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Most of these justifications/complaints against wireless don't resonate with me. My wireless keyboard runs on 2 standard batteries (AA or AAA, I can't remember
by dundarious 3y ago
Most of these justifications/complaints against wireless don't resonate with me. My wireless keyboard runs on 2 standard batteries (AA or AAA, I can't remember which and am AFK). I must replace them about every year, it's a very short process, and I use rechargeables. I replaced my keyboard earlier this year due to water damage, so the batteries have outlasted the keyboard (which was about 7 years old). I admit, I don't use a mechanical keyboard (I use a Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic) but is all of the above simplicity and commodity battery stuff impossible in the mechanical space? I get the impression they're eminently possible, as long as you don't have to power lots of rgb lights, etc.
As for a negative that specifically resonates, but not fundamentally so: AFAIK, I cannot tinker with the firmware on my wireless keyboard. The real negative IMO, is that rarely, keys become unresponsive for 3 seconds (presumably due to wireless connectivity drop). It's annoying, but losing 3 seconds of work is manageable to say the least, and it's not frustrating as long as it's rare -- and I don't use it for gaming.
On the whole, quite positive for wireless keyboards such as mine. A wireless mouse is a similar story. Wireless headsets/microphones are totally different, as low-latency high-quality audio codecs are relatively new in Bluetooth.
- aradox66 3y agoI loved the Microsoft sculpt until the connection started glitching sporadically. Even if you only lose connection for 10 microseconds every so often, it feels so disruptive to a workflow.
- dundarious 3y agoIf it was more frequent, I would finally resign myself to spending a ton extra to get the same ergonomics with a wired keyboard -- it just feels like a waste right now, for how rarely and minorly disruptive it is for me, on my unit at least. It's nice to be happy and productive with commodity equipment. But if my current keyboard had a wired option, I would get it -- not for any of the reasons listed in the article, though. Just to eliminate the already rare connectivity drops.
- mamcx 3y ago> same ergonomics with a wired keyboard Which keyboard match the MS ergo??
- aradox66 3y agoAFAIK, none. MS makes a wired ergonomic keyboard, but IMO the keypress is much worse. I tried every wired ergonomic option in the same price range on Amazon. Most of them were the exact same keyboard with miscellaneous different branding. None compared well to the MS sculpt, except for the benefits of being wired.
- dundarious 3y agoAgreed, I’d have to buy something mechanical, probably split, get the lightest switches possible, and modify it for negative tilt. Last I looked, if I spent ~$200 I could probably do such a thing based on Kinesis products, presumably with lots of experimentation required to get it right.