Logitech POP Keys, POP Mouse review: Fun to look at, frustrating to use

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A bright yellow keyboard and a mouse! Does that cause heightened sensations in your body, or make you cringe? If there’s already a smile on your face, Logitech has appealed to the right person. A brand trying to make mundane computer accessories desirable to the non-PC gamer crowd, Logitech’s new POP Keys keyboard and POP Mouse are essentially the kind of desk accessories that are going to make your daily typing job interesting. What’s better? That keyboard has got mechanical keys.

Now before you start getting all excited, you should know you have to pay a certain price. The Logitech POP Keys keyboard costs Rs. 9,995 and the POP Moise costs Rs. 2,995. Quite expensive as accessories for your workstation, right? But as we return to offices, or adapt ourselves into the hybrid work situation, having a fun keyboard and mouse could spruce up the mood, and maybe help easing the Monday blues!

Whatever your reasons are, I tried the pair of these Logitech POP accessories on my desk for almost two weeks and it’s not what it seems.

Neo-retro designs have their own charm and, on a keyboard, it certainly helps lift up the mood. The Logitech POP Keys keyboard goes for this typewriter-style retro design but with a certain hint of modernness to keep the aesthetics interesting. Paired with its mechanical keys, it certainly imparts the typewriter feels. This is a compact keyboard and hence, you miss out on a dedicated NumPad.

However, you get all the necessary control keys embedded into the Function keys to make life easier. The extra set of Emoji keys makes it cheerful, and is certainly helpful if you still use your PC to chat on WhatsApp, or other online messengers. These Emoji keys are swappable and Logitech gives you spare emoji keys to