The latest keyboard from Satechi uses mechanical switches. (Image: Satechi)
Satechi has presented a particularly slim mechanical keyboard in a particularly sleek look with its light gray and white keycaps. With USB-C, Bluetooth and particularly low-profile mechanical switches, the Satechi SM1 offers interesting features.
Hannes Brecher (translated by Jacob Fisher), Published 01/11/2024 🇩🇪
The latest mechanical keyboard from Satechi uses tactile Low Profile Brown switches, which are intended to provide a comfortable typing experience. Together with the aluminum housing and the keycaps, which are partly white and partly grey, the keyboard comes in a simple look that is reminiscent of the Apple Magic Keyboard.
The keyboard is aimed specifically at Mac users, but Satechi also supplies suitable key caps to convert the keyboard for use with Windows, for which the Windows key and two Alt keys need to be replaced. Satechi does not provide any information on the material of the keycaps, but in view of the fact that the symbols for the white backlighting have been omitted, it is likely to be ABS instead of PBT.
Satechi’s mechanical keyboard can be connected to a PC or Mac either via a USB-C cable, via the included 2.4 GHz USB transmitter or via Bluetooth, making it suitable for use on the go. According to Satechi, a battery life of 16.5 hours is possible with the backlight activated, and a battery life of two months without the backlight.
Price and availability
The Satechi SM1 Slim Mechanical Backlit Bluetooth Keyboard is on sale in the US for $99.99. Details about an international launch is still pending. Other Satechi keyboards, such as the Slim X1, may also interest buyers.
Editor of the original article: Hannes Brecher – Senior Tech Writer – 14127 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018
Since 2009 I have written for different publications with a focus on consumer electronics. I joined the Notebookcheck news team in 2018 and have combined my many years of experience with laptops and smartphones with my lifelong passion for technology to create informative content for our readers about new developments in this sphere. In addition, my design background as an art director at an ad agency has allowed me to have deeper insights into the peculiarities of this industry.
Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 595 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.
Hannes Brecher, 2024-01-11 (Update: 2024-01-11)
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