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Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

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Re: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

#11

I've wanted this for years. I've tried so many "ergonomic" mechanical keyboards, but the huge key travel (even if very soft switches), tends to always give me finger/wrist issues over a few weeks.

>> Can I buy this keyboard? > Negative, this singular prototype is not for sale.

:sobbing:

I hope someone builds / sells this! Instant buy for me, if so.

Re: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

#16
post #6

Nice write-up. For something so thin, your soldering woes aren't surprising. The standard way to manage that would have been to solder everything in one go on a hot plate (reflow soldering). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarizoUnRfk

> reflow soldering

one of the most satisfying things to watch

Re: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

#17

I've wanted this for years. I've tried so many "ergonomic" mechanical keyboards, but the huge key travel (even if very soft switches), tends to always give me finger/wrist issues over a few weeks.

I had all those issues too, until I remembered my high school typing class where the teacher would slap our wrists with a ruler if they were resting. Now I lift my wrists like I was taught, and use non-split keyboards with better results than I used to get with splits.

Re: Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard

#19
post #13

Looks really nice. I do have my doubts about the ergonomics of it though. Once you've had a taste of concavity and column-staggering nothing else feels the same.

That's how I feel about keyboard tilts away from a full pronation/flat and towards a neutral position. Once I switched to having a rotated split keyboard, my forearms and wrists felt incredible, and I hadn't even considered them uncomfortable before.
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