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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025
First of all it's not a product for everyone. Not going to work for everyone as it has no magic in it. One needs to know what to do with it. It does all it is supposed to do. Some learning may be required.All keys are removable for color /pattern customization.All keys are programmable for any key/key combination/macro. Actually macro has its own library and any macro can be assigned/reassigned to any key/keys.I use it for Shortcuts for General/Office applications and it helps alot to speed up the things and also more accuracy. It can type frequently used sentences with one press of button. It can remember names/numbers/email (and physical) address and types with one key press.It has onboard storage so it can be moved to other PC keeping all settings.Software works with Windows 11. No installation is needed either.Only poor side is the ancient style mini USB interface. That means it is really many years old product. The newer model do have USB C but not with 45/46/48 keys version.
William S.
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
I bought this in February 2024 but did not get around to trying it out until August 2024. The product is a joke.It sort of worked for 2 days. The manual it comes with links to the "old version" of the layer programming software, and the new version -- which I had to find myself -- didn't work either.My computer could detect the device but none of the included software worked to program it.I ended up having to write my own AutoHotKey scripts to get it to work as intended.Then, 72 hours after I first plugged it in, it no longer responds to any key input and is not recognized by my device. The internal LEDs do not acknowledge even when I press the reset or program buttons on the actual keyboard itself.I know what you're thinking: maybe it's the cable. But see -- that's the problem. Because this ancient device uses a "mini USB" connector, I cannot even find an alternate cable to try out and see if it works.I really wish I had just tried it out as soon as it arrived so I could have returned it for being literally the second worst Amazon purchase I have made in 13 years of having an account.
Sebastien F.
Reviewed in France on August 9, 2022
Super facile à configurer et ergonomiquement agréable.Je recommande
J.
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2022
This is a very nice keypad with 4 profiles. It takes very little effort to press the keys. I like the pre-printed and blank labels it comes with, and the clear key covers. The paper instructions are very sparse, only 2 short pages, but there is a link in it to the software and a 36-page pdf. It’s in a .rar file so you’ll need to decompress that. In order to change anything, you have to start the software, power down the keypad, hold the upper left button down, then back power up, then after two seconds, the software shows the default profile, and then you can let go of the button. This was very tedious to program and test different configurations and macros, so I bought a USB hub with toggle switches, which made things MUCH easier. The pdf manual tries to be complete and informative, but it takes a while to get used to their jargon and non-intuitive way of using the software. (For example, “Press” means key down, while “KeyDown” means something that could include a mouse button down, but the software doesn’t have any mouse clicks available for KeyDown.) The software font is bothersome, reminiscent of Windows 3.1. The software is a bit clunky, but at least it works after you figure it out (example, why let the user be able to select anything in the command list window when editing macros, when you can’t change anything via that list at all ? I kept wanting to change the command directly in the command list). I have a Logitech G13 programmable gamepad and that software is a breeze to use.Pros : great hardware, everything worksCons : software usability could be improved; no “live update”.
Naomi
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2021
Absolutely fantastic product. I have 2 of them right now and more on the way. I use 1 for gaming, I have it mapped to adapt to most common control schemes. I use another for content creation.My only gripe is the dated software used to program it. It works perfectly reliably though so no issues on my end.
Gerard Thomas
Reviewed in Australia on May 4, 2021
I wanted a small one handed keypad for using z-Brush, which is a world of hurt with it's keyboard shortcuts, especially when you use a custom UI. After looking around I went with Koolertron and overall I could not be happier.Setup was a little bit of a PIA, as I had to install a Windoze VM on my Mac, but once running, the Koolertron software was easy to work out and programming the keys to what I wanted was simple enough. As advertised, the actual unit stores the config, so once I plugged it into the mac, there was no more messing around with something like Karabiner, the keypad just worked as I set it up -– which is the way I like things to be.Overall quality is good, and the unit has enough weight to not feel flimsy. The keys, being Gateron Reds, are maybe a bit light and linear when compared to the Cherry's on my WASAD keyboard, but as it's only being used for shortcuts, I don't see it being an issue at all; though I might install some bumpers to give the down stroke a bit of a firmer feel. I will swap out some or all of the keys with custom ones I'll design and order from WASAD.All in all, this was a great buy and if you are a professional creative, I could not recommend this more.
Chris
Reviewed in Australia on June 21, 2018
Quick delivery, well within the stated period. As stated, you will need a Windows machine to program the keys via a downloadable software. After that, I had no trouble getting it to work in Mac or Linux. The key caps are all of a single size. Would have loved to have have more colours. Thankfully I have some Cherry MX numpad keys I can swap out and macro them. The USB port on the device is a USB mini and they are on both sides of the keyboard. I actually much prefer they make it to come out the back like other keyboards. They also provide two good quality adjustable screws which I presume you can swap out the existing ones to tilt the board to your liking (no mention of this in the instruction booklet).
Matt Sharp
Reviewed in Australia on October 1, 2018
I used this as a gamepad, where it works quite well once you remap some keys. The supplied keycaps don't cover this use perfectly, but you can get most of the ones you want in position. The configurator is clunky and fairly basic, not as fully featured as the open source qmk or tmk firmware. Also, one of the supplied keycaps is randomly a different profile to the rest.
JP Powers
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017
I was worried about this one. I've been spurned before. Overall I'm pretty happy with it, though.I've been PC gaming since middle school, but I broke my right arm when I was in high school. I can use a mouse in my right hand fine for day to day stuff but between the scar tissue and slight nerve pinching that causes it to be uncomfortable, really uncomfortable for gaming. For whatever reason using a keyboard in my right is fine though (I guess because my hand rests on it differently).I've spent YEARS, actually over a decade, looking for an ideal gamepad. I ended up with a Logitech G13 at some point and have stuck with it but I don't like it for MMO's, basically not enough buttons combined with having to program different profiles for each game was rough. I picked up something really similar to this device a couple years ago but it was angled a bit differently and used Cherry MX Black switches and it actually physically hurt my arm after brief play sessions (20-30 minutes). Hence why I was worried about this.After pulling all the keycaps off and spinning them 90 degrees so I can use it vertically instead of horizontally and programming it... it's taking a bit of getting used to a slightly altered button layout but I'm getting there. It's not as comfortable as my Logitech G13 but I figured it wouldn't be, but it's WAY more comfortable than the similar product I tried a couple years ago.The software's easy enough to use, although I'd love a toggle to switch from horizontal to vertical (not necessary, just a nice option for those of us doing that), and once I got it setup I haven't had to run it again.I could see this being a great macro keyboard for work use, but for me it's a "better than good enough but not perfect" gaming pad. I'm still tempted to start researching custom building my own so it could be more ergonomic but for now this will work.Update (08/05/2018):Figured I'd do a "I've had this almost a year now" update. It's still a solid 4 stars. Still vaguely interested in custom building something more ergonomic but haven't felt the need to since I got used to this. Not perfectly comfortable for my needs but I'm used to it and it's working just fine. Now the biggest complaint I have is that the manufacturer still hasn't listed this on their actual website and from I can tell the only response to "where can I download the programming software" is "the URL is on the manual." Neither is a huge deal, but I tossed the manual a while back and I'm curious if the software's been updated at all and can't track down any website to download it.Update 10/18/2020:I bought another one. Old one's mostly fine, keycaps are dirty but I could clean them if i cared enough. I was able to put my old one back into "programming mode" to copy the keymapping to a file, then load that file onto the new one, and I didn't realize how nice that would be.They did change the model a bit. The shell feels cheaper, it's lighter, the USB cable ports don't come with covers, the gold/bronze colored screw caps on the top now are just formed bits of plastic in the shell... It's fine, but definitely doesn't feel or look as premium even though it costs the same. It did come with a pretty basic set of black and white key labels you can use and a keycap remover (which I don't think was included last time). These labels are just the main keys, no F1-F12 row or other such "uncommon" keys. A-Z, 1 to 0, and some punctuation keys. I don't think the cost of these add-ins outweighs the cost reduction of the cheaper materials/build quality. Again, it's fine, but for how much it costs I could get a similar quality 104+ full size keyboard. Granted, they probably have a special PCB, and a different kind of chipset so it's fully programmable, but those kinds of thing shouldn't fluctuate the cost so severely.Another change is that the older model is flat, no angle, but this model has a very slight angle to the body. If used as pictured it's like a normal keyboard slant, but used vertical by my right hand like I do it leans the right up into my hand... which is kind of fine? It's a weak enough angle that it's not super noticeable and it probably helps shorten the distance my pinkie finger is reaching, so I guess that's fine.Still a solid 4 stars from me, but the obvious cost reductions done without reducing the price are tempting me to drop the score. There's nothing else quite like it for my needs, at least not without spending WAY more, so I'm just happy someone's making stuff like this.
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