ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
Keep it ergo
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
Some useful links
- EMK wiki
- Split keyboard compare tool
- Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
- Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/
view the rest of the comments
You can't really customize it, but the Kinesis Advantage2, is the best keyboard I've ever used. They're expensive, but they last forever. My wrist pain completely went away when I started using one about 7 years ago. It also has a hybrid Qwerty/Maltron layout, so common support keys are placed under your strong fingers instead of your weak fingers, and the letters are all Qwerty. My typing speed increased from about 80 wpm to about 110 wpm after I got used to the new layout.
Edited Colmak to Maltron
What's your layout?
It looks like this.
I mean the letters. You said it's a Colemak/qwerty mix.
Whoops, sorry! I meant Maltron. I only say that because of the blocks of keys under your thumbs, like a Maltron keyboard. Really it's a proprietary layout AFAIK.