Pre-soldered Chocofi Keyboard (Low Profile 36 Keys Split Keyboard)

It’s my first ergo split keyboard before I only had a couple of mx based boards like vortex race and kemove.

The overall experience was good, I had a couple of questions along the way and they were answered super quick.

The board itself felt very foreign at first of course 🙂 My first thought was “what have I gotten myself into?” Hahah, but I forced myself to start using it from day one. Now I’m three weeks in and I’ve gotten used to it, feels good. I really like the idea of not having to lift the hand to reach some distant keys etc.

The built quality of the keyboard feels good, I don’t have any complaints. I went with regular reds (not pro’s)

I have two things that bother me a little: I can’t reach with my pinky the left and right most keys “q” and “‘“ so I have to slightly lift my hand and leave the home row, but that is not a huge deal, I think it’s just a matter of getting used to.

Second, I think I might’ve tried to order a pro red’s instead as the regular ones feel a bit stiff to me. Home row is fine, but certain keys you are hitting not directly pushing from above when your finger is perpendicular to the button, but kinda pushing a bit from the side (so you finger is more like 45 degrees towards the key) and in that case you have to apply a bit of extra force to push the key. You can solve it if you will not kinda rest your hand on the keyboard but lift it up so that your fingers become more perpendicular to the board overall, but that requires floating your wrist which is uncomfortable, I will try to use an armrest or/and lubing the keys. If it won’t help, maybe I’ll go for pro’s for the outer keys.

Overall I’d say 4.5/5 but keep in mind it’s my first ergo split. Also a quick note, if that helps someone on my main two boards I have mx red’s. On kemove I had lubed them myself and they feel super smooth.