If you're the owner of an iPad Air 4, the 11 inch iPad
Pro or even the 12.9 inch iPad Pro, and you're looking
for a keyboard for your device that doesn't cost an arm
and a leg.
I think I have something for you.
This is the ESR Rebound case, a cost effective option for
those of you out there who are looking to get a keyboard case
for your 11 inch iPad Pro, 11 inch iPad Air, 12.9 inch
iPad Pro and you don't want to break the bank by spending
three hundred to three hundred dollars on a keyboard
case from Apple.
So in today's video, we're going to unbox it.
I'll tell you what I like what I don't like and whether or not
you should go ahead and buy it.
Let's get started.
What is going on, everybody?
It is, Mike.
Welcome back to Tech 24-7 TV.
I'm glad that you're back with me today.
We're talking about keyboards.
Specifically, we're talking about the ESR Rebound case.
Now the problem is that keyboard cases from Apple,
which are really like the gold standard, cost two hundred
and fifty three hundred dollars for the 11 inch version,
depending if you find it on sale for three hundred and
fifty dollars for the 12.9 inch iPad Pro.
And that is a ton of money, especially when you dropped,
you know, five six seven dollars plus for the 11 inch
iPad Air or $1000 minimum for the 12.9 inch iPad Pro.
So this is a very cost effective option.
Just so you and I are on the same page, ESR did send this
case out to me free of charge, meaning I did not pay for it,
meaning I did not pay for it.
But that does not change my logic that I have with you.
Nor is the change that I have with them.
I'm going to give you my honest opinion on this keyboard case.
So the ESR Rebound case is available for ninety nine
dollars and work with a ten point nine inch iPad Air four
for the 11 inch iPad Pro and $110 for the 12.9 inch
iPad Pro.
I'll have links on the scripture in case you want to
find out more or even purchase this.
The keyboard itself is available either in a U.S. or
German layout, and there are these little rubber footy's on
the four sides of the keyboard that stop the iPad from
touching the keys on the keyboard.
Now, in terms of features, this is a one pound, one ounce
keyboard for the 11 inch that has similar functionality to
the Magic Keyboard for about a third of the cost.
Now you see here that, first of all, you're going to
open it up and there is this magnetic flap here on the frunk
that holds device shut and also will secure your Apple Pencil,
which is a big thing for a lot of people.
It does have magnets in the back hinge here, which holds
your iPad to that device.
That's a pretty strong magnet.
I mean, it works.
Now what makes the Magic Keyboard special is the
cantilever design, and if you look here at this keyboard,
that is something that I think ESR pretty much nailed does
give you the ability to tilt back your iPad to get a number
of different viewing angles.
It's slightly less than the Magic Keyboard, but for me,
it's not really a big deal.
Unlike the Magic Keyboard, there is not an additional
USB-C charging port in the spine of the case.
That's one of the ways that ESR that was able to keep
down the cost.
I don't know about you.
I use it sometimes don't use it very often.
This keyboard does have a battery.
It does require charge and it connects to your
device using Bluetooth.
Now, in order to pair the device the first time you want
me to drop to the keyboard's charged and then you turn on
the keyboard, and once it's powered on, you're going to
hold down the function key and then the "B" key
for Bluetooth, there's media led that flashes on
the device, letting you know that is in pairing mode.
Speaking of LEDs, there are three different LEDs on the
keyboard itself, one to let you know it's charging.
Second, it's pairing and a third to let you know that Cap
Locks is on.
There is a physical power button here on the right hand
side of the device, right next to where the power plug is
and USB-C, so you can use the same USB-C cable to charge your
iPad as you do this.
Once your keyboard is paired to your iPad, we can you change
the brightness of the keys, but you can also change the
key color, and it's right above the end key, which allows you
to cycle through, I think, at six different colors that
are available for you to change.
The footprint of the keyboard is about the same size as
the Magic Keyboard, however, the trackpad is a
little bit smaller.
It does give you similar functionality, but not
exact functionality that you would see on the
Magic Keyboard.
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Now back to it.
One of the other added benefits that you see here is that there
is a row of function keys overlaid on top of the number
of keys in the top row, so you can hit function one to bring
up the search bar function to bring up the screen brightness
all the way through these function keys here for volume
changes and even locking the display.
It is decision time and you figure out whether the ESR
Rebound case is right for you.
Even if you are not shopping on price, which I actually
don't suggest to people, there are a few reasons why I
would suggest getting this over the Magic Keyboard.
So first and foremost, there's a magnetic latch that
you have on here.
Many people like to have their Apple Pencil secure while
transporting their iPad and Magic Pencil, and this
absolutely sealed the deal any time I reviewed a keyboard case
for the iPad, the iPad Pro.
Everyone loves the ability to secure their Apple Pencil,
so if that's something that you like as well, that's why I
would get this.
Second reason is that you have the ability to change
the backlit, backlit backlight on the keys itself.
There are several colors to choose from.
And there's a timeout function which will allow the keyboard
to shut off after one minute of not use.
Third thing is that you have the ability to shut off the
power on this, so you have a separate battery because we
talked about you're not worrying about the keyboard
draining the battery of your iPad separately, but conversely
you have to bend charges as well.
It does have a USB-C port on it, so you could use the
same keyboard that comes with your iPad.
Third thing is that you would choose this if you wanted
something that was lighter than the Magic Keyboard.
This is one pound, 10 ounces compared to one and a half
pounds for the Magic Keyboard.
And with that, ESR is offering members of the audience a 10
percent discount on either one of these keyboard cases
through March 31st.
I'll put the code right here below the screen, as well as in
the first comment below, but I want to know from you is it
worth the tradeoff of saving $200 or $250 on this keyboard
case over the Magic Keyboard?
Let me know down the comments below if you have
any other questions.
I'm very active in the comments.
My name is Mike.
This is tech 24-7 TV, folks.
I will talk to you in the next one.