HP K2500 Black 2.4 GHz USB Wireless Keyboard (UK Keyboard
HP K2500 Black 2.4 GHz USB Wireless Keyboard (UK Keyboard Layout) – Full size, Home Office Working for Computer PC Laptop Desktop
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| Weight: | 440 g |
| Dimensions: | 44 x 24 x 15 cm; 440 Grams |
| Brand: | HP |
| Model: | E5E78AA#ABU |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | HP |
| Dimensions: | 44 x 24 x 15 cm; 440 Grams |
Easy to connect and use and just what my son needed
This is the cheapest wireless keyboard I’ve seen for a well known brand. I’ve had the same keyboard at home when I was still a child and it’s nostalgic to own it again after this many years. I think it serves it’s function and has amazing quality for it’s price. The keys feels really nice to press on and produces a good sound. Very smooth for 99% of times.
Bought this to replace a wired Microsoft keyboard, fancied trying the wireless option.
The layouts are near identical so an easy transition and not having to plug it in is a bonus.
However, the keys are little more noisy, not as softly damped as I would have liked but the biggest issue is the flimsy nature of the keyboard.
I don’t hammer the keyboard but I’ve certainly noticed how flimsy the keyboard is as it bounces up and down as a type. The feet underneath are spread far apart and need more support so I’ve added some thick adhesive felt underneath in the center to reduce the spring.
The rake of the keyboard with the tabs at the back to lift it also aren’t that big, I would have preferred more of a tilted angle to the keyboard, it’s still pretty flat with the tabs deployed.
For that reason it can’t be a 5 star but it was good value.
It took me longer to find the dongle for this keyboard than it did to set up
Typeing with it now first go and seems good
The dongle was hidden in the edge of the box , not clear when you open one end envelpope style and slide keyboard out , easy to see if you’d opened the top of the box, well box style, and lifted keyboard out
Fast set up took around 5 seconds
These devices do the job well and I have two sets, one for when I work at home and another I keep in my locker to use in the office. This means I don’t have to use the hotdesk keyboards which sometimes feel like a health hazard.
The keyboard offers the right depth of key movement for me, I don’t like those that are too flat. It’s it’s slightly smaller than some but not cramped, like a laptop keyboard. Because I use this all the time, I have become used to the relative positions of the various keys around the QWERTY keys so find them easily (having different keyboards was a distraction).
The mouse also feels just right.
This doesn’t feel like a premium, typist’s keyboard with those satisfying big keys, but it’s a good compromise, for me.
Mouse and keyboard came as a package but the mouse I already had doesn’t link to the new dongle. I have enough ports to use both but others may need to be aware.
I’ve switched many keyboards over the years, the HP K2500 is not only my favourite, but also the cheapest, at only 12. I would have preferred a bluetooth version to save me having to use up a USB socket on my computer, but I couldn’t find a bluetooth version of this. And ultimately the ‘feel’ is more important than the bluetooth. Amazon’s display and the pack outside (unnervingly) shows an American version (with US layout and single height return key) but it’s a proper UK one inside, complete with the double-height return key I’m used to. I bought another one from Ryman’s and it turned out to be a Mac layout (with ” and @ interchanged, which was annoying). But this one from Amazon is the real deal. Did I say it was amazing value at only 12?