I have several mechanical keyboards that I like and use, but most of the time I use Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop set up.
It is not the highest quality built in the world, especially the mouse that comes with it. It will only last like 2 years of use in my experience (both keyboard and mouse) and the keys require occasional cleanup, and even then will make unpleasant squeaking noises when you press them ;).
With all it’s disadvantages, this is my 2nd setup and I absolutely love it. I tried other ergonomic keyboards and Kinesis Advantage came really close but most of them have the same issue for me. While the wrist on Kinesis Advantage is really well supported and rests nicely, I still have to do some gymnastics to press certain keys and it requires some force to do so.
Microsoft Scuplt (and Surface that I did not try) have keys that are shallow and light to press.
The difference is that while typing on other keyboards I get the feeling that I need to put a lot of effort to type and my hands (wrists, fingers) become tired, Microsoft Sculpt feels like home. You put your hands on it and the hands are resting, it’s got this feeling of “oh I am home now” when I come to it from other keyboards.
While I’d like the build to be better quality, and the keys to make nice clicking sound, I think the overall design and typing experience exceeds anything that I tried. I would like some day to build a mechanical keyboard, similar in shape, with nice wrist support and shallow keys - or better - if some company made it this way, but so far I haven’t been able to find anything close.
This will probably mostly be a curiosity / fun keyboard rather than serious use, but it was fun to make the conversion.
