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I own the Voyager and it's a great piece of kit, my only wish is that it was wireless, but the team has clear reasons why they've stuck with wired boards (https

I own the Voyager and it's a great piece of kit, my only wish is that it was wireless, but the team has clear reasons why they've stuck with wired boards (https://www.zsa.io/wireless https://www.zsa.io/wireless). A trackpad would be lovely. Very portable and comes with a great key editor to handle layers. Also worth checking out the one-man Bastard Keyboards (diy and prebuilt), he does the Charybdis kits with trackballs, or the Dilemma Max split mech with a trackpad alongside ortholinear keys: https://bastardkb.com/product/dilemma-max-prebuilt-preorder/ https://bastardkb.com/product/dilemma-max-prebuilt-preorder/

stavros 2y ago
I followed the "wireless" link, but thought they'd have much better arguments. Couldn't you make a replaceable battery, and an optionally-wired keyboard? Yes, wires are great (I went with wired for mine after my BT one proved too flaky), but wireless controllers are so cheap nowadays that you might as well add a wireless option to your keyboard.
ericjuta 2y ago
https://sterling-key.com/ https://sterling-key.com/ works for me on a qmk keyboard with a trackball!
- leejoramo 2y ago
  Also check out Handheld Scientific's BT-600 http://handheldsci.com/kb/ http://handheldsci.com/kb/ Be sure to read their documentation which includes a fair amount of macro programming.
beAbU 2y ago
Their anti-wireless argument is pretty weak imo. My logitech K780 takes two AAA batteries that I literally replace max once a year. And it uses bluetooth!
- 0x1ch 2y ago
  Although there's a lot of people who don't like to tinker, it is very easy to replace an internal cell pack if the designer went with one.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
  Technology breaks everywhere. Wireless is just one more thing to go wrong. Especially for a device that never moves on my desk. Which does not even address the multiple security issues which have been discovered in keyboard protocols.
  - inhumantsar 2y ago
    what strikes me as odd with the Voyager though is that the marketing is geared toward using this as a portable alternative to larger split keyboards like the Moonlander. one marketing photo stuck with me and actually put me off buying it: it had a laptop setup at a generic coffee shop with a cable looped around it going to one half and another connecting the two halves. it looked ridiculous and reminded me of just how annoying that connector cable could be at times.
zhenpixels 2y ago
I have a wireless Ergodox from SliceMK. It works well and uses solar for charging!

stavros 2y ago

I followed the "wireless" link, but thought they'd have much better arguments. Couldn't you make a replaceable battery, and an optionally-wired keyboard? Yes, wires are great (I went with wired for mine after my BT one proved too flaky), but wireless controllers are so cheap nowadays that you might as well add a wireless option to your keyboard.

ericjuta 2y ago

https://sterling-key.com/ https://sterling-key.com/ works for me on a qmk keyboard with a trackball!

leejoramo 2y ago
Also check out Handheld Scientific's BT-600 http://handheldsci.com/kb/ http://handheldsci.com/kb/ Be sure to read their documentation which includes a fair amount of macro programming.

beAbU 2y ago

Their anti-wireless argument is pretty weak imo. My logitech K780 takes two AAA batteries that I literally replace max once a year. And it uses bluetooth!

0x1ch 2y ago
Although there's a lot of people who don't like to tinker, it is very easy to replace an internal cell pack if the designer went with one.
0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
Technology breaks everywhere. Wireless is just one more thing to go wrong. Especially for a device that never moves on my desk. Which does not even address the multiple security issues which have been discovered in keyboard protocols.
- inhumantsar 2y ago
  what strikes me as odd with the Voyager though is that the marketing is geared toward using this as a portable alternative to larger split keyboards like the Moonlander. one marketing photo stuck with me and actually put me off buying it: it had a laptop setup at a generic coffee shop with a cable looped around it going to one half and another connecting the two halves. it looked ridiculous and reminded me of just how annoying that connector cable could be at times.

zhenpixels 2y ago

I have a wireless Ergodox from SliceMK. It works well and uses solar for charging!