X9 Large Print Backlit Keyboard Wired – Easy-to-See Light Up Keys for Seniors, Elderly, and Kids – USB Illuminated Keyboard with 7 Backlight Colors, Oversized Letters for PC, Chrome and Computer

I have a love-hate relationship with keyboards. I have been pounding on them for years. and my skills only seem to get worse. My fingers go all over the keyboard and I do best when I'm looking at the keys rather than the screen. I was taught all the right practices. My mother could type 80 - 90 WPM. But alas... I will always be klutzing along.My choice in keyboards has more to do with my inabilities than my abilities, and I have several makes and types lying around abandoned and forsaken. $50 is the most I've paid for a keyboard and most are around the $25. range. I've used more expensive keyboards that, in comparison, were only impressive in their cost. My favorite was the keyboard on an old Commodore 128.I am bothering to write this review because I want to share the advantages of this keyboard with other klutzes out there as well as those who just like a comfortable keyboard.Like I said, I've tried dozens of makes and models searching for my comfort zone. I believe I've found it in this very low-priced keyboard.WIRELESS VS WIRED: My last keyboard - the $50. Logitech - was wireless. First of all, I've found that I have no use for wireless keyboards. They are not active at bootup, which means if you want to enter your computer's BIOS or perform other tasks before the Bluetooth connects, you better have a wired keyboard handy to plug in. Your system may be different, but that's how mine works, and I have a top-of-the-line system.LOW PROFILE KEYS: Although I generally liked the feel of the very low-profile height of the keys on the Logitech, I found myself spending almost as much time correcting typos as I did typing - especially in the lower-left of the keyboard, where I found myself constantly typing 2 or three c's or s's or d's. Other typos occurred when I accidentally hit unintended keys. This X9 keyboard has low-profile keys that are just right. I like the feel of flat keys and these are raised just enough, with a very slight curvature toward the middle, so that they feel very solid to the touch.BACKLIGHTING. The backlighting could be better - with more highlight on the actual letters than the area surrounding them. But this may actually be a plus. Without exception, every low-priced backlit keyboard I have used has ended up with worn keys where the character just turns into a highlighted glob..I suspect the manufacturer is trying to avoid this here. Time will tell, but there is something about these keys that makes me believe that.LARGE LETTERS: After more years than I want to count typing away on keyboards, I still have only a reasonable idea where the keys are. I can, somewhat type without looking at the keyboard, but I am much more efficient when the location of my fingers is the focus of my attention. I discovered this when using a keyboard with very small letters against my failing eyesight. I have several different glasses around the house whose usage depends on the task at hand, and my computer glasses are not conducive to looking at small letters on the keyboard, so this is also a boon.LOOK AND FEEL: I don't care what a keyboard looks like. I care about its functionality and how it FEELS. That said, this keyboard has a rather pleasant, dark-woodsy or brushed metal look to it that stands in stark contrast to some of the other very plastic-looking low priced keyboards I have purchased. The feel of my fingers on the keys is solid and comfortable. I love it above the 10 or 11 keyboards I have used over the last 15 years.I am extremely pleased with this purchase.

I am a 40 year old man with lifelong cerebral palsy. Due to limited motor function I have difficulty typing, my whole life I have used a variety of keyboards and alternatives that function as keyboards. None of them work as well for me as this X9 Performance Large Print Keyboard. I really like the large key caps, they are much easier to press then the caps on a standard keyboard, and they feel a lot nicer to my finger as well.Before finding this product, I had been using an IntelliKeys USB keyboard. Which, for those who may not know, is a fairly large USB device with keyboard layouts that slide in to the board and you tap on the layout to type. Its a device that was really designed for young kids was disabilities to learn to type but if you have motor difficulties, a can be a useful alternative and any age. However, though it functions as a keyboard outside of a Windows or Mac operating system environment with the included driver, it is otherwise useless to the machine and the user. I am a very technical person that's always tweaking things on my computers and any time I need to do anything of side of the operating system I had to switch back to the standard keyboard which is very difficult for me to use. I don't have to do that now after purchasing this product. The large key caps aren't all that much smaller then what was on the layout that I would use with the old device, not to mention that the layout of the old device didn't have a full standard keyboard layout so I would, on occasion miss out on the use of certain functionality. This is no longer an issue. It is also nice that the large key caps combined with the colorful backlight make it much easier to see, even though I have decent vision with by everyday eye glasses. Even when I looked at other large print keyboards, they were much more expensive and the overall size of the keyboards were considerably larger than this device, which I believe is very economically sized for a full size keyboard. This is one of the few times of my life that I found in device for my computer that meets all of my accessibility needs, but is not considered a "specialized" device for people with disabilities, made by a company that focuses on adaptive equipment. This is a mainstream product by a mainstream company, that still addresses specialized needs. Kudos to X9 Performance for creating such a product.I also appreciate that the vendor JukeGear sells the keyboard as a solo item. Even when I go to the manufacturers website, I only find this item currently sold as part of a keyboard and mouse combo, in my particular case, I don't need the mouse as I use another alternative device for that, so thank you JukeGear!I understand that even if this meets my needs very well, then won't be a solution for every situation, however if you are a person with vision difficulties and or typing difficulties, I HIGHLY recommend that you consider this product.

It is really great. The colors and all the combinations are so fun. Makes it easy to see in a dark room.

I like the visibility of this keyboard. The lights are nice especially in lower lighting but there are a lot of functions to make changes and sometimes it will make changes you don't really want. Keep the instructions for better ease of use.

Beautiful keyboard and easy to operate with big keys and ambient light.