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I'll never understand wireless keyboards. They just sit on the desk? Why go through the hassle of charging it?
I hate wires in general. Everything that can be wireless IS wireless at my home.
This sounds like absolute hell.
Yes, wires are hell.
I have a seperate wireless gaming keyboard for couch gaming in front of my tv. It has a purpose
You can use the Keyboards cable to charge your phone, when that s full you can go back charging and using the keyboard with cable.
yeah it's crazy wireless headphones are the bad one here
as someone whos had wireless keyboards its not any better than a wired keyboard aside from it can die. so its kinda like a tomagotchi pet if youre into that
Even though my keyboard stays on my desk most the time, I have had wireless ones for years now because it’s much much much more convenient to be able to just pick it up and move it wherever or off my desk entirely when I need space in front of me (for projects, eating, etc). Yeah I have to charge it once every few weeks overnight when I’m not using it but considering my desk is also my only workspace for electronics and Lego and other hobbies, because I live in a small apartment, it’s a wonderful solution. Bonus that the cable which gets tucked away nicely can be used to charge several other things I keep on my desk / use all the time.
I got a wired/wireless BT hybrid with a detachable usb-c connection. For times I'm at my desk, like for work or realtime/action games, I have it plugged in. When I want to watch movies/shows or play a more casual/slower-paced game, I enjoy the option to take the keyboard farther away from the screen. The AAA rechargeable batteries in it are supposed to last a month of near continuous use, but I've never let them go uncharged for long enough to test that.
For me, it's about prioritizing performance vs convenience/comfortability for the different use cases.
Cause it looks pretty and mine has 3 bt devices that I can switch between and its quite nice. Hoping to switch to a bt mouse as well once mine completely dies.
But BT suuuuucks
It's perfectly fine for me. I press a key and its there on screen. The latency is hardly noticeable and doesn't hamper me in any meaningful way.
There's the latency, and there's also the unreliable connection, it's just not as stable as the mice with dedicated dongles. And it's more vulnerable to interference. Battery life is FAR superior on Bluetooth, though; that's the main upside.
As said latency wasn't an issue for me, bluetooth connection is super stable at least on linux, have never noticed interference so far. What was the keyboard did u use?
Latency and stability are different things. Latency is how long keystrokes or mouse movement take to get to your computer. Instability would manifest as INCORRECT or entirely missed keystrokes or mouse movements. Bluetooth is also more vulnerable to interference from things like microwaves, another thing that might cause instability.
Bluetooth keyboards (usually Logitech) have worked okay for me in the past, but they don't always reliably wake up from sleep and connect quickly when I try to use them. Bluetooth mice are a bigger concern to me, they feel noticed slower and my mouse makes jerky movements. You'll notice that nearly all gaming mice have a dongle so that you can avoid Bluetooth.
Mate I use a bt kb I obviously know the difference what I said was those issues you mentioned isnt an issue for me. Latency is not noticeable AND it's stable. I don't have an microwave next to my pc and other bluetooth devices and wifi doesn't seem to be an issue either. Mine can be configured to completely disable sleep as well and has 3750 mah so it won't die easily. I am using fairly new rk84 atm, even if any of the issues develops in the future I can just switch to 2.4 or wired anyway.
Cables are ugly
The only wireless keyboard I can understand is something like the Corsair k63 with the lapboard attachment. I've got one with my second PC connected to my TV. It's really pretty great!