Also agree with the sibling commenters. In order, get:
- Help from an expert/exercise/do very regular breaks.
- A properly adjustable chair.
- A height-adjustable desk (get an electronic one, it's the only one you will ever tune properly, other desks are too much effort).
- Only then an ergo keyboard.
An ergo keyboard is worthless if you do not get the basics right (diagnose the issues, letting the blood flow, having a good posture). I am in some ergo keyboard Discords and it happens far too often that people by an ergo keyboard, but do not even have a setup where they can have a good posture.
I used kinesis advantage for 15 years, switched to a glove80 for the past 2, but recently went back to kinesis with an advantage2. The glove80 is very nice, but my hands are big enough that the kinesis thumb cluster works better for me and the cherry mx brown switches are much more satisfying than the low profile chocs.
So ymmv, but for those with larger hands, it may make sense to try a kinesis.
Glove80 has a better key well and thumb cluster for most people though. I have made a detailed comparison here:
https://danieldk.eu/MoErgo-Glove80-Review
Also agree with the sibling commenters. In order, get:
- Help from an expert/exercise/do very regular breaks.
- A properly adjustable chair.
- A height-adjustable desk (get an electronic one, it's the only one you will ever tune properly, other desks are too much effort).
- Only then an ergo keyboard.
An ergo keyboard is worthless if you do not get the basics right (diagnose the issues, letting the blood flow, having a good posture). I am in some ergo keyboard Discords and it happens far too often that people by an ergo keyboard, but do not even have a setup where they can have a good posture.