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The cost of the ErgoDox is why I bought a kit instead. It's more effort to solder the switches, flash the board etc., but I saved a chunk of the price. It can a
by alpaca128 7y ago
The cost of the ErgoDox is why I bought a kit instead. It's more effort to solder the switches, flash the board etc., but I saved a chunk of the price. It can also be repaired more easily, although contrary to your experience I don't have the impression that would be required for a long time.
It's not like such a keyboard is life-changing, but it's a significant improvement in comfort. For a tool that I use every single day that was worth it for me, if others are satisfied with an Amazon Basics model that's fine too; I haven't tried it myself, but I do know that some non-mechanical keyboards offer a great tactile feedback for much lower prices.
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- hollerith 7y ago>For a tool that I use every single day that was worth it for me Well, sure if it were guaranteed to prevent or cure RSI then either spending hundreds of dollars or getting out the soldering gun would clearly be worth it. But I suspect you didn't get my point, which is that I spent the $270 in 1997 dollars for a Kinesis Advantage (and later on a different mechanical board) and it did not work for me. Or more precisely it did work for a month or 2 -- not because the Kinesis was more innately ergonomic than any other board, but rather because I wasn't used to it. Once I got used to it, it stopped working.