Reviews for Twelve South MagicWand

While I would've liked better build quality (the plastic spacer between the trackpad and keyboard falls out if you don't set it up just right), this is how the keyboard and trackpad should've been designed to begin with. You'll need to set tap-to-click if you want to use it on your lap.

from the photos, description & price I believed that this product was made from aluminum and was of the same quality as any apple product. I was shocked to find that the product was nothing more than a cheap piece of plastic. this product serves its purpose well but it is quite simply way, way, WAY overpriced. I am very dissatisfied with this purchase.
I should have read the reviews before purchasing. apparently I'm not the only one with the same complaint.

I love this! Instead of having to move around 3 things, it's only 2. Keyboard with trackpad and my mouse. Definitely should be added to the desktop setup.

I was quite discouraged by some of the negative comments initially. But after a few day having my two hands busy all the time dealing both the keyboard and touchpad, I decided to try it out.

Yes, it is plastic and a bit over priced. But it works. Installation is nice and easy, takes me 45 seconds to put them together, sizing is perfect, aligned with both ends perfectly. if I have to complain, the soft T-pad should be coloured in silver (same as the H beam) so it could be blended in, right now it is light grey and quite visible.

Anyway, I am very pleased.

This product is great! I really can't imagine not having it...it's sturdy and does what is supposed to do!

It might sound a little pricey for a piece of plastic but it's really worth it!

While the product functions, it's ridiculously priced for a track of plastic. For the cost I was expecting a piece of aluminium. Disappointed.

Some reviews describe problems with this product, either inserting keyboard and trackpad into it, or that it's unstable once assembled. This was not my experience.

The product arrived, I unpacked it, clipped my keyboard into the left side, my trackpad into the right side, inserted the strip to join keyboard and trackpad, and then the plastic filler to complete the process. Total time - less than two minutes. Result - an elegant and seamless union of keyboard and trackpad that makes the two look, and work, as if they are a single product.

I use my keyboard on a desk. It's totally stable there. But if I pick it up and wave it around the connection between keyboard and trackpad is still perfectly stable so I believe it could be used on one's knee too.

My only complaint is that the price is ridiculous because the product is really only three pieces of plastic.

Bottom line: Works great; too expensive.

Great idea but with lots of flaws.
The product only connects the battery compartments of the two Apple devices and will therefore appear floppy unless it is used on a desk or similar.

To compensate for the floppy appearance 12South has cut this little H-bar in plastic that better connected the two units. They just forgot the fact that you can no longer click the MagicPad. The H-bar requires a lot of force to install and will have to be removed every time you need to change batteries in the keyboard. BUMMER !!!

But if you are looking for something to hold you Pad and Keyboard together you found a $30 plastic track to do so. Far too expensive if you ask me.

I think the ease & simplicity of the wand is what is causing all the user related errors I'm reading about in these reviews. I've had mine for a while now and have experienced NONE of the above mentioned issues. As anyone who is reading these can tell about 50% are not able to use the item correctly and the other 50% love it. The product is great, a little over priced, but us Apple users are well accustomed to that. If you are considering this purchase DEFINITELY buy it and if you can't seem it have it function as expected then return it, but it seems pretty obvious to me all of the complaints above are nothing more then user error. Great device!!!

I use it all the time on the couch, it truly makes the keyboard and magic trackpad into one like they should be. Very rigid, feels like they were manufactured as one piece. No complaints at all.

For those complaining about the fact that the power button on one peripheral is hidden, a couple points:

1. Twelve South, the makers of this product can't change the placement of the power button on Apple peripherals so don't bother rating them down for it.
2. My keyboard power button is hidden and I've only had to hit it once in 3+ months I've been using this setup, when I left my mac off for a couple weeks. Usually the keyboard goes to sleep and wakes with a single key press.
3. You DON'T have to take the assembly apart to hit the hidden power button. The gap between the keyboard and magic track pad is large enough to stick a dime or key into to hit the power button. The only thing covering that gap is a little rubber insert that's easily removable.