Based on this video which reviewed a bunch of different ergonomic mechanical keyboards I kinda have my eyes set on the Glove80.

However my main gripe with looking at it, is that it only offers soldered switches (either pre-soldered or DIY).

This combined with the fact that there are no Cherry MX Speed like switches available for it (I have grown very accustomed to them on my Corsair K95 RGB Platinum) makes me question whether I’m willing to risk the near 400€ investment just to potentially end up with a keyboard whose switches are not too my liking.

And while I could probably resolder different switches onto it, I’d rather have a keyboard where changing switches doesn’t require me grabbing my soldering iron.

Looking around so far however, I haven’t found a keyboard similar in design to the Glove80 that does feature hot-swappable switches.

As such any recommendations would be welcome <3

  • @btobolaskiA
    3•10 months ago

    You can build / pay someone to build a Dactyl manuform with hot swap sockets. It will look very different from the glove80 but the key positions can be similar with some parameter tuning. That being said, I’m unconvinced that any of the concave key wells will be correct for most people’s hands and therefore, they should always be customized. My glove 80 feels like where I started with my manuform (the default parameters) while my current manuform feels much more natural.