I recently shopped for split keyboards, and the only real reason I didn't go with the UHK was price. It isn't exactly an Apples<->Apples comparison since I woul

I recently shopped for split keyboards, and the only real reason I didn't go with the UHK was price. It isn't exactly an Apples<->Apples comparison since I would have gotten accessories like the touchpoint for the UHK, but I went with a Kinesis Freestyle Pro instead and I have liked it a lot. The biggest benefit to me wasn't the split, it was the programmability which both the UHK and the Freestyle Pro offer. I use the right half of the spacebar to change layers and have mapped the arrow keys to IJKL on the function layer. This plus remapping Caps to backspace has let me keep my hands on the home row MUCH more than typical and has made me more comfortable and a little more efficient. My only complaint about programming the Kinesis Pro keyboard was the the order of key presses matters when using my remapped arrows in combination with command or option to move by a word, or to the beginning of the line: I must press the Fn shift key (the right half of my spacebar) before any of the modifier keys. This was very annoying at first, but my muscle memory caught up with it fairly quickly. I really like the fact that the UHK has fully customizable firmware and that would add some value to me, but maybe wouldn't matter too much to most people.