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Hey everyone... thought I might do a quick review on a new peripheral. It's the Logitech Compact Keyboard K300. I have always loved smaller keyboards but I've never really come across too many that I wanted to stick with to be honest. I would probably love a Happy Hacker or something of the sort, but I've not tried that one. Anyway... the Logitech K300 appealed to me for a number of reasons which I will list. I like the fact that it has a full number pad but is not much larger than a compact keyboard without one. I will admit I was first drawn to it purely on cosmetics, but then I got it in my hands. So here's what I found...
I found the K300 to be useful without being too busy. There's your standard slew of shortcut keys that work as an alternate function of the F keys. What I like about it is that when you hit the FN key to modify the activity of the F keys, the orange icons illuminate brighter to indicate they are active... nice touch on a $30 keyboard. Then there's the white num, scroll, and caps lock indicators. These orange and white indicators match my LED theme I have going on my workstation. The keyboard has a shallow wrist rest area... it does not really get in your way if you don't like wrist rests, but it does provide a nice rounded feel beneath your wrists. Beneath the keys themselves there is a bed of orange, it does not light up but provides a slight contrast against the black keys... I like it. Then of course it has the Logitech black gloss finish that appears on many of their newer peripherals, this is everywhere but on the wrist rest area and the keys. It has two FN keys by the way, I like this because it allows for easier access to the whole assortment of alternate keys. The arrow keys are located directly under the right shift key and they are smaller than most, this takes some getting used to but I like them better the more I use them.
How do the keys feel to type on? Good. I like them. They're not quite as tactile as the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, but much better than the typical laptop style keyboard in my opinion. Now the way a keyboard feels is very much a personal preference just like mice and speakers. What feels good to me might not to you. I like my keys to have a shallow stroke when pressed and not feel like they are going to hang up or topple over when struck on the side or at an angle, this keyboard delivers in this respect, it's typical Logitech quality. It's an affordable, simple keyboard that does not take up that much real estate on your desk. For a $30 keyboard it gives everything I need and looks good doing it. I think I am actually going to give the Logitech Illuminated to my wife and this will be my everyday keyboard for now, at least until I can get my hands on a Wireless K340.
Now here's a few quick shots of it...
Please disregard the image quality, I took the pictures while half asleep
Oh and the little hairs on the keyboard... disregard those too... my dog likes to shake all her hair off when I get something new but at least she does not eat my peripherals anymore
I found the K300 to be useful without being too busy. There's your standard slew of shortcut keys that work as an alternate function of the F keys. What I like about it is that when you hit the FN key to modify the activity of the F keys, the orange icons illuminate brighter to indicate they are active... nice touch on a $30 keyboard. Then there's the white num, scroll, and caps lock indicators. These orange and white indicators match my LED theme I have going on my workstation. The keyboard has a shallow wrist rest area... it does not really get in your way if you don't like wrist rests, but it does provide a nice rounded feel beneath your wrists. Beneath the keys themselves there is a bed of orange, it does not light up but provides a slight contrast against the black keys... I like it. Then of course it has the Logitech black gloss finish that appears on many of their newer peripherals, this is everywhere but on the wrist rest area and the keys. It has two FN keys by the way, I like this because it allows for easier access to the whole assortment of alternate keys. The arrow keys are located directly under the right shift key and they are smaller than most, this takes some getting used to but I like them better the more I use them.
How do the keys feel to type on? Good. I like them. They're not quite as tactile as the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, but much better than the typical laptop style keyboard in my opinion. Now the way a keyboard feels is very much a personal preference just like mice and speakers. What feels good to me might not to you. I like my keys to have a shallow stroke when pressed and not feel like they are going to hang up or topple over when struck on the side or at an angle, this keyboard delivers in this respect, it's typical Logitech quality. It's an affordable, simple keyboard that does not take up that much real estate on your desk. For a $30 keyboard it gives everything I need and looks good doing it. I think I am actually going to give the Logitech Illuminated to my wife and this will be my everyday keyboard for now, at least until I can get my hands on a Wireless K340.
Now here's a few quick shots of it...
Please disregard the image quality, I took the pictures while half asleep
Oh and the little hairs on the keyboard... disregard those too... my dog likes to shake all her hair off when I get something new
but at least she does not eat my peripherals anymore 
