ZAGG Folio Case With Backlit Keyboard For iPad Air

I am not a techie, but I did heavy research on the best keyboard for me when I was given an Ipad Air at work. There are great comparative YouTube reviews. The ones by the female reviewer are especially thoughtful and thorough. For example, she found that some of the expensive keyboard offerings swapped certain key positions into new locations, which made her efficiency suffer.
The Zagg case (i.e., full back cover and keyboard) is what I bought, in black, and it has a nice pebble finish, and is obviously 360 degree protective. It turns the iPad Air into a convincing bite sized laptop that looks like it came that way right from the factory. Note that Zagg also makes a cover version (keyboard that covers the screen face). That version is necessarily lighter and thinner, in exchange for leaving the iPad’s back exposed. Both are Bluetooth enabled, and turn on automatically when you open, and off automatically when you close (most competitors’ offerings also do this).
What I love about the Zagg keyboard full case that I bought several months ago: it is clearly made well and thoughtfully. The holes all line up, and the materials (inside and out) are high quality. The keyboard feel and action are a delight. Nice dedicated, labeled function key row across the top: home, lock, voice microphone, undo, redo, screen keyboard (works on some apps), copy, paste, audiovideo rewind / fast forward (work on some apps), pause (works on everything), mute, volume down, volume up (sound loudness works on everything).
Another HUGE plus, which was unique to the Zagg when I bought it: the inclusion of keyboard lights! This is a great advantage, and I wish all computers of all sizes had them. Zagg’s execution is particularly thoughtful and functional: There’s a dedicated light switch key to the right of the space bar. Push once, and two apparent lights peek at you from the front edge of each elevated key. It is amazingly effective. Push again, and lights get brighter, push again and lights get brighter still. Hold light switch key and press a sideways arrow, and the machine cycles through several color options for the lights. When you look dead-on from the top of the keyboard, there is only a barely noticeable soft glow emanating from each front edge. But with your eyes where they normally are when typing, the lights are in perfect position to work beautifully.
Because lights are an additional drain on the built-in keyboard’s rechargeable battery, there is also a dedicated key to check keyboard charging status. I have had the Zagg keypad IPad Air case for a few months and not yet had to recharge the keyboard. Their literature promises long life from each charge, and that was no exaggeration.
I would but this again anytime, and I would recommend to anyone. Two minor disadvantages to be aware of before you buy:
1) envisioning it as a laptop, the entire iPad Air is tucked into the lid, and this combination is heavier than the beautifully lighter and thinner Zagg keyboard even given its lighting capability. The resulting drawback of the full cover version is that on a soft surface like a bed, its center of gravity can make it tip backwards as the lid combo outweighs the keyboard. This has not happened to me on a solid surface. Even with this minor drawback, my family and I have never been annoyed while watching movies in bed. You position the screen for optimal viewing and forget about it. I would never bother to take the iPad Air out of the Zagg cover to watch a movie with the family, because the hinged lid mechanism is an automatic and adjustable screen-angle holder. 2) The other minor drawback concerns Bluetooth, and is therefore NOT unique to Zagg’s keyboard offerings. Please double check me, but I believe that you may not use Bluetooth devices while on an airplane, which means that you would be relegated to using only the onscreen keys when flying.
Two more positives to enjoy: 1) There is a dedicated key for checking the status of your keyboard’s charge. By both color that blinks back at you, and how many out of 4 possible blinks it gives, you have a great feel for whether you need to recharge. The recharge cable is small and piggy backs into any AC current adapter that you already carry. 2) It arrives beautifully packaged and safe. Zagg has done its homework, and someone there cares about quality and useability.

El teclado no siempre se ilumina cuando hay bajas condiciones de luz. Los botones del iPad, no coinciden bien con el del “case”. Por ej. Los botones del audio se presionan demasiado. Y el lente de la cámara se cubre un 30%, no permitiendo usar el disposivo. Debo sacar el iPad para sacar fotografías y tuve que romper una parte para que los botones de volumen no se dispararan por la presión del estuche.

Am loving it. It’s awesome. Especially the battery backup is super. When you try accessing a remote computer through rdp the windows shortcuts are not working.