On: Ultimate Hacking Keyboard

[sand500]

Another split keyboard alternative to this and the UHK is the freestyle edge: https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/edge/

Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox.

[suprfnk → sand500]

> Had way less of a learning curve than my ergodox.

The big difference to the keyboard you linked, the Ergodox is an ortholinear keyboard. It is to be expected that that comes with a learning curve if you've only typed on a staggered keyboard. I personally think ortholinear is worth the learning curve.

[JdeBP → suprfnk]

It's a shame that the Ergodox marketing blurb implies that they invented it.

> archaic design, which we fixed

It was fixed a long time ago, by other people.

Maltron keyboard designs have had this since the 1980s. Lillian Malt criticized "[t]he uneven stretches caused by the diagonal slope of the rows of keys on qwerty" in 1977. PCD Maltron's first demo keyboard from 1976 eliminated that slope.

* https://www.maltron.com/maltron-history.html

That wasn't a novel criticism even then.

[kabdib → sand500]

I bought one of these when they came out, and my first weekend with it I just couldn't stop typing, it was so much fun.

The only misdesign I can think of is that the DEL key should be bigger. (The ESC key is huge and hard to miss, which is fantastic).

[in_hindsight → sand500]

It’s the best split keyboard on the market right now.

Maybe VEA is better but good luck finding the first revision and second one is nowhere in sight

[jasonlotito → sand500]

I use the Freestyle2 Blue, and absolutely love it. Enough that I have one for home and work. I don't have the gaming one yet for my gaming PC, but I'm seriously considering picking it up. The difference is I don't use my gaming PC for typing much, so it's less of an issue.

Still, It's a wonderful keyboard.

[briatx → sand500]

I have a Freestyle Edge and I love it.

Although I'm intrigued by the integrated pointer options, I don't think I'll make the switch due to the pricetag and 60% form factor.