Kinesis Freestyle2 Keyboard for Mac (20" Extended Separation)

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Kinesis Freestyle2 Keyboard for Mac (20" Extended Separation)

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The Ultra-slim design of the Freestyle2 makes it ideal for both office and travel use
Perfect for individuals requiring greater separation than what is provided by other ergonomic keyboards
The best choice for companies that want to standardize on one keyboard for all but the most extreme ergonomic requirements.
The Freestyle2 serves as an enhanced traditional compact keyboard but offers users the additional ability to splay and separate the two keying modules
Width of 20" Version: Min: 15.375"; Max: 37.75"
Distance between F & J Keys: Min: 3.50"; Max: 25.75"

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Customer Reviews

Best keyboard I've ever owned Anyone who writes for a living, especially people who write code, know how scary RSI can be. Your entire career depends on your ability to sit and write. So when I started to get some of the symptoms of RSI I wanted to get out ahead of the problem as quickly as I could. I tried a few ergonomic options around the office but this was the one I thought would best work with where I was experiencing pain. Man was this the right call.For those who use Vim/tmux or other shortcut-heavy tools just be prepared to see your accuracy drop for a few days. In the beginning this was a bit of a bummer, but I quickly picked back up. Within two weeks the slight pain in my wrists disappeared and I found myself purchasing another one to use at home. The accessory kit, the VIP3, is not optional and you do need to buy both to get the full effect. That being said the build quality of the keyboard is top-notch, all the function keys work (including the beginning/end of line keys as well as the web back/forward).Some people absolutely need a mechanical keyboard, which I understand. However if you have no issue with a rubber dome keyboard this is the best investment you can make. When this keyboard wears out I intend on purchasing another one right away. Excellent product by Kinesis and well worth the money and learning curve. 5holy crap this is amazing My first impression is... holy crap this is amazing. WHY are split keyboards not the standard? Regular keyboards, in comparison, make me think of Chinese foot binding. Right away, I'm typing at normal speed. I haven't gotten used to the layout of the extra/function keys, but then again I only just started using it. I do like the Mac-specific keys so far, though. I'm glad I picked this up instead of the PC version, since I'm on a Mac. I wasn't sure if the Mac product was inferior or something, but I don't see any evidence of that. Solid product so far.I imagine the keys could be better, but honestly... I just came from a Microsoft Sculpt and this keyboard feels way better. More accurate. More responsive. Since it's wired, I don't have to worry about wireless interference. The keys are not too light nor too stiff or noisy. Pretty quiet overall. Even compared to a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000, the keys feel better.I can't emphasize enough how awesome the split aspect of the keyboard is. It took me no time at all to fall back into my normal typing rhythm. I was expecting an adjustment phase, similar to the Kinesis Advantage, but because it's still a flat keyboard without the funky key wells of the Advantage, it's easier to get used to. With other keyboards, the armrests on my chair make absolutely no sense, and in fact bother my elbow quite a bit due to repetitive irritating pressure. However, this keyboard lets me pull my shoulders back (which is super critical for good posture and warding off shoulder problems) and actually line my arms up with the armrests.It's not this often that I'm this happy with a product. There's always something wrong. I'm sure I'll notice something wrong soon enough. But my first impression is a high A grade.I am interested in the tent things, but at first glance it costs ~$50. Not too enthused about that, but I get that it's a specialty product. Kinda wish the tents came with. I could see that being a very good thing. 5We deserve better, but this is good until then I've been using this keyboard for two months. I bought the Goldtouch GTU-0088 v2 at the same time and tried them head to head for a day to confirm my first impressions:1. We as a species need to be using split keyboards. It feels so much better to have your hands even slightly shifted with the keyboard splayed out, and I adjusted to it easily.2. By modern standards, both keyboards are just not good in terms of key touch/feel. The Goldtouch reminds me of the keyboard on my Commodore 64 from the early 80's. To say it felt "cheap" would be praising it too much. The Kinesis, on the other hand, is OK. It takes less work to press the keys, less noise, and it just feels more fluid than the Goldtouch. Now, either one of these would be smoked by the quality of a good modern keyboard, but of the two the Kinesis is much better.3. We deserve better quality split keyboards. I highly recommend buying this, but also reviewing it if you want other manufacturers to take notice that we expect better.The VIP accessory, sold separately, is a good enhancement. Good positioning, pretty solid, and the wrist wrests integrate nicely. 4Wrist pain GONE I bought this while I was writing my PhD dissertation. Was previously using my macbook keyboard, and started getting pain in my wrists from the repetitive movement. Bought this and within a week or so, the pain was all gone, and typing speed back up to normal.This keyboard does take a little bit of time getting used to -- but really, no more than a day or so. I figured out that my one "incorrect" movement was using the wrong hand to hit the "B" key, so I just had to mentally re-map that. Otherwise, smooth sailing from there.You really need to get the tenting though - it makes a big difference. If you just keep it flat without the tenting, then it's not that much better than a standard keyboard. Yes, that makes it annoying that they sell the ergonomic part separately. But this keyboard is really worth it, if you are at your computer all day like I am! 5Not perfect, but still really good and worthy of 5 stars. The Kinesis Freestyle2...Pros: The 20" split is wonderful for sitting at a desk. You can put the laptop in the middle, and connect up the keyboard at shoulder widths. I never would have thought shoulder-width typing would be as comfortable as it is!Key action is really quiet for office work, but not super mushy. They just do a good job of connecting the rubber membrane to the plastic keys, so it doesn't make noise when you type, yet still feels like a decent typing surface.Cons: Some of the UI buttons are out-of-date and don't work.A few of the non-typing keys are in weird places, like the escape & delete keys.A 10-key would be really nice. I had to tape a separate 10 key pad to the right side. Having a bar for cut / copy / paste / etc is nice, but a 10 key would have been much better.Even longer than 20" would be better, for cable management purposes.As much as the Kinesis has some cons, the pros are really nice. The typing action is decent and really quiet, the split feeling is amazing, and in general it's just a joy to type on. Now, I did immediately turn around and pick up a V3 kit for the additional comfort of the tilt. And there are a few clear ways to make it better (full wireless, including the center wire? Updated or remappable function keys? A 10 key?). But until those future updates happen, this clearly will be my favorite keyboard. 5Excellent keyboard, but not all you're going to need I'm both a professional and hobbyist programmer who's beginning to notice tightness in my wrists, so I purchased this keyboard to help head off any problems with RSI.The stock model is just OK - I am giving it four stars however because it's a truly comfortable keyboard once you add the VIP3 accessory, which provides palm rests and a set of lifters so that each side of the keyboard is tilted upwards for a more natural position. In my opinion, this accessory is crucial and I'm docking the product a star just because the VIP3 isn't included by default (if you look around on Amazon you'll find versions of this keyboard that have the VIP3 included - I'd suggest those).I haven't noticed any tightness or soreness in my wrists, hands, or forearms since switching to this keyboard and it's very natural to use - the separated keyboard design might throw some people at first but I found it easy to adjust to.A few more things that are worth noting if you're considering this keyboard:- The pictures can be deceptive: this keyboard is quite large, and with the aforementioned VIP3 accessory installed, it takes up a LOT more space than the Razer Blackwidow keyboard I was using before. This is a good thing since it results in a more natural position for your arms, but it's important to know in case you don't have a lot of desk space.- Speaking of the Blackwidow, this is NOT a mechanical keyboard. That's a dealbreaker for some, but it wasn't that important to me.- The separation between the two halves on this keyboard is nine inches. Kinesis offers another version on their website that is exactly the same but with a twenty-inch separation between the two halves. I have pretty broad shoulders and the nine-inch separation is probably the minimum that would be comfortable. If you have a larger frame, you might opt for the larger separation instead.- The right side shift key on this keyboard is absurdly small. I typically use VIM so most colon-prefixed commands involved the right side shift since the colon is on that side too, and the shift key on the right is so small that I switched to Emacs instead to avoid having to use it. Again, this wasn't a dealbreaker for me, but I would suggest that you consider how often you need to use the right side shift key and imagine how much harder typing would be if it was the size of a standard letter key. 4The best keyboard in the world designed to keep your wrists healthy. The only keyboard to have. Simple statement. Think about how your hands and wrists have to be positioned to type on a normal keyboard. Not only do your hands have to be much closer together than your shoulders but your wrists have to be at a weird angle. The Freestyle2 keyboard allows me to separate the components of the keyboard to shoulder width and to allow my wrists to be straight. It's awesome. Besides that, I have space between the keyboard components to put my phone or the like so it's right in the middle and available.Now I DON'T recommend the Freestyle 2 Blue Bluetooth model. I had two of them and had nothing but trouble. As long as I kept it plugged into the power source to charge the battery, it worked fine. As soon as I unplugged it from power and use it for two days, it started typing very strange special characters, typing s u p e r s l o w and the like. I worked with support but I didn't feel like they cared at all and basically blamed my Bluetooth. I love the keyboard so much I bought the wired one. 5An ergonomic split keyboard actually for a Mac I get sick of seeing keyboards for PCs advertised as being for a Mac when they don't contain any Mac-specific keys. There is a slew of such keyboards out there pretending to be Mac keyboards, but not this one. This one *is* a Mac keyboard, and I love that it splits so I can type in a much more relaxed and natural posture. I have used multiple variations of Microsoft's Natural Keyboards over the years I've had to work on PCs, but I prefer this keyboard now over those because the two separate and independent halves of this keyboard allow me to vary the angle (within reason--there is still a cable tying the two halves together).The only thing lacking with this keyboard is a number pad. However, it does have two USB ports at the top edge of the keyboard, so I recommend buying a USB number pad to bundle with this keyboard. I am quite satisfied with this one:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BXNSKZ9/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 5Why aren't split keyboards the norm? Okay, I've had it for a handful of days now. I knew immediately that this is awesome, but it took me a few days to adjust and get my typing speed up to normal. I can't tell you all how happy I am to have my arms/shoulders in alignment. I have a lot of arm and shoulder pain and just wish that I had been working on one of these all along. The only problem I'm having is figuring out a good place for my mouse, which is really a magic trackpad. This problem is twofold: 1. I work on a slide-out keyboard tray so with the keyboard split at what is the most comfortable distance for me, I now have keyboard where my mouse used to live. I also got the extension pack that adds wrist support and lift to the keyboard, so now my keyboard is raised up above my trackpad - there is too much height disparity between the trackpad and the keyboard. Even if I get a different mouse, where to put it is still at issue. Right now my trackpad is between the keyboard sides, in the middle - which is a new experiment in that I can now use either hand to control it.Anyhow, mousing issues aside, this is the best. Seriously, I love love love it. Oh, but I was disappointed to realize that the usb ports cannot charge a phone and are really just for jump drives. It's okay since the main reason for getting this was ergonomics, but that would have been total cake icing.UPDATE: I've been using this for a few weeks now and I kid you not, a shoulder issue that I have had since high school (I'm 49) is practically gone. Having my shoulders and hands aligned while typing is amazing. 5Very good ergonomic keyboard I love my MacBook Pro, but using it on the desk with the Apple keyboards has taken a toll on my wrists and hands. They are simply too small for a full size adult in my opinion. After months of stiffening wrists and hands, I started realizing the forced/clenched position of my hands while typing all day was a gnawing pain along my pinky fingers & palms. Clearly, something had to be done.The Microsoft ones I have never cared for, and they don t work with a Mac anyway. Ergonomic keyboards for a Mac seem to be few and far between, everyone seems to just assume people will be enamored with the aluminum stuff. Scanning Amazon off & on for weeks, I appeared to have 3 choices - super cheap and not suitable for someone that writes hundreds of pages a week; the Kinesis; or $350+ for a keyboard.Based on the decent reviews, I picked the Kinesis and I m happy with the choice. Quality is top-notch and it s a good typist keyboard. It reminds me somewhat of the IBM click/chiclet keyboards of hold that I miss dearly.A few things I don t care for - the cable between the two haves is functional, but it looks weird. Seems like it would make more sense if it was coiled (and a little longer). Second, the many function keys are functional , but I m a touch-typist, I m not going to ever use them. Some may have other opinions, but I would have rather had a numeric keypad built in. Clearly, it s not built for business - but that would be the primary buyer of a $100+ ergo keyboard, not the teeny boppers playing iTunes all day. And last, the 6 key is on the wrong side - touch typists will use the right hand for the #6, it s an odd stretch from the left side. I ve been slowly adapting, but it forces moving the hand to reach it, and is incorrect.The big positive, spreading my hands/shoulders/forearms out has completely eliminated the pain I was beginning to experience several years ago, so it does it s job and I ll continue to use it. 4

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