The key to actually benefitting from a mechanical keyboard hobby is to move past the fancy expensive clickety clack and get into ergo mechanical keyboards. Still costs way too much money but now my thumbs have reached their full potential and my wrists no longer hate me :)
They are really difficult to get into. I remember my first ergadox and it took me most of the summer to start getting any measurable amount of speed.
But then I caught up and got even faster than before. Started remapping buttons and adding layers.
I’ll never go back. With a simple modifier, I’ve got open and closing symbols. I’ve got media controls. Mouse. Numpad. Etc. All without ever moving my hands.
The key to actually benefitting from a mechanical keyboard hobby is to move past the fancy expensive clickety clack and get into ergo mechanical keyboards. Still costs way too much money but now my thumbs have reached their full potential and my wrists no longer hate me :)
I really tried to like my various ergoboards, but I never did. I sent them off to better and more appreciated homes now.
They are really difficult to get into. I remember my first ergadox and it took me most of the summer to start getting any measurable amount of speed.
But then I caught up and got even faster than before. Started remapping buttons and adding layers.
I’ll never go back. With a simple modifier, I’ve got open and closing symbols. I’ve got media controls. Mouse. Numpad. Etc. All without ever moving my hands.
It is sublime.
What are your main boards? I’m using my battle worn Kinesis Advantage from 2002 for typing and coding, and a Keychron V1 Max for gaming.
I had the ZSA Moonlander and loved it. I now have a Charybdis from BastardKB and I love it even more.