Hello adn welcome to my plea for help! I’ve been PC gaming for a very long time, and in the beginning I used a split dome keyboard, it was fine for what it was. I switched back to standard keyboards though and have been using them for years. I’ve been a fan of corsair mechanical keyboards for the last 15 years, the last 4 with rapid fire switches.
My issue is, due to the angle my left hand tends to rest on WASD my pink is at an angle when I press shift or control, it never bothered me over the years. But it’s starting to cause pain in the joint, probably do the pinky not lining up straight with the movement of the key press, so that the joint in the pinky and getting stress in a direction it isn’t supposed to get.
When I joined Lemmy I saw a lot of posts from this community, but after the pinky problem I started wondering if a split mechanical keyboard would help, I think a more ergonomic position for my hand helps with the pinky placement.
Which brands are worth checking out? Do they have “rapid fire” or “silver” switches available? I got used to the very short key travel before it activates and I’d love to try out an ergo mechanical with the same type of switches.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, this problem is pretty damn distressing, I don’t want to be hobbled in relation to my favorite hobbie.
I have a ZSA Moonlander and lily58. Both are great! I think an ortholinear and split board will help you out a bit. Regarding switches, ZSA has several options you can select, including Kalih Silver. You should be looking at boards that have “hot swap” meaning you can easily change the switches.
If you’re looking for something with short key travel but mechanical, something that supports choc switches should be on your list. Although the options for keyboards and for switches will be quite reduced.
Reading into the ZSA Moonlander, it looks great, I think it’d be comfortable and easy to get used to for me. I see some reviews saying it has up to 16ms latency though, have you noticed any latency, do any gaming?
It definitely is comfortable! I game a little now, I did a lot more in the past. Can’t say I really noticed any high latency, but I’m not a pro gamer by any means.