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Comment by azemetre | Hacker News Reader

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 on my desktop pc, good enough for most games too. It feels alien at first but you quickly adapt. It's also not hard to go back and forth between the different types of keyboards.

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A white noppoo choc mini was my introduction to mechanical keyboards, I still have it and it works without any issues but it now sits in my cabinet next to my desk. Got it because Reckful (RIP) had one and was doing a lot of typeracer back then and I liked the click/clack sounds it made. Nowadays I'm using a Ducky DK2108 with a set of double-shot PBT keycaps, the keyboard is indestructible and looks brand new, can't justify replacing it.

Took me a solid month do adapt, but really glad I put the time in!!

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

They're very expensive for a keyboard.

However, for a device that I use 50 hours a week -- not so expensive.

If you're a software engineer, you probably use your car a lot less than your keyboard. You _probably_ spent north of $20k for your car and you use it for ~7 hours per week, max?

$350 is nothing for a primary tool of your trade.

Agree but "import fees to latin america, I might not like the switches and there is no market to resell, I don't have that much pain, gym also helps, I think going back and forth between Kinesis and MBP keyboard would be hard, etc" and it stays in that range of "should I".

Also I recently spent a similar value on a sit-stand table and totally regret that purchase - I mostly sit and could always walk outside instead of standing..

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