The DANKEST Ergonomic Keyboard - Ergodox EZ Review 

That's the thing about ergonomic keyboards. You can always reach :-)

I mean, I already spend enough of my life tweaking .vimrc.

Haha this seems spot on. The more you think of it thought, the more it seems like erganomic keyboards are the way that keyboard always should have been. That + dvorak and an erganomic mouse seems like erganoimc nirvana.

This sounds like it's coming from experience lol. How has your ergo keyboard journey been?

Are you under a bridge yet?

Dylan 873 lol how did you react 27 minutes earlier than the video

Must be the new youtube hacks

I don't even read reviews until the RGB has killed someone.

16.8*

2017 is over get out of your hole

3? Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up.

+NeenanTheNinja Every time he says 3 a macro buy 3 more.

He has 32 of these, so he can have 32^2 layers of macros. Maybe, just maybe, will he have enough macros.

Techstuff Mania Fuck off

@Techstuff Mania disliked xddddddddd

aaronCapricorn Yeah, because he is pretty cool. :P

youtube came out in 2005

They're talking about Linus not the RU-vid channel.

he was just skating around in huge baggypants.

If someone was cool in the 1990's that means that they are cool forever. There's nothing cooler than the 1990's cool.

i sold my house for keyboards and now live under a bridge. minor inconvenience considering i now have a mid tier enthusiast keyboard.

Luca De Lisi Credit to EA

Do you think lenses of dslr are dlc too

Nope, because once you stick with a mounting solution you can use them on more than just one machine, unlike these parts which are highly specific and won't work with anything else on the market. Would you sign a contract for a car and later discover that you have to pay for the wheels and the rims separately? It's quite dumb to be honest, but not as much as your comparison though

To be fair you can make your own ErgoDox for less than 200, with tenting and what not. It's not even that hard too. But if you want a turn-key solution, then the price that comes with it is to be expected. Especially for an enthusiast / rare board like this. It's not exactly mainstream stuff.

I wouldn't exactly call it an "enthusiast product", rather a crappy product with hyper inflated price tag... Enthusiast grade keyboards are a tier lower in price and come with more features. But I guess as long as some few people are happy to be milked more than 300 USD, everyone else has to adapt and get bent over, right?

holy shit it is so good I didn't even realize it was a pun until I read this comment.

as a programmer, did you feel that increase your productivity?

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*wrong*

but this keyboard isn't a meme

Meme like i guess?? Jk jk

mm

Did you get one? I considered for several years before getting my first.

And the wrist rest. Your arms should be hovering while using the keyboard, not leaning.

Just bought one recently, I wonder, do you still use it?

@@pasdenom.9062 I know I'm not the one who posted this but I got my ergodox ez about a year and a half ago and use it daily. I sold my other ducky and varmilo keyboards and there really isn't any going back imo

@@jaceb8593 I use mine for about 3 weeks now, I also went from azerty to bépo (french dvorak) in the same time… I started to feel some comfort after 2 weeks. Now I'm still not as fast as before, but will be soon. The keyboard is great, that's my layout that is slowing me, ATM. The lack of arrow keys may be a bit problematic sometimes, since I need to use a control key to get to another layer, which is confusing because I also use a lot of shortcuts and key combinations at the same time… Thanks for the feedback.

@@pasdenom.9062 I put my arrow keys on my layer 2 where my right hand rests. I also set the ";:" key to bring me to layer 2 while i hold it down. My layout is still mostly qwerty but I like putting everything i need right under where my hands are and setting it on a different layer. Here is my layout if you're interested in seeing what I've done. Layer 3 is for gaming. configure.ergodox-ez.com/ergodox-ez/layouts/Ee0wG/latest/0

I also have one of them and it's probably my favorite KB. However, to be fair, I do sometimes use others... the thing is, those other boards are an excellent Model M or ZSA's other offering, the Planck EZ (super portable! So much room for activities on your work desk!). The Dox EZ is peerless. Once you're used to it, it'll be a daily driver or in your top three. Just gotta get over that initial hump. Also, yeah it's not for just anyone. If you're not writing or programming or something like that a lot, then that price is maybe too steep.

Dudeomfgstfux for when your typing on your motorcycle but you need to go fast af.

Dudeomfgstfux blues well drive you insane with the clicking sound get the browns.

He asked for blues specifically. Browns are mushy garbage.

+steele duke The clicking is the entire reason I like blues :^)

Dudeomfgstfux I cant stand my blues i would rather buy something that isnt louder then your voice

Super Smart some kid is spending his christmas money on yt bots

Ace of Spades I know right?!

Ace of Spades I think it earns him a lot back though. Not encouraging it it's stupid.

But this isn't the only channel affected by this... There are many more like so

Bruh

fwiw you can use the _L_ key for a ten second skip. saves you one keypress

@@daskadse769 if only they had a 10 second skip on the YT app. I have to quad tap the arrow key to get past the ad.

@@TargetedFox Nice, looks like @MinTieS had to find about it anyways :D

- p4tchu - Or you can enter the video with L _already_ pressed, letting go when the ad ends to save half an L press!

Well of course, they're pretty important

Fridge Food yes they are, a lot of times thumbnails can make or break a video!

Ergodox EZ also uses open source firmware, QWK : )

"Er-No-Thanks"

indeed

I own two. One is a Ergodox EZ with tilt legs. The other is a self-build from a Massdrop order (super fun to build your own). One as brown switches for office use. The other has blue "clicky" switches for home use. The absolute best keyboard I've ever owned - and I've owed a lot of keyboard is my time. The support for the Ergodox EZ is also brilliant. A year after I had it, one of the switches intermittently stopped working. I emailed them and without quibble they said they will definitely send me a new replacement. The longest part of the support email discussion was if I wanted to switch to different key switches or stay with the brown ones. :-)

@@therealgraeme would you say it's a fit for writing code? (lots of up-down-left-right, Ctrl+key, Ctrl+Fn, Ctrl+shift+arrows, PgUp, PgDn, parans, brackets etc. ). Thanks

@@andiarpo6569 Yes, I'm a coder too (Java and Delhi) and use it at work and home for that purpose. The Ergodox is obviously different, but only took me a week or two to customise the keyboard layout to suit my needs (with only minor tweaks as time goes by). For a start, I type on the Dvorak layout, so the default Qwerty is a no go for me. ;-) The Ergodox EZ website has 1000's of community layouts to browse, clone and customised. Many are tagged with various programming languages or tools.

1985s k hahaha Classic joke 😅

1985s k go and watch the sleeper build from yesterday (came out 1st of January, at least for me)

_ Mephisto ok

BOO

Original.

joe nodden it's less expensive (and good) than the advantage 2

@@CripplingDuality I now have two ergodox keyboards, and none from Kinesis. I would like to try a keyboard with the dish shaped key areas, but I think I'd rather go for a fully custom keyboard than a less configurable one.

Lowe m8 its january 2nd already ur kinda late xd

didn't know what i was going to say so yeah happy new year HAHAH

Happy late new year for you too.

It's kinda old already

jj

Techstuff Mania don't self advertise in other's channel, it's rude

@Techstuff Mania yeah.....no. I've had enough of Air Duct Services, I don't need to be listening to more of that.

Look into the Ganss GK87 Pro. It's pretty much what you're looking for.

MaraudingMaster ah yeah that looks nice. Doesn't seem like it would have the best build quality and I have lots of corsair things and I like the synchronisation of the products

Jessentis Corsairs have a notorious low build quality compared to regular mechanical keyboards and suffer from shorts or key chatter very easily. They also don’t have a standard key layout so replacing the thin ABS keycaps on them is a lot harder. I can guarantee you this will last you a lot longer than a Corsair. At the expensive of synchronization however.

Can I ask why you want the under glow? I have one of these with the LEDs underneath, but I never turn them on. I got it from eBay rather than having to sort out import tax.

To each their own. I like accent lighting.

I think they've since added that

goood

Work

Yea, I would never buy a keyboard without a backlight.

The price to pay for interchangeable keyswitches, which could be ultra valuable for customization and maintenance (replacing worn or broken switches)

Thank you

haha i use a redox which is also a split board, only thing annoying about going back to a staggered layout is having one option for my thumb: space. I keep hitting the spacebar when I mean to hit backspace

Garboi Edzel is pretty good, I think the joke would be Linus playing csgo. LTT describes all employees, as LinusTechTips is a company.

Evan Gibeau Then this comment refers to the entire LTT playing csgo, and linus would basically ruin the team completely, so he was technically right

Reek Linus and Luke were the duo. The tag team of the company.

like a timon and pumba duo, where luke was pumbo, sure. doesnt count

Luke hasnt done anything other than scrapyard war and shit in years. LTT wont be different rofl

Luke is Super boring to watch, every scrapyard wars when they cut to the Luke team it was painful to watch.

where did he went?

Mystic Bardock LSSGSS i dont know

You remap the keys online and then download the config to flash it to the keyboard using teensy on Linux.

If flashing supporting is supported on linux or if it works to type on linux? Your question is confusing

Jon Vulcan www.pjrc.com/teensy/loader_linux.html

Linus Linux. Illumanity confirmed

Crimson Harp it's 9 am For me

its 3:23 in the est for me

Lmao 2 am central i feel you

IBakeOnions *2:30

Crimson Harp its bacon time over here.

There is no jesus ..only harambe

No, that would be silly; The next thing will be individual keys, with individual stands, connected wirelessly and just placed around your table :p

There was one that did 5... died during the dot com bust when all the rich dot commers backing it went literally bust. The center had all the standard insert, home etc. plus16 or 18 macro keys, and the left and right side were cupped like the Kinesis boards with a small space inbetween to reduce elbow strain. Each sides pairs magneticly closed together and then both sides would be stood on their ends with the hole with the keys showing facing up and then the middle piece slides in to lock and then it had a nylon strap on the back of that section. Its like razors..eventually someone will build a keyboard which is just one button and you buy 104 of them and 103 tiny cables to put them together

Remind me, how many hands do you have ?

4? haha, no. The future of ergo keyboards is 5 sections. One on each hand, one on each foot and a dental appliance so you can hit the space and shift keys with your tongue.

r/mechanicalkeyboards aksed for this :D

Didn't think I'd see a Bangladeshi guy here, wassup

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An xD meme they're not silly, a lot of people value the comfort and flexibility of the ergodox.

Luciano M I know that comfort is the appeal of them but they just look awful and they cost and arm and a leg.

Standard keyboard layouts are silly. Your thumb has lots of freedom to move. It can easily press lots of different keys, if the keys are nearby for it to press: just look at any gamepad. It's very good at operating modifier keys like Shift, Ctrl, Alt and others: hold down the modifier with the thumb of one hand while pressing the modified key with the other. But for that to work properly, the modifier keys need to be mirrored on both sides. Now look at a standard keyboard. There are probably two keys within easy reach of each thumb. Worse, one of them is the spacebar, and it's shared between both hands. Space is not a modifier, so the space key doesn't need to be shared any more than you need the ability to type E with either hand. (Actually, having E on either hand might even make some kind of sense as part of some fairly extreme typing-speed layout, but that's another story.) So by not splitting the spacebar the layout is effectively wasting a whole key that could be used for something else. On standard ANSI (US) layouts you only have *one* other thumb input, Alt. European ISO layouts are even worse, because while you have two different thumb modifiers, Alt and AltGr, neither of them is mirrored so they're both broken for touch-typing. Just because it's standard doesn't mean it's not silly. The Ergodox, meanwhile, is bad for two reasons. One is the price, which is justifiable if you have a well-paid job and you type all day, if you want a hot luxury item, or if you have a relevant injury, but is otherwise a pretty silly expenditure. The other is that it still doesn't give you any analogue input for controlling the mouse pointer on the keyboard: no thumbable trackpad, no IBM Trackpoint-style pointing stick or thumbstick. So you'd spend hundreds of dollars and still be flailing your hand back and forth between the mouse and keyboard every time you need to switch between keyboard and pointer actions, which really is silly. The Ultimate Hacking Keyboard ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ is one board which does better in this respect.

@@leocomerford what keyboard do you use

Be a good boy Addie or I'll beat the shit outta you. Your mother can't save you this time.

Your comment has 3 likes, so i've just downvoted you!