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Find yourself entering a lot of numbers into spreadsheets or other documents, but are endlessly frustrated by the single row of number keys on your computer? iClever's Bluetooth 34-Key Number Pad keyboard is going to change your world; it's a solid, simple, easy to use external number pad that will speed up your data entry 100x. Tech expert Dave Taylor checks it out and finds it a solid option, particularly for his daughter who's in an accounting class in college.
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This tiny keyboard can yield big benefits. Let's check it out
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Dave Taylor here, and I enter a lot of numbers in spreadsheets. Even more so, my daughter is
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taking an accounting class right now in college, and she spends a lot of time on data entry
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That works pretty well if you're typing in words, but when you start entering numbers
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the standard keyboard layout on a laptop or desktop has all those numbers in a row
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That's not very efficient. So, enter this. This is the iClever Bluetooth 34-key number pad
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and it is Bluetooth and powered by a rechargeable battery, and you can see
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has a very nice feel and a very nice design. It's actually made with a stainless steel frame and an
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ABS cover, and the switches are actually scissor switches, so they're very similar in design
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to what's probably already on your laptop or computer. So, there's a lot I like about it
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Now, let me give you a close-up so you can see the key layout, and notably, notice the top left key
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On a Macintosh, that will bring up Searchlight, pushing that button, and on a Windows computer
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that'll actually bring up the calculator, but I just want to say this is just a Bluetooth
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accessory keyboard, so it will work with Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook, iOS, Android. If you're
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entering data on your tablet, this might be a really nice way to be punching in all those numbers
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Now, it also supports two different Bluetooth connections, and on the back, there's not much to
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see, but on the back, there's a USB-C charging port, and it does come with a cable, and then there's a
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sliding on-off switch, and I like that it's a switch that it's not going to just be, like
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pushed and accidentally turned on if you toss this into your purse or your computer bag, and
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really not much else to say about it. It's just a very simple, straightforward keyboard, Bluetooth 5.1
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USB-C rechargeable, and they say that one hour gives it a full charge, and it'll run for up to
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100 hours, or about 25-30 days on standby. So, charge this. If you're using this a lot, you'll probably
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want to plug it in sporadically, but, you know, if it stops working, plug it into your computer, give it
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five minutes, and you're back, and you're good to go. So, I did think that it would be interesting for
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you to see a little data entry. So, let's see. There's my computer, and you can see it's very responsive
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and it's really easy to work with, and I really like the arrow keys, because on my Mac, it is the same
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little three and one, as you see here, but on a lot of computers, especially a lot of laptops
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they've moved the cursor keys into different configurations, and that can be very confusing
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and not very helpful. Oh, and there's also, like, an enter key, so, you know, you have a variety of things
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and it really is like a four-function calculator, because you have the slash for divide, the asterisk
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for multiply, minus, plus, the period, an equal sign, escape, tab, there's a lot of different keys
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So, suffice to say, it's a pretty nice setup, and not much else I could tell you about it. It supports
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two devices. The only criticism I've seen from people is that they wish that it had an LED backlight
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on the keys, but, of course, that would be nice, but, number one, why are you doing data entry in the dark
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Maybe we shouldn't talk about that, but, number two, that would then lower the battery life
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Does it actually get 100 hours of use? Well, I haven't used it for 100 hours, so I can't say for sure
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that's the case, but it's really easy to work with, and to plug in, and charge, and you can charge it
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right off your computer. So, I would say that even if it only gets 50% of that battery life
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50 hours of data entry, that's a long time, that's a lot of data. Now, dimensions-wise, 5.7 inches by
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4.4 inches by, at its maximum, half an inch, and I don't see that as half an inch. It looks like less
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and it's 7.8 ounces, so weighs about the same as your smartphone. Really easy to work with, and
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of course, when you're ready to transport it, just slide this to the off position, and you are ready
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to rock and roll. So, this is a very specialized device. Not everyone needs an external numeric
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keypad, but if you do, and if this is something that would be a benefit to you, this is an
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excellent solution. It's simple, it's really well designed, it has a nice key feel to it, and a good
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layout, and these extra keys are actually really beneficial, particularly if you're on a small
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device where you either don't have all of these keys, or they've all been jammed together and
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made small because it's more efficient for size. So, definitely one to check out. We do need to talk
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about the price, but before we get to the price, I'm going to ask if you could please subscribe to
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my channel. Click or tap on subscribe, and the bell icon for notifications, and we're connected. Great
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And if this was useful, I would always appreciate, I do always appreciate a like or a thumbs up, so
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feel free to go ahead and click on that too. Great. This is the iClever Bluetooth 34-key
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number pad, and it's $27.99, currently minus 10%, dropping it down to $25.19 at amazon.com
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If you're the kind of person who's entering a lot of numbers, this is a no-brainer upgrade to your
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system, and one that's definitely well worth it. As for this one, this is going to my daughter
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and I know it will help her with her accounting class. That's all I got. Hope to catch you in my next video
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