Hey all, I just purchased a Moonlander and after using it for a day, I unplugged it and packed it back up because I noticed my muscle memory on my laptop was already deteriorating!
I want to be an ergomech user, but I also need to frequently use my laptop by itself with a standard keyboard. Is it possible to keep my muscle memory for both? Have any of you had success switching back and forth between a split ergo and a standard keyboard?
Any advice or reassurance is appreciated. This was a massive purchase for me and this issue has me very disheartened at the moment.
Update: I got it back out a couple days ago and it turns out all I needed to do was use it for a day and then sleep on it so my brain could do a firmware update. I’m back at the 70wpm I was with staggered, and yet my proficiency with staggered has only dropped about 5/10wpm.
I found I was back up to 80+ WPM in about 2 days on my ergo mech, and 100 in 4 or so days.
I can still type okay on a standard keyboard. Not the full 90 I used to, but I also don’t practice on it anymore. I’m sure with a few days of practice I’d be fine on it as well again.
It’s really no different than learning a few different musical instruments. Your fingers learn what to do.