I have a Kinesis advantage pro. I bought it 11 years ago (in 2 months). When you look at it over the time it’ll last.. it gets easier to swallow. It also solved a lot of issues for me. In that time, I’ve had 3 desks, 5 computer chairs, and 7 computers.
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I have severe RSI pain when I type too much on Macbook's keyboard. Switching between Macbook and Kinesis Advantage pro(as external keyboard) and couldn't be happier. Yes, this one is kind of expensive but mine is 6yrs old already and still going strong.
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I used to love my Microsoft Natural Ergo 4000 keyboard. I did find that the pressure (PSI to press a key) goes up quite a lot after owning one for a few months, which can cause finger pain if you are coding for long hours. After having MS Ergo keyboards for about 7 years, I finally switched to a Kinesis model ( http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage_pro.htm ), and although more expensive, the pressure has stayed consistent for the 1+ years of owning it.
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I have two advantage 1s and two advantage twos. All are modified with either the blue-wizard board or the tint (or predecessor) boards as well as other mods (sound dampening, switch swaps). All but the blue-wizard runs QMK. I've been using this line of keyboards for over 20 years at this point. The 360 is quite nice with a few caveats. 1) the split is excellent, the extra buttons are great. 2) the backlight is kinda pointless, I have it off, why waste the battery. I don't understand why they didn't put it in the non-pro... BOM price i'd guess. 3) I got the palm rests, they are comfortable and kinda a little leatherette material so they won't get gooped up as badly as the old advantage 2 cloth pads. 4) the keycaps that come with it are SHIT. Buy the PBT caps with it, or do like i did and buy them two days after you get your keyboard.. Even the the home row is shit if you are used the adv1/2. I took the homerow off of one of my original advantages and put it on the pro. You might be able to swap all the caps over, but there are a few extra keys on the 360 series that it won't cover, and some of the legends will be wrong. 5) The adjustable tenting is nice but somewhat limited, it has essentially three settings. 6) It certainly sounds better, not the hollow of the adv1/2 (which i stuffed with foam to suppress). 7) You might want to buy from upgrade keyboards unless you are ok with browns. I haven't opened it up to see how hard it would be to do a desolder/switch swap. Brown are o
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Kudos to the maker here. This looks gorgeous, and very close to the datahand ads I remember. The datahand was a keyboard fetish of mine, although I always wondered of actually usable it would be, especially considering the learning experience. Keep in mind this keyboard requires chording to obtain all normally usable symbols readily available on a traditional keyboard. Making a clone of my advantage pro (my current and favorite keyboard) is somewhere in my todo list. I'm still trying all sorts of weird keyboard/mice configurations. I have probably at least 10 really exotic keyboards in my collection. Years ago I strapped the two sections of the split ergomagic keyboard section to the armrests of my chair, for a startrek-like experience. At least for me, it didn't turn out to be a great ergonomic experience. At home I'm using a foot mouse.
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Yep.. I bought a second hand Kinesis Advantage off ebay to "see if this would work for me". I used that one for almost 10 years and it was old when I got it. I had to use a usb adapter plugged into a ps/2 adapter into the original AT keyboard plug. Currently I have an advantage pro. Thinking about getting an advantage 2, but would only to get upgraded function keys.
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Please don't ignore wrist pain. If your behavior doesn't change the pain will not get better and can get much worse. When I used a traditional keyboard layout. I bound the key immediately to the left and right of space as control. Similar to the space-cadet keyboard: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Space-cad... This allows you to use the relatively strong thumbs to activate the commonly used ctrl key. I now use a Kinesis advantage pro which similarly allows the thumbs to activate many commonly used keys.
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ask anyone occupational therapist if the apple keyboard is recommended over, say, the kinesis advantage pro. if you aren't using a kinesis or one of its real competitors right now , you are not a "keyboard snob" the apple keyboard: - has no discernable key travel - is not split and contoured - is too small its probably the biggest ergonomic nightmare out there. fortunately few people actually use them after buying the computer