Love this! I have a moonlander for my work desk as well. Right now I have it in the flat config, but when my wrists start to hurt I use the satellite stands like that. We almost have the same keycaps as well :) I have the DSA Granite from years and years ago.
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I really liked the Moonlander, it was my first ergo split board ; however after a few months with it, I grew to dislike the placement of the thumb cluster: while practical for tenting, and somewhat innovative, even for my biggish hands the nearest key on the thumb cluster is very far and I felt pain in my thumbs after half an hour using it (resting position being homerow+thumb on cluster).
How do you like their platform for tenting?
I replied below. I dunno if it will send you a notification.
It holds position pretty good? I feel like I remember reading that the first run didn't feel very solid when it was in position
Yeah, the thumb cluster stays where it should without any major issue. I've had mine for about 9 months I think?
Would also like to know, I've been considering getting the platforms for mine.
I think it's a big help. I like being able to get my boards steeper, and it's also quicker to get setup the way I like compared to leveling out the legs and thumb clusters. The down side is, it's kinda crazy heavy, haha. It's solid plates of metal after all. They can make a little bit of noise with how the hing is assembled, but I haven't had much trouble with that.
There are other methods for tenting the moonlander, but I don't think anything can beat the ease of use or how compact the platform is, even if they're lighter.
That is some steep tenting going on there :-) Like the setup - though I’m more a flat-keyb-type
Is the tenting kit specifically for the moonlander or it can be used with like an iris from keeb.io
Yeah, it's a tenting kit the moonlander. I think there could be better options for an iris than this.