Amazon Silicone Keyboard Review — To shill or not to shill?
I wish I could screen capture the process of writing this post, as I think visual information and audio signals would be interesting for someone considering purchasing a noiseless silicone keyboard from Amazon or China.
On first hand, this keyboard feels a little stiff on the keys, mainly because I feel like I have to be rather precise with where I apply the pressure with my fingers.
There are keys which are weird, like on the spacebar’s left is not immediately an ALT key, but rather a < and > (when SHIFT used).
Additionally, the spacebar key seems to have sections which are responsive and others which are not, so the thumb placement default has to be adjusted to perform decently.
I suspect that by the end of writing about the equivalent of 10 of these articles over the span of a few days to multiple weeks I will be able to more accurately use and review it.
I went into this with the hope of reducing the noise produced for the Loved being by my side and also expected there to be a certain learning curve, as I am used to rather noisy mechanical or responsive keyboards.
These feel like I have to press from over the key, 90 degrees, rather than anywhere from 30–150 degrees.
It’s not too bad so far for writing, although I do feel a strain on my carpal tunnels and would not recommend this for anyone with relevant hand-tendon issues. I guess I’ll get monstrous hands.
So, the rest of this article will be an account of what happens around me, I have noted that it is more efficient to type with a slower rate as to avoid making spaceless word sequences and pressing multiple times on the backspace key to delete a character.
All said and done, this is not for the weak-hearted. It definitely requires a large amount of patience, which I thankfully have.
I have no idea what to do for practice maintenance, I will therefore resort to posting this review to Amazon.
If you want to try it out, you can always use the O’l switcheroo and emirP it back to Amazon once you’re done with that part of the human experience.
I wont link you to the product, but here’s a token of my appreciation for those willing to try it out:
Automatic correction is recommended for a painlesser UX.
