When I was looking for an external keyboard for my home office, I thought for sure I wanted/needed a mechanical keyboard. Fast forward to a short period trialing one of those, and it wasn't for me. The ergonomics were off and that unit had poor battery life.I tried this keyboard on a whim, because it promised good battery life, was low profile, would pair with my logitech dongle for my mouse already hooked up to my dock, and had easy switching ability from mac to windows (which was needed). It's been a joy to use. The battery last a really long time with the backlight off, the key feel is great, and it's super well made. Switching from mac to windows is easy and it's kinda nice to have a set of universal function keys that work with both operating systems (which I originally was not into), especially the screenshot button. Nice keyboard!