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I've had a generic Microsoft ergonomic keyboard for 5-6 years and never had an issue with it. Every key still works and feels the way it did at first. https://w

I've had a generic Microsoft ergonomic keyboard for 5-6 years and never had an issue with it. Every key still works and feels the way it did at first. https://www.microsoft.com/en/accessories/products/keyboards/sculpt-ergonomic-desktop https://www.microsoft.com/en/accessories/products/keyboards/... (I don't like the mouse but the keyboard is perfect. There's a SKU without the mouse on Amazon) Super comfortable, easy to type fast on it, and thing just works. Battery lasts many months. Used it across several Windows desktops and Mac laptops and it's worked flawlessly on all of them. ------- Could it be a matter of typing technique? I grew up on mechanical keyboards but eventually switched to these ergo ones, and now I type both much faster and much more comfortably. I think my keystrokes are much softer now than before since it takes much less force to press a key down. Just kinda feel like I'm floating across the keys and I never really think about it anymore.

Borg3 3y ago
What do you mean by typing technique? Im very happy with current keyboard if we speak about typing. Those yellow switches sound and work great. They are smooth and about the right with force I need to press keys. No issue at all here. Actually, if that keyboard was working correctly, it would be ideal buy. I like it design. The problem is, it gives wrong scancodes few times a day, like you press letter, you get WinKey. I bet its firmware related, because keyboard have option to disable winkey (Fn+WinKey) and it works. I mean, you press WinKey and nothing happen, but, when fake scancode is provided, it passes the check! https://krux.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/krx0110-krux-atax-pro-rgb-creator-retro-gateron-yellow-pro-08-png-www.png https://krux.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/krx0110-krux-at...
- solardev 3y ago
  I'm not trying to sell any one contact type over another. People have their preferences. By technique I just mean that similar to how you can play piano with different finger techniques (like pushing down on the pad of the finger vs tip), you can use your fingers differently on a keyboard, which may impact their long term durability. Different switches have different required levels of force, different spring configurations, etc., but it's also possible to type "harder" than necessary. The ergo setups in particular forced me to adjust my palm and wrist positions and as a result I type softer than on a standard qwerty mechanical keyboard. In my case it was to help with finger and wrist pain (which it did wonders for). Can't help you with the scan code failures there. I never had any issues with mine, sorry. In the past, on older keyboards, some keys got squishier over time, but a dusting with compressed air would fix that. Another time I spilled water inside and had to retrace the circuits with a pencil. Some keyboards have issues with chording too many keys at once. But none of those situations resemble what you describe.
wara23arish 3y ago
I and a friend also got these. However months in they became unusable, they would constantly disconnect, and miss keystrokes completely. Ive been using a used Kinesis Advantage 360 from ebay and its been perfect
cdaringe 3y ago
This keyboard has a poor rxtx. Used it for years and it would regularly drop keystokes. Wish they made a wired version. I did buy the wired MS ergo version which is very close… but noticeably different form factor. Really wish i could have wired this easily.

Borg3 3y ago

What do you mean by typing technique? Im very happy with current keyboard if we speak about typing. Those yellow switches sound and work great. They are smooth and about the right with force I need to press keys. No issue at all here. Actually, if that keyboard was working correctly, it would be ideal buy. I like it design. The problem is, it gives wrong scancodes few times a day, like you press letter, you get WinKey. I bet its firmware related, because keyboard have option to disable winkey (Fn+WinKey) and it works. I mean, you press WinKey and nothing happen, but, when fake scancode is provided, it passes the check! https://krux.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/krx0110-krux-atax-pro-rgb-creator-retro-gateron-yellow-pro-08-png-www.png https://krux.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/krx0110-krux-at...

solardev 3y ago
I'm not trying to sell any one contact type over another. People have their preferences. By technique I just mean that similar to how you can play piano with different finger techniques (like pushing down on the pad of the finger vs tip), you can use your fingers differently on a keyboard, which may impact their long term durability. Different switches have different required levels of force, different spring configurations, etc., but it's also possible to type "harder" than necessary. The ergo setups in particular forced me to adjust my palm and wrist positions and as a result I type softer than on a standard qwerty mechanical keyboard. In my case it was to help with finger and wrist pain (which it did wonders for). Can't help you with the scan code failures there. I never had any issues with mine, sorry. In the past, on older keyboards, some keys got squishier over time, but a dusting with compressed air would fix that. Another time I spilled water inside and had to retrace the circuits with a pencil. Some keyboards have issues with chording too many keys at once. But none of those situations resemble what you describe.

wara23arish 3y ago

I and a friend also got these. However months in they became unusable, they would constantly disconnect, and miss keystrokes completely. Ive been using a used Kinesis Advantage 360 from ebay and its been perfect

cdaringe 3y ago

This keyboard has a poor rxtx. Used it for years and it would regularly drop keystokes. Wish they made a wired version. I did buy the wired MS ergo version which is very close… but noticeably different form factor. Really wish i could have wired this easily.