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¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
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Used Ergo-keyboard Market (Question/Discussion) (lemm.ee)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I love a lot of the keyboards on here (especially ones with an integrated track ball) but I'm a poor grad student under deadlines; even most kit-boards are too much of a time sink for me to soldier together.

I know at least some of you like trying new boards all the time. And I'm guessing some of you have one or two daily drivers and then 3 older boards; maybe one that was a prototype build, or a novelty micro-board that was fun to just play with but not use, etc.

I would be happy to effectively fund a new kit/build for someone by buying one of those older (assembled) boards, but I don't know where to look.

Is there any kind of used market, or do you guys have any recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

What's your budget? I have also been looking out for something similar, mostly on r/mechmarket (I have an ergo travel that I am trying to get to work consistently).

There are sometimes deals like this: (not sure if this one is still available) at $80 https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/162uc4s/uscah_dilemma_v1_choc_pink_w_paypal/

Another place I've found really good prices is the bastardkb discord, but like r/mechmarket the postings for split keyboards are infrequent.

If you have switches and keycaps from a donor mech kb, this could be a good option at $128: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/162uc4s/uscah_dilemma_v1_choc_pink_w_paypal/

Edit for completeness: $120 one piece option just without keys/keycaps: https://ergohaven.xyz/shop/tproduct/339856256-880659810681-planeta

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not including switches and keycaps, two cheapinos would come to around $60 according to the prices listed on its GitHub (I don't think I'd be confident to do the job myself, but going half with someone might be a cheap option).

This is the thread where I learned about the cheapino and the OP is asking a similar question that might have relevance to your situation https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/16id57p/recommendations_for_cheap_split_ergo_keyboard/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

thanks for the related thread and the board links! I think I found a good option in a discord (a Charybdis) so I'm working on getting that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nice! What discord if you don't mind me asking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry took me awhile to get around to finding the link: https://discord.gg/ZnPtnu6K

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No worries, I was wondering if it was bastardkb, good prices