[Limited Introductory Price] Pre-soldered Piantor Pro 42 Keys / 36 Keys RP2040 Low Profile Choc Split Keyboard

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Overall, I am fully satisfied with the quality of the build. The look and the tactility w/ sound that I haven’t tried before(which is choc robin) is truly charming. I am practicing hard typing with layer change. The Vial program is quite intuitive and useful, thus I experiment with tap dance, macro, key combo, or other features with ease.

Never imagined that a 36 key keyboard is like this much comfy, but it is comfy. I practiced typing three days in a row, and it became much faster than the first-time use. It’s pretty sad that I need a usb-c cable to connect to the computer, but other than that, I could say that it’s very nice.

The keyboard only weighs about 200g. The cable I carry is pretty heavy, weighing about 80g, so the total weight is very close to 300g. I experienced that without careful consideration, the keycap wears out from the edge. I recommend carrying the keyboard with a soft case.

For me, it was a bit of an impulse to buy this, but I am happy that my decision’s right at some point. For a little bit of my background, I have used HHKB since 2019, then Kinesis Advantage 2,  Kinesis Advantage 360, glove80, and this. I would try other keyboards more on beekeeb, but I am quite satisfied with piantor pro only.

I received my pre-soldered Piantor Pro on 2023-11-16 and am very happy with it. It is my first split keyboard. Leo’s customer service was superb. The build quality is solid. The Piantor Pro has all the features I want: USB-C wired, protected components, orthogonal column stagger, 42/36 keys, programmable, hot swappable, no RGB. The controller is part of the PCB though, so cannot be replaced if so desired. I do not recommend the basic Choc Red switches. For my taste, they feel scratchy, clunky and noisy. Of the available linear options, I recommend Choc Red PROs. Personally, I use modded Choc Red PROs for all fingers besides the pinky and ring fingers, for which I use modded Choc Blues.

Writing this review after ~6 months of using this keyboard every day.

As others have stated, Beekeeb has been phenomenal in support. They handled all my concerns with care and added more spare switches than I asked for. I had an ortho split keyboard before, from another vendor, and that one came in with broken switches and no spare ones. Ordering from Beekeeb was different: all the original switches of my Piantor still work fine, and the spare ones are there if I ever need them.

The keyboard itself is great. I have relatively long pinkies, so I was worried about aggressive stagger, but it turned out to be perfectly fine. There are rubber legs in the box, so it doesn’t slide on the table.

I have a minor issue with the keyboard not being detected on reboot of my laptop, but that event is quite rare and fixed by plugging the connector in and out.

Great experience overall.

This is my first (and maybe my last!) 42-Key ergo split keyboard which Leo, Jenny, and the Beekeeb team made an incredible first impression!

The package came in with my items and all of its accessories neatly stored and secured in place. The 3D printed case also came out great with very neat layer lines as well. I very much prefer the lightweight case since I am planning on bringing this with me on-the-go as my daily driver.

Leo was also very communicative and responded in a timely manner whenever changes needed to be made or if I had any questions to be answered.

Love the keyboard so far!

This is my second piantor from beekeeb.

This new piantor v2 now features a USB C port to connect each half of the keyboard instead of using TRRS. I’ve been typing on it for a few weeks thus far and everything is working perfectly.

Thank you Leo 🙂

This keyboard is very well designed and built. To my knowledge is the only one commercially available that is mechanic,ergonomic, split, and programmable.

I chose the blue switches because I use it near other people and I am very satisfied with how silent it is.

I ordered the 42 keys version because I couldn’t imagine being productive with only 36, but after a couple of weeks I changed to a 36 key layout, and I think I am a little more productive, but for sure, I can feel my pinky has reduced the strain of typing to the side.

I liked the layout so much, that I ported it back to my other keyboards, I also own an Atreus and Ergodox EZ, which now have a lot of unused keys 😅

The only thing that I didn’t like, is that there were no keycaps with the home bumps, probably because I bought blank caps, a friend of mine also has one and gave me a couple of stamped keys with bumps, but I ended up buying some stickers and going back to the original blank keycaps.

Leo did an amazing job making this keyboard. The case quality is flawless and everything is 100% solid. The solder job on the chips looks so good I’d have sworn it was done by a robot. Also, my questions were answered extremely quickly. If I ever want another pre-built custom keyboard like this, I know where I’m coming.

I love my keyboard! Having support for VIAL makes it very easy to use. Leo also went way, way above and beyond to make sure that I am a happy customer; I will definitely buy from Leo again!

Keyboard works great and Leo was very nice during the ordering process also sending progress pics.
Would buy again

I simply can’t explain how much I love this keeb it is well build and beautifully crafted,
the keycaps are really nice and feels good when typing on it.

I can highly recommend this keeb and/or any other keeb that you can buy on this page.