Zergotech Introduces the Zergotech Freedom: Aussie-based

Well, introduces to yours really no less than! The Zergotech Freedom has formally been out since April 2020, however something earlier than March this yr may as properly be a parallel universe. The Sydney-based firm has thus been additionally seeing a tough time getting the phrase out on their tackle the ergonomic, cut up mechanical keyboard design. Developed in collaboration with one other Sydney-based design firm, Boost Design, the Zergotech Freedom has since gained the Red Dot product design award and, as of the time of this submit, the Australian Good Design award. These design awards particularly name out the 2 options that me as properly, within the type of the patented sliding palm rests that guarantee your palms are at all times supported when wanted solely, and the semi-orthogonal key format that ought to theoretically decrease the training curve when going from a more-traditional staggered column setup to the parallel columnar setup often employed in such keyboards.

The Zergotech Freedom in any other case ticks off nearly each characteristic I anticipate to see from a cut up ergonomic keyboard in 2020, together with the choice of various tactile, clicky, and linear suggestions mechanical switches from Kailh, multi-OS compatibility with a programmable interface to customise key mapping on the completely different layers of the keyboard, tilting and tenting of the keyboard halves for ergonomics, in addition to the power to go together with clean keycaps out of the field if desired. What is completely different right here, other than these palm rests aforementioned, is the inclusion of O-rings to make the keyboard quieter, in addition to the supply of a 75% keyboard for discrete key performance. This signifies that the training curve can be even decrease, though the foot print occupied by the keyboard is greater than modern choices. The Zergotech Freedom retails from $339 US, the pricing being one other factor in frequent with different such keyboards, and one which I need to get my arms on to see if the pricing is justified.