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It’s exhausting to not fall in love with the Cherry KW 7100 Mini BT, partially as a result of it’s so wee and partially since you get to select from two eye-catching pastel colours: Cherry Blossom (pink) or Agave Inexperienced as pictured. Or you’ll be able to go for boring black. Regardless of its engaging value, the KW 7100 Mini comes with a journey pouch (comprised of recycled plastic), though it’s solely supplied in darkish gray.
Construct high quality is as much as Cherry’s typical excessive requirements, with its SX scissor mechanism delivering a shallow however satisfying typing motion much like a good-quality laptop. It isn’t up there with mechanical keyboards, nevertheless it’s additionally a lot quieter. With massive Enter, backspace and area keys, I don’t suppose you’ll battle to hit excessive typing speeds regardless of its slim 295mm width.
The KW 7100 Mini ought to look simply pretty much as good on day 500 because it does on day one, with the important thing lettering protected by a UV coating to protect in opposition to abrasions. These keys are designed to final for greater than ten million hits apiece, which is little question why Cherry feels assured sufficient to supply a three-year guarantee.
A row of perform keys sits on the high, all of that are customizable utilizing the Cherry Keys software program. That is virtually charmingly primary, and it’ll take moments so that you can assign actions or favourite web sites. You additionally use the F1, F2 and F3 keys to change between lively Bluetooth connections; there’s no USB adapter right here, and Apple gadgets aren’t supported both (it refused to pair with my iPad).
Other than the sturdy toes that carry the rear of the keyboard for a greater typing angle, that’s it for bodily options. Backlighting isn’t current, merely LEDs to point which Bluetooth channel is lively and if the Fn or Caps lock are lively. These may even begin flashing when the 2 AAA batteries run low, which is able to most likely be months; all Cherry says about battery life is that it strongly will depend on person conduct.
One last phrase for many who love matching equipment: you should purchase a color-coordinated Cherry Gentix BT mouse, however its clicky keys replicate its low value: £16 from cclonline.com.
The KW 7100 Mini BT isn’t for many who love frills, then, neither is it for Apple followers. For everybody else, although, it’s an outstanding travel-friendly selection.