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I got really into mechanical keyboards but found that I was pretty quickly sated after getting an ErgoDox (http://ergodox.org/).

Now I subscribe to updates from these two particularly interesting community projects and may consider buying them when they're available:

Axios (improving ergodox): https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44940.0

Reviving the DataHand: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41422.0

Otherwise, after a few months of reading forums, it's hard to get excited about a new color of keycap.

Agreed. My biggest regret is that it is so expensive to build an ergodox, even if you want to do the soldering yourself. Otherwise, I'd build a few for my keyboard-conscious friends.

To put my claim into perspective, the cheapest way to get an Ergodox in the US is at Massdrop for 200$ + shipping + assembly. If you live outside the US and pay import taxes on that, it will cost you around 350$. There are people in EU who try to sell ergodox parts themselves (falbatech.pl) but the price will not get down by much.

The people I've spoken to recommend both cutting the plastic case yourself (or using no case at all, some have done that) and ripping the Cherry MX keys from older, cheaper keyboards, but that is currently beyond my possible time investment.

It is very expensive. I built mine from the ErgoDox kit on massdrop which saves a bit of money, but it's still expensive.

But in comparison to other ergonomically-focused keyboards, it's actually on the cheap side. I justified the purchase as an investment in my long-term health, and I think when looking at ergo keyboards you sort of have to look at it that way - you're paying for comfort, yes, but for comfort that will prevent injury.

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