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/
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Don’t assume that it’s carpal tunnel syndrome or that you know best to mitigate it. See a doctor. My finger tingling turned out to be a pinched nerve in the neck (cervical radiculopathy), and the optimal postural adjustments to deal with it are only tangentially related to choice of keyboard. In a perverse way, it may be best to have a godawful keyboard experience that gives me an incentive to get up and walk away from the desk now and then.
One unexpected discovery for me was that my presbyopia had been getting worse, which led me to unconsciously compensate by holding my head in awkward positions, so getting a proper pair of computer glasses helped. That’s probably not your issue, but I mention it to illustrate that it’s difficult to predict what your issue will be.
That said, I have been happy to use neck problems as an excuse to spend enormous amounts of time and money on my keyboard hobby, and I don’t intend to stop.