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I'm about 11 years into a variable-weighted white-gray Topre Realforce, and I don't think about keyboards anymore. I'd get either a variable-weighted or 45g To
by SamReidHughes 5y ago
I'm about 11 years into a variable-weighted white-gray Topre Realforce, and I don't think about keyboards anymore. I'd get either a variable-weighted or 45g Topre.
I can recommend the Kinesis Advantage too, but I later sold mine -- weight lifting did an even better job of eliminating ergonomic problems, as did piano practice once before, and I think it's generally a better strategy to not need ergonomic devices.
- LichenStone 5y agoExcercising your wrists and arms is absolutely one of the best ways to avoid RSI in my experience. I think the advantages of using ergonomic layouts are perhaps overstated in some cases, I find that if I allow my hands to 'float' a little and move around more freely my fingers find the keys easily, and I don't need to worry about planting my wrists in a fixed position and having them at an uncomfortable angle. I imagine ergonomic designs probably makes the most sense for people that do large volumes of typing with high WPM. For me I just really like the compact layout of my FC660C, small boards allow me to have a mouse either side, swapping mouse hands is another great way to avoid RSI.
- SamReidHughes 5y agoI think I would have liked the FC660C. I once had an HHKB2, but using the Fn modifier for arrows was too much. I have to say, I found the Kinesis Advantage to be fantastic. It really did work, solving my ergonomic problems, wonderfully and very quickly. The need for it did depend on the volume of typing -- back when I used it, I switched off of it, but then had to switch back after some days with more typing.