I’m considering the Moonlander but I have small hands. I have an older Iris which is a good fit but doesn’t have hotswap and occasionally needs to be unplugged and replugged to work. I am looking for something that just works, not a new soldering project - especially since my office will cover the cost.

Which would you recommend? And is it the end of the world if I can’t reach the full thumb cluster on the Moonlander?

  • anaumann@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I find the Moonlander thumb cluster not that easy to reach. I have medium/large hands but relatively inflexible thumbs and use only 2 of the thumb keys. (And one of the bottom row keys as a third thumb key. If you do it that way it is probably not much different than the Iris). Personally, I would like the thumb cluster to be closer to the other keys and/or splayed.

  • clumsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use my moonlander with the thumb clusters pushed all the way up instead of down or ‘tented’. However this created some wobble so I bought an extra set of feet from ZSA and installed them on the outside of my board (there’s already a screw hole there from factory, just need to take the cover off). I love it! I have small women’s hands and no problems at all with my moonlander layout , cluster buttons set to my modifiers and space bar.

    If you’ll forgive my filthy desk picture, here she is:

      • clumsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I took a couple pictures to show my hand size and also the feet on the outside of the board (I realized the first picture I showed didn’t have them installed!

  • fivetide@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have pretty small hands and found the moonlander way too big. Moved to a skeletyl fromm there. If you need more Keys, have a Look at the sofle v2, which has a more aggressive pinky stagger. Or the keyria.

  • CycliCynic@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I can say that not using the thumb cluster is totally fine. At this point I have the innermost button on the left side set to space. My thumb also normally rests there. Can’t even say I use the right side one at all.

    Hotswap and their switch options are fairly nice; I’ve had no issue while doing it.

    Works straight out of the box, but you will want to mess with the layout to find what works for you.

    Their rebinding software is also super easy to use. Massive plus there.