KN17 Wired Mechanical Number Pad- 17 Keys Hot Swappable Numpad with White Backlight& PBT Keycaps for Laptop PC Compact Keyboards (Retro Beige, Brown Switch)

I almost sent this back when I first got it. Well actually I could had sworn I ordered Red Switches but instead I got the Blue ones. I went back and I almost thought even with the right switches it would be unusable. After searching for a replacement I went back to this one and read some reviews. A reviewer mentioned he replaced the keycaps which was my downfall with it as well. Let me explain. This comes with key caps that are painted on and a very bright backlight. The backlighting is completely useless, imo, if the caps are painted. Just as I was giving up I came across a reviewer that had replaced the keycaps and vola, it worked. So I found some 6$ key caps bought them and bam! Smooth feeling flat keycaps that allowed the light to shine through. Returned the Blue Switched one for the Red and it was perfect. As you can see from the pic it is only backlit with a white light. If you look closely you will see t he light shining through the keys with the new caps on it. For the price point it is obsoletely worth the money to get it plus the 6$ or so for better key caps. They keys caps were easy to replace. I had never replaced keys before and had little trouble with this. I will worn be careful with the bigger keys as I almost broke the enter key. Lucky for my my husband is a patient man and worked with me to fix the switch that I near pulled out. Go slow and easy wit the Enter and Plus key and you will be fine. To adjust the light hold the minus key down and push plus or enter for the brightness. I should add the feel of it is wonderful. I used it one evening for gaming to see how it worked. I use my number pad as my action buttons in my game and it worked wonderfully. I didn't even notice I was using something other than a normal keypad. If you have a compact, or tkl kb and need a number pad addon get this one. You will not regret it. The Red switches btw are silent, and the blue are beyond clicky. If you like the keys super quiet you might wanna get some o-rings for the key caps. I did add those as well because I like silent keys. They helped add a little bump to the linear (red) switches while stopping the caps for bottoming out which cause a click.

Feels high quality, feels lightweight, but still has a solid build. Backlit is not bad at all, can be adjusted or turned off. Switches are smooth, making it satisfying to work with when doing numbers. Great product for the price, and so far has surpassed expectations.

I love this little numpad! - The Brown Switches are very satisfying to press, plus solid sound dampening in place to make a very pleasant sound per key click! - There is a nice weight to the whole pad that makes it feel sturdy and well made- definitely not a cheap feeling device. - The cute little flip stand to adjust the height is a great addition to help match the angle of whatever keyboard you are using it with - The USB C plug-n-play compatibility for PC was as simple as easy as it gets! - I enjoy the white LED background and the ability to adjust the brightness and light-up pattern styles too (I don't use the distracting ones, but always lit and the "ripple on key press" styles were very nice! - As is, the color scheme is nice! (I bought a custom keycap set to match my keyboard, and the caps are very simple to replace) All in all - great, simple, tactile keypad for those of us with keyboards that don't have the numpad built in! If i had one suggestion for future iterations, I guess it would be that having another row of keys up top (with backspace, calculator, etc buttons) would be a great addition - but that would involve form factor change and everything.

Works as a keypad should, brown switches feel nice to use (to me at least). Great cheap choice for hotswappable + PBT caps. Good accompaniment with compact keyboards and laptops with no keypad. I only really have four fairly minor complaints: - The guiding notch on the 5 key is very small and can be difficult to find by feel alone - There's nothing distinguishing the Fn labels from the NumLock labels which can be confusing at first - The non-slip pads aren't very good and can still slip around if the port is some distance from the keypad such that the cable gets pulled around - The kickstand only really stays in place when completely out Besides those nitpicks, quite happy with this.

This is a great, sturdy numeric keyboard for a laptop user who's looking for a number pad to make life a little easier. Keys have great tactile feedback, and it's compatible with linux, window, mac, and android laptop devices. It's a full size num pad, which helps, too. It's a little too chunky to be a permanent member of your computer bag *just in case* you might need it, but also not so obtrusive that you wouldn't want to take it with you if you were planning on using it. Still, for at home use in occasional accounting sessions, which is what I bought it for, it's a great addition to your digital tool set.

I purchased a 65% mechanical keyboard recently with the intent to purchase this Kisnt Number Pad separately. I don't need the number pad all the time but I do like to use it for imputing numbers (banking, for example) and I have a specific MMO game that has in-game keys bound to the Numpad. My smaller 65% keyboard easily fits on top of my 34" curved monitor base, up out of the way while I use my gamepad along with the number pad and mouse to control gameplay. Perfect setup for me. I also like that it is backlit since I keep my computer area dark to make gaming and streaming on an ultrawide monitor much more enjoyable. Anyway, for how inexpensive this is with its construction quality and mechanical Brown switches, it was a no-brainer for me. The only con I could possibly give this is it only comes in one color. But even then, the light color helps me to see the numbers clearly whether backlit or not. I would absolutely purchase this again if I needed it, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. Very well made; works flawlessly.

A nice full RGB numpad that has super nice feeling and sounding switches, not too loud as well so you can use it in an office just fine. Would highly recommend if you are looking for an external numpad.

Used for a couple months. Switches it comes with aren't good but due to them being hotswappable, I stuck some other spare switches in there instead. Great little accompaniment to my 65% board, that can be tucked away when not in use. Would give this product more of a 4.5 since 1) it's not wireless, making it a bit inconvenient and 2) the switches it comes with are kind of trash, but I have no real gripes with it. Would recommend

This is a great side numpad. I did a lot of research before pulling the trigger on this one. It took a while to arrive, I guess from China, but it's awesome and has cherry mx switches I think.

Thockiest numpad ever!!

I bought this for my son who is a gamer. He hasn’t complained so it must be good lmao!