I think it depends on what you’re looking for. The Lily58, Iris, Corne, Aurora, and all other 40% boards I can think of have the thumb keys right up under the bottom row, which isn’t comfortable for me. Of course the Moonlander and Voyager aren’t 40% layouts, but I don’t use all the keys. But if thumb key placement isn’t a dealbreaker, those are excellent options!
For prebuilt, definitely an Iris keyboard without including switches and omitting the middle plate. If you’re fine going smaller then I recommend a prebuilt piantor which is similar to a corne but has a more aggressive pinky stagger. I very much recommend the Iris however since it’s the sleekest and well designed for its price with integrated rp2040 MCU making it feel “premium” compared to others in its pricerange with the pcb and mcu exposed in some manner.
God I’m jealous l, are there any good alternatives for us poor people?
Lily58 or Iris?
I think it depends on what you’re looking for. The Lily58, Iris, Corne, Aurora, and all other 40% boards I can think of have the thumb keys right up under the bottom row, which isn’t comfortable for me. Of course the Moonlander and Voyager aren’t 40% layouts, but I don’t use all the keys. But if thumb key placement isn’t a dealbreaker, those are excellent options!
For prebuilt, definitely an Iris keyboard without including switches and omitting the middle plate. If you’re fine going smaller then I recommend a prebuilt piantor which is similar to a corne but has a more aggressive pinky stagger. I very much recommend the Iris however since it’s the sleekest and well designed for its price with integrated rp2040 MCU making it feel “premium” compared to others in its pricerange with the pcb and mcu exposed in some manner.