Logitech Ergo K860 Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard with Wrist Rest and MX Vertical Wireless Mouse

Why did you pick this product vs others?:I've been a loyal user of the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboards for decades. I had grown accustomed to the size and layout, but my last model was failing. Other models (including those from Microsoft) never had the same comfort level.I took a chance on this model from Logitech and am thrilled with it so far. The keyboard is smaller, wireless, and feels just as comfortable.There are a few big differences. For one, the keys don't travel as far. I thought that might bother me, but I got used to it rather quickly. I think it will also stay cleaner over the long term.Also, the Logitech doesn't have a dedicated row of media keys (they're combined with the function keys), but that hasn't hampered me. The Options+ app provides the ability to use the function keys for media directly or by pressing FUNCTION + the media key of your choice. No big deal.I love the build quality and how stable it sits on my keyboard tray. It feels like it's built to last. The plastic doesn't feel nearly as cheap as the Microsoft boards of yesteryear.Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. It's a pricey item, but it's worth it if you need an ergonomic model.

UPDATE 2 (7 Aug 2021, ~7 months into ownership).I found the Microsoft context-sensitive menu pop-up key -- equivalent to the right mouse button -- of the MS EP4000. See picture. I don't love this location. But at least it exists. I'm moderately used to it's weird inaccessible placement. But I do have to always look to find it, instead of knowing it's location by muscle memory, like most keys. I probably should put one of those raised gummy circles (like on my delete key and fn key here in the pic) on it.Also, I like this keyboard now so much that I bought one for the office too. It's outside office standards, so I paid for it myself. (This really helps avoid the constant disorientation of working on two different keyboard between home and work.)UPDATE (7 Apr 2021, a few months into ownership).The problems I wrote about below, seem to have miraculously evaporated. I have no idea why. Now this keyboard only spams the volume-up (or down) signal to my PC maybe once a month. And I’ve found that just taking the USB fob out for a second, and cycling the power button on the keyboard clears that every time, and takes maybe 5 second. For something that happens maybe once a month, I can live with it. It is otherwise a very comfortable, fast, easy, quiet keyboard. I’ve even become accustomed to toggling between F-keys and media keys. All in all, this is my new favorite keyboard.ORIGINAL REVIEWThis seems the best option for users who loved their Microsoft Ergonomic Pro 4000. Same split layout, and the other keys are more nearly where muscle memory expects them to be (INS, Home, pg up, DEL, end, pg down). And the key action is awesome: actually way faster than the MS EP4000. ... BUT:WARNING #1:Around 1-4 times a week, the communication between my PC and this keyboard locks in some weird setting, like increasing the volume. I can unintentionally get max volume this way in <1 second, with zero forewarning. Happens when I haven't even touched the associated media key.At that time, no other inputs are possible, since the keyboard is busy spamming that one keystroke to the PC. The only solution is (after ripping my headphones off) to remove the USB fob from my PC, wait a minute, plug it back, and hope for the best.Usually that works. But sometimes it's just more of the same, and I have to manually restart my PC. At least that (a reset) always fixes it. But it's a terrible interruption to workflow. You can lose important work that way!This happens on both my self-built PC (keyboard drivers installed), and on my HP laptop (keyboard drivers not installed). So, it's not a problem with my PC. It's not a mechanical sticking (no key is physically wedged): it's a logical sticking.To be clear, it's not just "volume up" that gets locked active. Other keys too. Volume down. And toggles between apps. And stuff I can't really explain/describe: I just see a lot of fibrillation on my monitor, as the various apps go nuts - so far without editing content, but long term who knows?I should RMA this keyboard, but the key action is so damn fluid - I type a lot faster on it - that I'm dragging my feet on the RMA. That, and it's otherwise the prefect replacement for my beloved Microsoft Ergonmic Pro 4000.WARNING #2:I HATE that I have to toggle between the F-keys between F-functions and media key functions. I am not used to that. My old keyboard -- like many who buy this, I bet -- was a Microsoft Ergonmonic Pro 4000 (before Microsoft ruined that line with their terrible 7000 update). It had physically distinct media keys vs. F-keys. So I'm used to adjusting sound volume instinctively, without thinking about it, and ditto hitting F2 to edit a cell entry (e.g., in Excel), or hit F11 to enlarge my browser (to remove navigation bar shrubbery). But on this Little Compromise of a keyboard, I have to constantly recover from hitting an F-key/media with the toggle set to the wrong usage. Aarg!I am slowly learning to press the F/media key toggle, while watching my monitor for the brief flash that tells which mode it's in, then deciding whether to repress the F/media key toggle again, before trying to get either an F-key or a media key to perform some function. I'm Not loving that!I would REALLY prefer a keyboard set-up like the MS Ergonomic Pro 4000, but that is probably tied up in a patent, that MS won't release or reasonably license, but neither will they manufacture them anymore. Oh, you may still find one on eBay, used, for $300. Ugh.WARNING #3:The Microsoft context-sensitive menu pop-up key -- equivalent to the right mouse button -- of the MS EP4000, is missing. Replaced by a second key: "opt/ctrl". You'd think the driver software would let you program this key to do different things. I have not found how to make it act like the awesome key that it replaced (the Microsoft context-sensitive pop-up menu key). I'm still mourning the loss of that little key of wonder. Slows me way down to have to take hands off keyboard to fiddle around to right-mouse click every time.

I've been using this keyboard for one week. It is exactly what I was looking for. It's very comfortable to use and easy to adapt to. The keys are not as quiet as I had hoped but they're fine. The wrist rest is very high quality and feels nice when typing. Connecting to my laptop was super fast and easy. As a side note, the packaging uses minimal plastic which is a nice plus! Most of the packaging is recycleable. I recommend this keyboard for anyone looking for an ergonomic option.

Like others here, I got this to replace my broken "Microsoft Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000" (which replaced a wired "Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A"). I've been dreading the day that keyboard finally would break since they don't make them anymore and, well... here we are.The best recommendation I read was one saying how this keyboard feels very similar to the old MS ones. It is true that it is similar, but there are some key (no pun intended) differences:1) The first thing you'll notice is that the key action is much shallower. Most modern keyboards seem to have this feel and I don't know that I really prefer one over the other. I'm used to the old one, but I don't feel like the change is a bad one2) It wasn't as obvious to me at first, but the keys are closer together on this Logitech than they were on the MS. This primarily means that when I move my hand away to use the mouse and then come back, my right index finger usually winds up on the 'k' instead of the 'j', and of course that means typos galore until I reposition. It also means that I tend to hit the "insert" key when I mean to hit backspace or Delete when I mean to hit '\', and other similar near-miss issues. In short, the layout is virtually the same, but the spacing is different enough that it's still going to take some getting used to before I can type correctly without looking down several times.3) The wrist pad is slightly higher and the corner sticks up slightly which not only changes the feel, but sometimes my sleeve catches on the corner when I move my arm4) AN IMPROVEMENT: My MS keyboard's wireless communication was notoriously finicky. I don't know what other device I had that was interfering with its communication, but if the USB dongle wasn't very close to the keyboard, it would often drop strokes or not register anything at all. This one does not seem to have any such issues.NOTE that everything works fine without installing their "Options+" software, but if you want to get battery notifications or set up macros or anything like that, you'll need it. That would be fine, except that they force you to set up a "Logi" account, obviously so they can capture your email. This kind of software should NOT require an account at all. -1 starOverall, it's a sufficient replacement for the MS keyboard, I guess, but I still like the old one much better, mostly because it's what I'm used to. I prefer the spacing on the old one (more space) and I also use the F-Keys ALL THE TIME, so combining them with media keys, etc. is extremely annoying. I wish they had a separate bank of keys for volume, etc. like the MS board had. However, it seems to have gotten most everything else right, so it will do.I'd still go back to an MS keyboard in a flash, if they still sold them. Don't get me wrong--this one isn't bad, but when you spend all day, every day touching the thing, it should be as close to perfect as possible.