Hacker News Reader

Comment by tvanantwerp | Hacker News Reader

I'd love to try a split ergo keyboard, but 1) I have no interest in building one and 2) I have no interest in paying $300 for a fully-assembled one. There's got to be untapped market potential for fully assembled ergonomic split keyboards costing less than $300.

View on HN

Amazon sells the Kinesis Advantage via prime so they will accept your return too.

Give it at least 2 weeks full time to adapt though. I doubt you would go back if you suffered any pain previously though.

Gergoplex is $160 fully assembled, but may not be for everyone. Most of the cost is usually in the switches and keycaps.

https://www.gboards.ca/product/gergoplex

Tempted by these for travel. I even have a layer on my ergodox that stimulates one...

These exist, look up Goldtouch. The two sides can't fully separate but they move far enough apart that I haven't had an issue.

I had old gold touches but gave them to my cousin when his arm and wrist pain became far worse than my own. I bought more, but their newer designs (circa 2005 or so, I think) resulted in the ball joint breaking on 3 keyboards before I stopped buying them.

I can't be sure if they have fixed the breaking joint problem, but I'm curious about your experience - how long have you had yours and how will has it endured so f

Currently I've had mine about six months, but I rarely adjust the ball joint so don't think I put much stress on it.

Kinesis makes them for ~170 if you don’t want tenting or a palm rest

Reply on news.ycombinator.com