Satechi Slim X2 Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, US QWERTY Layout, Backlit Numeric Keypad, Multi-Device – For MacBook Air & Pro M5 M4, Mac Mini, iPad Air & Pro, iMac and more – Space Grey

One day into owning this. The Satechi X1 Slim keyboard for mac feels like a quality item at about half the price of the Apple. It arrived with charge so I could test it straight after it was delivered and it connected very quickly and easily. And it is backlit -YES! Deal-breaker! And the light level is adjustable to ten points of brightness. Impressive. I will probably add an update after more time of use. There's also an indicator light for the caps lock on the key itself -another plus point in my book. I have only tested the X1 on my Mac mini so can't comment on the 3-device connection options (although it looks like it's easy to do).I was previously using a Mac magic keyboard until the space bar stopped working, then a Tecknet keyboard which did the job but didn't have the mac layout and the keys are significantly better on this Satechi. The Tecknet also dropped keystrokes regularly as I think the bluetooth wasn't good. So far no missing keystrokes or lagging on this one. It's really smooth!For anyone in UK looking for the £ it isn't printed on a key but is accessed by Shift>3.Update, two days: It's so good to be back using a mac keyboard and this Satechi feels like a premium product. The only negative point I can find (and it is a small one) is that the Enter/Return key is not the chunky style, which means I keep on hitting the back-slash key instead. Backlight works very well in low light and the auto-dim/lights off is great. Another slight negative is how long it takes to wake up after some time idle. It's only about five seconds but feels longer when you're waking the computer up and inputting the password.

Great design, made of aluminium , illuminated and also works in wired mode if neededMuch better than the Logitech (metal and plastic, does not work in wired mode , illuminated ) and the Apple (metal , not illuminated Touch ID) . The Satechi when brought it was also almost half the price of the Logitech and much cheaper than the Apple . £45 vs £80 vs £100.The feel of the keys is great despite reading in reviews they are mushy ( they are not) there is a bit of light bleeding which is not great but does not bother me.

This is a very high quality, great keyboard.Having tried both the X3 and the W3, I would say that this (the X3 bluetooth version) is slightly better the W3 (the wired-only version) in a couple of ways, but also worse in one way which may matter to you.In terms of ways in which the X3 is better, firstly the W3 has only 3 brightness levels where the X3 has 10. (Although in fairness the 3 levels on the W3 are still well chosen, and the darkest not too bright.) Secondly (and slightly weirdly), on the W3 then £ and # symbols are printed the wrong way round on the 3 key. Since this is basically a US layout keyboard, the # symbol should be printed at the top of the key, not to the side, corresponding to the symbol accessed when pressing shift, as is done on all the other numeric keys on the W3, and indeed as is done on this keyboard, the X3, which has the same layout!) Related to this, I slightly prefer this keyboard, the X3's, key labelling over the W3, as on the X3 they don't include the ALT (€ and £) symbols on the 2 and 3 keys at all; I prefer this as omitting these symbols makes the keyboard look just a little neater and less cluttered.The one major downside to the X3, if you're the kind of person who regularly uses Del/F2/F12 to break into the BIOS menu, is that the X3, *even when used in wired mode* cannot consistently do this, and (not always, but often, half the time or more) causes the BIOS to report that there is no keyboard attached. (The W3, as would be expected of a natively wired-mode keyboard, has not such problems.)To point out one more (minor) imperfection shared by the X3 and the W3, the lighting on these keyboards is just not quite as beautiful as the lighting on a real Mac laptop keyboard - specifically, there are small overly bright spots here and there around the keys, where the light shows through too much, rather then the really uniform lighting around the keys on real Mac laptop keyboards.Nevertheless in build quality, in looks, and even in the above-mentioned quality of the lighting, this and the W3 are _way_ better than any of the (several) other illuminated external keyboards for the Mac which I have tried recently.

From the moment of opening the Amazon cardboard box, I was impressed by Satechi's offering. We often think of Apple as being the arbiter of all that is good when it comes to packaging, but Satechi are trying hard with this one and the unboxing was a refreshing delight. The keyboard itself is well designed and built - Satechi are clearly listening to their reviewers as included were two little rubber stick on feet to help elevate the keyboard angle. It's still not as high at the back as my original Apple USB keyboard that it's replacing and I'll probably have to jury-rig some kind of device to improve the angle, but it's not too bad. I was really after this one because 1) it's Bluetooth and my new Mac mini is woefully lacking in ports and 2) it's backlit which is great in my dingy office. However well the Bluetooth works (flawlessly) this keyboard is a little let down by the backlighting, which is why I've given four instead of five stars. It's just not very well engineered. As you can see from the photo, there's little points of light spilling out around some of the keys, which is frankly quite distracting. I'd've expected better, to be honest. This keyboard ain't cheap and this is a bit disappointing. However, it's got a lovely typing feel and I'm getting on with it quite well. If you've got a Mac and you want a wireless keyboard that's as well built as the Apple one, this Satechi is well worth the money. Sure, there's a couple of little issues, but they're fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things.