Coming from a normal 60%, I have a Sweep keyboard (34 keys) that I’ve been using for a bit over a year. It’s overall been great and I prefer it by a large margin to the 60% but the one thing that has been annoying is playing video games, though I’m sure if I put the effort in it would be no problem after a couple months.

I don’t plan to change keyboards for a while unless it somehow breaks. Perhaps I’d try a steno keyboard but I’m quite happy with the modified Colemak-DHm layout I have on this one.

I built a Sofle RGB a couple years ago, and loved it so much I built a second for work.

Then I made a dactyl manuform mini (6 x 4) because I could make the key layout pretty much match the Sofles. I didn’t really like dactyl at first, with Amazon’s cheapest XDA keycaps, but when I replaced them with something more interesting, CSA they were called, I was a lot happier.

If I had used quieter switches on the dactyl, that would be my work keyboard. But as it is I’ve got my work Sofle tented to maybe 15 degrees or so and really love it!

I don’t see any good reason to change, and wind up swapping between the Sofle and the Dactyl at home depending on the application. Dactyl is terrible for gaming, but way more fun if I’m doing a long coding session.

I’ve been using a Kinesis Advantage for over a decade now. I’ve tried most of the ergo options out there and I keep coming back to the Advantage. It’s the only one that gets the thumb keys right in my opinion.

I currently run a heavily modified version done by the guys at Upgrade Keyboards.

The only keyboard that solved all my wrist pain was the Kinesis Advantage Pro, which I learned alongside Colemak. Love the keyboard, and if it broke I’d buy it again tomorrow without hesitation.

• I was a 60% guy until I borrowed (stole? I still have it) a Kensis Advantage from a coworker.
• Not long after I built a couple Ergodox (Hotdox). I used all 76 keys for about 5 years.
• I built a beautiful wireless Ergodox with a metal case and solar charging (SliceMK) that I have basically never used :/
• For the last year and a half I’ve used a dactyl manuform (Wylder) that I soldered with ameba king per key pcbs. 39 keys (I don’t use a few) + a trackball.

I don’t see myself changing anytime soon, auto mouse layer is amazing. I have a Draculad PCB and case but no real reason to build it since I wfh.

I’ve been rocking a technik with purpz and mbk legends for about 2 years now, will probably stick with it until it gives out and replacement parts are no longer available. Low pro, hotswap, metal case, LEDs (never use them though), etc, it’s great imo. My raise and lower layers are heavily riced for both my wm (bspwm) and having all my common programming symbols easily accessible.

I’ve been wanting to switch to a staggered low pro split board for ergo reasons but haven’t had much time to look unfortunately

4 years with my Iris V2. My only 2 complaints are that I didn’t like the default layering layout in QMK and that I couldn’t wait for V4.

Incredible keyboard.

I also highly recommend the Otemu Silent Sky switches I used in it, though sourcing them is a real pain. Tactile, buttery smooth, good resistance curves, and utterly silent.

Been using a Matias Ergo Pro for several years now. Love the chonky CTRL, OPTION, CMD and Spacebar keys.

Before purchase, I read reviews that some of the keys would tend to stick. Indeed, after a few months, the ‘F’ key decided that it was going to work according to its own plan. So the reviews were right. A good keyboard if they would just fix their d*mn key issues.

Working on building a new custom keyboard to replace it.

Self made Scylla for a year (it’s a dactyl type - 6x4 plus clusters, split, tented, welled, ortho) and I’m cruising on it.

Still adjusting 1 or 2 keys on ZMK but from comfort its amazing.

Bluetooth, USB-C and battery. Enjoying life!

Been using the Glove80 for over a year now and I love it.
Everything about it is exactly what I wanted from an ergonomic keyboard and it’s also very customizable.
It’s been very comfortable for me from the moment I got it up until now. And while I used to like rough PBT keycaps texture, I’ve learned to enjoy the Glove80’s smooth POM keycaps.
I had only one keyboard before it which I could consider as “ergo” and have used for quite a bit - The Sweep. I liked it, but the limited amount of keys ended up being an annoyance for me. Especially when gaming. Plus the Glove80’s curve and palm rest make it substantially more comfortable for me, despite it being a larger keyboard.

There are only 2 things left on my checklist for the “perfect ergo keyboard”:

• Lighter switches - I got the red chocs before the red pro chocs were an option. I’m thinking of soldering the 20g ambient switches though.
• Pointing input module - There was some work going on about an Orbital v2 touchpad integration with the Glove80. But I haven’t heard anything about it since (I think it’s been over a year).

So I’ve been eyeing the Svalboard.
I’m not sure it’ll fit my needs as it isn’t wireless and has less keys. But I love everything else about it.

I used an ErgoDox for years. I wasn’t thrilled with the switches, and I wanted more stagger.

For the past few months I’ve been using a Piantor. I’ve learned:

1. Thin is sexy, but I still haven’t found anything I loved as much as buckling springs, and maybe I should have opted for less sexy, but more tactile, than what’s available in Choc
2. I really need to focus on a bat-wing style, connected keyboard next time. While the sides don’t slide around much, it really bugs me when they aren’t exactly where I expect them to be.
3. I need more tenting; the tenting option(s) on the ErgoDox was good.
4. 42 keys is just a few too few for me.

I’m a fairly fast touch typist, and while I loved the chording for, eg, the num pad, I have to have too many keys under layers and I can’t quite get the QMK settings tuned such that I’m either not getting a layer switch fast enough, or I’m getting them unexpectedly.

I think part of my problem is something the author of kanata found out and corrected for: I sometimes type a following key before fully releasing a previous key, which gets interpreted by QMK and kmonad as a layer switch (and, with 42 keys, almost every key is doing double duty). I suspect I can make QMK do what I want, but there are a lot of knobs and it can be hard to tell what to adjust.

Anyway, I think next time I’ll go for less thin, max tactile, more connected halves, at least a couple more keys on each side; I miss those center thumb keys on the ErgoDox. Same stagger. I’m going to have to solve the QMK programming either way.

Been using a ZSA Voyager as a travel keyboard for work and very satisfied with it. Used a Sofle V2 prior to that but I was concerned about how well it was (or rather wasn’t) holding up to the rigors of travel so I replaced it with something designed for travel and a little more robustly constructed.

I use a Workman layout and a few years ago switched to using homerow mods so I found the modifier keys on the Sofle to be redundant so I decided to downscale to something a little more compact. Because my usage is for work the number keys get used heavily so I wasn’t willing to give those up by going to something like a Corne. On the flip side I wouldn’t use the Voyager for gaming due to those same missing modifier keys since keys like shift and ctrl are used in a non-modifier pattern when gaming.

Pinky3

I’ve used it for a few years and don’t plan to change unless something with an integrated trackball comes along at a decent price. Maybe the Naya but $700 is too much. 💰💸

It moves the micro controller to the pinky zone to free up more pointer finger keys. I love the Choco thumb clusters too.

I also use a Cornish Zen for when I’m in the office or away from my battle station.

After starting with an Ergodox, I’ve been using a 42-key Corne keyboard for the last few years.

I love it. My current board is the Boardsource Unicorne.

I’m experimenting the cocot46plus as a “unibody Corne with trackball” for cases when an all-in-one keyboard and pointing device might be more useful, but plan to keep using a Corne a daily driver.

I pair it with MT3 keycaps and Cherry MX2A Browns.

After some practice, my typing speed increased to about 85 wpm on the board vs 65 wpm on my more traditional Happy Keyboard Lite 2 60% keyboard.

I use the markstos layout

The keyboard I’ve used for longest was K860 (which still works fine after 3 years and which I still like, though it is rather wide), and as for future works I’d like something between the current two keyboards being Sofle Choc (rotary encoders next to QWERTY B/N) and Redox (thumb cluster layout) with a couple tweaks to allow for closer-angled placement of the halves.

However, no such keyboard seems to currently exist, so I’d have to either find the time to design and build one myself, or commission someone to do that for me.