makes it dirt cheap to keep in power. Battery consumption is low. The board is a little narrower than some other ergonomic boards, which means it will fit on my lap regardless of which chair I use, wide or narrow.

All in all, this is one of the better purchases I've ever made, and I recommend this keyboard to anyone with high expectations for computer hardware. This is a professional level board, possibly the best there is.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome Combo
Review: Amazing! the best Logitech mouse ever- it glides so smoothly. The keyboard is great also, the keys don't require effort. Setup was a breeze, literally plug and play (though needed to install Logitech software to utilize the keyboard hot keys). The wireless is wonderful, and batteries are included! The keyboard also has a detachable wrist rest to suit your preference. The LEDs corresponding to Caps/Num/Scroll Lock are on the receiver to conserve batteries.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Noobs keyboard
Review: Besides the akward key placemnets that other reviews pointed out I would add that the existing encryption for the keyboard is 64 bit. This static 64 bit key can be broken in minutes. There is even security advisory about this. Once key is broken everybody can see what you are typing in.

At the bottom of the keyboard there are butterfly flaps that let you raise the keyboard. These flaps open to the right and left ( / \ ). This one is no brainer. Everytime you move keyboard left or right one of these flaps closes and the keyboard colapses(yes, there is no way to lock the flaps).

- No cap clock indicator on the keyboard.

I did get it working in Unix (just for fun) with USB and PS2. However there is NO encryption support for Unix so I'm not sure why would you want to use it.

I would NOT recomend that you get this keyboard. Its basic hardware design flaws, odd keyboard layout, and lack of security deserves only one star.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: So good - why do they have to mess up something?
Review: I bought the Comfort Duo to replace a "Natural" keyboard made by another well-known manufacturer. In recent years though, that model has become really cheap and very uncomfortable and awkward to use for anything but the most casual typing, with wobbly keys that bind and cause tremendous frustration.

The Comfort Duo on the other hand is *outstanding* with one small exception. The keyboard feel is very nice, with good but not obtrusive tactile feedback, good key placement, a nice wrist-rest and it looks nice as well. The mouse is superb, although the buttons seem a little closer together than I'm used to with other mice (I keep missing the right mouse button hitting the mouse housing instead) but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

The only disappointment (and this is a big one, I'm afraid - the reason I didn't give this set five stars) is the placement of the Insert/Home/PgUp/Delete/End/PgDn keys. Instead of placing them in the "standard" layout of two rows of three keys each, ordered as I typed them above (heck, even my laptop uses that layout!), Logitech has opted for a screwy three-row layout that places the "Delete" key right where your hand expects the "Home" key.

It's bad enough that touch-typists like me had to adjust to placement of the "6" key on the wrong hand when they started making these "ergo" keyboards, but it's a shame that Logitech had to go and spoil an otherwise perfect keyboard for no reason that I can tell, other than allowing them to shorten the keyboard by a half-inch....

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good keyboard, not so good mouse
Review: I could not tolerate the jerky cursor motion of the cordless mouse included in this package. After a few days, I replaced the mouse with Logitech's MX500 corded model, which works well. I was also tempted to try MX700 cordless mouse. Reviews of it suggest that it has a sampling rate on par with corded mice, but I wasn't sure whether a second transmitter/reciever would create interference problems. This would have been a great package if Logitech had included a better mouse.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: great keyboard, pretty expensive though
Review: I find this combo very comfortable (as the name implies) all in all it's a nice keyboard I really believe comfort is of outmost importance, so after 10-20 years you can still move you're wrists :) ... instead of one night of party you should really get you're ergonomics right.

What I don't like:

- Changing batteries: this isn't THAT much of an issue but I would definitely recommend rechargeable batteries (not only for you're pocket but also to preserve our ecosystem) which implies additional cost.

- Cost: i feel the price is a little high, a generic keyboard and mouse (which generally work very well) will usually cost about $4-$10 of course they're not ergonomic or cordless, but still it's almost 10 times more, especially with the batteries.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great 1-2 Punch From the King of Input Devices
Review: I had the old Cordless Comfort Duo at my last job, and it was great, except for the mouse. The mouse that came with the old pack A) was not optical. What is the point of a non-optical cordless mouse? and 2)It was misshapen. I did not like the shape of the mouse. It was uncomfortable to say the least.

Now that I am working at home, I needed a new keyboard/mouse combo for myself, and I went looking for the Duo again, despite the mouse. What I found in this pack was a *very* pleasant surprise. The mouse is now optical and is the same as the MouseMan mouse, which is a lot more comfortable. The keyboard is still the same great ergonomic keyboard, in stylish black, and it blows the Microsoft Natural out of the proverbial water.

The range on the receiver is pretty good as well, although if you are going to have the mouse/keyboard up higher than the surface holding the receiver, you may want to put a phone book under it or something. You don't need line-of-sight connection, but it does help. The signal can find its way around your speakers or other desktop bric-a-brac pretty well, but if there are too many intereferences you will start to notice a small lag in response time. This isn't a big deal surfing the web or typing an email, but if you are playing a game, it might not be a welcome occurrance. However, a minor repositioning of the receiver will do the trick for you.

Comfort, style, mobility...what else could you ask for in a keyboard/mouse combo pack?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: owesome product!!!
Review: I highly recomemd this product.As fare as I'm concern is best deal for the money.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Choice & Great Value
Review: I just recently purchased this combination wireless keyboard and mouse and am very impressed. I had tried several other wireless mice before and none have measured up to the funtionality and ease of use as this logitech combo. The keyboard has a lot of optional keys to use as shortcuts, they are kind of fun to play with but for the most part superfluous. I would definitely reccomend this product, and I think that it's a great value. You can get an even better deal if you go for the traditional style keyboard as amazon is currently offering a substantial rebate for that option. The split key formation for me, however, is the best choice.


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