Kinesis Advantage360 Professional Split Mechanical Keyboard

Product Information

The keys are arranged in vertical columns (rather than staggered) to better reflect the natural motion of fingers. If you encounter a git conflict when updating your repository to V3.0 please follow the instructions on how to resolve it here. The Advantage360 may look big, but it actually has a smaller footprint than most keyboards because we eliminated the numeric 10-key so you can place the mouse closer to your body, reducing painful “over-reach”. Learn More But for most of us, we will be getting a board that is not hotswap and comes with tactile Brown switches. Hardware

The integrated palm supports reduce stressful bending of the wrists and provide a convenient place to rest your hands when you are not actively typing. Add the new premium pads for even more support ( AC360PP Sold Separately). Learn More Keycaps: It was great they sent various keycaps. I immediately changed some keys, such as the default ESC to Blank, and replaced the Esc with the Alt key in my right thumb cluster. The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split, Wireless connection, Tenting, ZMK (highly customizable firmware), and many other minor things. In this blog post, I will explain the significant design changes and my experiences with Advantage360. The integrated palm supports reduce stressful bending of the wrists and provide a convenient place to rest your hands when you are notAnd, for now at least, while this board might not be perfect, if I was talking just hardware, this would probably take the crown as the best physical form for me.

High quality switch and cap choices (mostly, the custom thumb buttons are obviously nonstandard. But I strongly disliked the rubber function key row of the advantage 2) Do not overtax yourself early on, and if necessary try using an online typing tutorial program for some low-pressure practice. Soak the loose keycaps in warm soapy water lightly scrub to remove any gunk. Rinse the keycaps and let them thoroughly dry.By default this config repository references a customised version of ZMK with Advantage 360 Pro specific functionality and changes over base ZMK. The Kinesis fork is regularly updated to bring the latest updates and changes from base ZMK however will not always be completely up to date, some features such as new keycodes will not be immediately available on the 360 Pro after they are implemented in base ZMK. Disconnect the RIGHT module from your PC and use the battery-power switch to power it down (slide towards the USB port)

Inside the keyboard's box came four accessories: two braided USB-A to USB-C cables, a bridge connector to create the illusion of an Advantage2, and additional spare keycaps. A couple of comments on these accessories: Aside from the thumb clusters, key layout is near identical to a Moonlander whereas the thumb clusters on the 360 are more like the Advantage2 or Ergodox. Just like with those boards, I find more than three keys in a thumb cluster too much to make good use of but your mileage may vary.

Manuals

Kinesis recommends starting with the Advantage360 Pro during a period when you are not under a lot of work related stress. Trying to learn a new keyboard layout can be frustrating, and if you are under a deadline that can make matters worse. However, most people find it’s quite intuitive and not as daunting of a task as they initially thought. The F key is a layer tap and holding the F key switches to the Keypad kp layer. That way, I can tap any output number by holding down the F key and pressing any of the keypad keys on my right keyboard halve.