Looking for a new keyboard…some requirements

I'm feeling more and more displeased with this keyboard and its wireless capabilities, but I don't want to go wired as I'd need to use a USB hub to do so, and I don't think that's really in the spirit of quick response times. I also just like wireless. A number of times, the keyboard as had a fit and don't something like writing iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and I've had to switch it off, I can't connect the bluetooth to my PC so am being forced to use a cable, which sucks, and the bluetooth has cut out a couple of times.

I do like this layout a lot though. Do you know if there are any other boards with this layout but ISO? Particularly that are wireless?

Otherwise, I'd probably go for 65% and wireless, hopefully around £60. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
 
Further, further update. I've been having intermittent connectivity issues and have had to switch entirely to using the keyboard wired. One of the two space bars stopped working properly tonight. Combine that with my continued annoyance, I've decided to return this keyboard.

Any ideas of what to replace it with? My budget is up to £100, needs to be wireless, compact, but I really want to have arrow keys.
 
Wow, the Keychron is great!! It arrived a couple of hours ago and I really like it. I was able to swap out all the keys for ISO ones, so I now how the correct layout and language. The feel of it is lovely, though I must admit I miss the dual space bar that they Keymove had - that was really something.

I can't really see the RGB right now, but that's not terribly important. I had no issues connecting the bluetooth and it has three channels, which is great. However, it still won't connect to my PC, so I'm thinking the PC itself has issues with bluetooth. It can only seem to see certain things, so maybe I need to investigate the PC's bluetooth.

The one issue I have with it is that the left have control key sets far lower than the keys next to it, but I can't really feel it, only see it. Does seem a little odd though.

Edit: weirdly, I got the bluetooth working. I just sat and waited for ages and it appeared! Very good.

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My Keychron connects to the PC fine with bluetooth, though I just plug it in most of the time.

Dont know if yours is the same, I have a K8, but its quite high so I bought a ROG wrist wrest, think your keyboard may be a little smaller though.

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chroniclard said:
My Keychron connects to the PC fine with bluetooth, though I just plug it in most of the time.

Dont know if yours is the same, I have a K8, but its quite high so I bought a ROG wrist wrest, think your keyboard may be a little smaller though.
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That's a nice looking keyboard. I've found that I actually like the angle that my hands are at. I have the keyboard on the long legs too, so it's nice and sloped. Then I can rest my wrists on the desk and am quite content.

Keep hitting all sorts of keys for some reason.
 
I'm finding the keyboard latency really quite high. Seems the same wired as wireless. Any idea why this might be? I have the red switches that are supplied with the keyboard.

Also, any idea how to fix the keyboard doing things like bluuuuuuuuuueeeeeetooooooooohhhh
 
dirtychinchilla said:
I'm finding the keyboard latency really quite high. Seems the same wired as wireless. Any idea why this might be? I have the red switches that are supplied with the keyboard.

Also, any idea how to fix the keyboard doing things like bluuuuuuuuuueeeeeetooooooooohhhh
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Hmm, something wrong with that. Not had any issues with mine. Drivers all up to date?

I use a PCI wifi/bluetooth card.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
A bit of a coincidence because I've just spent around two hours looking for a UK layout wired keyboard in WHITE.
If anybody has got a name (if we can't link) then I'll appreciate it.
It must have the layout like the one on dirtychinchilla's Logitech above or this one (it must have the 3 keys to the right of the L key) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards#/media/File:KB_United_Kingdom.svg
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I found some nice white cherry ones but this was in China. A quick Google should bring up most white ones I'd imagine though?
 
SexyGreyFox said:
A bit of a coincidence because I've just spent around two hours looking for a UK layout wired keyboard in WHITE.
If anybody has got a name (if we can't link) then I'll appreciate it.
It must have the layout like the one on dirtychinchilla's Logitech above or this one (it must have the 3 keys to the right of the L key) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards#/media/File:KB_United_Kingdom.svg
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Corsair K70 comes in white with ISO layout.
 
I think I’ll have get a decent Bluetooth module. Considering what a pain it was to get my keyboard connected, I don’t think my motherboard’s module works very well. No problems whatsoever with my laptop.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
I think I’ll have get a decent Bluetooth module. Considering what a pain it was to get my keyboard connected, I don’t think my motherboard’s module works very well. No problems whatsoever with my laptop.
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im confused the same dongle in the laptop? rf should be better than bt
 
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