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I recommend calm and caution :) You will quickly end up researching mechanical split keyboard market and start convincing yourself that 500-1000€ is not that e
by szszrk 1y ago
I recommend calm and caution :)
You will quickly end up researching mechanical split keyboard market and start convincing yourself that 500-1000€ is not that expensive (sic!).
I made an adventure into mechanicals, around half a year on research and getting used to it. Configurability is amazing. Quality great. Noise was not a problem.
Ended up going back to some flat (laptop-like) dell keyboard and a vertical mouse instead. Because my hands started to stiffen up, hurt, the typical stuff. Keyboards were too high (with normal keys) and too expensive+weird (with low profile keys). I tried adding dedicated palm rests, changing habits a bit, changing bindings...
In the end I'm considering buying MS' Sculpt ergonomic keyboard again (it's the one that's actually split, low profile, with optional negative tilt. I think it's only sold with a mouse). It has a lot of flaws, but fatigue was not one of them.
What I'm trying to say: you may spend a lot of time, effort and money and still feel miserable. There are amazing builds out there, but don't forget non mechanical options exist.
- cx42net 1y agoFunny you mention that, I was comparing Moonlander (https://www.zsa.io/moonlander https://www.zsa.io/moonlander), Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/ https://www.moergo.com/) and Cyboard (https://cyboard.digital/ https://cyboard.digital/) ... Thanks for the advice!
- szszrk 1y agoMoonlander ... I think I still have a printer template to check if it fits my desk layout well... Hacking keyboard I like the most, but it's still a gamble and add-ons almost double my cost. Too much for companies that don't have any distributor locally...
- cx42net 1y agoYeah I agree, the cost quickly rise!
- exitb 1y agoRSI is a combination of "repetitive" and "strain". My take on it is that ergonomic keyboards that limit the amount of finger movement make your typing more repetitive - hence you need to be sure as hell that there is as little strain as possible. I also went with a minimal split keyboard and quickly started to feel pain. When I however looked at my desk/chair/screen, I found that they don't promote the correct posture. Once these were corrected, I got no pain at all. I think the right lesson is that this is a journey, rather than a problem you can throw some money at once and have it solved.
- szszrk 1y agoYou described it well. You can spend insane money on hardware and still sit incorrectly.