Ergo Mechanical for programming?

[icor1031]

Red or brown only, preferably red - which I have now.

Do any exist?

 

[cyclone3d]

The Cherry MX5000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX5000-Mechanical-MX-Browns-Ansi-Ergo-Vintage-Ergonomic-Keyboard-/201357546723?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ee1d854e3

 

[icor1031]

Anything black or dark gray? lol


LOL $700 used!

 

[Streiw]

Check out the Kinesis Advantage, or build your own Ergodox.

 

[icor1031]

Check out the Kinesis Advantage, or build your own Ergodox.

Advantage was interesting, but it concerns me:
The [ ] keys are at the bottom.
The wrist pad is hard plastic, and I'm concerned about nerve damage..


Ergodox is interesting.

 

[atarione]

there is also this:

https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/index.php

 

[cyclone3d]

there is also this:

https://www.trulyergonomic.com/store/index.php

Oooh, I like the looks of that one. The drawings of how a person sits without an ergo keyboard and with an ergo keyboard is quite funny though.

 

[phillyboy]

I would go for a Matias Ergo Pro if they were easily available. Next run doesn't ship til July.

http://matias.ca/ergopro/pc/

I built an ergodox and used it for several months before selling it on eBay. The thumb cluster positioning is worthless. You only can easily use the double-sized keys, so I ended up making the other ones pageup/pagedown/home/end left/right/down/up since they don't get used as often. The bottom most row keys are awkward to use too, making the whole ctrl/alt/win key positioning not as fantastic to find a setup for.

I had a Truly Ergonomic (TECK) as well, and really liked it for the size and layout minus the ctrl/shift keys being swapped. I could not get adjusted to that after two months of using it. I ended up returning it because there were terrible key ghosting issues, but it looks like the open-source firmware for it has helped address this.