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Wanting to move from conventional to ergo mech. Am overwhelmed. Send help. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by lfzs@lemmy.ca to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
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I'm a complete novice to mech and ergo so I apologize in advance for any sins lol

The 3 I checked are Kinesis 360 (https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/), Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/collections/glove80-keyboards) and the Moonlander (https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/).

These below are what I got from watching reviews:

  • Kinesis is difficult to customize and sometimes has connectivity issues
  • Glove80 feels cheap
  • Moonlander doesn’t have many keys and thumb cluster is on odd position

Considering the prices, the moonlander is about US$100 cheaper than the others, so feels like a better option.

I am interested in options with keywell, as they feel way more comfortable, but anything will be better since I use an conventional non-split keyboard.

The right menu links to a compare tool but there are so many.

My hands are small, so it may constrain the options I have. Or maybe not.

What are your opinions/suggestions/experience with these types of keyboards?

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[–] lfzs@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean getting used to in the sense of it having columnar keys/typing speed or pain/discomfort?

[–] Tmastergamer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still not used go the columnar keys and it being split, it takes a lot of mental effort for me to keep track of which half has which keys. It's very comfortable to type on, I probably just need more practice on it than I've had time for.

[–] lfzs@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of the videos I watched involved them doing typing training to get used to columnar layout. I'm sure it's a learning curve.

Hope you can get used to it soon!

[–] Tmastergamer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Me too! I just need to use it more but I'm hardly at my computer these days. It's great for gaming though, just being able to use the left half and shove the right in a corner and have more mouse space than I know what to do with.