Split Keyboard for Professionals

Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by bradly on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:19AM (#24617557)

> when I am on web meetings, I have to be on mute, because everyone finds the KB noise too loud when I am typing

Have you looked into swapping out the switches? It looks like they aren't hot-swappable, but de-soldering switches isn't too difficult and there are a ton of amazing silent switches out right now. Check out Zealios for a great silent tactile switch.

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by ianhowson on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:27AM (#24617658)

I modded my Kinesis Edge with Holtite sockets to get hotswap capability.

I use Zilents on my daily driver. They're pretty quiet as far as mech switches go, but still a lot noisier than a standard laptop keyboard. No complaints so far.

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by throwaway34241 on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:29PM (#24620368)

It's too bad they don't offer them on the Edge, but if RGB lighting isn't essential they have the 'quiet red' switches available on the Freestyle Pro, which is basically the same model without the backlit keys.

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by treeman79 on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:38AM (#24617789)

I got the brown switches. They are quiet and mushy and I don’t like them.

But they are quit.

Also the arrow keys are mushed up with other keys and it’s hard to differentiate

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Re:Split Keyboard for Professionals by jjkaczor on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:32AM (#24617710)

My solution will be to use a headset, or separate microphone that is further away from the KB.

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