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I have Logitech for both.
The keyboard is a Logitech Y-BN52 [^] which is very comfortable to use, and has good "feel" - plus multimedia keys for volume, mute, and such like. It replaced my 15 (or more!) YO "very, very cheap" one which I loved, even if most of the keytop legends had worn off... because the KB that came with the system was horrible. Bad feel, keys slightly too close together, ... nasty and error prone.
The mouse is a Logitech Trackman Wheel[^] becasue I'm used to them, like them, and they don't fall off the edges of a mouse pad! I've had to replace one of the uSwitches, but that was next day from flea bay, and only a couple of solder joints.

Both are wired: I dislike wireless keyboards and mice, mostly because the battery never runs out, but also because it's physically tied to the computer so a) it's easy to find if the cat gets playful, and b) it's one less "black box" to try and test when the mouse or keyboard stops working.
Since neither of them move much at all, the wire doesn't get in the way.

Particularly with the KB, get your hands on one and type: it's amazing how bad some of them are - a tiny difference in key size or placement can have a huge impact on your accuracy. And the "feel" of the keys is important too: too "hard" and "clacky" puts some people off, too "soft" or "mushy" and I'm never sure what I typed unless I'm watching the screen all the time.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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