• Reviews around spacebar (2.05 of 5)

    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 for Business - Wired

    • The biggest issue, and why I rate this four stars overall, is the spacebar
    • as I'm typing this review, I notice that the spacebar is making a rattle/click noise every time I do a space
    • About the loud spacebar, it's isn't that loud as others made it out to be
    • I highly recommend this keyboard!Update: The only downside of this keyboard is the spacebar
    • Other reviews have said they developed rsi just from hitting this lousy spacebar, I can see why
    • Comfortable, but squishy keys and VERY NOISY spacebar.
    • From all the reviews on Amazon, it looks like you've got a 1 in 5 chance of getting a keyboard with a good spacebar, if you're lucky
    • Even the old one still has a loud spacebar
    • I highly recommend this keyboard!Update: The only downside of this keyboard is the spacebar
    • Short summary: Loud spacebar, slightly defective (fixable), good for wrist pain, bad for finger painAs many others have posted, the spacebar is rather loud and feels like it requires extra effort to press
    • Spacebar is quite stiff
    • Less desirable features: The spacebar is hard to push at first and very loud.
    • Spacebar stuck, not responsive enough for normal/faster typing.
    • Only little gripe would be the spacebar as someone mentioned, it is quite loud.
    • And for me, all the keys sound a bit loud and feel like they require a lot of pressure (though the spacebar is definitely worse)
    • The spacebar is super sensitive
    • I don't know if I gotten different batch or something changed but in new version (6/2016) the spacebar did not make horrible noise as it did in previous one (01/2016).
    • Like others have reported, I had sticky spacebar keys initially, but this fixed itself as the keyboard wore in.
    • Very LOUD spacebar.
    • Horrible keyboard, you have to hit hard spacebar to get registered, all the keys are very stiff.
    • On one the spacebar is a bit noisier, but the other is soft and quiet
    • I got the business version and the spacebar is ridiculous
    • The demo unit I tested had a sticky spacebar.
    • The spacebar is LOUD
    • Arrived with a disabled spacebar
    • I feel better actually using my computer(s) and that's a tremendous benefit
    • The p,[,],\, buttons all failed.
    • I try to type as quiet as
    • Everything, and I mean everything, still works as if it were brand new other than the rubbed off keys
    • The entire j,k,l,;,', panel went dead, as well as the 5,6,7,8,9,0,-,=, (backspace), section
    • I've used this with both a PC and Mac desktop as well as with HP laptop via a docking station
    • The c and enter key stopped working after less than a month of use.
    • Now the "E" and "L" keys are messed up.
    • The reason I'm not giving this 5 stars is that the letters wear off pretty quickly -- I've already pretty much obliterated the E and
    • I try to type as quiet as
    • Everything, and I mean everything, still works as if it were brand new other than the rubbed off keys
    • The entire j,k,l,;,', panel went dead, as well as the 5,6,7,8,9,0,-,=, (backspace), section
    • I've used this with both a PC and Mac desktop as well as with HP laptop via a docking station