Best Overall
Logitech MX Keys Mini
Key details
- Power
- USB-C rechargeable
- Weight
- 1.5 lb
- Connection
- Bluetooth, 3 devices
- Dimensions
- 11.65 x 5.19 x 0.83 in
A mini keyboard usually means a compromise you feel in every sentence. This one keeps full-size, dished keycaps and a scissor mechanism with enough travel to push back, so it reads like a shrunken laptop board rather than a membrane mat. It is the one here we are content to draft on for an hour.
Mini, in this case, means 11.65 inches wide — about a third narrower than a full-size board — and 1.5 pounds. That is a desk keyboard that travels in a laptop bag, not a pocket keyboard, and we are happy with the trade: the weight buys a rigid deck that does not flex when you type hard.
Pairing to three devices and switching between them is the feature we lean on most, since one keypress moves from a desktop to a tablet to a phone. It works across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, and it recharges over USB-C. The backlight is the other thing we appreciate: it comes up as your hands approach and dims when you stop, though there is no way to pin it on.
Two things keep it from being the answer for everybody. There is no USB receiver at all, so a TV box, an older desktop, or a projector without Bluetooth is out, and Bluetooth is exactly where this keyboard occasionally stumbles — a dongle would have covered that. The other is money: it costs several times what our budget picks do, and that is the whole argument for the Arteck below.
Pros
- Full-size dished keys that reward real typing
- Pairs with three devices and switches instantly
- Backlight wakes as your hands approach
- USB-C charging with days of runtime
Cons
- No dongle, so Bluetooth-free TVs and desktops are out
- Heavy at 1.5 pounds for travel
For typing first and portability second, this is the one we recommend: laptop-grade keys, three-device switching, and a backlight that wakes as your hands approach.