Vilros 2.4GHz Keyboard and Touchpad Hub for Raspberry Pi-Creates Raspberry Pi Single Unit Desktop

Pretty interesting case, it's definitely bulkier than I expected (there's a lot of empty space in the area under the keys towards the front of the case - would be neat to have that as an available storage compartment) and wish it had a bluetooth option and that it was powered via usb. Could also use a monitor stand while I'm wishlisting, but overall if you want to keep your pi in a keyboard this is a good option. It was less convenient for me, than I had anticipated (the bulk makes it unpleasant to move around - especially when adding in peripherals like a monitor, power source...). If you want to keep your pi technically portable but in practice anchored to a certain area (likely with a large hdmi monitor) as a psuedo desktop computer or media center for your tv I could see that working out quite well... ooo did I just talk myself into another pi to find a project for this case? Maybe.

This is a really well built case. It fits on my shelf nicely next to my Commodores, which is exactly what I wanted. The keyboard is well built and very nice to type on. The touchpad is good quality too, but not as nice as what you will get on a high end laptop (but then it was never going to be for the price). There is plenty of room as well, if you wanted to hook up a ribbon cable to run out to a breadboard or even set up an SSD or something. It keeps all of your ports accessible pretty well too. It's hard to say for sure, but it seems as if there is enough room for a hat or hooking up an internal battery pack which would be pretty cool to do.There are a few downsides. It requires a wireless dongle for the keyboard. I was really hoping there was some other way, but if you consider the Pi's I/O options there really aren't any good choices without getting out a soldering iron and playing with the USB headers.The tabs on the panels you pop off to get at your SD card or change the keyboard's batteries or flip the keyboard on and off are very stiff and hard to pry loose. I think this might be the plastic choice. I didn't break the tabs thankfully, but I'd recommend being quite careful with them.

A graceful keyboard one that caters for the average techy. I use this with my raspberry pi and is an excellent addition. This reduces the number of attachments needed. It is quite accurate with the use of the mouse. The keyboard is not as soft as one may expect but gives an outside rough finish appeal. It is a product to have. I have not used it long enough to ascertain the battery life. However, I would recommend this for those in the field of raspberry pi and those who indulge in some wifi hacking

The media could not be loaded. 1. The keyboard itself is faulty. If you type too fast, it inserts random keys. If you are reading this on a desktop computer, open Notepad, press and hold the T key, and while holding it, press and hold the E key. Then, while holding both the T and the E down, start pressing the R key. What does it do every time you press and let go of the R key? For a my nicer keyboards, it will press the R key and nothing else, ignoring the T and E you are holding down. For my lower quality keyboards, it will ignore the R key, continuing to spam the E or T key that is being held down.Either way, in either case, it ignores the fact you are holding 3 keys but instead only does 1 action, it either inputs an E, R, or a T. What does this faulty keyboard do? It ignores the T key and instead inputs both a R and an E at the same time! It does 2 actions with 1 keypress.Now, this may seem like a strange test, what does it prove? Why is it important? Because imagine you're typing very fast, such as the word "tree", and you type so fast you press T->R->E almost at the same time as one another. Since this keyboard is faulty and inserts two keys with one press, you will find that after typing the word "tree", you will sometimes have an extra letter in there!This has become quite a nuisance and has led to many typos I've had to go back and correct while coding. There are extra letters littered throughout my entire program which I have to code fix. I have never seen this issue even on cheap USB keyboards, so this one is worse than even a cheap one.The video I attached shows how if I type the word "tree" slowly, it works perfectly, but if I type it fast, I get "trere". I can repeat this test even on my cheap membrane USB keyboards and I've never seen an issue like this before. If you press 4 keys, you'd expect 4 actions, even if you accidentally typed them out of order. But this will do 5 actions as if you pressed a key you never did, leading to tons of random characters in the middle of your code if you type really fast.This also happens with the word "string" which will often double the R to give you "strring". Obviously "string" is a word you will probably type a lot if you are writing code, so expect to have tons of compiler errors only to see you have double Rs littered throughout your code. I have never encountered this problem in any keyboard in my entire life.2. Covers you need a knife to pry open to reach the power switch and SD card slot.The power button for the keyboard is hidden behind a cover. So is the SD card slot for the Pi. Whatever geniuses who designed this decided it would be a good idea to make it so freaking hard to open that I actually cut my finger to the point it started to bleed trying to open the cover before I gave up an got a knife from my kitchen to pry the cover open. This is just to change the SD card or turn the freaking keyboard on! Why?! I mean, it's quite easy to open with a knife, but good luck getting it open without one.3. Screws to get to the battery compartment.If your batteries go dead, you have to undo several screws to reach the battery compartment. What genius thought this was a good idea? Why not just have the same cover you use to get to the SD card slot also let you get to the batteries? Who designed this? I genuinely would like to know.4. Poor build quality. I assume Vilros has no quality control.Another review here says there are 6 screws you have to undo to get to the battery compartment. Are there? Not on mine. They did not mold the plastic correctly so one of the screws cannot even reach the threads. So they give you 6 screws but only 5 actually work. The 6th screw you might as well keep as a backup in case you lose one because it doesn't actually fit in the hole.5. Can't secure the fan in place.The fan is held in place purely by friction. No screws at all. It might move out of place if you drop the case, and I often accidentally move it when trying to open the case, making me have to position it again. A very strange decision.Notice here I did not complain about it requiring batteries or you needing a USB adapter. These are also lazy decisions, but I sort of expected it. If those were the only "issues", I wouldn't have anything to complain about. But the issues with this thing are nonstop.I bought this because it is the only case I'm aware of like this. I wanted an all-in-one unit for my Pi that was similar to how older computers were, with the keyboard and computer as one unit. This is the only product like this I'm aware of, except maybe that Pi 100 case, but they do not sell that case separately, nor does it have the ability to add a fan like this one does. To my knowledge, this is the only case like this, which surprises me since this seems like such an obvious type of case to make, it'd be one of my first ideas. So, given there aren't many other options, would I recommend this? Only if you absolutely must have a case like this, as there are not many other options. But it is not very good.I give it a 2 and not a 1 because the keyboard is pretty and at least it's nice to look at.

This is a very clunky and cheap keyboard. It's overy large with a lot of wasted space inside and the keyboard itself is very cheap. The integrated Pi 400 unit is only slightly more expensive and extremely higher quality in every way.

Same as other reviews, the keyboard should be connected directly and not use a dongle and batteries. Other than that, I'm satisfied. If you like to mod things for your personal use, this product does allow you the room to do so. You will void the warranty but for the price and what it contains, I wouldn't send it back anyway. The fan could be of better quality as mine screeches sometimes. Also, a integrated On/off circuit would be better. Had to mod my own in. Overall satisfied with my purchase.

This case reminds me of the days when you keyboard housed your whole machine (C64, Sinclair, So on). I like the idea, it needs some improvements...I would like to see a Pi Hat connection between the keyboard and the Pi, The batteries for the keyboard need to be easily accessible, the on/off switch for the keyboard needs to be linked to the pi its self, an on/off switch for the Pi would be nice.I love how you have extra space for other extensions and Items in the keyboard case.Needless to say, I love this. Keep improving it, and it will become a wonderful product.