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0 pointswahnfrieden3y ago0 comments

I'm a 15 year kinesis advantage user, I will also get the advantage360 but it's >180 days wait from their partner to solder customer switches and the defaults are way too heavy for me. I'll put ~20-25g switches in from upgradekeyboards.

glove80 downside is bottoming out. upside is mountability (my chair arms, or flanking my LC4 chaise longue, etc.), better tenting ability, maybe portability, and more immediate availability. the choc switches are also interesting because they're more compactly placed. not as much pinky stretch.

I don't have a glove80 yet but will probably get one before figuring out which advantage80 model to get / if the wireless is still crap. I currently use an advantage and a sofle choc with gchocs and mkb poms and magsafe mounting.

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microtonal3y ago

I paid to register for Glove80 batch 2, but decided not to follow up. I had several Choc keyboards, but I don't like Choc v1 switches and I don't like Choc spacing. Plus they currently don't have an option to return it if you don't like it, which is not great for a keyboard that costs about 470 Euro after import taxes.

I'm a 15 year kinesis advantage user, I will also get the advantage360 but it's >180 days wait from their partner to solder customer switches and the defaults are way too heavy for me.

That's a smart choice. I have the regular 360 Pro and even after several months I dislike the Gateron Brown switches and the 360 is mostly on the shelf. The Cherry Browns/Reds in the Advantage2 were much better, because they actuate around 2mm, while the Gateron Browns have much deeper actuation (2.5 to 3mm) [1]. As a result, I find the 360 tiring to type on, which is... not good for an ergo keyboard.

The Bluetooth situation got better with a recent ZMK rebase. At least the halves now usually connect immediately when I turn both halves on. No more 1-2 minutes of on/off cycles.

[1] Gateron's specs say 2mm, but that's not accurate. Also see measurements that others have made: https://www.rtings.com/keyboard/tools/table/96386

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