A few months ago, if you've asked me if I'd be buying more than one keyboard, well. I'd probably tell you, "No. Why would I do that?" Of course, at the time, I still had one of the older Razer keyboards with cherry mx blues and I still loved it. I understood the benefits to mechanical keyboards, so I was already an proponent for them, but I never considered myself an "enthusiast." However, I was going to get a MX brown for a quieter switch(CM Storm Rapid-i) and a Poker II w/ MX Clears to compare and contrast them, then to sell one off. However, I ended up loving both and keeping both. Then grew my interest in mechanical keyboards and consequently, my downwards descent.
Then, I came across the concept of the Ergodox. As a bit of background, I've been trying to convince my brother to adopt a mechanical keyboard. He has quite a serious onset of carpal tunnel that he's had to get braces for, a special mouse (I want to get him a trackball at some point) and of course, a split membrane keyboard. I found the Ergodox along with one other design that I can't remember on the spot to be the best options for him and I've started to set the ball in motion for planning out budgeting for tools and materials as well as which keyswitches would be best. After doing much research on my own (at least half of which originating from here) I found that maybe giving Gateron switches a shot would be best for him since I've seen many people describe them as "buttery smooth" with most saying they are smoother than cherry MX. Another bonus is also the Gateron clears, which to my understanding are lighter than Gateron Reds and MX Reds. Though, I haven't been able to get my hands on a set of various single gateron switches for him to test. This brings me to Geekhack.
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