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badguy84 t1_j9amgry wrote

Reply to comment by kapkapkaap in Keebio Iris rev7 build! Now to relearn how to type... by Wemmsie

IMHO it's really nice. I do a ton of typing day in and day out, and the position you can take with a split keyboard is so much more relaxed, your shoulders aren't tensed and your arms can just naturally point forward.

If you touch type it's really easy to adapt to a split keyboard.

Gaming gets a bit awkward, but most of that is due to the reduced number of keys. This board has no function keys and a reduced bottom row, which means you fiddle a bit with where to place ctrl/shift/alt/tab/tilde/esc which is more pronounced in video games.

Any way I guess it depends on what you use your keyboard for day to day and how you use it.

P.S. it's great when you have cats who love to sit right in front of you: you can just move the halves and still type just fine while receiving kisses.

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Rodlund t1_j9agnig wrote

Reply to comment by Chicken_McNublets in Keebio Iris rev7 build! Now to relearn how to type... by Wemmsie

I built one and it took about a week for normal typing but weeks of a little tweaks for layers after that. I moved the SHIFT keys directly to the left of my pinkies, space is right thumb and backspace if left thumb.

I have layer switching to use arrows/numbers without having to move my hand at all which is a huge game changer.

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dsarma t1_j9aebmj wrote

Reply to 2023 Keyboard Building Guide. by JimmyTheDoor

I knew that for my first mechanical keyboard, I’d not have the patience to sort out the masses of switches on my preferred layout (I use the 100%, because I have several shortcuts mapped to those extra keys, and I like the numpad to be separate and have that chonky 0 key). Also, the cases for the 100% layout were either mad expensive or not existing.

I bought that Keychron one. It’s the K10 model. I figure that for $100, it’s a start. Then if I need to change anything, I can do that. But, until then, I’ll still have a working keyboard.

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pabloescobyte OP t1_j9ae0c8 wrote

Reply to comment by TheShakyDiver in 50s Day is Every Day for me, just like 40s Day. by pabloescobyte

They’re no longer made unfortunately but I think KBDFans has similar sets in “NP” profile and there are probably similar sets on AliExpress.

Here is the original product listing from 1upkeyboards if you want to see what’s included.

The set isn’t an Ortho set just FYI. I just used the alphas and extra mods to fill out the board since I don’t have any other sets that have two 2u keycaps for my spacebars.

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lthdot t1_j9a4syl wrote

Reply to comment by Mandydeth in Happy 50's Day by Mandydeth

Did you just get by searching ortho linear keycaps on ali? huh, I dont really like drop, so will try there, thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!

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