Brydge Microsoft Surface 12.3 Pro+ Bluetooth Keyboard with Trackpad (Silver)

I love this product. I'm so impressed with the fit and finish that I'm writing this review mere minutes after opening it. The key travel is wonderful. I exclusively use Lenovo ThinkPads for work, which are reputed to have the best keyboards in the industry. This keyboard's key travel is slightly shorter, but the switches are just as crisp and positive in tactile feedback.The touchpad is perfectly sized; large enough to be comfortable, but small enough that I've not had any false touches with my thumbs' base joint, unlike on the Microsoft Surface keyboards. It has a slight texture, unlike the glass-smoothness of the Mac. Personally, I like it. The non-control surfaces have a similar texture, but slightly rougher so you know if you are on the touchpad or not.The hinges are solid, but don't feel so stiff that I worry about breaking the screen. I'm on an ancient Surface Pro 4, and the u-shaped mounting brackets fit it loosely. They're rubber-lined so the Surface itself doesn't slide if I hold the joined unit at a slight angle, but I would _not_ tilt the joined unit 90 degrees - the mounting brackets just don't hold it tightly enough.Depending on your use cases, this may be a shortcoming. For me, I hope to use the tablet as a digital art platform, so being able to easily remove it from the keyboard without fear that it will ruin the Surface is definitely desirable. Note that one of the other reviewers said that it gripped their Surface Pro 7 so securely that attempting to remove it caused the screen to crack. I can say that I've tested placing it and removing it from the brackets at least ten times and each time it held competently and was easy to lift out without any perceived strain on the Surface, but again, I have a Surface Pro 7.The keyboard's hinges are cleverly designed so the keyboard is slightly inclined when opened. The angle is less steep than the Microsoft Surface Pro keyboard, but it's free of the annoying bounce if you are a heavy-handed typist like me. There are 3 levels of backlighting in addition to no backlighting at all. At its brightest, it is not very bright - enough to see the key cap translucent letters and the outlines, but not so bright as to irritate.For my finger memory, I would wish it kept the same Fn key layout as the Microsoft Surface Pro keyboard, but I'm sure Brydge had their reasons to make the subtle changes in what the F1 - F12's alternate Fn keystrokess do (e.g. vol up, vol down, etc.)In closing, this is the first text I wrote on this device. I was very pleased with the look, the feel, and the overall integration with the Surface Pro 4, so much so I wanted to share my initial impressions with potential buyers. At $150, it is much more expensive than other BT keyboards, but the ability to use it on my lap, or just the freedom from the 'bounce' when bottoming out the keystroke, is well worth it in my eyes, with my money.

Works very well with my Surface... Solid feel, caused no damage to surface screen/glass while mounting and dismounting the keyboard. WAAAAAAY better than MS keyboard and still costs less.BUY IT if you need a keyboard and will turn your surface into a laptop

I'd say currently this is a buyer beware speaking from my personal experience with this key board. I have bought 2 of these things in the past month and half and both have been more or less dead on arrival. First one wouldn't turn on nor would the delete key show any indication that it was plugged in or on at all, that is not until i have a few good hard smacks out of frustration. That led to the backlit keyboard coming on and after an hour or so messing around finally got it to connect to my surface but eventually ending with the track pad not coming on at all no matter how much troubleshooting or forum searching I performed. Which let to more frustration of what I had initially thought was a solid built keyboard. So I naturally chalked it up to bad luck and for the price and current level of frustration I just ordered another one. This one was also even more dead on arrival as this one when I plug it in to charge with the provided cable got the red indicator that the keyboard was charging Awesome!, I thought going to work that night thinking in the morning ill be ready to go with a new working keyboard. Nothing could have been further from the truth. All i could get the second one to do was FN+Del to change the light to green for 2 seconds and flash red at me and go dark again, no back light no Bluetooth no connection at all no matter what i did. So, I will not be taking a third chance, but I was so disappointed in this product that I had had such high hopes for i saw fit to warn honest people to steer clear of at least in my experience is a polished turd of a keyboard. The build quality seems solid with the keys, hinges and, heft but when it comes down to the clockwork of the keyboard my two attempts have been abysmal at best. Unfortunately there isn't many options for solid keyboards for the surface out there.