Recently, I’ve been looking into switching to a keyboard with an Ortho split layout. I want the cost to be as low as possible in case I end up not liking it. Any kits that would work for this? US btw, if that matters for availability

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I might just end up doing this, lol. I’ve switched to Ortho before, so it’ll just be the split I’m getting used to. Thanks!

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That shouldn’t be any noticeable change, just slightly more comfortable for your wrists. If you don’t like it you can move the halves closer to each other to make it more similar to non-split ortho. IMO the only disadvantage with split is that the keyboard might get a little bit more difficult to transport, if that’s something you need to do.

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