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Oh wow, I've been a KINESIS user for years, and I thought I knew their product line well. But their new gaming keyboards, the Freestyle Edge[1] and the TKO[2]

Oh wow, I've been a KINESIS user for years, and I thought I knew their product line well. But their new gaming keyboards, the Freestyle Edge[1] and the TKO[2] totally snuck up on me. [1]: https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/#shop https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/#shop [2]: https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/tko/ https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/tko/

muststopmyths 5y ago
I've been using the Freestyle Edge for the past year or so. Before that, I had used the Microsoft Natural keyboard for many years because I never found a mechanical ergonomic keyboard I liked and found affordable. The Edge keyboard has been awesome. I highly recommend it to anyone who's looking to upgrade to mechanical, but in the style of the Microsoft Natural 4000 series.
- rektide 5y ago
  I have an Edge I bought for a new job in February 2020. It's been sitting there for a while now! I'm at home mainly on my a Freestyle2, which alas, is a decade old about & starting to get sticky. I have the VIP tilt kit & ascent 90 degree adapter, Wich I switch between & treasure. Just wish there were a chair mount kit!! I had the MS Natural when it was first released. Friends looked at it like an alien artifact dropped down, but at the time dual monitors, a case with some fan switches on it, & other artifacts were also utterly bizarre & new. In college I made the awesome move of getting a second Natural keyboard, which I used like a split keyboard. I loved it & still think it's probably the best ergonomics I've ever had. I have the extra long cable for the Edge & just can't imagine surviving with the relative short default split keyboard cables- sometimes it feels great to put my arms out, not just in front of me. The dual keyboards similarly gave me that radical flexibility. What I can't get from the edge & freestyle is the countoured feel of those dual natural. And alas, this new Advantage will have the deal breaker that just is too weird for me- linear columns, no staggered rows. I really want the ergonomic contouring, but totally changing how all the keys are lain out is part of the Advantage package & it's imo terrible.
  - ehsanullahjan 5y ago
    The keys arranged in vertical columns has been a God-send for me. It took a week to get used to but boy are they comfortable to type on! That, and for the first time in my life, thanks in part to the key arrangement, I can touch-type every key (alpha, nums, symbols, f-keys etc.). I highly recommend giving this layout a chance.
  - ehsanullahjan 5y ago
    By the way, before I switched over to Kinesis Advantage 2 years ago (due to a severe case of RSI), I used MS natural keyboard for quiet a while and I liked it a lot. It’s probably still the best entry-level ergonomics keyboard out there!
treeman79 5y ago
I used edge for a year. Steep learning curve. Arrow keys are hard to find. Amazing for my shoulders. Got the brown keys. I regret. Too squishy
- ehsanullahjan 5y ago
  Brown as in Cherry MX Brown??

muststopmyths 5y ago

I've been using the Freestyle Edge for the past year or so. Before that, I had used the Microsoft Natural keyboard for many years because I never found a mechanical ergonomic keyboard I liked and found affordable. The Edge keyboard has been awesome. I highly recommend it to anyone who's looking to upgrade to mechanical, but in the style of the Microsoft Natural 4000 series.

rektide 5y ago
I have an Edge I bought for a new job in February 2020. It's been sitting there for a while now! I'm at home mainly on my a Freestyle2, which alas, is a decade old about & starting to get sticky. I have the VIP tilt kit & ascent 90 degree adapter, Wich I switch between & treasure. Just wish there were a chair mount kit!! I had the MS Natural when it was first released. Friends looked at it like an alien artifact dropped down, but at the time dual monitors, a case with some fan switches on it, & other artifacts were also utterly bizarre & new. In college I made the awesome move of getting a second Natural keyboard, which I used like a split keyboard. I loved it & still think it's probably the best ergonomics I've ever had. I have the extra long cable for the Edge & just can't imagine surviving with the relative short default split keyboard cables- sometimes it feels great to put my arms out, not just in front of me. The dual keyboards similarly gave me that radical flexibility. What I can't get from the edge & freestyle is the countoured feel of those dual natural. And alas, this new Advantage will have the deal breaker that just is too weird for me- linear columns, no staggered rows. I really want the ergonomic contouring, but totally changing how all the keys are lain out is part of the Advantage package & it's imo terrible.
- ehsanullahjan 5y ago
  The keys arranged in vertical columns has been a God-send for me. It took a week to get used to but boy are they comfortable to type on! That, and for the first time in my life, thanks in part to the key arrangement, I can touch-type every key (alpha, nums, symbols, f-keys etc.). I highly recommend giving this layout a chance.
- ehsanullahjan 5y ago
  By the way, before I switched over to Kinesis Advantage 2 years ago (due to a severe case of RSI), I used MS natural keyboard for quiet a while and I liked it a lot. It’s probably still the best entry-level ergonomics keyboard out there!

treeman79 5y ago

I used edge for a year. Steep learning curve. Arrow keys are hard to find. Amazing for my shoulders. Got the brown keys. I regret. Too squishy

ehsanullahjan 5y ago
Brown as in Cherry MX Brown??