This is very quickly becoming a very expensive hobby…

Bottom is my first, a GMMK Pro with Gateron ink black V2 switches. And just yesterday I received the Keychron Q5 Pro with Keychron’s own banana switches that I’ll be using at work

  • neomisEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Don’t worry. I’m sure once you get a 65% in your stable you’ll stop. You probably won’t need go ergo or have keyboards you swap out depending on your mood.

    • bluu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m sure it’ll happen eventually, but at the moment I don’t see the big advantage to anything smaller than a 75%. It makes sense to reduce the length of a board to make more mouse space, but reducing the height (or depth I guess?) doesn’t seem as important and removes some functionality. Sure, it looks nice and compact, but form follows function

      • neomisEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The main reason I prefer the 65 over 75 is not having to lift my hand to hit the Fn keys. Looks do play a part though as well.

      • Michael Jaeger@mastodon.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        @bluu
        It is simply comfort! Once you are used to 40% you will never want to go back (I’m currently using 3x5 + 2 keys on each side and it’s wonderful). I never have to move my hands this way when typing.
        @neomis