Brydge - BrydgeAir Bluetooth Keyboard for Apple iPad, iPad, 9.7-inch iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and Air - Silver

I love my bridge. Just what I expected. Perfect!!!

I work in a high quality profession and it has rubbed off on my life to the point where I find it difficult to purchase anything unless it's a perfect product. My wife had mentioned that she would like a keyboard for her iPad and after looking around at the offerings available on the shelves decided none of them would be up to the job of complimenting the quality of the Apple product. I came across the Brydge through an ad on Twitter or Facebook and was impressed by its claims and the design and looks. After much thought I went ahead and ordered one. It arrived in the UK within days and even the external packaging was impressive, indicating to me that quality was going to be inside as hoped. I wasn't disappointed and it was soon connected to the iPad. It looks perfect and is everything I had hoped it would be, but the real test was to come. My wife won't entertain any gadget unless it does whatever it should do, and I'm pleased to say it's stayed attached to her iPad and she takes it everywhere with her. I was slightly concerned about the extra weight over the iPad on its own, but this does help to keep the iPad steady when she has it balanced on her legs when needs must and she types at uncountable words per minute. The keyboard has great feeling keys with great accuracy and the only thing she ever mentions is the lack of a touch pad as she instinctively moves to use one. Ultimately this keyboard is everything it promises to be and is produced to an incredibly high standard. It is more expensive that a lot of the others but the quality is well worth the extra money. After all, that's why we all buy Apple products isn't it? From my experience with Brydge from ordering to delivery, from communication to the status of my order, an email address for any comments or problems and an excellent product, I have no hesitation in recommending this product. Well done Brydge, quality is in the smallest detail!

This is my second Brydge keyboard. I was a supporter since their first Kickstarter submission. Their hinge connection is excellent. It makes your iPad feel more like a computer (with a touch screen). The Bluetooth connection is solid and fast. The keys are well balanced and very effective. Battery life is good, lasts all day for me, a user (at work) all day. I would definitely recommend this and as my iPads change I will most likely invest again.

OK so this thing is super expensive. I've tired other ipad keyboard cases and never really found something satisfying. I especially thought this thing would prove disappointing on account of the iPad on its grippy hinges does not rotate all the way back behind the keyboard - so you either leave it in clamshell laptop type mode for use and carry or you try to get comfortable pulling it out of the rubberized grippies on each hinge, over and over again each time you want it without the keyboard. So in the end I found that I do not use the keyboard quite as often as I thought i would but when I do it is a dream to use; it's lasted weeks and weeks now with no need to recharge; the backlighting of keys is fantastic for night use and the 3 levels of brightness is a nice touch. It literally looks and feels like a tiny macbook when I hinge the ipad up at the typical laptop clamshell angle with the keyboard on the surface and there it is - if in e-mail or light typing in a document - it's just unbelievably cool; it will rotate so that the keyboard and the ipad stand one over hte other - on a level plane - so that the ipad literally by the hinges stands on top of the keyboard which can then rest on your stomach when in bed and it elevates the ipad to perfect viewing position in front of your eyes to watch media without having to hold it up - oddly enough it's a perfect kind of "fit" for lie-down-and-consume-media use, in that configuration. I have iPad like 5th gen (?) thought it was ipad 2 but evidently not - so it was a very tight fit in the hinges and I wasn't comfortable doing what they gave extra grippies for - literally peeling off the built-on grippies and pasting the thinner ones (for the slightly thicker ipad) - so - maybe foolishly I just gently kept pressing and got the ipad totally int he hinges - incredibly tight fit so I'm reluctant to take it out - but boy is it a perfect grip attachment and I basically leave it this way all the time. Overall feels like it's an apple product - solid, heavy thick metal keyboard, unbendable solid construction - really, really nice.

This is an excellent keyboard for the iPad. I am using it with an iPad Pro 9.7". This keyboard gives you a physical keyboard that feels VERY much like the keyboard on a MacBook Air. Although it is not quite full sized (because of the size of the iPad), I can type on it comfortably at very close to full speed. The fit and finish of this keyboard are second to none. It looks like it belongs to the iPad. The color and texture are right on. It is solidly built and does not feel flimsy in any way. The system of attaching the keyboard to the iPad using soft-rubber clamps is ingenious and allows almost full 180° motion to adjust the viewing angle instead of the one or two angles that most keyboards give you. It is very easy to attach and remove the iPad from this keyboard. It pairs quickly via bluetooth. There is a slight delay when first turning the keyboard on, but it is not long at all and is something I can definitely live with. The one major detraction is that you need to remove the iPad from most cases before it can be physically attached to this keyboard. That's a bummer. I've only found one case that works with this keyboard (the Otterbox uniVERSE case) and it is...not the best to look at. But this is a problem that I'm not sure how to work around because of the design of the clamps. Otherwise, I wholeheartedly recommend this keyboard. You will not regret it!

I had a competitors keyboard that I used with a previous iPad 2 and was was very pleased with it. When I purchased my new iPad Air2, I immediately outfitted it with the "other guy's" keyboard as well and thought I was good to go. Could not have been a bigger mistake. Due to miserable performance issues (the thing would not stay attached to the iPad), I returned it and purchased the Brydge. I have had it for over a month now and I could not be happier. I have received numerous compliments on its appearance and the feel and performance of the keyboard has been flawless. Battery life is superb.

I had tried the Apple keyboard for my iPad Pro 9.7 then the Logitech keyboard. Both were OK but the Appple didn't have a lighted keyboard like the Logitech but the Logitech had a problem in that to remove the iPad Pro I had to pull it out of its case and then reinstall it. It did; however, have a lighted keyboard. Both were connected to the iPad via the 3 connectors. The Brydgeair was the answer. I can remove the iPad easily, has a lighted keyboard and almost makes the iPad Pro like an MacBook Air!! The keys are tactile with the keyboard base being all metal, it is nice a stiff. I can pick up the whole unit by just picking up a corner. I can't recommend this keyboard enough.

Although I thought I would use it with my IPad Pro, and it was easy to set up, and I got it for the deal of the day, I don't use it. Not to say I don't type at all but apparently not enough to use this. I think I started out using it the first couple of days with it connected to the bottom of my IPAD. It was only weeks later when I pulled it out and realized, DUH it is blue tooth and I can have just the keyboard in my lap in the bed without the whole thing attached. It was a revelation and worked great but it still didn't convert me to typing on it. I have no idea why. Just wasn't one of those things that clicked with my lifestyle and now I regret spending the money.