ErgoMechKeyboards

Was a friend that did the 3d printing, and I know next to nothing about it, but we got lucky on the first print. Switches sit in very firm, would probably damage the case if I had to pop any out!

It can be a pain. That and tuning supports so they don't fail, or slice you up trying to get them out.

Wouldn't say that it particularly boosts speed. I had a fairly big speed drop while learning to adapt.

Everyone's different but it took a month of using it all day as well as doing typing exercises to get up to 70wpm.

I did the switch to an ergo keyboard because I was having shoulder and wrist pain and it seems to have helped rather than cured.

Thanks! Was fun, for the most part...

Learned a lot but had some wiring issues that were a pain to track down and sort out.

Cheers, was my first hand wired build. Nothing like diving into the deep end!

Thought I'd miss the wrist rests but I don't. The concavity and thumb clusters feel very similar.

The main benefit for me is having more flexible key mapping and also having layers. Also it's a lot more portable when going into the office.

Is quite portable, more so than the Kinesis advantage I was using.

I've got a laptop rucksack and its fine to dump it in there. Haven't had any issues with it.

One day I'll get round to modding in an on/off switch to disconnect the battery but today is not that day.

For a size guide, this is how it stacks up against a corne which was my travel board (mouse for scale):