Black Type Cover for Microsoft Surface

I have had my refurbished Surface RT for about a month, it has worked flawlessly. I also bought this Type keyboard with the RT unit, and both fit together great inside of the Manvex case. I like the raised keys, and they have enough travel to feel like a real keyboard. I type really fast, so I wanted to be sure there was some tactile sensation to the typing. It is a silent keyboard as well, so when I'm flying on the keys, it is still noiseless. Normally I don't like chicklet style keys, but this feels like an actual large keyboard. I have big hands, and I have no trouble going from a standard keyboard to this one, and back (I use 3 computers at a time at work, typically) The length and width of the keyboard is actually about a key bigger than the keyboard on my HP laptop, so there is no problem wacking the wrong key. This was very pleasantly surprising, since I assumed that the Surface having a smaller screen than a laptop, this would be one of those tiny cramped keyboards. Not at all. This keyboard is a little thicker (less than a 1/4 inch) than the standard flat keyboard you see in the tv commercials, but it fits perfectly inside the Manvex case. I leave it on the tablet all the time, and wrapped up inside the Manvex folio case, it is very well protected. You won't be disappointed with this keyboard. (Based on another review, I purchased separately the Manvex Leather Folio Case cover for it, and it is an excellent match to the Surface RT and the Type Cover as all the reviews stated.)

It works perfectly. The seller even made sure that I was buying the correct product before sending the it.

There have been a lot of complaints, both in the questions and the reviews, that when you attach the keyboard, only the track pad works but none of the keys. That just happened to me. I have a touch cover that works fine, so it wasn't a hardware problem with the tablet. And since the track pad on the type cover worked, I suspected the problem was not a defective keyboard. I followed the steps in the Microsoft troubleshooting guide on their website, but nothing worked. I definitely did not want to do a system recovery, as some here have suggested (and as Microsoft suggests as a last resort in their troubleshooting guide), for fear that it might not solve the problem and may additionally render my touch cover inoperative. So I did some research online and found a simple solution that worked:1. Go into device manager.2. Under other devices, you will find two unknown devices.3. Double tap one, click on driver tab, click on update driver.4. Click on browse my computer for driver software.5. Click on Let me pick from a list of device drivers.6. Select keyboard, then click Next.7. Select HID Keyboard device and click finish.8. Repeat for the second unknown device.Hat tip to The Digital Lifestyle.The keyboard now works fine, and now I can give it five stars. It's a beautifully designed, lightweight and fully functional keyboard that is much easier to type with as compared to the touch cover.

It's going to be hard for me to write a review of this product without cussing and getting cut off from this website, but I'll give it a shot. As you can tell, I am slightly dissatisfied with it. Also, a large part of this review relates to the actual Surface, not just the keyboard. So for those of you considering a purchase of a Surface and looking to buy this supplemental keyboard, stop considering the Surface. If you have already bought the Surface, may God have mercy on your poor, pitiful soul. I bought the Surface and this keyboard for the primary purpose of using Microsoft Office. I'm a nerd, and an Excel nerd at that, so the thought of a tablet with Office and Excel was about as exciting as a trip to Las Vegas (and the accompanying Excel budgeting and financial tracking). Yes, I'm that much of a nerd. As I've come to realize, though, this abomination is the most offensive in the long list of violations Bill Gates has committed against the American public. I can't imagine a man more shameless, and I can only hope that his robotically-operated home and car experience as many ludicrous and unnecessary technical difficulties as the garbage he spews at his customers, calling it technological advancement. This product, and the Surface that made it necessary, are exhausting. The keyboard stops working nearly every hour, requiring it to be detached and reattached. Not that big a deal, you say? Indeed. If you weren't also trying to adjust for the freeze time on the Internet, Excel, and the constant and random shutdown of the applications (Excel primarily) you are trying to run. Just turn away now, or wind up sad and disappointed like me.