Hey fedi, so I have this cheap doohickey for using computers away from a desk. It's got a touch pad and keys and is absolutely the right solution for the problem

But it sucks. The keys start bad and if used too much stop registering reliably, the touch pad ain't great, and it keeps losing connection to the dongle despite it being like 8 feet away

Is there some kind of premium version of these that exists? So far I've only ever seen the terrible dirt cheap ones for sale anywhere

(If you don't mind plz boost for reach I am *desperate*)

EDIT: to be clear the handheld/gamepad-like form factor is what makes this work so a more traditionally keyboard shaped device with an additional trackpad isn't really a suitable replacement

A plastic doohickey that's flat but shaped kind of like a game controller. The bottom has a keyboard with the type of mushy rubber buttons you'd expect on a cheap TV remote. In the top is a touch pad flanked by media buttons on the left and arrow buttons on the right. There are also dedicated mouse left and right buttons next to the keyboard
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