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there are two kinds of companies followers

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and leaders some keyboard manufacturers approach the

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problem of ergonomics by taking your standard qwerty keyboard and sprinkling

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in a little bend here and some separation there

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but leaders they have true courage they use

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first principles thinking to build new products from the ground up

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and the safe type keyboard turns the whole idea of a keyboard

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on its side and then down normal

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and then on its other side but is this

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290 dollar command center the answer to

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your rsi cries or are these guys coming

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at this from completely the wrong

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angle

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cooler master's 25th anniversary edition

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cosmos 2 features a unique dual curved tempered glass side panel

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check it out now at the link below

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okay let's just get this out of the way the safe types layout is pretty

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unconventional the alpha portion of the keyboard has been split into two equal

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halves and rotated making it the most

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3d keyboard we've ever tested more about

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why in a moment first let's look at the third section which contains the cursor

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controls a number pad and media buttons

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and some of these are super handy what a great use of otherwise empty middle

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space i'm looking at you kinesis just be

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careful to not accidentally hit the

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shutdown hotkey during the season finale of scrapyard wars

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let's get this out of the way early too this thing looks

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weird but it's actually a lot faster to

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get used to than you'd probably think all of the keys are in their usual at

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least relatively speaking usual spots

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and the f and j keys are even bumpier

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than normal to help keep you anchored on the home row the only kind of novel key

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placement is the extra backspace key

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that shifts all the workload from your right pinky to being able to split it

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with your left thumb and the thumbs up for that one

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another thing that looks weird but is

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for a reason is the legend

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why are some of the symbols all rotaty

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and backwards well

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hold on to your carpels my friends because although safe type recommends

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that users be proficient touch typists before purchasing one of their keyboards

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and we agree you really cannot see what

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the heck you're pressing from a natural position

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they realize that some keys are used so

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infrequently that it might help to be able to take a peek at them and that is

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why they include this high vis vest and

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hard hat in the box for the dedicated spotter that you'll need to help you

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find your way around forward down almost go keep going go

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just kidding the real solution is

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the keycaps with the reversed lettering and

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built-in rear-view mirrors obviously they're adjustable so you can

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aim them at the function and number keys or my favorite the control and alt keys

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so you can still do all your favorite power moves but like this

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not like this power moves like this

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pro tip you can actually also use them to keep an eye out for your boss during

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not safe for work lunch breaks but let's

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get seriously here what the hell were they thinking

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designing a keyboard like this well it turns out that there are three damaging

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postures associated with typical keyboard use

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ulnar deviation which happens when your wrists go like this

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extension which is when your wrists do that

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and pronation which is when your hands are like oh

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okay that last one actually doesn't look that bad but it actually causes the two

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major bones in your forearms to scissor

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pinching nerves and blood vessels safety claims to address all of these

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issues without transferring the stress to other parts of your body like the

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neck and shoulders i say

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your mileage may vary somewhat because depending on some other factors you may

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actually end up in a worse posture than you would have with your good

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old-fashioned 104 key because here's the thing

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it's clear that the vertical hand position is going to keep your arms from

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pronating so scratch that one off the list

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but ulnar deviation that depends more on your desk setup if

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it's too high your wrists are going to be above your elbows

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no good and if you can't lower your desk what

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you're going to have to do is raise your chair

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i ended up with my feet dangling also not ideal

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on the bright side you can solve that with a couple of blocks under the back

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of the board so maybe a v2 will come with feet but uh it's not something

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that's included in the box and finally as for extension safety says

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the most orthopedically neutral position is achieved by starting with your arms

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at your sides and then using only your biceps to lift the arms until they're

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perpendicular to the ground but then you've got to hold your arms up like

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that the whole time you're typing who wants to do that i'd probably end up

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with my elbows on the chair's armrests after two minutes and that's just gonna

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bend my wrists more so it is this ergonomic keyboard for you

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well if you have the right setup like a

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standing desk or one with a dropped keyboard tray then the health benefits

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could be real but the membrane key switches are pretty mushy

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moving your hand from the outside to the inside is crazy inefficient and the

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build quality is average

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for like 15 years ago it kind of comes

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down to whether you want to invest the extra 60 dollars and the learning time

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into an advantage to or if you need an

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ergonomic keyboard that you can type proficiently on right this minute i mean

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it's got a 30-day money-back guarantee it works on Windows and mac is available

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in north america and europe so you know why am i even bothering with this

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conclusion just go [ __ ] it go for it it's just money like whatever it's after

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