Try the space-saving keyboard "MX KEYS MINI" that is active in hybrid work: Small things help! (1/3 page)

There are probably many people who are forced to work from home due to the corona crisis. Working from home has the advantage of eliminating commuting time, but on the other hand, if you don't have space for work at home and have to use the top of the dining table, or put a desk in a small space in the corner of the room to work. There may be

A space-saving notebook PC is useful in such cases, but if the size and layout of the keyboard are incompatible, work efficiency will decrease (I am one of them). It's the most used input device, so I want to use it carefully. However, space is limited, making it difficult to use large products such as keyboards with a numeric keypad.

This time, we will introduce the space-saving keyboard "MX KEYS MINI" released by Logitech. This is a ten-keyless (TKL: Ten Key Less) model of "MX KEYS" released by the company in September 2019, and the installation area is 30% smaller than the full-size one.

When it comes to TKL, there are many cases where keys such as Insert, Delete, End and PageUp/PageDown are prepared independently on the right side of the keyboard, but in the case of MX KEYS MINI, the keys are further omitted and simple The arrangement is rather close to the impression of a 60% keyboard. To put it more succinctly, it might be easier to understand if the keyboard part is removed from the notebook PC and the number of keys is further reduced.

Three types of body colors are available: graphite, pale gray, and rose, and the model used this time is the pale gray model.

The price is 13,860 yen (including tax, the same below) at the company's direct sales Logitech store price.

The body size of the MX KEYS MINI is about 295.99 (width) x 131.95 (depth) x 6 to 20.97 (thickness). ) mm, which is about the same as the width of a mobile PC. A small keyboard like this might be easy to use on the dining table. The nominal weight is about 506.4g, and the measured value is 499.5g, so it's not that heavy and it's easy to carry around.

By the way, only the Japanese keyboard is provided for the one released in Japan, and there is no English keyboard.

MX KEYS MINI uses pantograph-type key switches. For this reason, you can't expect a typing feeling with a stroke like a mechanical keyboard, but the MX KEYS MINI has a keystroke of about 1.8mm, giving you a solid input feeling. The key pitch is about 19 mm, and the size of the key top is about 15.5 mm (actual measurement). In addition, the center of the key is recessed, so you can set the center of the key and type, making it very easy to type.

By the way, the author I use a thin PC in a mobile environment, but because the keystrokes are shallow, the input feeling is poor and I often make typos. Therefore, when using it at home, I attach the keyboard surface to the desk and prepare a separate external keyboard in front of the LCD display. I thought it could be used enough as

Next, let's take a look at the unique features.