I have several LoFree keyboards and have been following them since the crowdfunding days of the original Dot. I’d seen the WanderFree design a while ago and fancied one, but couldn’t justify the price. Then this sale came along, and with it the ‘Moment’ version of the WanderFree so as a present to myself I ordered both.

Let’s get the negatives out of the way first: standard price. To me, $400 is an insane price for a keyboard of any stripe. Even at half price I took a deep breath and told myself I was worth it. What is good value? We all have a different idea.

Now the positives: it’s a beautifully realised keyboard. The presentation and packaging is off the scale. I’m sure I can find a use for the wooden box it came in, and the sleeve might actually suit the standard WanderFree better than the Moment, but it will come in handy for various keyboards. You can keep the stickers - the aircraft grade aluminium case is just too classy to stick things on, and it attaches beautifully to the keyboard. My only gripe is that there’s no internal grip for a tablet like there is on the standard WanderFree. But hey.

The keyboard itself is great. The keycaps look and feel high quality, the shape is good, the functionality of the design is great - so nice to have an accessible on/off/BT switch on the top - and the typography suits the design very well.

Perhaps the best surprise is the Cherry MX Brown switches - which differ from the Gateron Pro Browns in the standard WanderFree. Both browns are good, but the Cherries are sublime, and I love typing on this. There’s a great sense of pushback from the keys and they’re just the right level of sound. I can see this keyboard becoming my main desk keyboard as well as my ‘travel to cafe’ keyboard, it’s that good.

So there we are. Great keyboard, great presentation, great functionality. Now you have to decide if $400 is a great price to pay…