Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
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The Voyager in its case (including a trackpad) is about ¼ the size of a Glove80 case. Personally I think the Glove80 makes up for it in its ergonomics, but it does take up most of my backpack when commuting to the office.
I think the voyager was intended to be a "ergo enough" portable keyboard, while the glove80 was intended to be fully ergo "semi portable", so I guess their sizes would match that.
Also, where'd you get the glove80 case?
Yep, that's true.
The case came with the Glove80, in fact it was shipped inside it.
Lucky. My glove80 came with no case. It came in a cardboard box.
Might be worth contacting moergo, as it's supposed to come with the case.
I got mine on the first supporters group buy. I'll contact them, but I doubt they'll ship one over, and I would understand their reasoning. Haha
I love my Voyager so much it replaced my full sized ergo keyboard. It's a great little thing. I wish it had one button more but I don't even know where
That's the only problem with the voyager. You really have to layer up and that takes getting used to, and even then, false keypresses can happen.
I own a voyager and my friend has a glove80.
The glove 80 is probably a bit more ergonomic and has more keys, but I needed something I could chuck in my bag for co-working and the glove is just too big for that.
If I didn't own a Maltron at home, I'd buy a glove 80 for home.
Oh also the glove80 doesn't have hotswap keyswitches. The voyager does.
So the voyager is likely a bit easier to maintain in the event that a switch fails.
True, true. I am very close to getting a Voyager for that use case, and for experimenting with different switches, etc, since its easier. I also think the QMK-based configuration the Glove uses is more powerful than the Voyager's system, but harder to use.
I was very hesitant to buy because these keyboards are eye wateringly expensive (although not as much as the maltron), but I'm pleased with the purchase.
Took a while to get used to layers, but overall a positive experience.
I did get burned by £35 import tax. Oh well.