I love the Voyager so far. 💜

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How heavy is it? I’m afraid it might feel like a brick in the bag.

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Just the Voyager by itself is 419g.

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I forgot to say earlier… You have wonderful taste in keyboards and EQUALLY excellent taste in mechanical pencils.

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Thank you! 😊

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Absolutely gorgeous

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Thank you!

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I don’t know anything about mech keyboards, but this showed up on my front page and it looks so cool. I have no use for one but I sort of want one now lol

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Be warned! That’s how they get you… pretty flashy things that cost waaaaay to much money. You tell yourself you couldn’t possibly justify spending that much on a keyboard. Maybe you’ll just try an entry level mechanical keyboard. But what case? What Switches? WHAT CAPS!?! You get a Keychron or something tons of people recommend and at first it’s amazing, unlike anything you’ve ever typed on. But then you see something NEW that has a feature you want to try or maybe a group buy Keycap set from your favorite franchise that just looks awesome (I’m looking at you Black speech of Mordor keycaps) ! The next thing you know you have an IKEA Billy bookcase displaying your collection and a $365 keeb is just another Tuesday.

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Ergos can be actually relatively cheap. That’s why I’ve spent god-knows how much and have like 30 of them.

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This here is the BEST synopsis of this hobby

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What Impossibility Box said is 100% true. But also I only got into keyboards because I had wrist pain, and the Moonlander took my pain away. And then I got swept up into the hobby. 😁

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How is the moonlander? Worth the cost?

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I have the moon lander and like it a lot.

The downsides to it are that it is not wireless, and it has too many keys for me. If you keep everything on within one row from the Home row, you really only need like 36 keys.

Otherwise, I think it’s a great keyboard, even though it is expensive. 

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I have a Moonlander and think it is great. However, if I were to buy a new ergo split keyboard today, I would seriously consider a glove80: https://www.moergo.com/collections/glove80-keyboards/products/glv80-soldered?variant=44253212377361

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I’ve heard great things about the Glove80! I like a 40% layout, though, so it has way too many keys for me.

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I adore the Moonlander, and absolutely think it’s worth the cost. I plan to keep using both boards in different contexts.

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