Test writing on a new and improved Voyager that has the Nocturnal key switches. As intended, I am using the uGreen stand to see if the Nocturnal switches work the best when one can hover one’s hands over a tented keyboard. So far the main benefit seems to be that it is very silent. But it doesn’t give the kind of feedback I have come to appreciate with my Kahli silver. That is also a very silent and light weight switch, one that people have complained in the past as too easy to accidentally activate keys. This one is completely different. It is muffled, there is barely any feedback to enjoy. While I am not accidentally activating any keys, I am very tired trying to find a way to sense where the keys are and also to enjoy the fact that I am using a mechical keyboard. Now I am trying to type without using the uGreen stand, and it feels much more comfortable again. I am now going to switch to the Planck to see how I feel compared to this keyboard.

My Planck has a different switch now, my beloved Boba U4 switches. It is still relatively quiet but has an amazing bounce to it that gives me a satisfying, full sensation that I am typing on a keyboard. Yet it is super light weight, I do not need to press the key beyond some bump or all the way to the end. i just need to gently carass it. Because of this, using this 40% keyboard does not feel cramped at all. I can easily and lightly glide my fingers around the board and feel exactly how much I need to press down to type. This makes the keyboard much more ergonomic feeling than the Voyager.

Let’s connect back to the Voyager. I have to also admit that I am not sure how I am supposed to navigate these thumb clusters. Apparently this is already a very simplified way of using thumb clusters in a split ergo, but I didn’t need to use these on the Planck and everything seems to be just fine. So why is it that I need to extend my thumbs all the way out to press these buttons?