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Hello all:

I am in need of some advice. I am a consultant for a living and spend my days writing reports. When I am at home, I am using an Advantage 360 Pro which I absolutely love; when I travel to meet with clients though, I use my corporate Mac... which has less than stellar ergonomics.

The 360 is too big and bulky for me to travel with (I know some do), but I use forearm crutches and need to carry everything in a backpack. Weight and overall size are an important consideration.

I was looking at the Glove80, and the Corne-ish Zen but then I saw the new ZSA Voyager...

I also thought about something like a Skeletyl, huge fan of the Dactyls - and the work over at BastardKB; I love minimalist layouts but I also live in Canada; the 360 with exchange and duty when I ordered in on Drop cost me ~$750CDN.

I wish keyboards were more affordable but hey...

Thoughts?

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[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glove80 will have a case made for it very soon. Might want to take that into account.
The case compared to the Advantage360

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where would I get a case for th G80?

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At their site once it's out.
They also have a Discord where they give updates and answer questions.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have a discord. My phone number is "not compatible" of whatever. I'm assuming it's because my provider virtualizes its numbers, and I don't think that discord allows virtual numbers. Oh well. I'll keep checking the site.

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah that's unfortunate.
I wish the default wasn't Discord but it seems like what most do these days.
But I've heard they're also quite responsive over email if you have any questions.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can probably send a request through the supporter's portal, but I don't want to bombard them over a case, you know?

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a page about it now, and there's an option to be notified once it's out

Thank you!! I signed up!