Despite the Stealth's 1.2
millimeter key travel, the keyboard never bottomed out during our testing.
The springy goodness is a result of the 2.1
millimeter key travel paired with the 64 grams of actuation force, both of which are above our minimum accepted measurements.
Not exact matches
Maybe kids will have better experiences with the tablet, but its
keys have a shallow 1.1
millimeters of
travel and require 55 grams of force to actuate.
The
keys may have a shallow 1.16
millimeters of
travel (the vertical range of movement) and require only 55 grams of force to actuate, but I had no problems writing large sections of this review on the Venue 10 Pro.
The notebook's slightly shallow
keys offer 1.37
millimeters of
travel and require 54 grams of force to actuate.
That's faster than my typical 69 words per minute, and I attribute the uptick to the hybrid's bouncy and pleasant - to - click
keys, which give good tactile feedback even though they have a shallow 1.3
millimeters of
travel and require a modest 55 grams of force to actuate.
With an actuation weight of 70 grams and
key travel of 0.9
millimeters, the Venue 10 7000's keyboard felt a little stiff and shallow, but that wasn't its biggest problem.
The Flexx 9's tiny keyboard is likely too small for most hands, and the
keys» 1.27
millimeters of
travel is on the shallow side.
Every
key pressed on this keyboard has about 4
millimeters of
travel, which isn't a ton, but it's a huge step up from forcing your fingers to bottom out 100 times per minute.
Though the Stream 11's keyboard has a shallow 1.2
millimeters of
key travel (1.5 to 2 mm is typical), it requires a solid 69 grams of force to register a
key press.
The Book One's keyboard has our preferred minimum 1.5
millimeters of
travel and a strong 70 grams of actuation, but the
keys don't pop up quickly, making it stiff for touch - typists.
The
keys have 1.7
millimeters of
travel and require 72 grams of force, making them deeper and stronger than the
keys on most business laptops.
With a deep, 1.8
millimeters of
travel and a strong 2 grams of required actuation force, the
keys offer excellent tactile feedback and never caused me to bottom out during testing.
Asus also went back to the lab on the mushy Chiclet
keys, bumping the
key travel up to a good 1.5
millimeters, with 79 grams of force actuation.
The
keys require a solid 71 grams of force to actuate, but the switches feel a little shallow, with 1.5
millimeters of vertical
travel, which is on the lower end of the 1.5 to 2 mm we expect from a laptop this size.
Laptop Mag measured 1.4
millimeters of
key travel, but some reviewers found it to be a little shallow.
While this machine's
keys are short on
travel (with 1.2
millimeters versus the 1.5 to 2.0 we hope to see), their 76 grams of required actuation force (we hope to see at least 60 g) balance that out to make for an acceptable experience.
The individual
keys are flat and square, with 1.53
millimeters of
travel requiring 68 grams of force to press, which is on the shallow and light side of things.
We measured
key travel at 2
millimeters (1.5 - 2 mm is optimal) and the actuation — the force needed to depress the
keys — was 78 grams (60 grams is the minimum).
But despite the
keys» minimal 1.3
millimeters of
travel and 70 grams of force required to press them, the keyboard feels clicky and tactile — far better than the shallow keyboard on Apple's latest MacBooks.
The biggest learning curve for me was getting used to the shallowness of its
keys, which feature just 0.5
millimeters of
travel (a third of the 1.5 - mm minimum we hope to see).
Logitech says the chiclet - style
keys provide 1.4
millimeters of
key travel, and, as suggested by the name of the case, are indeed backlit.
This is because the keyboard has a mere 1.78
millimeters of
travel, and a force of about 72g is required to press the
key.