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PFU HHKB Pro 2

8owners with an opinion
100%of verdicts positive
1/0positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use; criticized for performance.

What owners wrote

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I will just go on a tangential rant. I have the HHKB pro 2 as my daily driver, and my one gripe is the low polling rate. So when I press shift to make a character upper case, it sometimes uppercases two. Never had that on other keyboards yet both HHKB I own have this behaviour, making me think it is a combination of low polling rate of 125hz and Bluetooth. Besides that, it is my favourite of many keyboards for any non-gaming thing. the Poker II is my go-to for gaming and I highly recommend that one as well, if 60% is your thing.
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https://reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards is a great resource for all things keyboards. I'd check out the wiki as a starting point: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/index Personally, I use a HHKB Pro 2 which I am in love with. Best keyboard I've used.
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I was hired to my current (remote) job literally the week my son was born; he and my job are both 6.5 years old. I worked from home (with headphones) until he started walking, at which point my job paid for a spot in a local coworking space. He's now in kindergarten and has a great afterschool program, so I'm mostly back at home now. My wife also works from home, and we go to a local coffeehouse a couple times a week. When my son comes home from school he plays with the other kids in the apartment and I put on my headphones. I do all of my work in Emacs, Terminator, and browsers in Debian with OpenBox on a Thinkpad x220. I've tried multi-monitor setups but I always go back to the laptop screen. Partly this is because I work in multiple locations, but also because I prefer switching windows or workspaces to navigating among windows in a huge screen, though I do often split the screen into halves. I do much of my typing on a mechanical keyboard - a Happy Hacking Pro 2. I have a simple Ubiquiti firewall and wifi setup hooked up to basic DSL, which is the only option in our building. This works unless I need to upload something, in which case I either exercise patience or go to the coworking space or a coffeehouse. For voice comms, I can't count on apps working with Linux but there's always an app for my Android phone. At home my physical setup is an Ikea Fredrik desk and an Aeron chair in a corner of the living room. The desk is highly configurable; initially a standi
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I splurged and got myself a used Happy Hacking Pro 2 keyboard, just to see what the hype was all about. It's quiet, blank, and very fun to type on. I also have a Leopold Otaku with Cherry MX brown keys. It's not as quiet as the HHK but I like the tactile feedback. I like the tenkeyless form factor better than the HHK because I use arrow keys sometimes. And before those 2 expensive ones, I had a MS Natural ergonomic 4000 which was a good, inexpensive and comfortable keyboard. I had the one with the very stiff space-bar but I think the newer versions' keys were less stiff. Good luck on your search. My dream keyboard would be one with the MS 4000 ergonomic layout and the keys of the HHK. But I've spent enough on keyboards for awhile. :)
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The Happy Hacking Pro 2 is great if you like a compact 60 key keyboard. The Escape and Control keys are positioned perfectly for Vim and Emacs, so you don't have to bother with remapping them. Works on PCs and Macs. The price is steep but worth every penny. If I ever go to Japan I'll buy half a dozen and stockpile them. This keyboard is not for everyone, so you should try it before you buy. http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=pfu_keyboards,hhk... and http://www.geekstuff4u.com/happy-hacking-keyboard-pro-2.html I also use a Das Keyboard, a nice full-sized keyboard with a great build quality---but it is extremely noisy and I wouldn't recommend it for that reason only. There is a silent version, too. Knowing what I know now, I'd go for the quiet one. Funny thing, daskeyboard.com sells matching earplugs for this keyboard. You buy a set for yourself and for everyone who works in the same room as you.