Using two keyboards at once for pain relief

Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:45PM (#28635940)

This guy seems to have given up too soon. There are also normal spilt keyboards like the UHK. And even cheaper Chinese options like the Mistel Barocco. These Chinese keyboards are what most people should get if they need a split keyboard.

Normal keyboard layout, just split. Connected by a coiled USBC to USBC cable that you could replace with a longer cable.

I use the Mistel which fine for me. The layout never bothered me, just the distance between the halves and the lack of tenting.

They are also programmable which is useful when you can’t use software to remap your keys.

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by ghostly_s on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:57PM (#28637090)

Well I for one will say I did a lot of research on split boards about a year ago and never came across Mistel. It even has my preferred tenkeyless arrow placement!

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:34PM (#28638023)

Yeah, it’s hard to get information about them and they have the weird names. I only know about them because certain suppliers around here stock them and a friend had some other mechanical keyboard from them.

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by InvertedRhodium on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:59PM (#28636130)

I ordered my UHKv2 in January and ended up buying a Dygma Raise in the meantime while I wait. I'm sure the UHK will be a lovely keyboard, when it finally ships.

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by airstrike on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:16PM (#28636285)

I'd love recommendations on a split keyboard with low profile keys. The "normal" angle on keyboards kills my wrists...

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by johncalvinyoung on Thursday September 23, 2021 @08:46PM (#28637384)

I got a UHKv1 from an early adopter friend (who had multiple UHKs) and have loved it. It was hard getting used to it at first, but it was the only keyboard that didn't make my forearms ache, when my tendonitis flared up.

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by Separo on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:45PM (#28638408)

Also on the UHK v1 and have since not been able to use anything else. Especially because of fast layer switching, home row arrows and mouse layer. Although checking out the Dygma Raise now :)

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by ozbonus on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:54AM (#28638751)

Mistel is a Taiwanese company and their keyboards (at least the ones I've seen and bought) are made in Taiwan.

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Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief by unemphysbro on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:30PM (#28636408)

Love the mistel. I've been using it for 4 years and it's great!

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