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Logitech Wave Keys Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard – Graphite, UK QWERTY Layout

Logitech Wave Keys Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard – Graphite, UK QWERTY Layout

£43.99
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Description

The Logitech Wave Keys is the gentlest way into ergonomic typing: a full-size 104-key board with a wave-shaped key bed and a fixed memory-foam palm rest, in a layout your fingers already know. Nothing is split, nothing is tented, and nothing has to be relearned. That is the whole idea.

That makes it a different proposition from the split boards further up our Keyboards list. A Kinesis Advantage360 or a Keychron Q11 physically separates your hands to open out your shoulders, and both take a week or two before your typing speed comes back. The Wave Keys instead curves a single conventional board so your wrists sit at a softer angle, and you type normally from the first minute. If your discomfort is mild, an ache after a long day rather than diagnosed RSI, that trade is usually the right one.

Within Logitech's own range it is the entry point. The ERGO K860 curves harder and adds a split-feel layout; the MX Keys S drops the ergonomic shape entirely for a flat, backlit, premium-feel board. The Wave Keys sits below both. Against the cheaper Perixx and Arteck options it wins on build quality, battery life and multi-device switching rather than on shape.

One thing worth checking before you buy, because nobody mentions it: at 37.6cm wide this is a genuine full-size board with a number pad, and a wide keyboard pushes your mouse further to the right. If you reach for the mouse constantly and it is your shoulder that hurts rather than your wrists, a compact or tenkeyless board will do more for you than any amount of wrist cushioning. If you live in spreadsheets, the numpad is worth the width.

Connection is Bluetooth or the bundled Logi Bolt USB-A receiver, with Easy-Switch across three devices, and it runs up to three years on the two AAA cells in the box. The graphite shell uses 61% post-consumer recycled plastic. Logi Options+ will remap the function row if you want it to, but it is not required, and the keyboard works fully without any software installed, which matters on a locked-down work laptop.

Key Features

  • Full-size 104-key UK QWERTY layout with a number pad, 37.6cm wide
  • Wave-shaped key bed that tilts the wrists into a softer angle without splitting the keyboard
  • Fixed memory-foam palm rest, cushioned across the full width
  • Bluetooth or the bundled Logi Bolt USB-A receiver, with Easy-Switch across three devices
  • Up to 3 years of battery life on the two AAA cells supplied
  • Works with Windows 10/11, macOS 11+, iPadOS 14+, Android 9+ and ChromeOS
  • Adjustable tilt legs for raising the typing angle
  • Function row remappable through Logi Options+, optional rather than required
  • Graphite shell uses 61% post-consumer recycled plastic, with FSC-certified packaging
  • 750g, so it stays put in use but is easy to reposition
  • Specifications

    Design

    Layout
    Full Size
    Split Design
    No

    Dimensions

    Weight
    750 g

    Features

    Wrist Rest Included
    Yes
    Connectivity
    Wireless

    Pros

    ✓ No relearning curve: a conventional layout, so your typing speed is unaffected from day one
    ✓ The palm rest is genuinely soft memory foam rather than a hard moulded ledge
    ✓ Easy-Switch and the Bolt receiver together cover a work laptop and a personal machine
    ✓ Logitech's cheapest route into ergonomics, sitting well below the ERGO K860 and MX Keys S
    ✓ Runs fully without any software installed, useful on managed or locked-down work laptops
    ✓ 4.5 stars from 237 reviews, and an Amazon's Choice badge in Keyboards

    Cons

    ✗ Not a true split or tented keyboard, so it does little for forearm rotation or shoulder position
    ✗ The palm rest is fixed and cannot be removed, swapped or adjusted
    ✗ No backlighting, which makes it awkward in a dim room
    ✗ F1 to F12 need the Fn key by default until you remap the row in Logi Options+
    ✗ Full-size width pushes your mouse further right, trading wrist comfort for shoulder reach

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