I use a Microsoft Sculpt out of necessity. I had used a plain square mechanical for years until I started getting RSI a few years back. I tried to power through the pain at my current job until it just became too much. The first consideration when choosing a keyboard should be your long-term health.
Plenty of companies make ergonomic keyboards. I found this one by searching Amazon for "ergonomic keyboard". It actually has poor reviews so I imagine that there are much better (and probably more affordable) alternatives out there.
I get pain sometimes too but I had a hard time with the ergonomic keyboard. I probably am doing something wrong. But as it was said above, long term health wins.
If you can't place a ruler from your forearm to your knuckles; you will eventually be in for pain caused by wrist problems.
I used to use just a keyboard with the back feet up and after 15 years ended up with pain bad enough that I had trouble driving my car. After I flattened the keyboard and started using a wrist rest to keep my wrists flat, the pains have gone away. If you can use a "bent" keyboard, you will eliminate the side to side bending as well which causes so many people problems.
Remember: The original typing position taught in schools (when it needed to be taught using mechantical typewriters) was to keep your wrists flat. This was originally because you needed the muscle power to press the keys, but they were inadvertantly eliminating one of the potential RSI points. When you get "lazy" and rest your wrists on the table, the angle starts damaging the nerves going through the wrist bones.
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I use a Microsoft Sculpt out of necessity. I had used a plain square mechanical for years until I started getting RSI a few years back. I tried to power through the pain at my current job until it just became too much. The first consideration when choosing a keyboard should be your long-term health.
Does it help? To me, it looks like it would make my productivity hide under the table. :-)) I honestly haven't tried an ergonomic keyboard yet.
I have the same keyboard, it takes sometime to get used to but I get less strained
It took me a few weeks to fully adjust to it and my productivity has actually increased a bit since my wrists don't become sore after a few hours.
Is Microsoft the only maker of this type of keyboards are there any other makers?
Plenty of companies make ergonomic keyboards. I found this one by searching Amazon for "ergonomic keyboard". It actually has poor reviews so I imagine that there are much better (and probably more affordable) alternatives out there.
I get pain sometimes too but I had a hard time with the ergonomic keyboard. I probably am doing something wrong. But as it was said above, long term health wins.
If you can't place a ruler from your forearm to your knuckles; you will eventually be in for pain caused by wrist problems.
I used to use just a keyboard with the back feet up and after 15 years ended up with pain bad enough that I had trouble driving my car. After I flattened the keyboard and started using a wrist rest to keep my wrists flat, the pains have gone away. If you can use a "bent" keyboard, you will eliminate the side to side bending as well which causes so many people problems.
Remember: The original typing position taught in schools (when it needed to be taught using mechantical typewriters) was to keep your wrists flat. This was originally because you needed the muscle power to press the keys, but they were inadvertantly eliminating one of the potential RSI points. When you get "lazy" and rest your wrists on the table, the angle starts damaging the nerves going through the wrist bones.