Keyboards

Keyboards are the part of a desk you touch all day, so we compare them on the things owners complain about after a month, not launch-day hype: switch feel, wireless reliability, battery life and whether the keycaps shine. Every board here is on Amazon.com with real owner ratings, and we rank mechanical, low-profile and budget boards separately so a $40 office keyboard is never scored against a $180 hall-effect gaming board.

Start with a guide if you are not sure what you want. Programmers usually want a quiet tactile switch and a compact layout; gamers want fast linear switches and a wrist rest; everyone else wants a wireless board that pairs with three devices and lasts months on a charge.