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You'll be entering numbers faster with this Bluetooth keyboard. Let's have a look
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Dave Taylor here and this time I'm looking at the VoaMoko Bluetooth numeric keypad
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And as you can see it's really primarily a keypad with all the numbers on it as you would get from
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a traditional keyboard with an old-school layout. And then some function keys and the cursor and
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arrow keys. But this thing has some cool little tricks up its sleeve. First off it's total of
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34 keys if you don't want to spend the time to count. But it's also a USB hub, sort of. So
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first off let me tell you that it has on the side an on off switch and it is in the off position
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So I slide it and now it's in the on position. And then there's a little button below it if
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you need to pair it Bluetooth. But of course it'll automatically pair with the most recent device
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which in my case is my MacBook Pro. And then on the top there's a light that gives you a status
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But there's also three plugs. One of which is USB-C and it comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable
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because the other two are USB-3 and that's the USB hub. But right now I have this hooked up
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and it is working and I can enter numbers. And on my computer screen I'm seeing the numbers show up
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But it's not quite a USB hub yet. So if I plug in my handy flash drive then nothing's going to
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happen and it isn't going to show up on the desktop. Because to have it work as a hub
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you got to plug it in. So honestly pretty easy solution. So plug it in on one end
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plug it in on the other end, and I'm going to count five. Let's see one, two, three, four
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and five. And it showed up on my desktop and I can see the flash drive itself is actually flashing
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Meaning that it's actually active. So super easy. So if you want to use it as a hub then all you
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have to do is remember you have to plug it in. But if you don't want to use it as a hub all you have
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to do is unplug it. And of course my computer says disk not ejected properly. Well yeah that would be
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true because I didn't do that because it's a little flash drive and I didn't. Whatever. So
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the important thing is this. So let's see. It's a USB hub with two USB 3.0s. You can see that as I
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said on the edge. Here's what's cool. As a Bluetooth keyboard it actually supports any device that
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works with Bluetooth. So you can use this with iOS if you want to use this with your iPad or iPhone
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You can use it with Android, with Windows, and with Mac or Linux. Now if you're using it with
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Windows then a couple of the buttons on the top, notably calculator, search, and print, those work
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They don't work on the Mac. I don't know why they don't just let you map them. But I guess they
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didn't want to deal with any drivers or anything. I understand that. Still if it sent any escape
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sequence at all I could always figure out a way to do it. These are basically just dead if you're
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using a Mac. So bummer. So it's really like a 31 key keyboard for a Macintosh. So you charge it up
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and it takes a couple hours to charge. And then it's a two month sitting on standby. Obviously
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it's going to use more, you know, last less time if you're using it super actively. But I gotta say
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I really like it. I do occasionally get into this situation where I have to enter a lot of numbers
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And if you're an accountant or something then you're already used to doing numbers like this
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on this orientation rather than the sequence of digits that are on a modern keyboard. I don't
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really like you entering numbers on modern keyboards. So this solves the problem. You'll
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notice it's a wedge design so it's very nice and comfortable. It fits well. It's 4.8 ounces so it
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has almost no weight. And it's about six by five inches. Six by four and a half inches. And it's
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way less than an inch thick at its thickest. So really a lot to like about this. If you're the
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kind of person that's entering numbers or you just want a little tiny keyboard that gives you arrows
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and home and delete and all that then this can be a great solution. Now let me give you a super
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close-up so you can see exactly what all the keys are and how they all fit. The only thing I want to
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ask before we get to the price is if you can subscribe to my channel. Go ahead and click that
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subscribe button. I appreciate that. Great. Now this as I said is the VoaMoco Bluetooth Numeric
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Keypad and it is $48.99 if you want the white. I would call it silver version or this black version
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is $49.99 at Amazon.com. It is a simple solution to a serious problem for people that enter a lot
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of numbers and I would recommend you check it out. That's all I got so I will catch you in my next video
