Lenovo 73p5220 External Wired USB Preferred Pro USA Keyboard ( 41A5289, 89P8530)

This is the first time I’m typing on this keyboard and so far I like it. I like the cupped shape of the leys and the fact that all of the keys are where they should be. I would prefer more of a downstroke when I press a key before it types the character, I tend to touch the keys lightly sometimes and that types something I don’t want but that’s just me, I have to relearn keeping my fingers above the keyboard.DESIGNThe return key is where it should be and the right size and shape, although I will always have a preference for keyboards that have an L-shaped return key. The backspace key is likewise well positioned, it’s not as close to the insert and delete keys as some keyboards, which always make frustrating errors that are hard to fix.This is about as quiet as a keyboard can get without going to those flat chiclet keys that have almost zero travel. If you learned on that you probably can type fast but I have seen people type even faster on some mechanical keyboards. This is like a happy medium – traditional keys but not clacky or thunky.THINGS I WOULD LIKE CHANGEDIf I am going to accept that this is a traditional keyboard almost exactly the way IBM invented it for PC’s I have to accept those little light bulbs far off to the upper right corner. They are okay for the NumLock which I always keep turned on anyway because otherwise it just duplicates keys that are already there – in other words a historical throwback that they could easily dump. But I like a Caps Lock that either has a light in the actual key itself or a message on the screen that lets me know when I turn it on and off. Being an ancient design this Lenovo has zero interaction with my computer via apps or software, even their own for my Lenovo mouse that I just bought. Post baby boomers may lament the lack of even anything resembling media controls, eject buttons, Mac keys, etc. None of them are here, there are no dual-function keys other than the waySTANDOUT THINGS I LIKEIt is unusual to find a keyboard that has multiple ways to route the USB cable. I guess historically most people used to put their computers on the left so cables come out of the left side of most keyboards. This one let’s you route it from the left, center or right side. That makes for a much neater desktop for me. I also like that the natural incline of this one is a couple of degrees. I almost always have to use the little feet on the back but not with this one, the angle is perfect for natural typing with the feet collapsed. The pencil tray may sound like fluff but it is convenient. And finally, while there is no wrist support there is just over an inch of softly curved edge to rest the edge of my hands on while typing. It is better than the majority of keyboards that have a sharp squared off edge.YES NO MAYBEIt is rare that I buy from a non-prime seller, especially something designated as used or reconditioned but the savings were too good to pass up, so I took the gamble. I am very impressed, this keyboard looks smells and feels brand new. Not one scratch or fingerprint. The end result is that I could not be happier. This keyboard is absolutely new looking and feeling and every key has the identical sound and touch feel, how rare is that with today’s units? Sure it may not have some of the fluff like media controls or on-screen displays but for a writer or anyone who uses a keyboard seriously this one lets you focus all of your attention on just one thing, typing. For that reason I believe it is a five star product.

This is a larger model, perhaps a little more expensive than other keyboys "with a tail" and well worth it. The others were too light weight, too small, and cheapt This is a solid piece for a computer.

This is a plain, no-frills membrane keyboard. In my experience these simple machines are built to last (and built to be easy to maintain) and this particular keyboard has an especially robust feel to the plastic and when I took apart the keys (to clean a sticky residue I stupidly put there), I could tell the key joints weren't breaking easily.In addition to the solid feel, it has some nice little design elements to it. For example the tabs in the back to raise the angle of the keyboard come in two sizes and there are grooves in the back of the keyboard that let you feed the wire through such that the wire comes out at the middle, left, or right of the back of the keyboard so that you can adjust it for where your tower is in relation to your keyboard (though to be honest, when moving the keyboard around a lot, the wire comes out of the grooves fairly easily).It has a very soft feel to its key presses. This has the benefit of being a very quiet keyboard, but may be uncomfortable to people who are used to more resistance when typing.My one personal complaint about this keyboard is that it has a tad more ghosting than previous simple keyboards I've owned. For light gaming this can get in the way of things. The WASD area seems particularly cluttered. You can't, for example, press W + D + E or W + A + Q at the same time. As a budget keyboard, it might be unreasonable to expect more and for most typing experiences it won't ever come up, but I think it's information that some consumers might want to know.

I'm so thrilled with this keyboard I think I could jump up and down - if I could still jump up and down. I had been using the "free" Lenovo keyboard which came with the Lenovo PC I bought a while back and had struggled mightily to try to make it work for me. Just was not going to happen.This keyboard comes closest to matching the electric typewriter I learned to type on in high school, and I graduated in 1961. The keys are taller than some modern keyboards and have recesses in the key face which fit the curved pad of my finger. I know my finger fits completely on the key and I don't lose track of where the home keys are. Speaking of home keys, the "j" and the "f" have tiny ridges which insure your hands are positioned perfectly. One thing which was driving me nuts with the other keyboard was that all the keys were straight across - level - as were the utility keys. I constantly touched the caps-lock key and would not notice the indicator light. I would type paragraphs and have to go back to type it all again. Extremely frustrating! This Lenovo keyboard has the more familiar small amount of space between the caps-lock key and the "a" key. There is still an indicator light on the top right hand corner of the board to let you see the caps-lock is on. The "enter" key is a light grey while the remainder of the alphabetic keys are black. This is not a silent keyboard, there is definite typing sound which will be audible to you and others around you. If that is a problem in some way, this might not be the right keyboard for you. Personally I find the sound of typing soothing - probably from the olden days with all those typewriters going at once in the steno office.The function keys are placed in the same spaces as on all the other computer keyboards I've used. This is a wired USB keyboard. There is a nice depression across the top of the board which appears to be a pen/pencil holder so that's what I'm using it for. There is a convenient space across the full length of the board where my right thumb rests comfortably and there are adjustable tabs on the back of the board so you can chose the height at which you want the keyboard to sit. That adjustment is for two heights or use it flat. The dimensions of this board are 18" by 6 1/2" without including the additional measurement for the pen holder.