Kisnt KN17 Mechanical Numpad for Excel Financial Data Entry

I almost sent this back when I first got it. Well actually I could had sworn I ordered Red Switches but instead I got the Blue ones. I went back and I almost thought even with the right switches it would be unusable. After searching for a replacement I went back to this one and read some reviews. A reviewer mentioned he replaced the keycaps which was my downfall with it as well. Let me explain. This comes with key caps that are painted on and a very bright backlight. The backlighting is completely useless, imo, if the caps are painted. Just as I was giving up I came across a reviewer that had replaced the keycaps and vola, it worked. So I found some 6$ key caps bought them and bam! Smooth feeling flat keycaps that allowed the light to shine through. Returned the Blue Switched one for the Red and it was perfect. As you can see from the pic it is only backlit with a white light. If you look closely you will see t he light shining through the keys with the new caps on it. For the price point it is obsoletely worth the money to get it plus the 6$ or so for better key caps. They keys caps were easy to replace. I had never replaced keys before and had little trouble with this. I will worn be careful with the bigger keys as I almost broke the enter key. Lucky for my my husband is a patient man and worked with me to fix the switch that I near pulled out. Go slow and easy wit the Enter and Plus key and you will be fine. To adjust the light hold the minus key down and push plus or enter for the brightness. I should add the feel of it is wonderful. I used it one evening for gaming to see how it worked. I use my number pad as my action buttons in my game and it worked wonderfully. I didn't even notice I was using something other than a normal keypad. If you have a compact, or tkl kb and need a number pad addon get this one. You will not regret it. The Red switches btw are silent, and the blue are beyond clicky. If you like the keys super quiet you might wanna get some o-rings for the key caps. I did add those as well because I like silent keys. They helped add a little bump to the linear (red) switches while stopping the caps for bottoming out which cause a click.

I got a split 80% mechanical keyboard for work to correct my posture, but since it's an 80% there's no 10 key pad. So I got this. It's not as well built as my keyboard, but it does the job I need it to. A bonus is that the switches are mostly swappable. I say, "mostly" because the decimal key was stuck like solder. But that's okay, I don't use it very often, and all the important keys now use Durock silent tactile switches. Also I'm not quite sure how to adjust the backlight, though I suspect I'll figure that out with the num lock off. Edit: I've taken this apart to see if I could pry the stubborn switch loose from the PCB. Great news, all the switches are socketed (the black things on the back of the PCB in the photo). You just need to wiggle the switch nice ways to Sunday to get them out. Some of them are stuck so tight that standard switch pulling tools will break the housings. But a few guitar picks or pry tools like spudgers from a smartphone fix kit will get them out. There's some nice sound dampening features in here, like a foam pad between the switches and PCB, and a silicone pad to soak up the sound of the switches. And best of all, you don't need a heat gun or even a screwdriver to open this up, just a small standard screwdriver and a guitar pick will get you in there.

Amazing quality, low-noise and has white backlights. I bought a 65% keyboard and realized how much I needed the numpad for work, so I got this one for a good price and got a great product which was still cheaper than returning and buying a new 100% keyboard.

Served as its purpose. Able to switch out keycaps for customization. Satisfaction.

If you're looking for a 10 key that's only 5 rows tall to match your tiny keyboard, this is a great option. I bought this to input data. One gripe. If you type too fast and use the minus key a lot, the minus key might not register sometimes. This is because the minus key functions as the Fn key as well. You have to wait half a blip or it thinks you're wanting to use a secondary function feature. No other key does this. The Fn key had to go somewhere. Maybe Num Lock might have been a better option? Great value otherwise.

well-made unit. replaceable keycaps, heavy and substantial build.

Works well, but 7 stopped working for some reason.

it's great just wish it was blue tooth since i only use it for inputting numbers on excel mostly