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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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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

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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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Looking for a Glove80-like keyboard with hot-swappable switches (self.ergomechkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago by Gecko to c/ergomechkeyboards

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Based on this video which reviewed a bunch of different ergonomic mechanical keyboards I kinda have my eyes set on the Glove80.

However my main gripe with looking at it, is that it only offers soldered switches (either pre-soldered or DIY).

This combined with the fact that there are no Cherry MX Speed like switches available for it (I have grown very accustomed to them on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum) makes me question whether I'm willing to risk the near 400€ investment just to potentially end up with a keyboard whose switches are not too my liking.

And while I could probably resolder different switches onto it, I'd rather have a keyboard where changing switches doesn't require me grabbing my soldering iron.

Looking around so far however, I haven't found a keyboard similar in design to the Glove80 that does feature hot-swappable switches.

As such any recommendations would be welcome <3

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can build / pay someone to build a Dactyl manuform with hot swap sockets. It will look very different from the glove80 but the key positions can be similar with some parameter tuning. That being said, I'm unconvinced that any of the concave key wells will be correct for most people's hands and therefore, they should always be customized. My glove 80 feels like where I started with my manuform (the default parameters) while my current manuform feels much more natural.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Any tips for somebody thinking of printing a manuform dactyl?

[–] Aldoo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kailh choc's actuation point is only 1.3mm, which is really close to Cherry MX Speed's (1.2mm).

Of course the two categories concern very different switches, but isn't this the main trait of speed switches (compared to other MX switches) ?

[–] Gecko 1 points 1 year ago

yup, speeds are just reds that trigger earlier basically ^^