You can see my mini-review on the Mistel Barocco in the Ergnomics section.
I have a Matias Ergo Pro at work, and at the moment 2x Mistel Baroccos.
The
design of the Matias Ergo pro is
very nice, especially as it's > a 60% keyboard, and I pair it (and the Mistel) with a separate numpad.
Having said that, the Matias has crappy QC (or switches, unknown but same net result) and I have doubling keys on both halves of the keyboard after less than one month of actual usage. Not cool for a $200 keyboard, and others have reported a similar experience. I had high hopes for it, and while not being an Alps/Matias switch lover, I liked the design enough to consider buying several of them. However, with the lack of longevity, I will have no choice but to get it repaired, then it's off off my desk as I don't have time for overly expensive-yet-unreliable devices.
I'm not 100% with the Barocco either, mainly due to a few limitations:
- It's a 60% KB, with what comes with that/ My main gripe on them is lack of separate ESC/~/` keys as this causes issues in my daily workflows and none of those should require a key combo.
- Likewise, current inability to re-map the arrow keys (which are in a FN layer) to a more ergo position when also using the FN key to engage.
Lack of tenting - can be worked around, but sure, would be nice to have out of the box.
I also wish the option for MX Greens or Topres were available, but MX-Blues + o-rings give an overall decent feel I can adjust to.
Having said that, there are few other options out there. Would love it if Matias got their act together, but I also recall a prior $$ Matias KB I had (Tactile Pro or something) had died on me after 6-9 months previously as well, and that's just not the sort of value prop I can get onboard with without a whole lot of
proof it's no longer an issue.
UHK
may let me get over my aversion to pure 60% layouts with the added modules, and if it allows full/all layer re-programmability. But it's $$ and not yet delivered, so the MB isn't bad if you can work with a few 'nits' which may or may not apply to you specifically.
YMMV as always.