Chris H.
Targus Eco Smart Keyboard
Targus Eco Smart Keyboard If Franz Kafka ever designed a keyboard, this would be it. Arrived completely dead, battery drained flat. Of course, no mention in the instructions that you’ll need to both plug it in and aim a blinding light source (in my case, a 1200-lumen bike light that can scorch your retinas) just to get the LED to turn from red = hopeless to green = maybe usable. Pairing? Hidden behind Buttons 1, 2, and 3 with an obscure little monitor icon. Unless you guess that secret, the keyboard does its neat trick: solid blue for three seconds… then dead to the world. Nothing in the “manual” makes this clear — because apparently you should have to read instructions for something as “simple” as typing. Caps Lock, the eternal enemy, is front and center. Hit it by accident and you’re SHOUTING before you even know it. Designers could have fixed this decades ago, but no, let’s keep torment alive. And don’t get me started on the F-row of fossils: PrtScn (does nothing useful), ScrLk (a 1980s museum exhibit), Pause/Break (what is this, DOS?). They sit there like smug bureaucrats reminding you that progress is optional. The irony? This “EcoSmart” keyboard demands more power, more light, and more patience than any wired keyboard I’ve ever owned. Truly eco in the sense that it recycles your time, sanity, and will to live. Verdict: looks sleek, feels premium, but functions like a bureaucratic nightmare. If you enjoy being gaslit by design, this is your dream keyboard. If you actually want to type, buy literally anything else.




