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Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 It's awesome and well within your budget. Not mechanical, though. It's perfect for wrist strain as it gives your wrist a resting place. But if you have strain on your wrists, consider adjusting your table and chair height. Your elbows should be about even height with your keyboard.

Microsoft have a lot of decent ergo keyboard offerings. A friend with wrecked wrists swears by his Sculpt Ergonomic (within your budget and stocked by many physical stores so you can try it in person), although it acts funny under Linux. I have a Comfort Curve 3000 which is under $20. It's the only curved keyboard in this price range I know of.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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I've made a site for reddit's opinion on various products, you can find keyboards here: https://redditfavorites.com/products?category_id=keyboards Any of the most popular ones there are generally good.

Funny you say that, I had just been on your site the other day. Was wondering how exactly your algorithm ranked the sites.

The products are ranked according to the "Popularity score" which uses # comments with distinct authors and positive karma. Amazon links in a comment usually = endorsement

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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Apparently there's not as much evidence as you'd think that ergonomic keyboards make a difference for wrist pain. I used to think I could only use an ergonomic one, but I've been I've been using a brown switch CODE keyboard for almost 3 years now and it's been no better or worse than my old ergonomic keyboards. As long as I don't overdo it, my wrists are fine.

https://codekeyboards.com/

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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I had major forearm/hand tendon pain for years, and switching to an ErgoDox EZ cured it. I also switched to a standing desk at the time, which helped.

I've also spent lots of time with an Atreus62 and a Dactyl Manuform, and still use the ErgoDox EZ as my daily driver. It's just so great.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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post #8

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 It's awesome and well within your budget. Not mechanical, though. It's perfect for wrist strain as it gives your wrist a resting place. But if you have strain on your wrists, consider adjusting your table and chair height. Your elbows should be about even height with your keyboard.

I love my 4000. I feel if they made a mechanical one that it would sell like hotcakes.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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I am in love with Realforce 87U Tenkeyless https://www.amazon.com/Realforce-87U-Tenkeyless-White-Gray/d...

A truly excellent keyboard, but not particularly ergonomic. I recommend Kinesis Advantage for reducing wrist strain.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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Imho ergonomic keyboards are not much better. They are hard to learn and you get confused as soon as you use someone else’s computer, plus they have annoying features like a tiny Esc key. I think overall a gaming / mechanical keyboard helps you type faster and more accurately, which itself leads to less strain. I recently got a logitech g-413 and i m very pleased with how fluently it works , without a lot of noise.

For ergonomics you should consider an upright mouse, in my case it eliminated ulnar nerve pain

Re: Ask HN: Favorite ergonomic/mechanical keyboard for programming and typing?

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I've made a site for reddit's opinion on various products, you can find keyboards here: https://redditfavorites.com/products?category_id=keyboards Any of the most popular ones there are generally good.

A heads up: your home icon links to localhost:3000
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