Keyboards & mice

A clever flat-packing mouse that works better than it looks, but the touchpad scroll is a sacrifice.

A genuinely thin 16 mm mechanical keyboard that still feels great to type on and is easy to carry.

His default mouse recommendation, with a shape and feel the luxury mouse cannot match.

Feels like a product he'd love, but it doesn't solve an important problem and costs $100.

The final missing piece of his mouse setup, lifting the wrist to reduce strain.

An extreme purchase, but customisable look, sound and feel make it worthwhile for him.

Still a mushy membrane board, only slightly better than the $2 one, scored about 1 out of 10.

Great for gaming with adjustable actuation and rapid trigger, but one of them felt it was lots of function and not much keyboard; scored 6.…

A big step up with mechanical switches and RGB, but it rocks, clangs and has clumsy software; about 4 out of 10.

A rollable membrane keyboard that barely counts as functional, scored 0.1 out of 10.

A gasketed tactile board with great browser-based software that he would happily gift, rated about 6.5 out of 10.

Bonkers RGB showpiece that still types well with lights off; joint score of 8.

Scissor switches and wireless make it better than cheaper boards, but it is still poor, scored 2.5 out of 10.

A thin, portable mechanical board that beats the Apple keyboard, with a great knob; scored 5.5 to 6.

A heavy, well-damped everything board with OLED display and great sound; scored 8 out of 10.

Fun branding with a cheeseburger key, but the keyboard is mushy with big gaps between the keys.

Stunning, refined keyboard with lovely low-resonance typing; he rated it 9.5 and wants to import one.

Impressively built from solid aluminium, but the steep slant and ordinary feel made it uncomfortable to type on.

Looks lovely, but the symmetrical shape is awkward and the Logitech is the logical choice.

Metal chassis and satisfying keys make this affordable combo a pleasant surprise.

A high-tier keyboard with the most impressive lighting he has seen, despite glossy keys and a quirky font.

A quiet, more sophisticated near-fully transparent mouse that earns a place on the shelf.

A tiny hot-swappable macro pad that works really well for copy, paste and volume at $7.

Not exceptional to use, but it completes the look and comes with a charging dock that doubles as a signal extender.