RealforceR3 Bluetooth Dye Sub PBT Mechanical Keyboard (Topre 30g)

The battery life on this keyboard sucks - I've had it less than a month and I'm already paranoid about checking the charge constantly. It should've come with a proper rechargeable, replaceable battery instead of relying on crappy AAs. With how heavy this thing is, there's plenty of room for a decent battery pack.The black-on-grey key labels are basically useless, especially in low light. If the layout was even a bit off-standard, I'd be fumbling around like an idiot trying to find home row at night.The keys are way too damn sensitive. Just resting a finger lightly on one registers a press, and suddenly I've got a string of unwanted characters spewing across my screen.The auto-off delay is stupidly short, which just adds to the frustration. Again, a beefy battery would've fixed this nonsense - no need to babysit power like it's 1995.Picking USB-C as the connector was a dumb move. Those ports are fragile as hell; I've wrecked enough on my phones, and now I've got to worry about it on a keyboard that's always bouncing around on my lap.

I like Topre keyboards, and have stuck with them since I first tried one many years ago. My previous keyboard didn't have a 10-key, and while that was fine for many uses, I encountered enough of them that I had been wanting one, and the wireless sealed the deal. I had difficulty from the moment I got this one, however, since the black key caps on dark grey keys become difficult to read under anything under mid-day lighting. I found myself having to place a lamp directly over the keyboard to see them in the evenings, which just wasn't comfortable. Unless you've completely memorized your keyboard layout, or exclusively use it in an overly bright office, get a different color.