Microsoft Designer Bluetooth

design, usability, price, reliability

91% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Excellent build quality and design ; Good battery life ; Keyboard includes number pad ; Windows, OS X and Android

Small mouse ; Limited features

A gorgeous and brilliantly-made mouse and keyboard, but limited in terms of features.

Microsoft's Designer Keyboard and Mouse is handily summed up by it's product name: it infers it's a chic piece of kit that puts style over substance, but luckily, Microsoft hasn't skimped on either. The slim, low-profile keyboard and mouse both look...

While we're big fans of the keyboard, we're not too fond of the mouse, even though its ambidextrous design works well for both lefties and righties. While performance is good due to Microsoft’s BlueTrack sensor, it's not the most ergonomic mouse out...

At £99.99, Microsoft's Designer Bluetooth Desktop feels like a high price to pay, but you do get a top notch keyboard and mouse that not only look good but perform well, and you won't be needing to swap out the batteries for a long while. Throw in...

Bluetooth

Mouse is too flat. Keyboard is about the size of a keyboard on a laptop

Small, connected with no difficulty, light, good travel size.

The scroll wheel is so tight that my finger slides over the top without the wheel turning. Considerable pressure must be applied in order to get the traction necessary for the wheel to turn. This results in two problems: First, scrolling and...

- Comfortable - Well built - Doesn't eat batteries like popcorn - Magnetic battery door is a nice touch

- Has difficulty pairing with certain BT chipsets, especially the ones used in Dell laptops - Has horrible lag problems with certain BT chipsets, like the ones in Dell laptops.

Works OK when it works

Ridiculous short battery life, No support from MS

The design is simple and elegant. The mouse is somewhat flat. The keyboard is full-size, but pretty small for a keyboard in that category-- not at all bulky as some are. This is a Bluetooth 4.0 product and so uses a low-power protocol enabled in 4.0....

The keyboard is not backlit, which some rechargeable bluetooth keyboards are. This keyboard has replaceable batteries. This is a Bluetooth 4.0 product. There's no bluetooth dongle included. Most recent Windows computers can probably handle it, but some...

Compact design, slips right in my backpack and doesn't take much room. Lightweight and glides easily, feels and looks good. Fixed an issue I was having with the Microsoft Sculpt Bluetooth mouse where every so often the mouse would freeze for 5-10...

Don't know if this is the mouse's fault or my Dell Latitude E6530, but when inactive it will stop working, has been crashing the entire Bluetooth module within my laptop which means I have to disable/enable Bluetooth in Device Manager to get things to...

Compact design, slips right in my backpack and doesn't take much room ; Lightweight and glides easily, feels and looks good ; Fixed an issue I was having with the Microsoft Sculpt Bluetooth mouse where every so often the mouse would freeze for 5-10...

Don't know if this is the mouse's fault or my Dell Latitude E6530, but when inactive it will stop working, has been crashing the entire Bluetooth module within my laptop which means I have to disable/enable Bluetooth in Device Manager to get things to...

Low profile for carrying with Surface tablets. Buttons are solid. Wheel is a little stiff initially. Kind of get used to it.

Magnetic battery cover does not hold the batteries in place during transport. The batteries are too heavy and always push the cover opened.