Prebuild Ergo Mechanical Keyboards
Ergo keyboards tend to be a nerdy topic, where you quite soon came to a point where you need to do DYI with soldering. Ergonomics in keyboards ia at least the three angles and ends up in highly subject aspects.
I want to give an overview of available (prebuilt) models for newbies into the ergo mechanical keyboard scene. I have no experience with most of them, but I hope this represents the market of 2023.
Split / Monoblock
First level of ergonomics, better to jump over this category, I don’t know why I have presented so many…
PERIBOARD-335
perixx.com/PERIBOARD-335
- perixx.com/PERIBOARD-335
- Just 90€
- I like the tenting options
- Only keyboard not really programmable
Keychron K15
keychron.com/K15
- keychron.com/K15
- appr. 100€
- fully programmable with via/QMK
- flat layout (also MX hight available)
- other alice style keyboard models available
Dygma Raise
dygma.com/Dygma-Raise
- https://dygma.com/pages/raise
- Premium and 350€
- first keyboard which put a lot of attention to the thumbs
Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
ultimatehackingkeyboard.com
- https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com
- 320€
- very nice additional modules
Split Column staggered
ZSA.io
https://zsa.io offers three very popular premium keyboards
| Keyboard | Image |
|---|---|
| ergodox, very established, thumbcluster is to huge and IMHO uncomfortable |
https://ergodox-ez.com |
| moonlander, somehow version two of ergodox |
https://www.zsa.io |
| voyager, newest keyboard |
https://www.zsa.io |
falba.tech
falba.tech / Sofle
https://falba.tech is an polish build service for a lot of open source boards in nice CNC cases. They offer wide configuration varieties. This is an example of the sofle keyboards.
Dygma Defy
dygma.com/Dygma-defy
The Dygma defy is the ortho interpretation of Dygma.
Split Sculpted
Kinesis somehow introduced sculpted keyboards.
The open source keyboard ergodox was heavenly inspired by the iconic Kinesis Advantage. The sculpted version are called Dactyls.
Kinesis
| Keyboard | Image |
|---|---|
| Advantage: classical design, 400€ |
kinesis-ergo.com / Advantage |
| ADVANTAGE360: wireless and split, just released, ~500€ |
kinesis-ergo.com / ADVANTAGE360 |
Bastard Keyboards
bastardkb.com / Charybdis
https://bastardkb.com is a designer and builder of Dactyl like keyboards in different sizes. The keyboards are open source, available as kits or as prebuilds. Absolute worth to have a closer look, especially models with mouse devices, like the dactyl with a track ball.
The Dilemma max is a neat flat keyboard.
bastardkb.com / Dilemma Max
Glove 80
moergo.com / Glowe 80
The Glove 80 recieved recently much attention. List price 370€ including shipping, excludinfg VAT.