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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dante on Sun, 09 March 2014, 14:51:46
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I started out with a Realforce 87U Silent - and then bought a Realforce 104 because I needed the numpad/noise.
I'm now developing a "buzzy" sensation in my hands after extended typing - it's hard to describe but that's as close as I can get to it.
I'm wondering if possibly the PBT keycaps have something to do with this? I know ABS is gentler which makes me curious if the Type Heaven might be easier on my hands.
I've got about 3 weeks typing on the 104.
Thoughts?
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I've never felt any buzzing from the Realforce keyboards with 45- or
55-gram key switches. I use only 55-gram these days and never felt
any buzzing from the switches.
However, I did have a buzzing sensation in my fingers before having
surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. For me the issue was carpal tunnel
in both hands (wrists, actually).
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i'm with sskguy. the only experience i've had with 'buzzing' was early smptoms of rsi/carpal tunnel. check out a physiotherapist if you can. it might only affect you in specific circumstances now, but it almost always gets more painful and on more boards and faster.
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i'm with sskguy. the only experience i've had with 'buzzing' was early smptoms of rsi/carpal tunnel. check out a physiotherapist if you can. it might only affect you in specific circumstances now, but it almost always gets more painful and on more boards and faster.
I went to a hand surgeon in Connecticut and he first gave me an injection, lidocaine and cortisone, into both wrists, which took care of the problem for about 3 or 4 months. He said it would likely be temporary. I tried wrist exercises and therapies, but nothing worked for me except surgery. On the up side, since the surgeries, about 10 years ago, I haven't felt the sensation.
As an aside, it took about six weeks post-surgery before I my wrists were back to normal. And I did go through some physical therapy for a short time when I was recovering.
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Also check for desk vibration that might transfer through to the keyboard. I get vibration from my computer-->desk-->keyboard.
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Plastic type has nothing to do with it. Your typing position is probably giving you nerve damage. Could be genetic, could be the angle of your wrists, could be pressure you're putting on your wrists.. could be a lot of things, just not the keyboard or key cap plastic type.