I just received my keyboard and it is amazing. The key switch pressure is perfect and the size of the keyboard is really really great. I tested it out with all the systems I have around here and it worked perfectly out of the box.

My full sized spare keyboard is now put away. This is just a bit bigger than a business card and keeping it on the spares shelf is great.

A few details about why I purchased it:

1) I work with a lot of virtual machines at my desk and sometimes need to work with additional desktop systems and micro form factor computers like Intel NUCs. Normal sized keyboards cannot be stored cleanly and take up too much space and most of the wireless off the shelf keyboards are NOT proper thumb oriented typing keyboards. The wireless keyboards are WAY WAY too large and using them tires out your hand because the key pressure is always far too high.

I thought this might be a great keyboard to use as a spare when doing installs, quick system configs and testing. I just recieved it, tested it out for about 15 minutes and it has already replaced my spare keyboard.

2) I have been looking for good examples of thumb keyboards as I have wanted to learn enough electronics to build a blackberry sized keyboard with my own layout. This is an AMAZING thumb keyboard. I am going to try and use it to see if I can get my thumb typing proficiency up to the levels I was on Blackberries.

What the creator this device managed to do, in my opinion, is make the keyboard the perfect size. It is just small enough to be perfect for thumb typing, the feel of the switches is excellent AND having the top pcb act as a cover PERFECTLY makes this thumb keyboard feel like a usable and quality product.

3) Lastly, if you look at the Bobricious line of keyboards and computers, they all have a quality design and finish to them. There is something very odd about his design aesthetic. He didn't just make a thumb keyboard to be purely functional, he spent time making it beautiful. First, he put a top pcb on the device and used the correct size switches with a nice feel that won't tire out your fingers. Then he select a unique black and gold type of layout, which is very nice. Then, on top of that, he added artistic touches like the Bobricious logo in a cursive font, the spock live long and prosper hand symbol (awesome, love the Trek reference) and just overal really lovely use of fonts, layout and led status lights.

I love works of art and I really think the designer brings something extra to even something as relatively simple as a usb thumb keyboard.

4) I may have to buy a second one and add it to my kit. On site visits sometimes mean I need to shuffle hardware and having a thumb keyboard for one off quick config / setups might be useful.

Anyway, just logged back in to share my experience of this product. If you are looking for a thumb keyboard with really good switch feel that wont tire out your fingers, you might consider looking into getting one.

Excellent quality, truly a unique product. I plugged this into a number of different computers and it is truly plug and play.

Great little keyboard - easy plug and play - looks like it will last a long time - sturdy construction. Would have preferred the USB out to come out from the side - but just a personal thing - at a pinch I could move it, but I won't. Currently using it with 5" touch-screen UMPC - Higole F1 - just not usually enough room on the screen for on-screen keyboard to be effective - this fills the gap in tech perfectly. Thanks Bobricus well done.
A final point - I wear glasses and the symbols embossed on the keyboard face are understandably tiny - really tiny - I struggled to work out what was what at first - but once you know it's not too hard.... it's clear as it can be given the space available - but for those with less than perfect eyesight you need to bear this in mind.

I purchased the 49 key fully built.

Typing this review on the board now. Definitely a thing of beauty and well put together. Top workmanship!

The size of this thing is amazing, literally a shirt pocket sized full qwerty keyboard with mouse function too! I don't think that is made clear anywhere. Yes it is mouse and keyboard in one tiny unit! Pressing the *** buton enables mouse mode meaning the page up/down/left/right buttons move the cursor and you can even move diagonally. Madness!

Anyone who appreciates security or pen testers will appreciate the lack of wireless donggle/bluetooth. Wired only. Nice.

Cons: To be fair, not many. If Bobricius was spoiling us there would have been rubber button caps. Bearing in mind you won't be writing the Odyssey, this is no big issue. Buttons are responsive but it is difficult to type at full speed at least until muscle memory kicks in. A housing would have been a nice option but i think most people interested in this will have a solution.

It's as badass as it looks and that's very!

Get one!

LLAP

Starting with the obvious: the keyboard works just as expected, no issues at all.

Apart from that, it just looks absolutely beautiful! The gold-black combination makes it look really stylish and the font/icons used fit verly well. The only thing I find aesthetically non-fitting is the silk-screened board identifier from the manufacturer on the front. It might be worth placing that manually in a different place.

My only other suggestion would be to include a set of standoffs and screws. I happened to have a bunch of them, but not everybody might.

Shipping was a bit slow, but I'm attributing that to the current global situation.

So I'm a bit of a mechanical keyboard hoarder, and I happened to come across this gem, and just had to have it in the collection. It's fantastic for pairing with a Raspberry Pi for the occasional settings menu in RetroPie, and I've got some plans to cobble together a dedicated Pico8 Pi handheld loosely modeled after the PocketChip (but now with better keys!), for on the go game coding. Doesn't take up any space, and it's got the good microswitches, so "typing" on it isn't half bad. It takes about a week for the keymap to become muscle memory, but after that, it's very easy to blind thumbtype on it. It doesn't have all the usual keys you'd expect to find on a normal keyboard, but that's okay if you're just typing a bunch of text. You don't need modifiers apart from the shift key for most work.

Besides a dedicated handheld keyboard, there's ofcourse a miriad of applications that this little keeb is good for. It's size does lend itself to just chucking it in a backpack, and you'll find a use for it on-the-go ;)

10/10 Highly satisfied with my purchase!

(ps: this was typed ON the keyboard)