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.

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

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.

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):

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.