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gmail over so that's pretty much how we

imagined this product came to be yes it

is in fact a real thing the key the key

Mouse and it really works exactly the

way that you would think it does

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been following our escapades with weird

or organ ama keyboards then you'll

recognize some familiar features when

you look at the key Mouse alpha for

starters it's a split keyboard with each

side having a contoured integrated wrist

rest and this of course lets you spread

your hands out as wide as your shoulders

which is dank if you got y-dash

shoulders and optimizes the position of

your wrist to prevent the three amigos

the three main causes of repetitive

stress injuries which are all are

deviation which is in your wrist go like

this is no good extension and pronation

which is when your hand is laying flat

on the keyboard this kind of handles all

three next it has these thumb clusters

which I personally after having switched

the ergo docks over like a year and a

half ago cannot live without now it just

doesn't make any sense to use one of

your strongest digits only on the

spacebar so key Mouse has four keys with

Cherry MX switches blue in this case

brown on this one accessible by each

thumb then there's the layout which is

similar to the one on the Kinesis

advantage to another great keyboard

first it's ortho linear which means that

the keys are aligned instead of

staggered which is a real pain if you're

not used to using your middle finger to

hit C like a good little typist but I

got used to it eventually and it feels

good now second the keys are in these

concave key wells they're not as deep as

on the advantage too

but it still keeps your finger

surrounding to stretch as far as they

normally would on a traditional flat

QWERTY and finally there's only about 60

keys in total which is obviously a lot

less than your typical 104 key layout so

you're gonna have to get used to

switching between function layers using

these little blue and yellow keys kind

of a drag now some secondary functions

like the arrow keys and the numpad are

actually pretty easy to use once you get

used to switching layers because you can

rely on the muscle memory that you all

right

have to hit them but other things you'll

have to learn from scratch like since

when our parentheses over here and why

is caps lock on a secondary layer and

while I'm at it where are all the number

keys all of those special characters

have moved which can be really annoying

when you're trying to use your password

muscle memory surely they could have

included the number oh no well maybe not

yes they could technically do it but

that would come with the trade-off of

adding more weight which is yucky

because remember each one of these is a

mouse it's actually comical how bad I am

with the left Mouse

especially since I'm left-handed but

this is actually pretty cool because for

the first time in my life I can move the

mouse around without taking my fingers

off the home row and if you're the type

to get a strained neck or shoulder then

this is a godsend because you no longer

have to reach way out for your mouse yes

it does take some getting used to

don't worry you still only have one

cursor on the screen but each module is

a fully functioning Mouse with its own

optical sensor its own left and right

clicks and its own mouse scroll wheel

that you can even click so you're free

to use whichever Mouse you want to and

switch between them at will you can even

use one on the far right side of your

multi monitor setup and then kind of

hand off the cursor to the left when you

get on that far side of your super ultra

wide display like I have but you can't

like move them together to try to double

your movement speed or anything crazy

like that because Windows only accepts

really one input at a time there are a

couple of extras though you can hold

this sniper type button to temporarily

drop your sensitivity for finer control

and since you can't easily pick up the

mouse when you get to the edge of your

mouse pad or an uncomfortable position

this special little snowflake button

pauses Mouse movement so that you can

get your hands back in place without

moving the pointer as for how well it

works

as a mouse though the thing that was

weird for me especially at first was

that with a regular Mouse there's a

certain intuitiveness to point around at

things on your desktop as if the cursor

is an extension of your index finger by

comparison the key Mouse felt more like

fisting

and squeezing because the mouse click is

accessible like a thumb one solution I

had to make it feel more natural was to

put the clicks up here instead of on the

side at least then first time users

wouldn't find themselves accidentally

smashing the J key all the time like I

did but apparently earlier versions of

the product did have them up there and

then customers reported pain after

extended use plus some people actually

like to grip the palm rest instead of

keeping their hands on the keys when

they move around so the buttons got in

the way over there overall it definitely

works well enough but I think that it's

safe to say that you're not going to

achieve the same precision as a regular

Mouse probably ever but what if you

didn't have to move the whole module

introducing the key mouse track now with

this version you get a trackball for

each hand and because it's stationary

you also get a buttload more keys

including the number rows which is

awesome and the front mounted clicks

that were on my wish list which would be

sick except that they don't line up with

this finger they line up with this

finger which is gash thankfully there's

a third option as long as your hands are

big enough this little post guy up here

is also a left-click but wait there's

more key the house also sells mounting

brackets that let you strap these

puppies to your chair like you're on the

bridge of the heck and Starship

Enterprise it's crazy your colleagues

may raise an eyebrow but only because

they covet the splendor that you alone

revelant seriously though it does really

feel like the interface you always

wanted and it's ergonomic AF if only it

weren't equally jank not only are the

mounting brackets attached with the

velcro straps that can irritate bear

arms but the brackets themselves sold

for $45 are plastic so the whole thing

ends up flexing under your keystrokes

it's like having a mechanical keyboard

with no backplate or even negative

backplate plus one of mine straight up

broke these suck they need to be metal

and bolt to the chair so I guess we're

talking about the weak points now ki

mouse opted to go all-in on 3d printing

which gives them an advantage in terms

of rapid prototyping and the ability to

offer multiple SKUs like there's

multiple sizes of the chemos outfits

awesome but well none of the alternative

keyboards i've tried have matched the

finish of mass-market products from say

horse air or logitech and well as far as

3d printed objects go these are actually

pretty nice there are still a bunch of

irregularities or maybe artifacts in the

finished product it's not a deal breaker

for me

but it definitely contributes to a

cheaper look and feel hey but at least

they give you nice braided cables

instead of cheeping out like urgh Oh

docks yes but that said it's unlikely

that you'll either never really need

them because these are the first pirgos

I've seen that are Bluetooth with a USB

rechargeable 1400 milliamp hour battery

in each module another strong point for

these keyboards is their intuitive and

robust software that lets you customize

just about anything you can imagine you

can remap all the keys all the buttons

and even the mouse wheels on up to 6

layers you can make each Mouse module

have a different dpi or make the mouse

motion a different function like using

one trackball as a scroll wheel you can

make a single click register as a key

combination like alt f4 and you can

program full-on macros as long as you

have the software running in the

background slight the merit there so

then is this the ergonomic keyboard to

buy well it's 500 bucks that's extreme

for a keyboard but I have to put it in

context ergonomic keywords are typically

around three hundred and fifty dollars

which merely makes it expensive in the

ergonomics space and if you take the

mouse out of the equation I put the key

mouse about on par with the advantage

too as far as organ omits and features

so the question becomes really whether

having integrated wireless mouse is

worth a hundred and fifty dollars and I

guess that depends on you and your RSI

you

it's shoulder related and can't be

solved simply by switching to a vertical

Mouse then the key Mouse could be your

best and only option unless you want to

mess around with foot pedals or

something

so my advice then is to poke around key

mouse's forum where people many of whom

have tried a ton of the different organ

or keyboards that are available in the

market today post reviews and are happy

to answer all your newbie questions so

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