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

The fantastic thing about an iPad is its versatility. You need to 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 fitting 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’s good to present a keyboard and mouse if you wish to use the pill as a laptop computer. The Magic Keyboard case, however, doesn’t detach from the keyboard, and it’s top-heavy, so it’s not conducive for something apart from getting work completed. The one perfect 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 assist to the remainder of its iPads is baffling.

Fortunately, there’s an answer within the type of the Logitech Combo Contact. It’s virtually equivalent to Apple’s Magic Keyboard Folio, however Logitech has been making it for a number of years in a row. The most recent 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 consistently switching between utilizing the pill to get work completed throughout the day and to look at TV at night time, 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 made from a soft-touch cloth with raised bumpers across the show for additional safety. The correct facet has a slot to retailer and cost the Apple Pencil Professional (or to only retailer it if in case you have the USB-C Pencil). On the again is a wonderful kickstand that may be angled in quite a lot of positions. It is tremendous sturdy too, by no means wobbling once I faucet on the show, once 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 made from low-carbon aluminum and feels simply as premium because the redesigned Magic Keyboard case (if in case you have an older iPad, the case has a cloth texture as an alternative). Each items join through Apple’s Sensible Connector, so you do not have to fret about Bluetooth connectivity and, due to this fact, having to cost the case. This mechanism additionally makes it straightforward 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 properly. The scissor keys are comfy to kind on all day, and that is coming from somebody very specific about my keyboards. I exploit a mechanical keyboard at my desk, so I believed it could be powerful to regulate to the Combo Contact, however I discover it satisfying—I am scripting this evaluate on it.

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