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My wrists ache badly if I type too much, despite all the adjustments I’ve made over the years. I’m currently using an Apple wired keyboard angled so the front

My wrists ache badly if I type too much, despite all the adjustments I’ve made over the years. I’m currently using an Apple wired keyboard angled so the front edge is higher, with my hands floating above it or sitting on silicon rests. I also use Filco tenkeyless mechanical keyboards - one with blue and one with brown switches. I prefer the feel of these and make fewer mistakes, but I’m convinced they make my wrists worse. I think the next options for me to try are split, tenting and staggered columns. Is there a chance of trying these out without spending this kind of money? I don’t think I’m up to the task of soldering switches, unfortunately.

evan_ 6y ago
if you want to demo a split keyboard you could plug two keyboards in and put one hand on each
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  That’s an amazing idea!
black_puppydog 6y ago
Might not be the right time of^W^W year for this, but at hacker events like CCC there are always "bring your keyboard" type of events where you can play around with many different variants.
nico_h 6y ago
Depending on the number of rows and columns you want there is quite a cottage industry of ergo keyboards. I think the main ergo flat keyboard (staggered columns) with 3 rows 6 columns are the Gergo / Kyria / Corne depending on the number and placement of thumb keys (they can be found assembled to order). For 3d / sculpted keyboards, this person is selling assembled to order Dactyl manuforms: https://dactyl.bigcartel.com/ https://dactyl.bigcartel.com/ A good reference for flat boards is https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ via https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/f5h3d6/split_keyboard_layout_comparison_site/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/f5h3d6/s... Then for the sculpted keyboards, mostly the Dactyl/ Dactyl Manuform families there are a bunch of vendors. The cheapest one is in the first link. Otherwise one guy is currently selling some of his split on reddit's mechmarket.
- tokamak-teapot 6y ago
  Brilliant thanks! That top link looks like it might be exactly what I was hoping to be able to buy

evan_ 6y ago

if you want to demo a split keyboard you could plug two keyboards in and put one hand on each

tokamak-teapot 6y ago
That’s an amazing idea!

black_puppydog 6y ago

Might not be the right time of^W^W year for this, but at hacker events like CCC there are always "bring your keyboard" type of events where you can play around with many different variants.

nico_h 6y ago

Depending on the number of rows and columns you want there is quite a cottage industry of ergo keyboards. I think the main ergo flat keyboard (staggered columns) with 3 rows 6 columns are the Gergo / Kyria / Corne depending on the number and placement of thumb keys (they can be found assembled to order). For 3d / sculpted keyboards, this person is selling assembled to order Dactyl manuforms: https://dactyl.bigcartel.com/ https://dactyl.bigcartel.com/ A good reference for flat boards is https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ via https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/f5h3d6/split_keyboard_layout_comparison_site/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/f5h3d6/s... Then for the sculpted keyboards, mostly the Dactyl/ Dactyl Manuform families there are a bunch of vendors. The cheapest one is in the first link. Otherwise one guy is currently selling some of his split on reddit's mechmarket.

tokamak-teapot 6y ago
Brilliant thanks! That top link looks like it might be exactly what I was hoping to be able to buy