Been lurking at these forums in the past couple of months, but now I figured it is time to post aswell.
A while ago, after watching a talk of someone describing their experience building their own keyboard, I became interested in keyboards - and mechanical ones in particular - again. I have been using a TypeMatrix 2030 for a good few years now, but for a number of reasons, I was looking for something better. I wanted a split mechanical keyboard, one pre-assembled, because I have trouble putting together IKEA shelves (yes, really). I narrowed down the options to the ErgoDox EZ, UHK and Keyboardio M01, and ended up pre-ordering the M01. Looking forward to receiving it hopefully in a couple of months. Meanwhile, I am also looking at my options to get my hands on an ErgoDox (perhaps trying to persuade $employer to get me one...).
As an added bonus, after giving up on learning Dvorak a fem years ago, I am typing this on Dvorak now. My speed is abysmal, and I mistype a lot, because my left hand is OK with the layout, the right one still wants to type QWERTY. But I feel the difference, and I'm not going to give up this time.
On the other hand, the M01 I ordered, and the ErgoDox EZ I am looking at, both have blank keycaps. It will be interesting to learn a new layout without visual aid.
