Kinesis Advantage360 Professional Split Mechanical Keyboard

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The Advantage360 may look big, but it actually has a smaller footprint than most keyboards because we eliminated the numeric 10-key so you can place the mouse closer to your body, reducing painful “over-reach”.

I had it in my head that swapping the switches out was one of the first things I would do but I honestly like the way it sounds and feels just fine. Knowing what I do now, I'd personally choose the keyboardio 100 over the kinesis 360, but I'm glad there is another flexible high quality split kb on the market. I started using Moonlander a year ago and now I’m slowly realizing that what helps me the most isn’t the hardware, but the abilities I get from QMK. Furthermore this is not a hotswap board, so you can use whichever switches you want, as long as they are Gateron browns.So, many of the design decisions favour hands resting on home row, and getting rid of keys which require moving the hand some distance. Instant configuration for Windows, Mac and non-Windows PC operating environments, includes Windows and Mac legended keys. The all-new Advantage 360 features our patented Contoured keyboard design now in a fully split form factor for even more ergonomic adjustability.

And use the integrated tenting mechanism to choose from one of three heights to reduce forearm pronation. The fully programmable Advantage360 features Kinesis's new-and-improved SmartSet Programming Engine which allows you to customize the keyboard's layout without installing any clunky software or special drivers, or accessing the internet. Dvorak (and Colemak, and Workman) users will want to use the Alternate Layouts option in the SmartSet App to quickly reconfigure any of the 5 layers for non-QWERTY. Over the years our users have clamoured for an open-source option for their Advantage so for those folks, the Pro will be a welcome sight.

I'm a Model 01 user since 2017 and currently typing this on a Model 100, resting my palms on the wood). The all new Advantage360 Professional features the same great ergonomics as the base model, but without all the cables. I just want a fresh supply of the old Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboards from the late 90s/early 2000s, before they started using chiclet keys or mushy switches. Going to curved key wells helped me a lot because it lets me freeze my wrists in a comfortable position and still hit keys far from the home row.