Keyboards: Do Not Buy (V7 Comfort Keyboard)

[unixronin]

I'd hoped this keyboard might make an inexpensive replacement for my buggy Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000 and its astoundingly fast-wearing key caps (which aren't a defect, because Microsoft has cunningly redefined keys wearing completely blank within a few months of use as "normal wear").

No such luck.  "Comfort" and "ergonomic" on this keyboard

Comments

[guppiecat]

I use this one and freaking love it. I moved to it from an MS Natural back in the day and all of my ergo problems went away. It's not cheap, but I'm glad I did it.

They have less expensive options too, but if you can find a way to afford it, it's worth going for the top of the line. (They sometimes have refurb units available.)

[unixronin]

How difficult would it be to do a little hardware hackery and put decent keycaps on the Ms keyboard.
Given that many of them are nonstandard shapes or sizes because of the nonstandard layout of the keyboard, more work than I'm willing to invest in a keyboard that manifests firmware glitches as well (not to mention the *&$&%&%^@$&(&!*&()*#!@^!!! Fkey-lock "feature") anyway.
Alternately have you considered remarking the keycaps?
Yes. I've tried several different methods. None have been successful so far. I really thought I had a winner when I found the set of fluorescent keycap stickers, but they started wearing out within a week. Utterly useless. They should have been marked "WARNING: Not for use on real keyboards that you intend to actually use."

Huh

[mrmeval]

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/

Re: Huh

[unixronin]

Ohhhh, so THAT'S how the famous IBM buckling-spring mechanism works..........

Cool. Ta. :)

[johnkzin]

I just got a kinesis freestyle keyboard at work. I'm still getting used to it though. You pick the angle, there are removable incline adjusters (for wrist torsion/roll, but not for keyboard pitch, but you could easily put the keyboard on an incline). You can even completely separate the two halves (up to about 6", there's a cable that joins the two halves), or lock them to a pin hinge.

I like it so far. We'll see how it goes.

[unixronin]

Yeah, I've occasionally pondered a Kinesis.