Review of the SafeType keyboard
A couple of weeks ago I got a SafeType keyboard from ErgoType.nl. It is a special vertical keyboard, that should be much better to use with regard to repetitive strain injury (RSI). Unfortunally it would take me too long time to learn to use it for programming, so I send it back and got a full refund of the very expensive keyboard. If I ever gets a job where I just has to write normal text (like this blog), I will definitely get a SafeType.
About SafeType
They keyboard looks wired and is very expensive (€299 + VAT). On the pros it should be better with regard to RSI, but not fully prevent it, and I even got it with danish key layout! Unfortunally it has some design “bugs”, such as the arrow keys are located in a way that requires you to twist your hands insanely to use them. I really does not know what how those keys could be located in that way, when the keyboard was designed to prevent RSI. Putting they two blocks of keys in a V / angle the groups of keys had been much better.
About ErgoType.nl
Buying such a wired and expensive item off the Internet requires some trust. And that is what you usually don’t should give anybody on the Internet! Anyway I tried, and got a great service from ErgoType in the Netherlands. Even when I returned they keyboard, and I got all my money back. I have no problem trusting ErgoType.