KINESIS Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB Split Mechanical Keyboard | Cherry MX Linear Red Switches | RGB | Ergonomic | Detachable Palm Support | Fully Programmable | TKL | Available Tenting

Key feel is really atrocious for a mechanical keyboard. Feels mushy and cheap.

Only ergonomic gaming keyboard I’ve found, love how much you can adjust it to fit you. Recommend tenting but I just have a book in the middle to produce the same effect haha. Switches feel nice!

This ergonomic keyboard is a winner. I have been using a split keyboard for over a year. Most recently the CloudNine C959 ergoTKL which I loved. As great as the CloudNine is Kinesis has two things going for it which surpass CloudNine. The first is the 5 additional programmable keys and the second is the tactic feedback from the keys themselves. I started trying to program using the Smartset app but quickly found out the onboard programming keys are actually very easy to use and activate immediately without the need to send commands to the keyboard from the app. I only use Smartset for programming the lighting on the keys. For compatibility I programmed the custom keys 2,4,6,8 just like the CloudNine preprogrammed keys. Then I made 1=Select line, 3=Cut line, 5=Excel insert row, 7=Excel Delete row. The tactile feedback of the keys is just right - not too firm, not too light, not too noisy. The palm rest is perfect. I am using the tenting kit which is worth the small additional cost. My only disappointment is that the upper case chars, such as the punctuation under the numbers, is not backlight like lower case chars.

My biggest complaint about this keyboard is that the lights on it only have two settings - rainbow strobe effect, or off. I usually prefer to make my keyboards a dim blue color but couldnt find any settings to lower the color, make it solid, and stop the pulse effect. I also really wish it had a numpad because I like to use alt keys to type in special characters, and while there are buttons on the side that can have those keys bound to them, they arent shaped like a traditional numpad so it doesnt work as well. Mostly a great keyboard, I love using it. I do wish it had those features though. Also, I didnt know when I first bought it but this version has VERY loud keys. Great for gaming since you know for sure if you hit something or not, but you will get yelled at in voice chats.

The quality of the keyboard feels great, the best thing about it for me is that all the keys can be remapped, and macros created for all keys. Im a computer programmer, and use a Mac computer, its hard to find a programmable keyboard that is compatible for macOS. The ergonomics are wonderful. The back lighting is very adjustable. The pads are extremely soft and comfortable. The only thing negative I could say is that its a little pricey, and it should come with the lifts, but its worth it to me.

I was having really bad wrist pains from using a plain old Macbook keyboard at work and a classic full keyboard at home. I decided to go in on a split keyboard to try to ease that pain, and it has helped immensely. My wrists _and_ my shoulders feel much better after a few months of use. The key macro and rebinding features are great. I work from home and switch the keyboard between a macbook and a windows PC. Having two different profiles is amazing and it was very easy to set up. Apparently, the Mac setup software does not run on Catalina now but I can set it up on my Windows PC so all is not lost. The light rebinding is really nice too, though the quality of the individual lights didnt quite live up to my expectations (which were admittedly sky high). Still though, they serve their purpose. For example, I have HJKL colored green on my Work profile for Vim, QWER/WASD colored special on my gaming profile. I have caps lock bound to escape and colored them both the same to remind me. Just all around really helpful to be able to rebind keys and recolor them too. I hope this keyboard lasts a while because I like it a lot.

There are not very many options for an ergonomic keyboard that has tenting, mechanical switches, and backlighting, but so far I am very happy with this one. I think the price is too high, and the tenting solution should be included, but the end result is one Im happy with. There are a few other nitpicks with key placements, and secondary functions being printed lower on the keys, but those are minor and the pros definitely outweigh the cons for me.

Overall, this keyboard is OK. The split design is nice, but thats about it. For over $200, I expected something high quality, but this is a disappointment. I dont know if I was expecting too much, or if Im just picky, but this keyboard was a letdown. I have never owned a keyboard with Cherry switches, but I heard great things about them. Are these really Cherry switches? If so, I feel Cherry is extremely overrated. Squeaky, inconsistent switches: The switches on this keyboard (MX Brown) were squeaky from the start. Not all of the keys squeaked, some where fairly quiet, but about 1/3 sounded terrible every time they were pressed. There is a TON of variation in the sound each key makes. Some are solid, some feel looser than other, some are quiet, some squeak. The keys in the center of the board also make a weird Ringing-bell type of sound that is pretty annoying too. Terrible tactile feedback: The tactile feedback on these is a joke. If I press the key slowly, I can feel the bump, but in normal typing, I cant feel anything. When I compared these side-by-side with my $35 Logitech keyboard, the Logitech is much quieter, and has much, much, MUCH better tactile feedback. The travel is about the same, the Logitech feels much more solid, and has a more pronounced bump with no vibration or squeaks. Keys dont always register after the bump: I can carefully press the keys past the bump, and if they are not depressed enough, they do not actuate. What little bump is present is in the wrong place. This makes the tactile experience frustrating when your fingers tell you that the key actuated, but nothing registers on your screen. Again, compared to my $35 Logitech, the Logitech is FAR superior, and actuates every time the key passes the tactile bump without fail. The tenting supports cost an extra $25: Really? This is sold as the ultimate ergonomic keyboard, but without the tenting, it isnt really ergonomic at all. The split is nice (this keyboards only redeeming quality), but for over $200, they could include the $1 plastic pieces to make this function as an ergonomic keyboard. Instead they charge $25 for them, and they dont work without the wrist rests, so if your desk has rests already, you cant use the tenting supports. I had high hopes, but I cant justify the cost of this keyboard, and I cant stand the squeaky, inconsistent keys.

The keyboard is as advertised. Although I cant give it a higher rating due to a few issues: - The cord connecting the 2 splits are fixed and short for someone with wide shoulders like me, Ive seen other offerings that has different forms of connection between the splits which you can replace as you see fit. - The Esc key sits right next to the F1 key and makes me sometimes accidently press the wrong Fn key. Could use some spacing. - Palm rests are soft but the material feels a bit cheap. - No lighting on the 4 small buttons on the very top of the right side.