Logitech Craft Advanced Wireless Keyboard with Creative Input Dial and Backlit Keys, Dark Grey and Aluminum

Pros:* Very high quality feel; heavy, capacitive touch trigger backlight, and functionality of the dial.* The dial has a very high quality feel. It makes a ratchet noise when touched for application-specific continuous or discrete scrolling.* I've found the (programmable) dial very useful.* The device switching buttons are very nice to have; I use the dongle with my PC, and Bluetooth with my phone.* The software is the best I've seen for non-gaming mouse/keyboard. There is rich integration with the MX Master 2s mouse.* Low travel, fast typing.* Backlighting.Cons:* No height adjustments. Having the space-bar so close to the desk made my thumb ache.* The keys had a very subtle squeaking noise, that triggered randomly. This drove me nuts. Logitech replaced the keyboard due to a firmware issue I reported. The replacement didn't squeak, I think.. though every once in long while I still think I hear something.* I want the backlight on always. When I disconnect, then reconnect, the backlight turns and stays off. It must be manually turned back up. This drives me nuts.Software limitations:* Only a handful of keys are programmable; the function keys and the fn key. They are also shared. fn + number pad keys would have been nice to have programmable, for example.* Complex macros are not possible with the software. For example, I cannot program a key to be 'ctrl + b' followed by just '/', but I could have 'ctrl + shift + tab'. Meanwhile there is lot of named functionality (like "tab switch" or "switch desktops") target at possibly less technical users.* Per application profiles could be managed better. Programmable keys have global options, and application-specific overrides; but if you ever want to clear out all the application-specific functions for a specific key, you have to clear it for each application individually. This is a problem when you have lots of profiles (which you do be default because Office products' profiles, ect, are pre-installed), and you want to change the application-specific function for a key that it is mapped to for one of those programs. This leads to unexpected behavior if an application has a combination mapped that you never use with that application, but you later map globally, then discover the application-specific mapping by accident when that application happens to have focus. I've gone through and deleted all my pre-populated application profiles as a workaround.* Both keyboard an mouse (if you have a matching mouse) must each be switched between profiles separately. Logitech has a feature called "flow" in their option software which is like synergy (as far as I can tell, I haven't used it) .e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy_(software) , however it can only be installed on PC and Mac, but it could be made to treat your phone or tablet almost like a second like a second monitor if they supported android/iOS.Other thoughts:* I got tired of high travel mech keyboards slowing my typing. I waited for the Gram XS to come out (low travel mech keyboard) and was disappointed when it was larger (wider) than a standard keyboard and they keys were very poorly stabilized. I gave up on mechs and got this, and haven't looked back. It could be better, but its the best I can find. Logitech mice have been good to me over the years, and I'm very glad Logitech has made a keyboard of the same caliber.* RGB backlighting would also be nice; I'd like to color-code home row, ect, a different colors.* I really don't need to be wireless for use with my PC. It's always plugged in.

I've been using this keyboard for a month now with my new PC, and all in all, it's quite alright. At first it was difficult for me to switch from a standard older MBP keyboard (late 2013 model) as it had a way more sparse layout, but I'm slowly getting used to the new one, although still need time to fully adjust.Pros:- It's very well built, solid, pleasantly heavy and sturdy, doesn't feel cheap or flimsy in the slightest. Packaging by itself is exquisite.- Battery life is good, although I prefer to keep the keyboard constantly connected with backlight on at all times.- Backlight is very stylish and sharp looking, no RGB nonsense. I love it.- Keys are great, perfect height, feel and travel. I wish the layout was more sparse, but that's simply because of my many years of typing on Mac. I need a couple of months to fully adjust, I guess.- Bluetooth works fine, paired it simultaneously with both my PC and Mac, no problems switching between the two. Although I only use Logitech with the PC since Win and Mac layouts are different and it's confusing to use OS-specific shortcuts on the same keyboard; hand-memory is a thing.Cons:- The main con would be not having a height adjusting mechanism. Not a deal breaker, buy I'm buying a pair of rubber stands for $16 because of it.- The knob... Well, it's very useful to have it to regulate volume or switch Spotify tracks, I'll give it that (and it's very satisfying to operate, a well built little metal thingy), but for other purposes... I was really trying to incorporate it into my Adobe Premiere workflow, but I ended up using it like 1% of the time on "horizontal scroll" only. There is a limited list of actions you can bind to the knob via a Logitech Options app, and custom shortcuts are unavailable, which is the greatest shortcoming of this otherwise excellent product.Another thing, everytime you touch the crown a big notification appears on screen, "Volume", "Horizontal scroll" etc, which is annoying especially in Adobe Premiere where notifications covers a part of the timeline. There is really no need in having it, and Logitech should have an option to hide those notifications completely. Those are software problems, though. I wish Logitech would allow us more customization.If I were to choose again I could probably go with the knobless model (Logitech MX Keys Advanced Wireless Illuminated) as it is the same keyboard but 50 bucks cheaper and I don't really use the crown while working because of software limitations, but what the hell. The knob is great for regulating volume and switching tracks so I would've probably bought a standalone one anyways.Also, I spend 12 hours a day doing my work on the computer, why wouldn't I buy one of the best keyboards there is.5 stars overall, 4 for ergonomic, needs more software customization options for the knob/crown, and also needs fold out feet.