Advantage360

This keyboard is awesome! I've gone through a bunch of other keyboards over the years from cheap Dell ones, Keychron mechanical keyboards (great keyboards for normal layouts), Unicomp IBM Model M and was skeptical at first about this, primarily as I've never touch-typed.. can type fast with numerous fingers but mostly looked at the keyboard. This Kinesis has taught me to touch type too now, within a few weeks. I remapped a few of the keys due to programming needs, but it's so comfy and allows me to sit in a better position. It's not cheap, bit if you're looking for a split ergo keyboard, I'd highly recommend it!

I have been a Kinesis user for about 13 years. I started with Kinesis Advantage over to Kinesis Advantage II and now I have Kinesis Advantage 360 pro. This is the best keyboard from Kinesis yet.

Steep learning curve - I bought this during a flare up of tendonitis in my new job caused by having to use a latop for a week, so I can't speak yet for preventative qualities, but I also have shoulder issues from arthritis and immediately from day one I could feel my shoulders were far more relaxed. After a few weeks of use I am becoming more proficient, it starts to become easier to use as you train yourself to let more fingers share the load, and it definitely feels more natural. It is expensive, but so is being unable to work. It's that simple.

The keyboard might seem strange at the start and even it might look strange, but in reality, it’s one of the best keyboard I have used. I have a big collection and I could say for sure that this is my favourite and I’m gonna be using this for a long time Probably years. Now the main reason that motivated me to purchase the keyboard is the ability to sit ergonomically and have my shoulders wide open whilst not pointing inwards, but outwards did. This significantly helped with arms related pain and shoulder pain and upper back. I highly highly recommend the keyboard as it does maintain a good post and I can’t see a better alternative after months and months of research, the keyboard pricing is obviously very high, but they do have something going on

I'm a software engineer - so I have a fair idea on what I'm doing when it comes to basic connectivity. This keyboard simply refused to pair via bluetooth. I tried to overlook the quality issues: - loose power button on the left side - loose tenting mechanism - "broken" keys (the felt as if they'd been hammered) Overall, I'm incredibly disappointed in this (nearly) £700 keyboard. Would not recommend!

First time using a Kinesis keyboard. The build quality is really nice. However, a few things let it down. There is no software for configuring the keyboard, you need to edit the QMK files and use GitHub this could be a big barrier for some people. There is a web configurator but is very limited in the number of features QMK features it supports Not wrist wrists rest are included. The default keycaps are very slippy. on the positive, the key well is very nice, the keys just line up with my fingers. typing on the 360 is a very nice experience.

These keyboards are the only thing that let's me type any more. The pain otherwise is unbearable

It took me ~ a month to get used to the keyboard, but now I love it. Something that it pushed me to do is to use right fingers to type certain keys. Also I feel a bit more efficient after I started to use VIM motions with the keyboard almost everywhere - magic.

This keyboard is awful. Nearly 1000 dollars and you have to use a janky fork of a GitHub repository to change anything.

It's been about twenty years since I first used a Kinesis and haven't used one since. For the past 14 months I've been using a Moonlander split keyboard. It's a decent keyboard, but the options for tenting are very poor unless you invest in more hardware purchased from their site. They do offer excellent support, though. I'd had the keyboard for about six months when the right side thumb cluster hinge broke. They sent me a replacement for free. Back to the Kinesis. I write A LOT. I'm a full-time author so I bang out hundreds of thousands of words per year. I'm in my mid-fifties, and fingers and wrist hurt all the time because of poor ergonomics and cheap keyboards. The Kinesis Advantage 360 is kind of amazing. It has true tenting, and the concave nature of the pieces means you can comfortably rest your palms on the outside and only move your fingers. Since I have used a split ortho board for over a year, this was not a huge learning curve. The keys are laid out well, but I had to change a few. I like the CTRL and ALT on the left side on the bottom row. I moved those keys using the ZMK software which is not really friendly. You have to have a Github account, fork builds, and then use the key mapper to generate new firmware. Each piece of the keyboard them must be connected via USB. Copy the corresponding builds to each piece and then swap key caps. I'm happy with the four or five keys I moved and have this looking almost exactly like my Moonlander layout. Bluetooth has worked perfectly on my PC. I've had zero issues so far. I hit a key in the morning and my PC wakes up. I leave the backlighting off. After two weeks of heavy use, the batteries are still going strong without a recharge. I purchased the palm pad separately. Why aren't these included with this very expensive keyboard? Come to find out, they might not be needed depending on your hands. I find them okay, but I will probably switch back to using the palm rests without the pads. They are comfortable and all, but I'm making more typos with them installed. This is a very expensive keyboard, and it will not be for everyone. There is a learning curve. When I initially switched to a Moonlander, my WPM dropped to about five words per minute. I'm a slow and not very accurate typist, but after this short amount of time I'm up to about 70 WPM with a 98% accuracy rate. This is fantastic for my old hands. Overall, this is a technical board that requires an understanding that the interface software is far from user friendly. Remapping keys will be challenging. I find that the key caps get oily from my fingers rather quickly, which is a weird thing to write, but it's true. So far this has not affected my typing, but I feel like I need to wipe them with a cloth a few times a week. Lightly textured key caps would have been perfect on this thing. Even with these negatives, I feel this keyboard beats the Moonlander by a mile. This is a true ergo keyboard and so far I love typing on it. The Gateron brown switches feel really nice. Negatives aside, this is the best keyboard I've ever owned. I look forward to many years with this thing.

Points positifs : - Son poids, oui il est posé sur mon bureau et ne bougera pas de sa position, même si les touches sont massacrées de toutes forces. - La programmation avec l'application SmartSet, pouvoir re-mapper les touches des charactères spéciaux des petits doigts pour les doigts les plus habilles avec le système de couche, c'est excellence. Surtout que la configuration est sauvegardé sur le disque dure du clavier, donc on se retrouve chez soi même si l'on change d'ordi. - Les touches ortholinéaires + le setup concaves et le split, allègent les efforts pour écrire, réduisent les mouvements de bras non nécessaire, maintiennent la bonne position des poignets et bras. L'ergonomie est làlà. - Le feeling du contact avec le plastique, qui vient avec le temps, surtout quand on trouve la bonne position de main. On ne glisse pas. - La documentation, pour le re-mappage des touches, surtout que le logicielle n'est pas nécessaire. On peut le faire directement depuis les fichiers dans le disque dure du clavier. Qui, à mon avis est bien plus simple. - Le changement d'angle est solide et bien stable. - Puis le design. Points négatifs : - n'est pas hotswappable, mais bon... - ça prend quand même de la place sur son bureau, puis pour le déplacer pour le télétravail par exemple... - l'application SmartSet sur MacOs est buggy surtout pour la configuration des macros. Lorsqu'on est en mode re-mappage toutes les LEDs clignotes, on ne voit plus sur quelle couche on est; alors le clique sur la touche n'est pas toujours à celui que l'on pense... mais bon, je préfère utiliser la méthode manuelle : modifier les fichiers comme indiqué dans leur documentation, et on a vite ce que l'on veut. Les difficultés, au début, pour ce genre de clavier sont : - Les touches ortholinéaires : il faut se donner le temps, pour construire sa mémoire musculaire. Il faut juste pratiquer. Sur mon ancien clavier, ferry sweep 2, il m'a fallu 2,5 mois pour retrouver ma vitesse de croissière habituelle. Sur le kenisis, 1 semaine. - La position de sa paume de main : oui, il m' a fallu chercher un moment pour comprendre et donc trouver la position idéal. Le but dans les claviers dit ergo, est que la main elle-même ne bouge pas de sa position. Mon pouce doit toucher la touche la plus haute des touches à pouce et le petit doigt doit toucher aisément la touche la plus haute, opposée, du clavier. Cela donne la position de la paume de main. - Le split : mais bon en même temps on l'achète pour ça non ? Apprendre à taper du clavier, en utilisant la totalité de ces doigts est un game changeur ! De plus les splits keyboards, sont la garantie de ne plus avoir mal aux poigners et au coups... Conclusion : Il m'a fallu au moins une bonne semaine, le temps de retrouver mes marques pour que je puisse enfin dire. Je l'aime ce clavier.

I bought used keyboard, but I arrived in totally new condition. I just missed one tool part to remove keys, but that is ok, I got it 180 EUR cheeper than new one. Small price to pay :D When starting with this keyboard you really need to use all 10 fingers, and I need to relearn typing. Its not the same as ordinary keyboards.