diff --git a/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.input-types.mdx b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.input-types.mdx
index 8552a5f5..698b3c0e 100644
--- a/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.input-types.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.input-types.mdx
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ that you would get out of `form.value("myField")`.
 
 ## Number inputs
 
+### Relevant types
+
+- `NumberInputValue`
+  - `number | null`
+
 ### Setting default values
 
 <Row>
   <Col>
-    - Number inputs can be set using either a `number` or a `string`,
-    and both approaches can be used for different fields in the same form.
-    - When you access the value of the input using `form.value("age")`, the type
-    of that value will be consistent with the type of the default value, even after
-    the user has changed the value.
-    - If there is no default value, the type of the value will be a `number`.
+    Number inputs can be set using either a `number`, a `string`, or `null`.
   </Col>
   <Col>
     ```tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ that you would get out of `form.value("myField")`.
   </Col>
 </Row>
 
+### Observing / setting values
+
+- An empty number input will always have a value of `null`.
+- If you set the default value using a `string`, the value will always be a `string` (or `null`).
+- If you set the default value using a `number` or `null`, the value will always be a `number` (or `null`).
+
 ### Validating
 
 Like most input types, the value inside the native `form` element is always a string.
diff --git a/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.recipes.typesafe-input.mdx b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.recipes.typesafe-input.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fb9327f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.recipes.typesafe-input.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Typesafe input component
diff --git a/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.scoping.mdx b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.scoping.mdx
index 8f6025de..3c7576fd 100644
--- a/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.scoping.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs-v2/app/routes/_docs.scoping.mdx
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ code in this demo.
 <Row>
   <Col>
     When you call `useForm`, it returns a [`ReactFormApi`](/reference/form-api) object.
-    The type of this object takes a single generic paramter, which is the type of the default values.
+    The type of this object takes a single generic parameter, which is the type of the form's default values.
   </Col>
   <Col>
     ```tsx
     // `form` has the type `ReactFormApi<{ foo: string }>`
-    const form = useForm<DefaultValuesType>({
+    const form = useForm({
       defaultValues: { foo: "bar" },
       // ...etc
     });
@@ -35,13 +35,16 @@ code in this demo.
 <Row>
   <Col>
     One of the methods on `ReactFormApi` is `scope`.
-    When you call `scope` and pass it the name of a field, it returns a `FormScope<FieldType>`
-    where `FieldType` is the type of the field.
+    When you call `scope` and pass it the name of a field, it returns a `FormScope`
+    that's been scoped to that field.
     You can even continue chaining `scope` calls to get even deeper, which is useful for deeply nested or recursive data.
+    
+    Once you have a `FormScope`, you can pass it around to any component that needs it.
+    But in order to actually use it, you need to pass it to a `useFormScope`, `useField`, or `useFieldArray` hook.
   </Col>
   <Col>
     ```tsx
-    const form = useForm<DefaultValuesType>({
+    const form = useForm({
       defaultValues: {
         foo: "foo",
         bar: { baz: "baz" }
@@ -61,3 +64,48 @@ code in this demo.
 
   </Col>
 </Row>
+
+## Typesafe text input
+
+<Row>
+  <Col>
+    Scoping allows us to encapsulate input logic in a typesafe way.
+    For this example, let's create an text input component that:
+
+    - Is guranteed by the types to have a `string` value.
+    - Automatically shows the validation error message if there is one.
+    - Can be used without having to think about whether to use `getInputProps` or `getControlProps`.
+
+    We can do this by accepting a `FormScope&lt;string&gt;` as a prop
+    and passing it to `useField`.
+
+  </Col>
+  <Col>
+    ```tsx
+    type MyInputProps = {
+      scope: FormScope<string>;
+      label: string;
+    };
+
+    const MyInput = ({ scope, label }: MyInputProps) => {
+      const field = useField(scope);
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <label>
+            {label}
+            <input {...field.getInputProps()} />
+          </label>
+          {/* There's more work to be done here for accesibility,
+            but we're keeping it simple for now. */}
+          {field.error() && <span>{field.error()}</span>}
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    ```
+
+  </Col>
+</Row>
+
+This particular input component can only handle text inputs,
+but it's also possible to create a typesafe input component that can handle any
+`input` type. Checkout the [typesafe input component recipe](/recipes/typesafe-input) for more details.
diff --git a/apps/docs-v2/app/ui/layout/Navigation.tsx b/apps/docs-v2/app/ui/layout/Navigation.tsx
index 769cc71f..3b598a91 100644
--- a/apps/docs-v2/app/ui/layout/Navigation.tsx
+++ b/apps/docs-v2/app/ui/layout/Navigation.tsx
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ export const navigation: Array<NavGroup> = [
       { title: "Different input types", href: "/input-types" },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    title: "Recipes",
+    links: [
+      { title: "Typesafe input component", href: "/recipes/typesafe-input" },
+    ],
+  },
 ];
 
 export function Navigation({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/input-types.ts b/packages/core/src/input-types.ts
index d9850b5c..89c08d6b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/input-types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/input-types.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,16 @@ export type SingleFileInputValue = null | File;
  * Empty file inputs are represented by an empty string.
  */
 export type MultiFileInputValue = null | File[];
+
+export type NumberInputValue = number | null;
+
+export type NativeValueByType = {
+  text: string;
+  number: NumberInputValue;
+  checkbox: boolean | string | string[];
+  radio: string;
+  file: null | File | File[];
+};
+
+export type NativeInputValue<Type extends string> =
+  Type extends keyof NativeValueByType ? NativeValueByType[Type] : string;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/type.test.ts b/packages/core/src/type.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b6b3a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/type.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { NativeInputValue } from "./input-types";
+
+it("should give specific types for inputs with special handling", () => {
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"text">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"number">>().toEqualTypeOf<number | null>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"checkbox">>().toEqualTypeOf<
+    boolean | string | string[]
+  >();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"radio">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"file">>().toEqualTypeOf<
+    File | File[] | null
+  >();
+});
+
+it("should just return string for every other type", () => {
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"jim">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"date">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"tel">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+  expectTypeOf<NativeInputValue<"password">>().toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/index.ts b/packages/react/src/index.ts
index bb46da37..eeb66f3d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export {
   isValidationErrorResponse,
   type SingleFileInputValue,
   type MultiFileInputValue,
+  type NumberInputValue,
+  type NativeValueByType,
+  type NativeInputValue,
 } from "@rvf/core";
 export { type ReactFormApi, type FormFields } from "./base";
 export { useForm, FormOpts } from "./useForm";
diff --git a/packages/react/src/test/input-types.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/test/input-types.test.tsx
index 616bcbf7..bf56b24c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/test/input-types.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/test/input-types.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { useForm } from "../useForm";
 import { successValidator } from "./util/successValidator";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { ZeroCurvatureEnding } from "three";
 
 describe("number inputs", () => {
   it("default values set as numbers", async () => {
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ describe("number inputs", () => {
     await userEvent.type(screen.getByTestId("age"), "4");
     expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(254);
     expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual("254");
+
+    await userEvent.clear(screen.getByTestId("age"));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(null);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual("null");
   });
 
   it("no default value", async () => {
@@ -87,6 +92,37 @@ describe("number inputs", () => {
     await userEvent.type(screen.getByTestId("age"), "4");
     expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(254);
     expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual('"254"');
+
+    await userEvent.clear(screen.getByTestId("age"));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(null);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual("null");
+  });
+
+  it("null default", async () => {
+    const TestComp = () => {
+      const form = useForm({
+        defaultValues: { age: null },
+        validator: successValidator,
+      });
+
+      return (
+        <form {...form.getFormProps()}>
+          <input
+            data-testid="age"
+            {...form.field("age").getInputProps({ type: "number" })}
+          />
+          <pre data-testid="age-value">{JSON.stringify(form.value("age"))}</pre>
+        </form>
+      );
+    };
+    render(<TestComp />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(null);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual("null");
+
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByTestId("age"), "4");
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age")).toHaveValue(4);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("age-value").textContent).toEqual("4");
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/remix/src/index.ts b/packages/remix/src/index.ts
index 54ff3f3b..92468bdb 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/remix/src/index.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ export {
   useNativeValidity,
   type SingleFileInputValue,
   type MultiFileInputValue,
+  type NumberInputValue,
+  type NativeValueByType,
+  type NativeInputValue,
 } from "@rvf/react";
 export { useForm, type RemixFormOpts as FormScopeRemixOpts } from "./useForm";
 export { ValidatedForm, type ValidatedFormProps } from "./ValidatedForm";