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I like the idea of it, it's different enough from the standard design that it seems well thought out - but it's one of those keyboards/products I would love to

I like the idea of it, it's different enough from the standard design that it seems well thought out - but it's one of those keyboards/products I would love to be able to try for a while before committing myself to a purchase, to ensure I can get used to it and would enjoy typing on it. It'd be great to see some kinda local computer hardware/keyboard store open up for this purpose, but I guess it'd be too niche really to be profitable/popular...

Milank 6y ago
That's one of the reasons I said in mu post that I'm happy that split keyboards are getting more attention. Most of the people still don't know about them. If more people knew about the benefits they bring, problems they solve, they would be much more popular. That would bring the price down, increase the choices available, bring them closer to the users. So you could probably go to a local shop and test it. But they would lose the exclusivity feeling they have now. Which one do you choose?
- indentit 6y ago
  I think it would be better for the health of the population if split keyboards were less exclusive, along with different keyboard layouts like Colemak instead of most people being stuck on Qwerty which was designed to be awkward to slow down the typist to prevent typewriter jams. Sure, it would be harder to tell who the early adopters are, in case it is any measure of skill or determination, but that's a trade-off I would be happy with - instead of being the odd ones out, we'd be pioneers setting the trend ;)
  - Milank 6y ago
    I think it's coming. More and more people are having problems caused by the position used with standard keyboards. But it will take some time to educate everyone, starting with doctors who need to keep up with 'modern health issues' caused by using the computer whole day. Let's be philosophical: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. We'll get there.
johncalvinyoung 6y ago
This is why I appreciate my friend who loaned me his spare Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for a couple months to help with my tendonitis. When it goes back to him, I'll probably order one myself.
- eyeball 6y ago
  I’ve found my UHK’s (three of them) to be great but prone to a few problems: 1) the rubber legs tend to fall out and go missing 2) they’re very susceptible to static electricity shocks on the exposed metal parts 3) the usb cable connector is fragile and I’d you move much, it can get damaged inside the keyboard requiring you open it up to fix. I wish they had used usb-c and put it in a better/easier location.
  - mondalaci 6y ago
    Hi there, thanks for your huge support, and sorry to hear about the issues! Issue 1 has been fixed quite a while ago. We provide spare rubber feet if you need some. I'm unsure if we faced with issue 2 because your description doesn't contain many details about this one. As for issue 3, this is quite a rare one, and we'll provide a new UHK version featuring USB-C and tons of improvements. PS: I'm the founder of the UHK. I may forget about this thread, but feel free to reach us via https://UltimateHackingKeyboard.com/ https://UltimateHackingKeyboard.com/
    - eyeball 6y ago
      re: #2 ... I live in a dry area, in the winter sometimes when I sit down to type a static shock will go off if I brush the edges of the case where there is exposed metal. When this happens it will often lead to the keyboard disconnecting from usb. Or staying connected (power on) but not responding to input. So far unplugging and replugging has always fixed it, but it's an annoying feature. Re: #3 ... Glad to hear that you're making design changes to fix this. It has happened on two of my boards now where the usb connection has become loose. I contacted support on it a few months ago and they suggested I try to open up the case and fix it. I haven't been able to do that yet but will give it a try.
StavrosK 6y ago
I was in the same boat, the solution to my predicament came in the form of my friend, who is a keyboard geek and has a few tens of them. He lent me one, I liked it and bought it from him. I greatly enjoy it now and would not go back to a non-QMK keyboard (or a non-split one), though I wouldn't have gone for a columnar keyboard if I knew. I would also have preserved the full layout, to prevent having to needlessly retrain some muscle memory, but being able to do things like remap "Tab+hjkl" to "{}[]" is fantastic. I should actually finish writing up that post I started writing in December...

Milank 6y ago

That's one of the reasons I said in mu post that I'm happy that split keyboards are getting more attention. Most of the people still don't know about them. If more people knew about the benefits they bring, problems they solve, they would be much more popular. That would bring the price down, increase the choices available, bring them closer to the users. So you could probably go to a local shop and test it. But they would lose the exclusivity feeling they have now. Which one do you choose?

indentit 6y ago
I think it would be better for the health of the population if split keyboards were less exclusive, along with different keyboard layouts like Colemak instead of most people being stuck on Qwerty which was designed to be awkward to slow down the typist to prevent typewriter jams. Sure, it would be harder to tell who the early adopters are, in case it is any measure of skill or determination, but that's a trade-off I would be happy with - instead of being the odd ones out, we'd be pioneers setting the trend ;)
- Milank 6y ago
  I think it's coming. More and more people are having problems caused by the position used with standard keyboards. But it will take some time to educate everyone, starting with doctors who need to keep up with 'modern health issues' caused by using the computer whole day. Let's be philosophical: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. We'll get there.

johncalvinyoung 6y ago

This is why I appreciate my friend who loaned me his spare Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for a couple months to help with my tendonitis. When it goes back to him, I'll probably order one myself.

eyeball 6y ago
I’ve found my UHK’s (three of them) to be great but prone to a few problems: 1) the rubber legs tend to fall out and go missing 2) they’re very susceptible to static electricity shocks on the exposed metal parts 3) the usb cable connector is fragile and I’d you move much, it can get damaged inside the keyboard requiring you open it up to fix. I wish they had used usb-c and put it in a better/easier location.
- mondalaci 6y ago
  Hi there, thanks for your huge support, and sorry to hear about the issues! Issue 1 has been fixed quite a while ago. We provide spare rubber feet if you need some. I'm unsure if we faced with issue 2 because your description doesn't contain many details about this one. As for issue 3, this is quite a rare one, and we'll provide a new UHK version featuring USB-C and tons of improvements. PS: I'm the founder of the UHK. I may forget about this thread, but feel free to reach us via https://UltimateHackingKeyboard.com/ https://UltimateHackingKeyboard.com/
  - eyeball 6y ago
    re: #2 ... I live in a dry area, in the winter sometimes when I sit down to type a static shock will go off if I brush the edges of the case where there is exposed metal. When this happens it will often lead to the keyboard disconnecting from usb. Or staying connected (power on) but not responding to input. So far unplugging and replugging has always fixed it, but it's an annoying feature. Re: #3 ... Glad to hear that you're making design changes to fix this. It has happened on two of my boards now where the usb connection has become loose. I contacted support on it a few months ago and they suggested I try to open up the case and fix it. I haven't been able to do that yet but will give it a try.

StavrosK 6y ago

I was in the same boat, the solution to my predicament came in the form of my friend, who is a keyboard geek and has a few tens of them. He lent me one, I liked it and bought it from him. I greatly enjoy it now and would not go back to a non-QMK keyboard (or a non-split one), though I wouldn't have gone for a columnar keyboard if I knew. I would also have preserved the full layout, to prevent having to needlessly retrain some muscle memory, but being able to do things like remap "Tab+hjkl" to "{}[]" is fantastic. I should actually finish writing up that post I started writing in December...