Logitech Combo Contact for iPad Professional (2024) Assessment: A Should-Have Keyboard Accent

The great thing about an iPad is its versatility. You should use it as a pill for leisure, as a drawing pad for sketching, or as a laptop computer to do some mild work. However that additionally means you want the appropriate equipment. Apple sells a ton of first-party choices, however they’re pretty restricted, to not point out downright costly.

Take, for instance, Apple’s Sensible Folio. It is nice for watching TV or sketching, however it is advisable to present a keyboard and mouse if you wish to use the pill as a laptop computer. The Magic Keyboard case, then again, doesn’t detach from the keyboard, and it’s top-heavy, so it’s not conducive for something apart from getting work carried out. The one very best selection is Apple’s Magic Keyboard Folio. The highest half protects the again and has a built-in kickstand. The underside half is a removable keyboard with a trackpad. It‘s my favourite iPad case Apple ever made, however sadly, it solely works with the Tenth-generation iPad. Why Apple hasn’t expanded help to the remainder of its iPads is baffling.

Fortunately, there’s an answer within the type of the Logitech Combo Contact. It’s nearly equivalent to Apple’s Magic Keyboard Folio, however Logitech has been making it for a number of years in a row. The newest model is designed particularly for the 13-inch iPad Professional, however different variations can be found for the iPad and iPad Air. As somebody who is continually switching between utilizing the pill to get work carried out through the day and to look at TV at evening, it is a must-have iPad accent.

Adaptable All-Round

There’s not all that a lot to the Combo Contact. It’s comprised of two items. The primary half is the precise case—it is fabricated from a soft-touch material with raised bumpers across the show for additional safety. The best facet has a slot to retailer and cost the Apple Pencil Professional (or to simply retailer it when you have the USB-C Pencil). On the again is a superb kickstand that may be angled in a wide range of positions. It is tremendous sturdy too, by no means wobbling after I faucet on the show, after I place it on my mattress to look at TV, or when it is on my lap.

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The underside half is the keyboard and mouse. It is fabricated from low-carbon aluminum and feels simply as premium because the redesigned Magic Keyboard case (when you have an older iPad, the case has a cloth texture as an alternative). Each items join by way of Apple’s Sensible Connector, so you do not have to fret about Bluetooth connectivity and, subsequently, having to cost the case. This mechanism additionally makes it simple to shortly connect and detach each items.

The keys include an adjustable backlight too, together with built-in perform row keys to shortly brighten or dim them proper from the keyboard. Along with the fundamental keys like brightness, playback controls, and quantity controls, there’s a Do Not Disturb key and Screenshot key as nicely. The scissor keys are comfy to sort on all day, and that is coming from somebody very explicit about my keyboards. I take advantage of a mechanical keyboard at my desk, so I believed it will be powerful to regulate to the Combo Contact, however I discover it satisfying—I am penning this evaluation on it.

This case additionally makes the whole iPadOS expertise much more tolerable for work. I can set the show at a wide range of angles, the keys are massive and clicky sufficient to sort on for lengthy durations with out feeling fatigued, and the trackpad is responsive (regardless of being a bit too massive).