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I bought a split keyboard last year and I honestly don’t think I could go back. My shoulder/chest pain went away. The layers let me almost never leave the home row and I miss it every time I use my laptop keyboard.

> I suspect that they are more concerned with aesthetics, which are arguably worse with a split keyboard.

Yeah, mine has lots of wires and I miss the minimalistic aesthetic of wireless mini keyboards.

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If one isn’t afraid to tinker a little more while building keyboards one could work in a nice!nano or similar replacement for pro micros/elite-Cs, I had a fine time building a kyria (a 40% split) with it too:

https://nicekeyboards.com/nice-nano/

If you’re into low profile switches (that’s a big if!) there are projects the corneish zen https://lowprokb.ca/products/corne-ish-zen

Can you replace any existing usb c ports with this? I have a planck that I would really like to make wireless but a quick search around google doesn't show anyone building one with it.

Thanks for the links! I do wanna try out low profile switches. I wish there were something like corneish zen with a bit more keys :p

Does it feel intuitive? I'm worried about learning a typing paradigm that isn't accessible everywhere (for eg can't hit both G and H with index if they're in diff sides)

I’m guessing you mean that you tend to hit g and h with hands (eg hit g with right hand and hit h with left hand) and you can’t do that with split keyboard. It doesn’t take that long to get used to it. I still can type pretty well with my laptop keyboard so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

Usually it's the number row that gets me. I'm working on a keyboard that duplicates the inner columns for this reason.

just got a moonlander and I too could never go back. worth the hype and the price..the learning curve was steep but after a month and several iterations of customization I cant believe that customizable split layout is not the norm.

There are wireless split keyboards as well.

I’m aware but I haven’t find my dream one yet. I think I’ll try to build my own split wireless keyboard one day.

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