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I switched to a split keyboard. Went from 8 wpm to 30 wpm in 9 days!!! It's doable. I can work at this speed. I had 70 WPM. But I believe I will gradually reach

I switched to a split keyboard. Went from 8 wpm to 30 wpm in 9 days!!! It's doable. I can work at this speed. I had 70 WPM. But I believe I will gradually reach better speed. However, the gains have been huge for me! I can finally type in relaxed position. The layers are amazing!! I don't have to reach shift for those symbols. Everything is within good reach. Let's see what happens down the line. But split keyboard layout sold me! Will definitely go deeper into making one with low profile choc!!!

ryantgtg 4y ago
The Mistel split keyboard is perfect for me. I like that the sides are totally separate so you can adjust it however you want. I “got into” mechanical keyboards for about a month (got a leopold that felt too hard for my tastes), but then I shifted my attention elsewhere once I got this Mistel.
- going_ham 4y ago
  I bought Sofle v2! It fits my hand in a good way!
- microtonal 4y ago
  I was very much interested in the Mistel models. I wanted a pre-built split mechanical keyboard. I was very much liked what the Mistel MD600 and MD770 looked like. But I ended up ordering a Freestyle Edge instead. The only thing that really put me off was that the Kinesis is programmable with software (or plain text files) and more extensively, while programming of the Mistel keyboard seems more limited. The other more minor worry was that I can probably still get a Freestyle in 10 years (if I like it) and Mistel hasn't been around as long. If Mistel had better programmable firmware, I would have gone Mistel... Maybe if I need a travel keyboard some day, I'll get the MD600.
  - ryantgtg 4y ago
    Mine is the MD770. And yeah, I didn’t research the programmability very well beforehand and was surprised to find it wasn’t easy. I simply wanted to move my Home and End keys! But I quickly gave up. Otherwise no complaints. It feels great.

ryantgtg 4y ago

The Mistel split keyboard is perfect for me. I like that the sides are totally separate so you can adjust it however you want. I “got into” mechanical keyboards for about a month (got a leopold that felt too hard for my tastes), but then I shifted my attention elsewhere once I got this Mistel.

going_ham 4y ago
I bought Sofle v2! It fits my hand in a good way!
microtonal 4y ago
I was very much interested in the Mistel models. I wanted a pre-built split mechanical keyboard. I was very much liked what the Mistel MD600 and MD770 looked like. But I ended up ordering a Freestyle Edge instead. The only thing that really put me off was that the Kinesis is programmable with software (or plain text files) and more extensively, while programming of the Mistel keyboard seems more limited. The other more minor worry was that I can probably still get a Freestyle in 10 years (if I like it) and Mistel hasn't been around as long. If Mistel had better programmable firmware, I would have gone Mistel... Maybe if I need a travel keyboard some day, I'll get the MD600.
- ryantgtg 4y ago
  Mine is the MD770. And yeah, I didn’t research the programmability very well beforehand and was surprised to find it wasn’t easy. I simply wanted to move my Home and End keys! But I quickly gave up. Otherwise no complaints. It feels great.