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My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by walthamstow »

grumblingdev wrote: post #112

FYI: You can put a low-profile mechanical keyboard on top of your MacBook built-in keyboard and it works great. I use the Keychron K1 Pro with Brown Gateron switches. It's an 80% (ten-key-less / TKL). I needed this one because I use the right shift key a lot and it has a full-size one whereas the 75% is shortened. You get used to the slightly different layout very quickly. You might swap back and forth a bit but when…

Love the Keychron. I wanted a mech keyboard without getting lost in the whole world. My one requirement was bluetooth and the Keychron was the cheapest, non-ugly option that had it. TKL, with F-keys but no numpad, is the ideal size for me. Looking at the NuPhy now...

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by coreyh14444 »

taneq wrote: post #124
coreyh14444 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I'm typing this on a fully custom, hand soldered, hand lubed, modded Maja V2 from KBDFans and MT3 keycaps from Drop. Easily costs more than all those boards in that post combined. And let's just say this is not my only keyboard.

You can't just say that and not post build pics of keyboard. :D (A couple of Das Keyboards here and only one is even modified, but let's say I'm mechanical-curious. :P )

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xesqNgwBmZcrss6P6 I should do some better glamour shots to do it justice :)

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by coreyh14444 »

J_Shelby_J wrote: post #103
coreyh14444 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I'm typing this on a fully custom, hand soldered, hand lubed, modded Maja V2 from KBDFans and MT3 keycaps from Drop. Easily costs more than all those boards in that post combined. And let's just say this is not my only keyboard.

It’s a neat hobby! Honestly, all you really need is to lube the switches. That’s biggest benefit. A lubed mechanical switch, even the cheapest generic red, out performs anything off the shelf.

Totally agree. You can take a basic mechanical keyboard from Amazon with hot swap switches, lube them. Maybe do a basic tape mod (just put masking tape on the back of the PCB) and get like 85% of the benefit of a high end keyboard. This is what I've done for the rest of my family's keyboards.

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by namrog84 »

Hey keyboard and computer enthusiast! I need your help!

Any other keyboard I've ever tried hurts my wrists, arm, and back, and causes me pain except the "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000". However they were discontinued years ago. :( I've been buying up used ones and learning how to disassemble and repair the ones I have the best I can, but my skills are limited.

If anyone has any (unopened) ones or knows of good replacements or how to make a new replacement (with same layout). I'd be incredibly grateful.

Most alternatives don't really have the wrist/angle support which is the #1. Then the arrow keys/home/pgup pgdn keys is next most important, and lastly the numpad and F1-F12 row keys. I don't care about special top row buttons or any of the 'special' keys on it.

Also, before people mention it, the Arisu or Feker Alice layout keyboards is nothing at all like the same wrist/angle support, it's basically just a split keyboard. :/ Most suggestions have missed the whole point of wrist/angle support being the issue.

I don't mind it being mechanical or anything so long as it's the basically the same layout/angle as the Microsoft ergo 4000. The replacement 'Microsoft ergonomic keyboard' non 4000 is 'okayish' but not as good as 4000. Other than those 2, I've never found one even remotely close to my needs. Thanks! <3

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by chrisco255 »

namrog84 wrote: post #134

Hey keyboard and computer enthusiast! I need your help! Any other keyboard I've ever tried hurts my wrists, arm, and back, and causes me pain except the "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000". However they were discontinued years ago. :( I've been buying up used ones and learning how to disassemble and repair the ones I have the best I can, but my skills are limited. If anyone has any (unopened) ones or knows of…

This is what I personally use: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/. The angle and pitch are totally customizable. Fantastic highly modifiable keyboard.

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by pca006132 »

Unhealthy relationship with keyboards? Comparing with the r/MechanicalKeyboards or r/ErgoMechKeyboards people this relationship is more like divorced...

I added python binding and ended up being on of the devs for https://github.com/elalish/manifold because OpenSCAD is too slow for my modeling (I am quite impatient). Optimizing my keyboard for months with more than 5 complete rebuilds to optimize my design (looks like this: https://i.redd.it/xtf0f54mt7ya1.jpg), and is afraid of open sourcing it because my code looks too bad :(

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by swah »

azemetre wrote: post #79

Nice to see the Noppoo Choc Mini! I had the same keyboard, got me through 5 years of starcraft 2 and another 5 years of brood war remastered. Had to retire it when I stopped playing starcraft and now use a kinesis advantage360 pro when working/programming. If you haven't used a split keyboard, I highly recommend it! It feels way more natural typing and less stressful on your wrists. I still use a kinesis freestyle 2…

I've been trying to buy a Kinesis for a few years now, but they always go for 200 USD used in Ebay.

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

Jackevansevo wrote: post #73
EtienneK wrote: post #56

I was expecting to see 10s of keyboards as you'd see from most in r/MechanicalKeyboards and was disappointed to only find 5. Not an unhealthy relationship at all!

I've stood staring down that rabbit hole many times, but then I look at my wallet and turn back.

Every few months I go to https://keymacs.com/ and ponder whether my life would be better without all that cash, but with that beauty in my life.

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by bityard »

gorjusborg wrote: post #21
sime2009 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* reduces the distance from keyboard home row to mouse * less desk real estate needed * many of us aren't doing much number entry at all

Also, the number pad is pretty useless to me. I am not a cashier or accountant. The top row is fine fine for programming.

People who work at all with ipv4 networks (devops, sre, sysadmin, netadmin) find themselves entering IP addresses on most regular days.

Re: My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards

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Post by namrog84 »

chrisco255 wrote: post #135
namrog84 wrote: post #134

Hey keyboard and computer enthusiast! I need your help! Any other keyboard I've ever tried hurts my wrists, arm, and back, and causes me pain except the "Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000". However they were discontinued years ago. :( I've been buying up used ones and learning how to disassemble and repair the ones I have the best I can, but my skills are limited. If anyone has any (unopened) ones or knows of…

This is what I personally use: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/ . The angle and pitch are totally customizable. Fantastic highly modifiable keyboard.

That's definitely an interesting one I hadn't seen before.

I game a lot, so some of the features like the offset ASD(though this might be better?) and lack of bigger caps/tabs/shift/ctrl are definitely concerns for me here. I'll definitely keep it on my shirt list of keyboards to maybe try out one day.

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