▲ 145 ▼ My Moonlander became a big sister yesterday! (media.artemis.camp) submitted 2 years ago by g0g0gadget@artemis.camp to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments I love the Voyager so far. 💜
[–] gummybootpiloot@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) God I'm jealous l, are there any good alternatives for us poor people? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TeXitoi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lily58 or Iris? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] g0g0gadget@artemis.camp [S] 1 point 2 years ago I think it depends on what you're looking for. The Lily58, Iris, Corne, Aurora, and all other 40% boards I can think of have the thumb keys right up under the bottom row, which isn't comfortable for me. Of course the Moonlander and Voyager aren't 40% layouts, but I don't use all the keys. But if thumb key placement isn't a dealbreaker, those are excellent options! permalink fedilink source parent [–] zankem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* For prebuilt, definitely an Iris keyboard without including switches and omitting the middle plate. If you're fine going smaller then I recommend a prebuilt piantor which is similar to a corne but has a more aggressive pinky stagger. I very much recommend the Iris however since it's the sleekest and well designed for its price with integrated rp2040 MCU making it feel "premium" compared to others in its pricerange with the pcb and mcu exposed in some manner. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TeXitoi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lily58 or Iris? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] g0g0gadget@artemis.camp [S] 1 point 2 years ago I think it depends on what you're looking for. The Lily58, Iris, Corne, Aurora, and all other 40% boards I can think of have the thumb keys right up under the bottom row, which isn't comfortable for me. Of course the Moonlander and Voyager aren't 40% layouts, but I don't use all the keys. But if thumb key placement isn't a dealbreaker, those are excellent options! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] g0g0gadget@artemis.camp [S] 1 point 2 years ago I think it depends on what you're looking for. The Lily58, Iris, Corne, Aurora, and all other 40% boards I can think of have the thumb keys right up under the bottom row, which isn't comfortable for me. Of course the Moonlander and Voyager aren't 40% layouts, but I don't use all the keys. But if thumb key placement isn't a dealbreaker, those are excellent options! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zankem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* For prebuilt, definitely an Iris keyboard without including switches and omitting the middle plate. If you're fine going smaller then I recommend a prebuilt piantor which is similar to a corne but has a more aggressive pinky stagger. I very much recommend the Iris however since it's the sleekest and well designed for its price with integrated rp2040 MCU making it feel "premium" compared to others in its pricerange with the pcb and mcu exposed in some manner. permalink fedilink source parent
