Perixx PERIBOARD-409P Wired PS2 Mini Keyboard, Black, US English Layout

I love this keyboard. It's nice and compact with a low profile, easy to toss into the laptop bag and take on the road. The touch is nice and light, with well-sculptured key caps and a good amount of travel. The layout is very convenient, with the Home/End/PageUp/PageDown functions accessible as a vertical row at the right side of the keyboard without needing to use the Fn key. My only complaint is that the key legends are painted on and will likely wear off quickly; I can already see some fading after just a few days of use. If the key caps were double-shot molded, I would rate this keyboard as perfect.

I bought this for my daughter to use with our laptop. She gets a little rough with the keys while playing her games. This keyboard is nice and well made. I waited a bit to make a review to have her use it for awhile. I have grown to use it now myself and I have no complaints! It plugs in and works right away and I haven't had a single issue. Even after my daughter using it like crazy. We even have a wireless mouse and I have that plugged into the keyboard and again, no issues.

There are not a lot of keyboards available with this much legacy-key support in such a small package. It's helpful for me, dealing with some legacy software as my job requires, to still have Insert, pause/break, scroll lock and all 12 function keys available without having to use modifier keys to get to them. Nit picking: the "Fn" key in the lower left is awkwardly placed (it's where you are probably used to finding the windows key) and oddly implemented. There is a numeric keypad feature if you hold down the Fn key while using the 7890UIOPJKL;M,./ keys. I think that is the only real use it has. Fn+Delete uselessly produces a scroll lock event, the same as the scroll lock key which is already provided; Fn+Insert looks like it is supposed to activate num lock, but that doesn't actually work, although it does cause an indicator LED to light up. For all other keys, as far as I can tell, the Fn modifier does nothing; which is a shame, because although I appreciate having the top row function keys in their traditional roles, it would have been nice if Fn+[function keys] were mapped to some of the starndard multimedia controls. Still, I can live with the Fn issues. My use case is to interact with a Linux workstation connected to a large television across the room, using a USB extension cable. The keyboard provides a good combination of control and compactness, and being wired, doesn't have the range and latency issues I ran into when first trying a couple of flaky Logitech wireless units. The built in 2-port USB hub lets me plug in a standard mouse as well.

The problem I was trying to solve by buying this was that my old keyboard has a number pad on it and is really long. I don't need a number pad and there were times when there was too much distance between the right side of the keyboard and my mouse, which became very inconvenient. So I bought this keyboard. The price is good, the keys feel good when they type, and the key action is fine. The size of the keyboard is good. Sometimes I arrange things on my desk in several different ways, and the old keyboard was too long to fit in some of the locations where I was putting it. This is much smaller so that is good. Cord length is fine, and I was able to plug it in and use it immediately. I like the fact that the keys are dedicated and aren't sharing functions with other keys (there aren't 2 functions on the same key that you have to select from, like there are on some other keyboards). Basically it is good. The biggest downside that I see is that the location of the scroll lock key is such that somehow I keep hitting it by accident and a blue light comes on (out of the 3 lights that can come on at the upper left side, it's the one on the far right). Nothing bad happens as a result of this, just the blue light is annoying. To fix it I just hit the scroll lock key again and it's over. So it's easy to fix. But this does happen on a semi-regular basis. Sometimes the caps lock key comes on when I hit it by accident (center light), but that used to also happen on my old keyboard sometimes so I don't think there is any change in that compared to the old. Mostly it is the scroll lock key I hit by accident. I recommend that you don't throw away the little manual that comes with it, because the lights aren't labeled clearly, so if the scroll lock light comes on, you will have to look up what the light is in the manual in order to turn it off. I don't use the function keys that often so it's mostly irrelevant, but the function keys aren't labeled. But they also aren't labeled on a lot of other keyboards. So that's not different than my old keyboard. Overall, I am satisfied and this keyboard has solved my issue of removing the number pad and being able to fit better on my desk in certain configurations. I've only been using this a few days so this review is based on using it that length of time. If there was more space between the main keys and the scroll lock key so I don't keep hitting it, I'd say this is almost perfect. But it's fine and I like this better than the old keyboard so I'm satisfied with it.

Reviewing model 409 C (USB-C with extra USB ports). Really happy with this keyboard after a week of use. Pros: -Good build quality, on par with a mid-range keyboard from one of the big-name brands. Much better than the $20 slim keyboards with chicklet keys. -No flex when resting flat on my keyboard tray. -Narrow overall width allows me to use a mouse without reaching. -More travel than a laptop keyboard. -LED indicator lights for Number, Caps, and Scroll locks. -Full-size arrow keys are easy to find. -Full row of function keys with Prt Scr key. -USB C connection is fast and reliable, no lag even when waking from sleep. -Additional USB ports work great with a wireless mouse dongle. Cons: -Insert key is on the bottom row and easy to accidentally hit. -Glossy finish on the top is a fingerprint magnet.

Sehr gut verarbeitete und wertige PS/2 Tastatur. US / Englisches QWERTY Layout. Man sollte meinen im 21. Jahrhundert wäre USB das Maß der Dinge? Denkste! Neulich sperrt mich mein Win SBS 2011 Server aus "Benutzerkonto konnte nicht geladen werden". Also von einer Linux Rettungs-CD gebootet um das PW zurück zu setzen. ABER: USB Tastatur wird nicht erkannt! PS/2 auf USB Adapter ging auch nicht. Also habe ich diese Tastatur gekauft. Und sie funzt wunderbar. CD gestartet, PW zurück gesetzt und der Server läuft wieder!

The best keyboard ever. Although my usb keyboard is fine but this ps2 is even faster.

Ero alla ricerca di una tastiera particolare che avesso lo Shift destro molto vicino alle frecce e questa mi ha pienamente soddisfatto. Essendo mancino per molti giochi dovevo usare le configurazione diverse dalle solite e per questo mi son trovato bene con questa disposizione dei tasti, qualità ottima e materiale robusto, la tastiera si presenta leggera e sottile, poi col cavo USB non bisogna neanche sprecare soldi per le pile. Ottimo prodotto.

The Perixx PERIBOARD-409U is a PS2 compatible keyboard with a USB connector. It works perfectly with my Olimex version of the AgonLight2 retro computer. I also tested it on an old PC. The keyboard layout is completely standard and the keys have the normal spacing. I appreciate the large font on the keycaps. The keyboard action is snappy, the press distance is on the short side, and the keys make a soft click. I've used it for coding on the AgonLight2 and it is well suited for this role. The three LEDs (NUM lock, CAPS lock, and SCROLL lock) are blue and quite bright, but they are all OFF in normal operation. The LEDs don't bother me, but I tested applying an Avery "See Thru Colour Coding" label and this reduced the brightness to a dull glow. I needed a good PS2 compatible keyboard and didn't want to spend too much. I'm very happy with the 409U.

Works as intended! In case anyone else buys this keyboard for interfacing with their homebrew computer, you need to send an "enable scanning" byte (0xF4) to it for it to work as a legacy keyboard.