Azend Group Corp Large Print LED Backlit Keyboard, Orange and Blue (W9870)

I've gone thru a few Backlit keyboards of late and have been dissatisfied with them all... until this one. And for one reason, THE KEYS DON'T STICK on this keyboard... which was the problem with all the others.1. You can change the BACKLIGHT from Blue to Orange, or turn it off altogether by holding the button down for about 5-seconds. To reactivate from the 'Off' position, just click the button once more and the keys will light-up again.2. The keyboard is SMALLER than regular, full-sized keyboards. I've posted a picture of this so you can see the difference.3. Because of the smaller size of this keyboard, the 'HM, PU, PD, END, INS' buttons are included in the body of the 'main keys' space instead of having their own designated area. Again, see the picture I posted that clearly shows this.The problem with this is that the 'HOME' key is to the right of the 'BACKSPACE' key. For those of us who actually know how to type, *lol*, this is a real problem because we KNOW, (are 'BRAIN-HAND, MUSCLE-MEMORY' trained), to hit the last key on the right to effectuate a 'backspace'. So, now, I have to relearn that this is not the case with this keyboard. To my mind, they should have put the 'DELETE' key to the left of the 'BACKSPACE' key and placed the 'HOME' key above the 'BACKSPACE' key. Again, you'll see what I mean in the picture. And, hence, why the 4-Stars instead of 5.4. The KEYS, for me, are on the SOFT side. But then, I'm a retired medical transcriptionist (i.e. a speed typist), so every keyboard nowadays feels 'off' to me. You're not gonna get any speed-typing on this keyboard; so, if that's important to you, take a pass on this one. Alas, my eyes have taken precedence over my need to type like Speedy Gonzalez anymore, so, I'm just taking my time getting used to these keys.5. Don't think you can type with any efficiency on this keyboard if you have LONG FINGERNAILS either... it'll never happen, *lol*.All-In-All, I really like this keyboard. The Backlit Letters, Numbers, and Symbols are a god-send for me. The fact that none of the keys stick is a breath of fresh air after the recent experiences I've had with other keyboards of this type. I'm not thrilled with having to 're-learn' some of the 'key' placements, but, I'll get over it. The one thing I really miss is being able to speed type. I'm just so used to my mind and fingers flying at 90-miles-an-hour, it's hard to slow it all down. Oh, well.

Overall, this is a good quality keyboard, and it does what I want. It makes it super easy to see the keys in any light. But there is one thing that drives me absolutely nuts. The Home key is shoved so close to the Backspace key, that I accidentally hit the Home key way too often in trying to correct my typing. It sends the cursor to the wrong place, and I end up ruining some of the text because I've typed a couple things already before I notice. Poor vision along with fingers damaged from years of Rheumatoid Arthritis means that I am prone to mistakes that have me reaching for Backspace very often.I appreciate the things that are nice about this keyboard. The colors, the brightness and the large letters are great. The keys feel nice to type on. I just wish that darn Home key was someplace else. It could go up next to Delete, and Backspace could be bigger, like it is on a lot of keyboards.

After reading the reviews for this keyboard, the only thing I was worrying about was that the location of the 'page-up', 'page-down', 'home' and 'end' buttons would be incompatible with the standard keyboard layout that I've been using for almost 40 years (I've been a computer programmer for nearly 40 years). Particularly because I do some non-work programming at home for my website. The photos don't show any of those action keys on the numeric keypad, but I thought that I'd give it a try getting used to the new layout anyway because of the extra large color back-lit lettering on the keys.Last night (when I received the keyboard) I started adding some new Javascript to one of my web pages, and I caught myself typing action keys on the numeric keypad. For the heck of it, I tried page-up (9), page-down (3), home (7) and end (1) and THEY ALL WORKED !!! WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!So the purpose of this review is to prevent anyone from being scared off due to the apparent lack of support for numeric keypad action keys that the picture imply (no printing on them) and some reviews may have eluded to. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't think there was an y mention of this in the product description, and there should be because for some people this would make the difference in making the purchase or not.I am very happy with this keyboard. I thought that I was going to have a learning curve using it, but that is NOT the case. Considering the price point, I give it an 'A'. 😊👍EDITED: to add that the arrow keys are also available on the numeric keypad even though they are not show on the keys !

At this point, I cannot rate this better as a recommendation, because of lack of manual to explain key symbols and how to reset the hot keys to do what they are marked to do. Example; the email key opens office program instead & others do nothing, etc. The blue/orange back lit key color options and over sized letters are great. For me, blue is if low light, orange for darkness, & off daytime. Reply from authorized distributor is inadequate, as he has no idea about this keyboard that he is selling, other than there is no manual. As I am a fast one finger hunt and peck guy while watching keyboard, the keyboard operation is working perfectly with no sticking keys, just out of the box. As I type, I hear keys click very little for a mechanical keyboard, but still not whisper quiet as I had hoped for, so as not to keep up my wife at night in same room. SO, basically no support, but for my needs in poor lighting and my 30/30 vision, I love this keyboard. NO brightness adjustment.Just 2 colors, whichever ones you choose, are good enough......other keyboards have more but only gamers might get that type. UPDATE: AZEND SELLER HAS SUPPLIED WHERE TO GET MY ABOVE QUESTIONED ANSWERED. 2 stars added to rating for good seller support. UPDATE UPDATE Aug 2016....all light working great.