Leanne
Illegal return policy, unsafe battery, do not buy!
I bought a nuphy keyboard a couple of years ago. After around a year the case started to split open, however the keyboard still worked so I continued to use it. The splitting got worse over time and after some months I was able to see inside the keyboard and see that the cause of the splitting was that the rechargeable battery inside had started to expand. This means the battery was disintegrating and can then be at risk of fire or explosion so is actually quite a dangerous situation. I have never had a device before where the rechargeable battery expanded like this (and we all use a lot of rechargeable devices these days). I immediately disposed of the keyboard. My assumption is that the batteries used in the keyboards are extremely cheap and would not necessarily meet European safety standards. I purchased a second keyboard from them to replace the first, giving them the benefit of the doubt that this was a one-off. The new keyboard was the same model as the old but came with extremely clicky key switches which had been supplied as the default option (I had not checked this at purchase). This was not what I wanted so I wrote to them asking for a refund. They list a 30-day "No questions" refund, but in reality I think it's virtually impossible to return anything to them for a refund. They told me I could not return the keyboard because it was sold as a "promotional item" i.e it was listed as 30% off at the time of purchase. I have also read on other forums that if you do return them you have to send them back to China at your own considerable expense which makes it not worth doing. I would like to point out that their returns policy is technically illegal in the UK where the consumer rights act gives you 2 weeks to return items in unused condition, unless you have been able to inspect them before purchase. I'm not wasting my time writing to them to question this. However, I will never ever buy from this company again and strongly recommend that you look elsewhere for your keyboard.



