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The Kinesis Advantage contoured ergonomic keyboard. Once you've used it for a few weeks, regular keyboards feel awkward and uncomfortable. They are pricy and co

The Kinesis Advantage contoured ergonomic keyboard. Once you've used it for a few weeks, regular keyboards feel awkward and uncomfortable. They are pricy and completely worth it.

nunez 10y ago
Not for me. I've tried this (quite expensive) keyboard for two weeks. It was awkward to use and really, really complicated. The best non-mechanical keyboard I've used is a $20 Anker 84-key Wireless keyboard. It's extremely comfortable, and extremely portable.
- hkmurakami 10y ago
  That keyboard took me 3 months to use (to be fair I was also switching to Dvorak). Luckily (?) this was while I was sidelined in a bike to car a collision. I have struggled with RSI and it really changed my life. But I agree it's not for everyone. For starters you definitely need large hands!
  - wishinghand 10y ago
    Do you think you can separate out which benefitted you more- the ergonomic keyboard or a Dvorak layout?
- allan_wind 10y ago
  You may have given up prematurely. It took me a month or so to get used to it. I used the Kinesis Freestyle before, still expensive, but lasted me for years and years.
- skortchmar 10y ago
  I had one for around 6 months and always found it frustrating to use. Eventually gritted my teeth and started to use it all the time and it's been a huge relief on my hands. Considering getting another one for home so I don't have to lug it back and forth to the office.
ComputerGuru 10y ago
That's hard to believe, their Dvorak/Qwerty version has four or five different keys completely mislabeled, which made me return it because I couldn't trust the product any more.
- rboyd 10y ago
  Which keys? I didn't find that to be the case -- but even if it were, one of the features of this keyboard is you can remap any of the keys to your liking. I had to train on it with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead for about 2 weeks before I was beating my usual typing speed. But after that, there's no going back. No more wrist pain, ever. The only thing that sucks is the rubber keys, especially ESC, especially for vim users. In contrast, having meta+ctl keys on thumbs for emacs users is huge.
  - ComputerGuru 10y ago
    Do you have the one that has both the Qwerty and Dvorak legends on each key?
deadghost 10y ago
I tried to like it but returned it because it made a loud ping noise whenever a key was pressed and hit the back plate. They layout was fine but the construction just did not feel like $400.
- miguelrochefort 10y ago
  You can disable the click sound... "To disable the “click” noise, press and hold the Progrm key and tap the piples/backslash key (the key directly to the right of the letter “P”)." https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/technical-support/faqs-advantage-keyboard/ https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/technical-support/faqs-...

The Kinesis Advantage contoured ergonomic keyboard. Once you've used it for a few weeks, regular keyboards feel awkward and uncomfortable. They are pricy and completely worth it.

nunez 10y ago

Not for me. I've tried this (quite expensive) keyboard for two weeks. It was awkward to use and really, really complicated. The best non-mechanical keyboard I've used is a $20 Anker 84-key Wireless keyboard. It's extremely comfortable, and extremely portable.

hkmurakami 10y ago
That keyboard took me 3 months to use (to be fair I was also switching to Dvorak). Luckily (?) this was while I was sidelined in a bike to car a collision. I have struggled with RSI and it really changed my life. But I agree it's not for everyone. For starters you definitely need large hands!
- wishinghand 10y ago
  Do you think you can separate out which benefitted you more- the ergonomic keyboard or a Dvorak layout?
allan_wind 10y ago
You may have given up prematurely. It took me a month or so to get used to it. I used the Kinesis Freestyle before, still expensive, but lasted me for years and years.
skortchmar 10y ago
I had one for around 6 months and always found it frustrating to use. Eventually gritted my teeth and started to use it all the time and it's been a huge relief on my hands. Considering getting another one for home so I don't have to lug it back and forth to the office.

ComputerGuru 10y ago

That's hard to believe, their Dvorak/Qwerty version has four or five different keys completely mislabeled, which made me return it because I couldn't trust the product any more.

rboyd 10y ago
Which keys? I didn't find that to be the case -- but even if it were, one of the features of this keyboard is you can remap any of the keys to your liking. I had to train on it with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead for about 2 weeks before I was beating my usual typing speed. But after that, there's no going back. No more wrist pain, ever. The only thing that sucks is the rubber keys, especially ESC, especially for vim users. In contrast, having meta+ctl keys on thumbs for emacs users is huge.
- ComputerGuru 10y ago
  Do you have the one that has both the Qwerty and Dvorak legends on each key?

deadghost 10y ago

I tried to like it but returned it because it made a loud ping noise whenever a key was pressed and hit the back plate. They layout was fine but the construction just did not feel like $400.

miguelrochefort 10y ago
You can disable the click sound... "To disable the “click” noise, press and hold the Progrm key and tap the piples/backslash key (the key directly to the right of the letter “P”)." https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/technical-support/faqs-advantage-keyboard/ https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/technical-support/faqs-...