5.0 out of 5 stars A bargain and a great device

J. · 19 October 2025

For the price paid (Black Friday 2024), this was a no-brainer. It was a bargain at £128. It does everything I need it to do for work and I can also use it for entertainment. Battery is pretty good and no lagging. Quick set up when pairing to my phone. An easy win.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!

V. · 6 August 2025

I love it! Really light weight. Great battery life. Easy to set up.

1.0 out of 5 stars Needs constant internet connection for core features

A.C. · 21 July 2025

After the novelty wore off I am quite frustrated with this. Effectively you need to be connected to wifi to use it properly, and most of the apps (M365, Kindle etc) do not work well, are very buggy and regularly crash. I bought to use this for entertainment while commuting and to write/ plan work, but if you are not connected to a stable internet connection there is simply no point. Overall it looks great and seems good at first but after using it for a month I have found it very disappointing. Battery life, screen quality and ease of use are fine, but unless you can guarantee being connected to stable wifi 24/7 I would go with another option.

4.0 out of 5 stars Its Great but is it what you need?

M.B.L. · 12 July 2025

I come from a world where I already have far too many devices already.A 15" i3 chromebook.Android 11" Xiamoi tabletM1 Mac Mini with huge screenWindows i7 laptop 15"Android phone and iphone.But I really wanted a small Chromebook. (Here in the UK they just dont exist!)So what do I think of this?Well...I can see this being either the most used or the least used device I have.For office work, my mac mini connected to a huge monitor wins hands down (but of course it is not portable)For work work I "have to" use a Windows laptop and iphone. I dont like Windows and the battery life is awful.Of course iphones and Android phones do what they do.For watching youtube videos and sports etc whilst on the train, the 11" Android tablet is the best device.For working on the move the Chromebook i3 is my favourite device.So where does this fit?Well it does all of them, just not quite as well.I have the Kompanio 838 with 8Gb Duet 3.Its easy to get lost in the specs, but in reality any 8gb Chromebook with a half decent processor will seem fast.The good:Its very light and portable. It will be awesome for travelling.The screen is clear and goes very brightThe battery is decent (better than all of the other devices on the list)The tablet mode is kinda cool in landscape, having a mobile device that runs chrome OS I really like.Being able to run Android Apps that replicates my tabletIts easy to setup and boots in seconds.Its very good value for money.The attached pen is cool and stays in place.The bad:The keyboard is small and spongyThe keyboard attachment feels very flimsy and could fall off at any time.You cant use it in bed as a chromebook.when i remove the keyboard I dont know what to do with it.The biggest one though is Its small (I know that should not be a surprise)I get lost between using the touch screen and track pad. Its like my brain cant process whether this is a tablet or chromebook.I need to give this a good review because it is good, its just I dont know how much I will use it compared to my other devices.Weirdly I think you could train yourself to use this. ChromeOS is good for being able to duplicate displays, sliding around tabs and using shortcuts for working on a small screen.I may come back here in 6 months time saying this is the best device of all. But I could also return having left it in a drawer and not touched.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal

K.L. · 30 July 2025

Review after 2 weeks of use.Ideal for my needs, compact and lightweight, easy to take with you. At the same time it's almost as powerful as a standard laptop, with tons of apps, built-in Linux that you can turn into a legit dev environment, especially when plugged into some docking station with extra monitors and legit keyboard. ChromeOS starts in seconds and is very stable. There's some random glitches here and there in some apps but it's still 10x better than Windows.It works in 2 modes, the tablet and laptop modes, the stylus pen is OK, but I still prefer the touchpad or just fingers for most of stuff, for drawing stylus does the job very well.In the laptop mode with the keyboard attached you need to be aware it is only losely attached and there's only one screen position to work with, that is with the folio stand, it's not adjustable as in a normal laptop. It's still OK to use it on your laps though.I bought the used - like new deal, zero signs of use, I highly recommend.

5.0 out of 5 stars great little tablet

M.A. · 7 September 2025

Really nice tablet and a big improvement over the chromebook my son was using in terms of memmory, stylus and general fucntionality for carrying to and from school

5.0 out of 5 stars Great travel tech.

L.A. · 17 October 2025

This is my first Chromebook. I normally use a MacBook Pro and Google is our organisations ecosystem. I wanted something lighter and more travel friendly, mostly aimed at browsing and writing. I've had it for a couple of months now and it's been fantastic. Great battery life really easy to use and, at a push, it can do some of the harder jobs like editing a big slide deck.

2.0 out of 5 stars Unpleasant to use and a downgrade from the previous Duet 5

K. · 6 March 2025

I bought this to replace my ageing Duet 5. This new one feels cheap in comparison, the touch pad is awful, it feels heavier, the screen isn't as nice, typing on it is even less ergonomic than the Duet 5 and it is an overwhelmingly "meh" product in comparison to what came before it. I'm not even going to bother using it, I'd rather stick with the Duet 5 I have already.I'm not sure if I can return items just because I don't like them, but that's certainly something I'm going to investigate. From the moment I unboxed it, the entire experience felt underwhelming. I'm saying this as someone who has a big stack of Lenovo devices (3 Chromebooks, a laptop and a stack of their "Tiny" PCs) and always buy Lenovo as a preference. I'm afraid they have missed the mark with this device, which is a great shame. It just isn't nice to use in any dimension. This isn't going to put me off buying Lenovo devices, but I would go as far as to say I regret this purchase.There are two things I'd consider better in this new model - the speakers and the fact that the pen is magnetic. Even then, while the speakers are louder you can hear some obvious distortion if you crank it up to max volume.

Not bad

S. · 26 September 2025

Not bad