Beautiful design is the thing, which becomes a priority within the last years in the world of computers. Let technologies be technologies, but you should agree that it is not only more comfortable to use the modern PC or notebook, but it is also pleasant to look at it. Besides elegant lines in the design, developers more frequency give preference to diminutiveness and lightness of devices, because nowadays there is too little vacant space on the table. Due to this fact, monitors become thinner, mice lose their wires and acquire decorations in the form of various patterns of bright colors, and what about keyboards? They diminish their dimensions and turn into light and universal key blocks from the enormous noisy typing devices, which present the convenience and comfort and at the same time they take minimum of your working space. Isn’t this the magic?

A prominent example is SVEN Elegance 5700 – an inexpensive keyboard, developers of which offer us their conception regarding the elegant simplicity and convenience to arrange a computer table.

Packaging

Tell the truth, packaging of keyboards is practically always standard. The device proper and a User’s Manual – it is an ordinary set for such type of devices.

Everything is typical in this case, we can only note that the box of this device is of good quality and eloquently talks that there is a branded device with warranty in front of us.

Appearance

The keyboard wins over by its delicate design, small dimensions and refinement. The glossy case adds luster to it, indicators of operation modes are grouped on a flavorful stylish stripe, in general, there is nothing superfluous on the case.

Keys of SVEN Elegance 5700 deserve special attention. They are designed in the notebook style: low, with rounded edges. Many people like such keys because it is not necessary to press them too much to activate the keys – during typing fractions of a second are saved, which unwittingly are made up in minutes and even hours. By the way, the keys are manufactured according to the membrane technology and are far less noisy than keys, which work according to the so-called “scissors” principle.

Let us look at the keyboard layout more attentively. It has all the customary keys, at that, every key is located on its place: those users who have already encountered modified devices, but have not estimated developers’ flight of fancy, must add this to advantages of this keyboard. Even Enter key is habitual there, it is of full value in L-letter form. As a matter of fact, there is something new there indeed... Attentiveness test: try to find three differences in keys between SVEN Elegance 5700 and an ordinary keyboard in the photo.

Actually, there are three new keys in the top row above the edit block, where “Print Screen”, “Insert” and “Delete” keys are located. Developers decided to upgrade the keyboard by adding a possibility to control power supply of a computer. The producer located “Sleep”, “Power” and “Wake Up” shortcut keys on the case.

Let us notice that Cyrillic and Latin symbols are marked on keys with different colors, and that will come in handy, if there are computer user, who get confused in Russian and English during typing. Because, not all the users are able to use the touch typing method.

Well, at last, we will pay attention to the construction as a whole.

Both upper and lower parts of the keyboard are glossy plastic. The case corners are slightly cut in order not to catch on anything. We have found rubber legs on the bottom side of the device, they prevent the device sliding along the table, as well as there are also other legs, but plastic ones, to satisfy those users, who like to incline a keyboard slightly to their side during typing. A long wire designed to connect the device to a computer via USB port is attached to the right side of the case.

Operation

The keyboard is simply connected, it is immediately ready-to-use and requires no magic manipulations with drivers, that will come in handy for inexperienced users. We cannot say at all that SVEN Elegance 5700 surprised us. But the keyboard did its best and refuted the existing stereotype that inexpensive devices necessarily have a nasty trick.

Actually, it is pleasant to work with it, and tactile characteristics of keys make good impression. Frankly speaking, you usually expect from the budgetary devices manufactured according to the membrane technology that keys will not work too properly, but this aspect is remarkable in SVEN Elegance 5700. Perhaps, there is nothing more to add. The keyboard works properly and is pleasant to the eye, insofar it can be expected from a budgetary device.

Conclusion

SVEN Elegance 5700 model is appropriate in the case, if you need a simple and affordable keyboard, but you don’t want that it looks clumsy, too trivial and ordinary. The device works properly, the key location will be habitual for everybody, and the design is not unobtrusive, light and modern.

Let us notice that you can find both white and black keyboards in retail, so the model will easily fall in the most different interior. The device price is $10 only, and the keyboard looks very worthily in this price range due to the pleasant keys and stylish design.