Logitech Craft (920-008505)

Ferrari by Fiat

There are literally dozens of great wired and wireless keyboards in the Logitech range. Usually, these are strong and reliable products for a reasonable price. But the Craft is a completely different story, as if Fiat engineers were asked to design a new Ferrari and they broke away from the bottom of their hearts.

Touch wheel for creative software control

So, Logitech Craft is a full-size membrane keyboard with Bluetooth / radio connection and built-in battery. The main feature of Craft is a mysterious disk in the upper left corner, somewhat reminiscent of the Microsoft Surface Dial controller. It can be simultaneously rotated, pressed and touched (the surface is touch), performing various commands, such as switching browser tabs or scrolling through the project in Adobe Premiere. As planned by the designers, the disk will become a universal controller in programs for video editing, audio, photo processing, etc. It may sound complicated on paper, but in reality it turns out to be very simple. Another question is that you can assign disk management only in the Logitech Options application, and it is far from friendly with all popular "creative" programs.

Intelligent backlight

Oh yes, there is also an unusual backlighting of the keys with 15 gradations of brightness and an “intelligent” mode — it automatically turns off after a few seconds of inactivity and turns on, it is worth bringing your hands to it. Outside of the drive, the Logitech Craft is simply a great and extremely comfortable working keyboard with a nice tactile feel. Outwardly, it resembles a stylish Apple Magic Keyboard, only it is slightly thicker, larger and much heavier (almost 1 kg). According to the usual logic, this is a minus, but this heaviness and solidity only give Craft additional charm. It seems that this is such an elite printing press of the 21st century, which will quietly live to be a hundred years old and will not lose even a fraction of its charm. The only pity is that such a beauty by the standards of keyboards is indecently expensive. Well, with battery life, it’s not very good here, the built-in battery lasts only 3-4 days.