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Typing this on a FILCO Majestouch Convertible2 FKBC91MRL/JB2 with Cherry Red switches. I have the same keyboard at home and work. Proper keyboards make so much

Typing this on a FILCO Majestouch Convertible2 FKBC91MRL/JB2 with Cherry Red switches. I have the same keyboard at home and work. Proper keyboards make so much difference in speed and accuracy of typing for me.

CaliforniaKarl 8y ago
Not just that, I think that having vastly-different keyboards at home vs. at work increases keyboarding errors in at least one of those locations. I have a Model M at home, but an Apple keyboard (I think a model A1243) at work. I'm working on ordering a WASD keyboard with Cherry MX Clear switches, in an attempt to get things more similar (the office environment I'm in doesn't work with the noisy Model M).
- MisterOctober 8y ago
  I've used Model Ms / unicomps extensively and like them plenty, but I switched to Cherry in part because they're a little quieter without sacrificing too much feedback. I routinely work late into the night at home without disturbing the family [much!].
- gh02t 8y ago
  Eh, you get used to it. I swap between a Kinesis Advantage, a compact with Reds, and a laptop keyboard, which are all about as different as possible and my typing speed and accuracy is about the same on all three. I actually score slightly higher for typing speed on the crappy laptop keyboard from doing speed tests. Comfort is a completely different story though and I vastly prefer typing on the Kinesis. Being the most comfortable for the task is important when it comes to avoiding RSI.
  - ghaff 8y ago
    I used to be pretty hardcore about having the right mechanical keyboard everywhere. But now I work a lot of the time on a variety of laptop keyboards as well as the mechanical keyboard on my iMac and I pretty much make do. like my mechanical keyboard but even when I'm working from home (i.e. much of the time), I end up working on my laptop in a variety of locations around the house.
- myrandomcomment 8y ago
  I went a bit further on this. Same keyboard, mouse, monitor, HD dock, phone charging pad at work and home. No need to think about anything.
MisterOctober 8y ago
Agreed - Cherry G83 user here -- I've always been a poor typist, and without the feedback from a decent keyboard, my typing is just atrocious. If I have to use a dome-switch board, I'm constantly having to backspace and fix stuff I failed to actuate, or double-keyed.
growlist 8y ago
Majestouch TKL Cherry Blue checking in. Was slightly dubious at first and thought I'd fallen for the mechnical keyboard meme, but no regrets now the keys have bedded in properly.

CaliforniaKarl 8y ago

Not just that, I think that having vastly-different keyboards at home vs. at work increases keyboarding errors in at least one of those locations. I have a Model M at home, but an Apple keyboard (I think a model A1243) at work. I'm working on ordering a WASD keyboard with Cherry MX Clear switches, in an attempt to get things more similar (the office environment I'm in doesn't work with the noisy Model M).

MisterOctober 8y ago
I've used Model Ms / unicomps extensively and like them plenty, but I switched to Cherry in part because they're a little quieter without sacrificing too much feedback. I routinely work late into the night at home without disturbing the family [much!].
gh02t 8y ago
Eh, you get used to it. I swap between a Kinesis Advantage, a compact with Reds, and a laptop keyboard, which are all about as different as possible and my typing speed and accuracy is about the same on all three. I actually score slightly higher for typing speed on the crappy laptop keyboard from doing speed tests. Comfort is a completely different story though and I vastly prefer typing on the Kinesis. Being the most comfortable for the task is important when it comes to avoiding RSI.
- ghaff 8y ago
  I used to be pretty hardcore about having the right mechanical keyboard everywhere. But now I work a lot of the time on a variety of laptop keyboards as well as the mechanical keyboard on my iMac and I pretty much make do. like my mechanical keyboard but even when I'm working from home (i.e. much of the time), I end up working on my laptop in a variety of locations around the house.
myrandomcomment 8y ago
I went a bit further on this. Same keyboard, mouse, monitor, HD dock, phone charging pad at work and home. No need to think about anything.

MisterOctober 8y ago

Agreed - Cherry G83 user here -- I've always been a poor typist, and without the feedback from a decent keyboard, my typing is just atrocious. If I have to use a dome-switch board, I'm constantly having to backspace and fix stuff I failed to actuate, or double-keyed.

growlist 8y ago

Majestouch TKL Cherry Blue checking in. Was slightly dubious at first and thought I'd fallen for the mechnical keyboard meme, but no regrets now the keys have bedded in properly.