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My experience using X-Bows for programming

I post my original review (2024-03-16) here too:

Solid and customizable

I bought the Nature Qmk keyboard on 2022-08-16, I'm a programmer and I had forearm and wrist pain.

It took me about a month to accustomize myself to this new keyboard layout (US is not my native layout but it's better for programmers).

My previous keyboard was a Microsoft ergonomic one with keypad on the right. It was a giant leap for me: different layout, no numpad, different keys arrangement... but I saw the pain gradually vanishing, and I really love the programmable keys via the simple qmk Web interface.

It's such a joy now using it every day at work and at home.

The only downside if you are a programmer like me is that some symbol keys are a bit far to press when needed, but that's somewhat easy to overcome if you want (just use qmk config website).

I bought this keyboard because it was the only one with a good price range to start with, other competitors costs about twice!

Note: I bought 2 keyboards before the fuss happened some time ago (just look in the r/xbows subreddit) and I had no trouble at all, the company sent a mail about a week ago stating they had a fraudolent staff member screwing thair business and it should be resolved now. I really love this keyboard and I hope they will continue to sell it in the future.

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u/darksndr — 7 days ago