Cloud9 did not MAKE this keyboard - C959 Ergo TKL
ShortCircuit
·ShortCircuit
·2022-05-05
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2,175 words · ~10 min read
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- These key caps, then it just check it out. (key popping) Whoa, (fire roaring) that actually hit Jono.
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(people laughs) That's insane. Ergo keyboards can be kind of weird
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and inaccessible sometimes, but these ones seem to not be that.
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It looks like they're not that ugly and they don't look that hard to learn how to use.
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I'm particularly interested in this one. I got two here.
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These are both from Cloudnine. One of them is a 10 key lists and way more compact.
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The other one you can't really see in the picture, but it's way wider and it has a number pad
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and everything like a full keyboard, which you almost never get on Ergo boards.
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So I'm excited to look at that one. That's check them both out, starting with that one.
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Now don't be confused by the Cloudnine name and logo that looks almost exactly
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like the Cloud9 gaming team logo.
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Almost exactly. There's no affiliation as far as I know. I thought this keyboard would be wider than this boxes,
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so although this place was probably stacked in the boxes.
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Yep, I got one module here, it's pretty heavy and it looks
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like pretty high quality injection molded plastic.
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It's like it's not really printed in and cropped here.
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USB-C interface there. That's probably going to connect it to the other module,
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but yeah, you can already see, it's got the four navigation keys, number pad.
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I believe these are using browse. Yeah, cool. Normal arrow keys
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and then it sweeps up into this tilted area,
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tented area so that you're reducing pronation.
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Like you don't want your ARM to be flat like that. It scissors your radius and all the bones in your ARM
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and pinches tissue, which can cause RSIs.
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It's probably the reason you're interested in an Ergo board to begin with.
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So that's cool. I don't know if you can adjust that tilt level.
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I think it's just us a set seven degrees.
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And then, you know what, it's just like kind of your posture.
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The best thing to do a lot of the time is just to be changing it all the time.
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So if your hand is going to be going from this to this and then back
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that's probably better than just being in a static position, regardless of that position.
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You can see that there's probably some RGB action on here, like an under glow.
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So we're gonna have to get this powered on and plugged in eventually. There is, you can see it's a split keyboard,
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but it does fit together. Just friction, I don't think there's magnets.
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Oh yeah, it does kind of snap. This is kind of glassy, glossy,
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middle section Isn't flawless. It's got like some dimples or kind of bumps in it.
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I don't really love that. Then of course there's this
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dial, which is pretty cool. It clicks.
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See how it rocks. That's not awesome and that could be useful as far as I understand it
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you can reprogram it so you could use it to scroll a web page
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which is dope because then you don't actually have to take your hand off the keyboard, which I hate doing.
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You wanna keep your hands on the keyboard as much as possible and so if I can scroll like that, that's dope.
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I don't have to use page up and down or the arrow keys. I think I have more control or fidelity with this.
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So that'd be cool. You can also use it. You can revamp it apparently for games
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and for media like volume. So I have to check that out that little bit.
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There's no mention of software on the website. So I don't know exactly how we're going to do these things.
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It looks like there's some macro keys on the side here. It's nice.
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Going back to what I said about being accessible, a normal staggered party layout.
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Some Ergonomic keyboards like the one I use at my desk have an Ergodox linear layout.
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The keys are just straight up and down and like in columns rather than being diagonal like this,
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which is a typical. Most keyboards are like this, staggered.
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So that's what I'm saying. It's not gonna take a big learning curve
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to get used to this one. Hold on, I just wanna see what else is in here.
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Of course there's just... Oh, there's a little cable, I guess that's for joining the two modules
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and there's a long cable. That's gotta be for charging or connecting the PC.
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Is this thing not wireless? The deuce, oh, this is cool.
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It's an angled cord actually has a little 45 on there. That is just a nice touch.
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They didn't have to do that. Cool, I like that. This is pretty slim.
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That's far enough for, I think for most people to spread it about this wide,
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that's gonna make it pretty even for your shoulders. You could even put your mouse in here if you want.
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And that might actually honestly, with how wide this thing is
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when it's spread apart like this look how far your mouse would be. Can you even see that?
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I'm way over here at this point. So if you are a gamer and you're bored,
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you just don't really need the number pad and stuff. You probably want to look to get into TKL out,
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which I will unbox a second. Wait, what?
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No, the tether cord plugs are directional. Both plugs must angle inwards.
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You actually have to do it that way. What do they mean?
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Must, like it just won't work. I'm gonna test that.
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Oh, you can actually change the dial mode. I'm gonna try all this stuff right after this message
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Link below. - Apparently it has per key RGB and again,
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I don't know how that's accomplished. Oh, cool. Yeah, so there is this kind of diffused side glow
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thing going on. This thing's lit up.
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The keys are lit up. I know it has some programmed patterns
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but I'm gonna have to look at this to find out how to control them.
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Red. Can I make a breathe or something though?
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I might not just want to static color. I don't know if the side is RGB.
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Is there a rainbow one? Wait, here we go. It's breathing. It's rainbow, set.
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And that is independent from the keys. That's kind of cool. Do you want to customize the individual key back lighting,
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program macros and more? You can do it all with the PC app.
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Yes, there is an app. Let's go get it. This software is not commonly downloaded.
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Cloudnine if you give me a virus. Man, is this just an edge thing?
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'Cause it takes a long time to download crap This is really annoying. So there's no devices connected
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- [Man] Was it because of the cable? - 'Cause this is backwards and this is not backwards.
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This is how it shows it in the picture. But I'll try it.
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No, it's not a cable issue. Okay, now I'm gonna plug in my other keyboard
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and see if that works. So the right module you can see is like half the size.
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This one has a wrist rest kind of integrated into it. Does that come off?
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It feels like Velcro. It's Velcro, comes with the key cap puller.
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Here's my cables. Okay, well I think we can pretty much find out
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everything I wanted to find out about this board with this board. I guess some percentage of customers will have
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an issue like that. Hopefully not many. Okay, you can actually remap everything graphically in here.
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I just made my S key into 8 key. That's not cool.
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You can't use your keyboard without that, you have to actually just use your mouse. Yep, the lighting has its own tab
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and okay, here's all the programmed patterns,
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but it said I can do per key. So how do I do that? Eew yellow.
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Eew, you who chooses yellow in almost anything?
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Okay, there's a, there's a speed ramp here for how fast you want the pattern to go.
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You can change the brightness of the pattern. I don't see this per key thing,
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but I don't care. I wouldn't use that anyway. (paper squawks)
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Right now let's look at this wheel. (keyboard wheel clicking) Oh, that's not a good sound on this one.
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So the color that it shows actually indicates what mode it's on.
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It says when it's white, it's volume up and down and the clicking would mute it.
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When it's red, you can switch applications like I guess that would be like Alt tab,
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and then you select the application by clicking. That seems useful.
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Roll up or down when it's green and when it's blue, it's your, oh, it's just the brightness of the keyboard.
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And then you can click it to change your keyword color. That's okay. I probably wouldn't use that,
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but I'd use it sometimes. Okay, we've got red. Whoa, there it is.
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It is Alt tab. Oh my God, you guys,
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this is so counterintuitive. You scroll clockwise,
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but it goes to the right or to the left. It's going left as I...
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That is backwards to me. Am I the only one? I think I'd get used to this counterclockwise thing,
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but it's just stupid. Horizontal scrolls for use. So if you don't have that in your mouse,
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I would use that a lot on here. If you're using spreadsheets or something like Trello,
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that's really wide. I would probably use that a lot. I personally prefer Ergonomic keywords
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that have thumb clusters. I like to use those a lot, but as I said, that's less accessible.
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This is more like normal. I think the ten keys, this is a newer product.
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The box is a little sexier. Now, if I go to blue, that's vertical scroll.
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I'm hoping that's going to be weapons change. Okay, so here I am in CS code
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the Mouse Scroll Wheel changes weapons.
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Oh yeah, look at that. It does work. It's imprecise.
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You probably end and sanctify with your wast fingers
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than the number keys, but if I had larger hands, I might
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and I forgot really good at touching that knob. I like the extra versatility.
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You could pretty much just have it split like this until your gaming and then you can go like that
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or even just get this out of the way. Wow, do you hate doing Ctrl + A?
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Well, you've got a select Alt button. Oh, and this one actually has some legs on it too.
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That's nice. So what you're doing there, usually Ergo keyboard,
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you're expecting to see these legs on the top and they make them tilt this way,
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but that's actually bad because you're extending, this is called extension, this will be flection.
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When you extend that's bad for your wrist. This actually puts it into flection
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by lifting up this side of it, which is more Ergonomic. So, I think these are good keyboards.
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I think they're a good option for Ergonomic keyboards. They've got lots of features. They're not that expensive.
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Some Ergo Keyboards are like $400. I like these. I like the big one with the number pad.
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You don't see that often on an Ergo keyboard. I don't know where I'm going to put my mouse. If I don't have a that keyboard
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but these are cool. They're worth looking at. If you like this video,
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check out some of our other keyboard and button, maybe check out one with Plouffe. He just, you know,
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he has a calming presence.