1 00:00:00,199 --> 00:00:06,600 you wouldn't tolerate headphones that weren't designed to fit the shape of 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:12,360 your head or a chair that wasn't designed to comfortably hold your ass so 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:19,800 why then would you use a keyboard that wasn't designed to perfectly match the 4 00:00:14,759 --> 00:00:22,840 shape of your hands well Kinesis doesn't 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:26,359 think that you should meet the freaky 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:29,359 decky Advantage 2 a keyboard that aims 7 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:30,480 to put ergonomics first without 8 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:35,120 sacrificing productivity but at a bank breaking 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:41,160 $350 is there any reason for you to use 10 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:45,840 one of these unless your doctor says you have to Let's fingure It 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:59,519 Out rose Will's cullinan midtower ATX 12 00:00:57,239 --> 00:01:04,080 case features tempered glass panels for a sleep aesthetic with ample expansion 13 00:01:02,239 --> 00:01:10,520 check it out at the link below so there is no doubt that the 14 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:13,080 advantage 2 is bound to twist some necks 15 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:18,759 it seems that in Kinesis is quest to make it all about the best ergonomic 16 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:26,040 experience for your hands they forgot about your eyes their 17 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:29,680 premium model has got this subjectively 18 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:33,560 awful attempt at a brushed looking gray 19 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:36,360 and black finish that they call graphite 20 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:42,720 the LED indicators and the label are inexplicably off center the USB cable is 21 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:48,640 unsleeved and this might seem like a nitpicky thing at this point but the 22 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:51,399 devices overall low weight and plastic 23 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:55,680 construction contribute to a less premium first impression than the price 24 00:01:53,960 --> 00:02:04,039 tag would suggest but Beauty can be more than skin 25 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:06,240 deep there is absolutely no deck Flex 26 00:02:04,039 --> 00:02:12,520 the bottom feet keep it in place on your desk you can connect a foot pedal to it 27 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,599 and all the switches are genuine 28 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:19,080 mechanical Cherry MX or 29 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:21,319 MLS okay fine so the build quality is 30 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:27,080 good but let's stop footing around and address the elephant in the room why 31 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,920 does it look like that well the 32 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:34,760 advantage 2's layout is designed to mitigate the primary stresses that 33 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:42,280 typing on a conventional keyboard imposes on the body so to achieve this 34 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:44,680 they split the board into two key Wells 35 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:50,280 one for each hand if you have more than two hands this is not the ergonomic 36 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:53,879 keyboard for you # sorry not sorry 37 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:57,560 anyway this split positions the user's 38 00:02:53,879 --> 00:03:00,360 hands closer to shoulder width apart 39 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:04,440 reducing something called all deviation which occurs when your wrists 40 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:11,560 are bent outward next they made the key Wells 41 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:14,080 concave to keep your wrists straight and 42 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:20,200 sloped to keep your hands from sitting completely pronated this increases blood 43 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:25,440 circulation in your forearms and there are more customizations the keycaps 44 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:29,480 themselves are at varying Heights so that your middle finger won't be 45 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:34,480 overarched and your pinky can actually reach stuff and the control keys that 46 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:39,360 your weak ass little finger would normally be responsible for have been 47 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:45,280 offloaded to these clusters where your thumbs can straight up do work instead 48 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:48,840 of sitting on the bench it's all sounds 49 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:51,040 like sensible stuff but like stuff that 50 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:56,040 nobody seems to have thought of right here let's drop another ergonomic bomb 51 00:03:53,280 --> 00:04:00,920 the number pad has been embedded as a secondary function in the right key well 52 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:06,680 in an effort to reduce the board's overall footprint so you don't overreach 53 00:04:03,959 --> 00:04:10,120 to operate the mouse straining the neck and 54 00:04:07,519 --> 00:04:15,079 shoulders this all comes together then to make the advantage to a very 55 00:04:13,239 --> 00:04:22,000 comfortable keyboard one of our new writers James has actually been using it 56 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:24,280 nonstop for 2 weeks without any need for 57 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:30,800 shaking out the wrists or any kind of fatigue whatsoever I love it so 58 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:35,520 ergonomic AF but that doesn't mean that those two 59 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:40,080 weeks were completely painless contrary 60 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:45,120 to kin's bold statement here this thing 61 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:48,680 has a steep learning curve in theory I 62 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:51,600 see their point but while at first 63 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:57,840 glance it looks like all the letters are in their usual places hold on Hardcore 64 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:01,880 typists May cringe at this but the vast majority of the people at our office 65 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:08,280 actually use their index finger to type the letter c this is possible on a 66 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:13,639 regular quiry layout because the rows are staggered but on the advantage two 67 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:20,160 the keys are arranged in vertical columns so back to my point then if you 68 00:05:16,919 --> 00:05:23,720 were already a perfect by the book 69 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:26,639 typist the transition would probably be 70 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:32,000 fairly easy but if you also have to unlearn some nasty habits at the same 71 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:38,639 time like using the wrong hand for the b key then your transition will likely be 72 00:05:34,919 --> 00:05:40,919 much slower another consequence of the 73 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:46,280 concave design is that the keys are a bit closer to each other which again 74 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:52,360 seems legit for both speed and stamina but my God you have no idea how easy it 75 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:57,960 is to overreach when trying to type a comma or a period and furthermore a 76 00:05:55,759 --> 00:06:02,600 large part of keyboard productivity has to do with non- typing key strokes 77 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:07,360 talking about hot Keys talking about home and end talking about the arrows 78 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:14,039 and remapping the muscle memory that you've built up for these more advanced 79 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:16,000 actions takes a lot longer the new way 80 00:06:14,039 --> 00:06:20,120 may be superior to the old way like being able to copy paste now without 81 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:25,639 leaving the home row but that doesn't mean that you're not going to have the 82 00:06:21,479 --> 00:06:27,960 urge to smash every time a misclick on 83 00:06:25,639 --> 00:06:32,080 the now nearby Arrow key sends your cursor flying off the page 84 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:37,280 so while some things are straight up awesome like having backspace and delete 85 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:43,080 front and center other things like not having a space bar on the left side are 86 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,720 not and what about Gamers all right well 87 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:50,960 I'll tell you about Gamers every key on this keyboard is remappable without the 88 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