Well done, Liam ! I wanted to have more on the illumination and the zoom that I do not understand again completely.The illumination is useful, I imagine, for those who can have difficulties to support the light of a direct lamp, during long hours of an evening. There you can relax. You explain very well what you think and bring several elements how to use it. Great job ! And thanks to have taken your time to prepare this presentation for us.
The zoom feature feels like a waste. Such a cool feature but using that exclusively for zoom? Man...imagine you could not just re-bind those keys but also change what it shows when it lights up. Technically it wouldn't be a big deal to do that and it would make this keyboard stand out a lot. But probably some $$$ contract stuff with Dell and Zoom going on there....i don't think the Dell Ingeneurs didn't think about making it more versatile themselves.
Dude, next time actually type on a keyboard, talk about it's feel, haptics, if it's comfortable to type, if it gives enough feedback while typing... Talk about the key travels... You kept talking about the Zoom feature throughout the whole thing.
Hi, Is the backlight light white in color or blue. It looks kinda blue in your video? Also, I'm wondering if the internal rechargeable battery is replaceable. With most things, rechargeable batteries wear out over a period of 3 or 4 years or so.
The light is mostly white but has a slight blue tone. It's almost purple. My laptop has an rgb keyboard, so I configure those keys to be slightly purple so they match. I do not know if the battery is replaceable.
Quite informative of the general standout features, but I would have liked a sound test of the keyboard as well as a description of how it feels to type, unless I missed that part.
The keys are scissor switch, which I prefer to mechanical keys, as I can type faster with these. The sound and touch feel near-identical to an apple keyboard. The keyboard has a slight adjustable incline. Hope this helps.
If you are left-handed and use your mouse with your right hand, be aware that this keyboard adds an extra 2.6 inches to the width by adding the extra keypad between the regular typing area and the number pad. That extra width added to the right-hand side of the keyboard moves your mouse use that extra 2.6 inches to the right, and that's a bit uncomfortable, will take some getting used to.
Thanks for pointing this out. This isn't an issue for me personally as I naturally tend to give my mouse a lot of distance, but I can see it being more noticeable for certain people.
Hi Liam - three questions for you 1) Can you use this keyboard while you are charging it? 2) Do you ever just leave it plugged in? 3) After using it a bit, what is your average battery life before needing to recharge? Thank you for this review!
Thanks for your interest, Nathan! 1) Yes, you can certainly use it while charging. 2) Yes, I sometimes do just leave it plugged overnight. It's probably better not to, to keep battery longevity (like how you're not supposed to leave your phone plugged if it's fully charged), but I haven't noticed any performance drops after doing it. 3) In my experience, you can leave it plugged in for under an hour, and the charge will last you 1-2 weeks with limited daily use. Time between plugging in is long enough that charging has never felt like a hassle to me. Hope this helps.
I honestly don't need a gaming keyboard and have been looking for a sleek looking backlit keyboard to replace my casual sk-8115 that I've been using for 15years by now and honestly this KB900 looks amazing. I never use zoom so the extra buttons are of no use to be currently, but I believe Ill have to purchase this keyboard and probably just keep it plugged in lol.
Question for everyone: The cable comes wrapped in a circle and is held together by two special little cable clips that are shaped like a flattened U. Does anyone know where I can find those exact clips or something very similar to them?
When pressing the mode switch button on the keyboard, it only changes the connection for the keyboard. If you also want your mouse to change connection, you'll first have to make sure your mouse has an option for multiple connections (Most mice do not. It's mostly higher-end mice that do), and you'll have to press the mode switch button on your mouse separately. While it might be possible for someone to configure, I'm not aware of a way that one button can switch both the keyboard and mouse at once.
Hi and thank you for the review. A question: Does it have a wake-up delay like the Microsoft Surface keyboard does? Or does it work instantly after the keyboard have been in "sleep" mode?
The light may turn off if you haven’t pressed any keys for a few minutes, but the keys will still work when you press them, and the light will then come back on. Sometimes if you leave your computer, and it hibernates for hours, you may have to power the keyboard off and back on, but usually it pairs again immediately right there.
Nice Video. I have a question - Do you know if the lights above the device connect button (USB Dongle, BT1, BT2) constantly stay illuminated, so I know which device I'm connected to just by looking at the keyboard? or do they disappear after the connections been established?
The button does not stay illuminated, but if you press it once, it shows you which connection is active. If you press it again, that is when the connection changes. At 3:44 you can see this demonstrated. :)
The cord is only for charging, not data transfer, so there is no wired connection. The connection options are bluetooth or the wireless USB receiver. The wireless USB receiver should work fine for you as long as you have a USB type-A port on your device.
I ended up trying out this keyboard. Is there a way to make the backlight stay on Permanently? My dell laptop keyboard stays on. It would be nice to get this keyboard to stay on as well..
Can you adjust the backlight timeout? The thing that irks me about the mx keys. I prefer the look of the Dell with the square edges and the key letters in the top LH corner of each key cap
It's night and day, 900 is way better. The 900 scissor keys have just enough travel distance, whereas the 700 felt too deep. But if you're a mechanical kb enthusiast, there's probably better mechanical kbs from logitech than the 700. The 700 feels kinda cheap and clunky.
This is just a 1:1 clone of Apple Magic Keyboard. However built-in switch between two computers is absolutely MUST have feature for me. That's why I just replaced my old wired Apple keyboard that i had to pair with external KVM-switch with new fancy dell. Absolutely amazing product.
@@breakdown7553 Apple still feels better.. Also Bluetooth keyboard doesn't even work in Bios/Uefi. Probably I'm going back to apple keyboard with added KVM switch
@@andyandy7968 Yeah. Sadly that's the case with every wireless keyboard. But I guess, since most of us don't need to access the Bios every 5 minutes but rather every once in a while, it's okay to swap the dongle in case it's needed seomwhere else. I am currently using a the Cherry KC 6000 Slim. It's wired but it has also a wirless version now. Wondering if i should get this or the dell. There is a weird problem with the Cherry and that is the Shift Key. The right shift key has a too short activation time, resulting in many accidenlty small keys when wanting to write captial letters. This is hard coded on the board. Never experienced this with any other keyboard, so im unsure about the "new" wireless version of it.
No problem, Ahmad. mx keyboards seem like great competitor options. I personally prefer the style and feel of Dell equipment. Scissor keys are easier for me to use.
Apart from the connection which logitech is still superior. I think this is a good contender. Now we need a TKL version. I hope they beat logitech in the market with that.
Solid alternative to Logitech Mx series. Also tried the MS900 collaboration mouse, it’s comparable to Mx Master 3, however not sure how they justify the higher price
Hi Liam, new subscriber here. Great review. Can you tell me how I can pair my phone so I can hit a function key so I can type to text from my Keyboard into my I phone texts?
It's a keyboard. Typing is most important. Stop talking, type, let us hear if it's quiet or not and then talk about your feelings, not most of the time talking about zoom features... damn I can use any keyboard and make shortcuts for zoom and teams.
Some nice features, yes, but it's NOT mechanical, not in the purest form. My mechanical RGB keyboard is very easy to type on, and sure, it's missing some of features of this one (hand sense, and Zoom buttons), but over all, this kind of keyboard is strictly for typists, and not someone who both types AND games, like me.
wooow another review with NOT A SINGLE WORD about about the most important KB feature, the keys. A common mistake for KB reviewers... and pathetic. Downvote
Agree. Granted, that’s the hardest thing to describe. But I have this and the keys feel great. Softer than Logitech MX Keys I’d say with maybe a little more key travel. So not quite as fast to type on but I’d say more comfortable if you’re going to spend long hours at a desk.
Now the KB has controls for Microsoft Teams as well!
Well done, Liam ! I wanted to have more on the illumination and the zoom that I do not understand again completely.The illumination is useful, I imagine, for those who can have difficulties to support the light of a direct lamp, during long hours of an evening. There you can relax. You explain very well what you think and bring several elements how to use it. Great job ! And thanks to have taken your time to prepare this presentation for us.
My pleasure, Daniel. Wonderful to hear your feedback!
The zoom feature feels like a waste. Such a cool feature but using that exclusively for zoom? Man...imagine you could not just re-bind those keys but also change what it shows when it lights up. Technically it wouldn't be a big deal to do that and it would make this keyboard stand out a lot. But probably some $$$ contract stuff with Dell and Zoom going on there....i don't think the Dell Ingeneurs didn't think about making it more versatile themselves.
Dude, next time actually type on a keyboard, talk about it's feel, haptics, if it's comfortable to type, if it gives enough feedback while typing... Talk about the key travels... You kept talking about the Zoom feature throughout the whole thing.
Seriously I didn't see any typing.. For gawd sake, this is a keyboard meant for typing.. So type, we want to hear the sound and feel
Hi,
Is the backlight light white in color or blue. It looks kinda blue in your video? Also, I'm wondering if the internal rechargeable battery is replaceable. With most things, rechargeable batteries wear out over a period of 3 or 4 years or so.
The light is mostly white but has a slight blue tone. It's almost purple. My laptop has an rgb keyboard, so I configure those keys to be slightly purple so they match. I do not know if the battery is replaceable.
Quite informative of the general standout features, but I would have liked a sound test of the keyboard as well as a description of how it feels to type, unless I missed that part.
The keys are scissor switch, which I prefer to mechanical keys, as I can type faster with these. The sound and touch feel near-identical to an apple keyboard. The keyboard has a slight adjustable incline. Hope this helps.
Nice review, Liam! Good job! Thank you soo much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
If you are left-handed and use your mouse with your right hand, be aware that this keyboard adds an extra 2.6 inches to the width by adding the extra keypad between the regular typing area and the number pad. That extra width added to the right-hand side of the keyboard moves your mouse use that extra 2.6 inches to the right, and that's a bit uncomfortable, will take some getting used to.
Thanks for pointing this out. This isn't an issue for me personally as I naturally tend to give my mouse a lot of distance, but I can see it being more noticeable for certain people.
Hi Liam - three questions for you
1) Can you use this keyboard while you are charging it?
2) Do you ever just leave it plugged in?
3) After using it a bit, what is your average battery life before needing to recharge?
Thank you for this review!
Thanks for your interest, Nathan!
1) Yes, you can certainly use it while charging.
2) Yes, I sometimes do just leave it plugged overnight. It's probably better not to, to keep battery longevity (like how you're not supposed to leave your phone plugged if it's fully charged), but I haven't noticed any performance drops after doing it.
3) In my experience, you can leave it plugged in for under an hour, and the charge will last you 1-2 weeks with limited daily use. Time between plugging in is long enough that charging has never felt like a hassle to me.
Hope this helps.
@@liammiller.design you rock, thanks for your quick reply! ☺️
I honestly don't need a gaming keyboard and have been looking for a sleek looking backlit keyboard to replace my casual sk-8115 that I've been using for 15years by now and honestly this KB900 looks amazing. I never use zoom so the extra buttons are of no use to be currently, but I believe Ill have to purchase this keyboard and probably just keep it plugged in lol.
Glad you found the video helpful! The kb is my daily driver, but battery can last several weeks before needing to plug in.
Question for everyone: The cable comes wrapped in a circle and is held together by two special little cable clips that are shaped like a flattened U. Does anyone know where I can find those exact clips or something very similar to them?
Good review. When Caps Lock is enabled, does it stay on as long as Caps Lock is enabled or does it switch off by itself after a few seconds or so?
As far as I can tell, Caps Lock when enabled stays on indefinitely and does not time out. :)
I hope you're right, this was the reason why I returned a similar Dell keyboard...
Hi, is it possible to switch device only by pressing keyboard key without pressing amlso on mouse?
When pressing the mode switch button on the keyboard, it only changes the connection for the keyboard.
If you also want your mouse to change connection, you'll first have to make sure your mouse has an option for multiple connections (Most mice do not. It's mostly higher-end mice that do), and you'll have to press the mode switch button on your mouse separately.
While it might be possible for someone to configure, I'm not aware of a way that one button can switch both the keyboard and mouse at once.
Great video!
@@Crossfire2003 Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
does it come in white ?
Not to my knowledge
What about construction materials? Its made of plastics or Aluminum?
It's plastic, but feels sturdy. The Zoom pad feels somewhat like a laptop trackpad.
Hi and thank you for the review. A question: Does it have a wake-up delay like the Microsoft Surface keyboard does? Or does it work instantly after the keyboard have been in "sleep" mode?
The light may turn off if you haven’t pressed any keys for a few minutes, but the keys will still work when you press them, and the light will then come back on.
Sometimes if you leave your computer, and it hibernates for hours, you may have to power the keyboard off and back on, but usually it pairs again immediately right there.
Sounds great, thank you
@@liammiller.design
Nice Video. I have a question - Do you know if the lights above the device connect button (USB Dongle, BT1, BT2) constantly stay illuminated, so I know which device I'm connected to just by looking at the keyboard? or do they disappear after the connections been established?
The button does not stay illuminated, but if you press it once, it shows you which connection is active. If you press it again, that is when the connection changes. At 3:44 you can see this demonstrated. :)
You can't change those keys with some kind of application?
It's probably possible for someone who's tech-savvy enough, but I didn't know of a way to do it at the time of recording.
Can you use this keyboard via wired USB instead of wireless?
The cord is only for charging, not data transfer, so there is no wired connection. The connection options are bluetooth or the wireless USB receiver.
The wireless USB receiver should work fine for you as long as you have a USB type-A port on your device.
@@liammiller.design thanks!
I ended up trying out this keyboard. Is there a way to make the backlight stay on Permanently? My dell laptop keyboard stays on. It would be nice to get this keyboard to stay on as well..
@@Haxpatty I appreciate your question! The only way I know how is, if you leave the keyboard plugged in, it will always stay on.
Keep in mind that Dell is an enterprise-focused company. Naturally, their peripherals are designed for that type of end-user.
Can you adjust the backlight timeout? The thing that irks me about the mx keys. I prefer the look of the Dell with the square edges and the key letters in the top LH corner of each key cap
I have not yet found a way to adjust the timeout, but will mention if I do. There doesn't seem to be an option in the Dell Peripheral Manager.
Great video! How does the typing experience compare to the KB700?
It's night and day, 900 is way better. The 900 scissor keys have just enough travel distance, whereas the 700 felt too deep. But if you're a mechanical kb enthusiast, there's probably better mechanical kbs from logitech than the 700. The 700 feels kinda cheap and clunky.
This is just a 1:1 clone of Apple Magic Keyboard. However built-in switch between two computers is absolutely MUST have feature for me. That's why I just replaced my old wired Apple keyboard that i had to pair with external KVM-switch with new fancy dell. Absolutely amazing product.
Rather a clonse of the Mx keys, due to the hands on/lights on feature. How's the typing experience though?
@@breakdown7553 Apple still feels better.. Also Bluetooth keyboard doesn't even work in Bios/Uefi. Probably I'm going back to apple keyboard with added KVM switch
@@andyandy7968 But the KB 900 also has 2.4 ghz, doesn't it?
@@breakdown7553 Yeah but i don't have a dongle. Also dongle goes into one machine only. Rest of them must be connected by Bluetooth.
@@andyandy7968 Yeah. Sadly that's the case with every wireless keyboard. But I guess, since most of us don't need to access the Bios every 5 minutes but rather every once in a while, it's okay to swap the dongle in case it's needed seomwhere else. I am currently using a the Cherry KC 6000 Slim. It's wired but it has also a wirless version now. Wondering if i should get this or the dell. There is a weird problem with the Cherry and that is the Shift Key. The right shift key has a too short activation time, resulting in many accidenlty small keys when wanting to write captial letters. This is hard coded on the board. Never experienced this with any other keyboard, so im unsure about the "new" wireless version of it.
Are the keys softer than keys mx?
I've never used mx keys, but the keyboard is scissor switch. The keys feel on par with an apple keyboard or most laptops.
Thank you for the video Liam
Have u checked
Logitech mx mechancial full size?
Logitech mx keys
No problem, Ahmad. mx keyboards seem like great competitor options. I personally prefer the style and feel of Dell equipment. Scissor keys are easier for me to use.
Apart from the connection which logitech is still superior. I think this is a good contender. Now we need a TKL version. I hope they beat logitech in the market with that.
I wish this was tkl. I never use the numpad.
If it has a fingerprint sensor for Windows login, it'd be a perfect keyboard
Does this keyboard have a Latin Spanish layout version?
I'm not aware of any Spanish variations, but you could probably contact dell.com about that.
Solid alternative to Logitech Mx series. Also tried the MS900 collaboration mouse, it’s comparable to Mx Master 3, however not sure how they justify the higher price
I really want the ms900, but it's so expensive for what it is. Hoping theres a deal eventually to get one cheaper.
Can you reconfigure the keys for Microsoft Teams?
No. It only works with Zoom specifically.
Hi Liam, new subscriber here. Great review. Can you tell me how I can pair my phone so I can hit a function key so I can type to text from my Keyboard into my I phone texts?
Hi there. I don’t know how to pair a keyboard to an iPhone, but you can search for a separate tutorial for that on UA-cam. :)
would be great if dell would have fingerprint id sensor on their keyboards
I would like a wired version of this.
Use… the.. cable then?
It's a keyboard. Typing is most important. Stop talking, type, let us hear if it's quiet or not and then talk about your feelings, not most of the time talking about zoom features... damn I can use any keyboard and make shortcuts for zoom and teams.
Sad that it's restricted to just Zoom. Definitely put me off buying it.
Yea, that upset me. But, it doesn't get in the way for me, since the icons just aren't visible anyway.
it seems so short sighted to hard code another product into your keyboard.
One thing: you can't buy it anywhere in Europe... OMFG
Oh no. Maybe check Amazon? That's my best guess.
I think it’s available on their official site
You can find it at many Greek stores
It's available online in Poland also now.
Some nice features, yes, but it's NOT mechanical, not in the purest form. My mechanical RGB keyboard is very easy to type on, and sure, it's missing some of features of this one (hand sense, and Zoom buttons), but over all, this kind of keyboard is strictly for typists, and not someone who both types AND games, like me.
wooow
another review with NOT A SINGLE WORD about about the most important KB feature, the keys.
A common mistake for KB reviewers... and pathetic.
Downvote
Agree. Granted, that’s the hardest thing to describe. But I have this and the keys feel great. Softer than Logitech MX Keys I’d say with maybe a little more key travel. So not quite as fast to type on but I’d say more comfortable if you’re going to spend long hours at a desk.
I hate flat keys 😖