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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Thanks! After the few days with a light use: very confortable, nice light texture, the dished caps really work well and are visually striking. I am only slightly slower than with the almost same board (Q10) with GMK CYL that I use extensively each day, so I would say the transition is really smooth. The reason for this is the very similar height profile of each row. Still, I believe that CYL is more efficient because I feel less “trapped” in each row than with MTNU’s spherical profile - as the correct typing movements involve more vertical finger movement than horizontal, so CYL imo makes more sense. The effect is obviously quite minor and I am nowhere near to being a fast typer, so take my feedback in this context ;)






  • I don’t have a lot of experience with ergo keyboards, but I found myself liking this Alice/Arisu layout quite a lot. I can keep my shoulders and arms more relaxed (I’m also quite tall, so a bit more room for my arms and hands is nice…). Only downside of these Keychron models is the tall height of the board. One could use a wrist rest though - Keychron themselves sell one - but I don’t use one. I also don’t type without interruptions the whole day, so it’s ok for me. Easy enough to go back to normal/laptop keys due to almost standard stagger and key layout.





  • Yep, just a bit tricky to use the correct profile on each row. I tried to use the white dots just for the alphas and use the grey/light blue ones for the punctuation keys on the right, as I am still learning Colemak (the main reason for caps without legends) and unfortunately I miss a couple on the 2nd row. The keycaps were more than enough anyway, very flexible set! The U4s are a joy to type in. I have not much experience but bought a key tester with a bunch of others. They are slightly scratchy but I don’t dislike the sound.