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Kinesis Freestyle Edge Split Mechanical Keyboard

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krio

Jul 25, 2018

I have this board and use it as my daily driver for work and also while gaming. Here are the pros and cons to it that come to mind while typing (not a full review).
It's very programmable. Full macro suite built in. Software doesn't require install. Just press a button on the keyboard. The combination of it being split, plus the tenting kit you can optionally buy make it the only keyboard I've ever really thought was comfortable. I keep the two pieces together, but angle them out a bit with a very high tent.
Keycaps are abs. I've swapped the keys on the majority of the board to PBT, but I don't know what I'm going to do about the spacebars. I don't even know what size they are. 3.25U??? It's not just that they are abs, it's also the profile. I could've got used to them, but just decided to swap since I don't like abs anyways. Only blue backlighting and only 3 switches to choose. I wonder how difficult a switch swap would be for this? The USB cables are thick and don't have much flex.
I love this keyboard. I have a few duckys, pok3rs and coolermasters that I don't use anymore. My next keyboard must have a split design and tenting after using this.

Jul 25, 2018

Aphoid

Jul 26, 2018

krioI bought this on a previous drop and I agree with the above completely. The spacebars are 3.5U and I haven't seen compatible ones either. Maybe someday someone will have them. . It's great overall and it's my daily driver at the office. I have a couple tiny issues in addition to the weird keycap sizes. the case feels light and cheap with some sharp feeling edges (e.g. where the palm rests attach). Also, it would be better if it had detachable cables and a USB port or two.
It replaced a Matias Ergo Pro. I preferred the feel of the Matias, but it had keychatter issues and was out of warranty. The Kinesis is much more programmable than the Matias, which is useful. E.g. macro 1 types "$PWD" and I've replaced the right spacebar with "backspace" as the normal key, and it brings up Spotlight when I hit alt-space. It took a couple weeks to get used to the fact that the right edge of the Kinesis is home/end/pgup/pgdn while the Matias is backspace/backslash/enter/shift. The moved 6 key didn't affect me at all.

Jul 26, 2018