Rapoo E6300 BT Ultra slim Bluetooth 3.0 Wireless Keyboard for ipad

Rapoo’s E6300 Bluetooth keyboard is billed as the perfect complement to Apple’s iPad, with device-specific shortcuts, a slim profile and extended battery life, but the hardware falls far short of expectations.At just 5.6mm thin,  is a hair’s breadth wider than the height of the iPad mini, making it perfectly suited to take on the road. It incorporates a brushed aluminum base, flat keys and won an for product design in 2012. On paper, the Rapoo is a well-equipped companion for Apple’s tablet.  Unfortunately, it’s also one of the worst keyboards we’ve ever used.We paired the Rapoo with an iPad mini with Retina display and a 3rd generation Apple TV. Pairing wasn’t difficult, following the usual steps of long-pressing Connect on the keyboard, tapping the Keyboard in iOS Bluetooth settings, and typing the four digit code iOS instructs. It worked reliably. We did not test distance range, because the normal use is to sit with the keyboard near the display, though we had no troubles using it with an Apple TV at about 12 feet away.
Typing on the keyboard was another matter. We’ll be blunt: Typing was so bad as to be nearly impossible. In practice we gave up using it on iPad after a few attempts at writing this review, instead pairing it with an Apple TV, where you simply don’t type as much. Entering the occasional Wi-Fi password or partial search term was fine, but heaven help you if you need to do actual work. Aside from its small size, the E6300’s slick surface and almost zero margin between the keys is also a factor. The net result is that when you type on this keyboard, you will miss the letters you intend to type and your fingers will slip to other keys unintentionally. It’s a shockingly bad experience.Battery life seemed to last a decently long time, but again, because we weren’t able to type on it full-time due to the impracticality of the size, we weren’t able to see how long the battery lasted under sustained use.The shame of it is that Rapoo does make some decent products. The  wireless keyboard that uses mechanical key switches is one example. Had that model been available in Bluetooth with dedicated iPad keys, or better still as a lightning wired keyboard, we would have been delighted. Here, we are only disappointed. Let us be clear: Rapoo is capable of making good products, but this, their design award-winner, is not one of them.