Advantage360 Linear Quiet

Saved my wrists. Once you get used to it, the strain on your wrists and forearms disappear. A bit pricy but worth it if you type a lot. Would be five stars but it bugs out sometimes, needing to be unplugged and replugged in (macros stop working)

5 stars for the actual keyboard. 3 stars for the SmartSet App (used to manage key layouts and macros). Overall 4 stars for the total package. The keyboard is fantastic and has pretty much eliminated the wrist pain I used to get from long coding sessions. The three tenting angles help to be able to dial in the most comfortable position (ranging from a flat palm to more of handshake position). I also appreciate being able to separate the pods, which helps maintain better posture because the chest/shoulders remain open. The build quality is solid. I work on macOS and have found the SmartSet app to be frustrating to navigate and buggy (e.g. pressing a key before dismissing an in app tool tip causes it to crash). Once you figure out the nuances of the software and how to work around some of these issues, it's fine. The app experience may be better on Windows. Overall, I really like the keyboard and I don't think I could back to a traditional setup.

I’ve purchased tons of ergo keyboards and this is hands down the best. Can type pretty fast too but don’t think it will increase wpm. I’ve had it a few weeks now. I bought for work. Took a few typing test to ensure I could do my job as I press the keys with different rings due to the layout. Let’s get to the cons because they are very important - I wish the heigh would go up even further. It does get your arm closer to natural position in terms of twisting, but it’s still twisted . To me this thing could go up one more notch and I’m not a big guy. - have a few other computers at other places and when I remote in, some times it won’t let me type at all.. what’s the deal with that? That part truly is a pain. - truly designed for windows friendly computers. If it were Mac friendly,. The windows key would be closer in thumb range, would be great to be able to command v with just one hand instead of two. - Watch out with some of the keys, if you hit some of these special ones the keyboard goes wild and i don’t even know what’s happening. I got the pink press so it’s lightest possible. - no brain for the f and j keys so easy to lose place unless you like looking down. In the end, it’s worth it it seems. I got the hand pads too cuz this plastic my hand just slides. I think I’m about back up to my 90wpm. My fingers feel so much better pressing these buttons. It’s a mind boggle when you sometimes have to transition back to traditional keyboards. Also, learning to not hit the enter key is scary. It’s really close to the spacebar and if you forget It didn’t get 5 stars cuz it doesn’t go up one more level. I just tested where I’d like it to be and I believe it’s another inch and a half up ward from highest level. I can’t wait to see what Kinessis makes next.

These are probably perfect if you do not program them to do different things. I wanted my esc key to turn into ctrl if I held it, but adding that logic caused it to think I had the ctrl key held when I did not. If it supported QMK instead of its custom firmware it would probably be fine. I swapped this out for the Glove80 and have had nearly no issues since the switch.

I've used a Kinesis Advantage Pro for 15 years. After 15 years it was getting pretty rough looking. For my new job, I wanted a similar ergonomic keyboard but was hoping for something that was less loud and bulky. I looked at Kinesis's new line of Advantage Keyboards as well as some competitors. I decided to stick with one of the Kinesis advantage one and decided to try the split keyboard version. I love it. It is a nice upgrade. I went with the wired one because I didn't want to deal with charging and inevitable bluetooth issues. I'm not going to be moving the keyboard around, so blue tooth doesn't have much advantage for me. It looks very nice and has a good solid feel. I got the version with the quiet switches (Kailh Box Pink Silent stem switches) and really like the quieter sound and improved feel of the keys when typing over my earlier Advantage keyboard. The smart programability and keyboard layers are also an improvement. I'm a big fan of using keyboard layers instead of having a larger keyboard with function keys, numpad etc. Programming the keyboard is easy using either just the keyboard or the app. I don't need anything fancier than what this model offers. I don't need the full ZMK programmability of the more expensive models.