r/ErgoMechKeyboards • u/ThiceBeno • 2d ago
[help] Most budget friendly ergo split?
Hi everyone! I'm a fairly new finder of this sub, but it seems to have been found at an ironic time. Im a software developer and we had a guy start at work that uses a split keyboard, that started my interest, so I was already looking at them.
I've been using PCs regularly for over 20 years since I was 11, and wouldn't you know it my bad habits and awkward typing/mouse angles caught up to my wrists, Merry Christmas right haha... With my recent diagnosis I decided I should seriously look at getting an ergo split to help and maybe a track ball? Problem is most of these options are way out of my price range especially the prebuilt ones and I don't even have the tools to do the DIY ones even if they are cheaper.
So I'm looking for some help. I'd love some suggestions and thought people have on ergo keyboards and mice (if mice are allowed to talk about in this sub?). Anything I can learn to help the pain in my wrists.
Also looking for what's the best option for budget friendly ergo split to help with wrist problems? This time of year is rough anyway with three kids birthday and wife's birthday all within a month of Christmas. Ideally I'd love to be around $100 but seems that is near impossible. Is there any options in that range, or something near by I could save up for (though not ideal for how my wrists are feeling), or does anyone have a decent old one laying around they'd like to part with.
Thanks a ton, you guys seems like a really cool community looking forward to hanging around!
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u/Iuslez 2d ago
I got a royal kludge rk-s70, can be found for ~80$ (I paid more).
Depends on what you are trying exactly to do. "Ergosplit" is quite broad: split / layers/ programmability / thumb buttons / columnar / tenting.
The S70 doesn't have all of those, but it's got the one that I was interested in (split/some programmability/split thumb/tenting). I achieved layers through software