I love it
Good day.
Before purchasing Cyboard Imprint I have used MoErgo Glove80 and Kinesis Advantage360. I'm using Imprint for about half a year and it beats both.
I am very pleased with:
- superb comfort, I am especially impressed with how easy it is to reach pinky columns (I've had issues with those on other keyboards) and functional keys.
- trackballs availability.
- hot-swappable switch sockets. No need to de-solder malfunctioning switches from fragile flexible PCB anymore.
- pleasant sound profile.
What could be improved in my opinion:
- palm rests are a bit narrow, I liked the wider ones on Glove80 and Advantage360.
- palm rest leather insert fell out during the first day of use. I have attached it back using 3M double-sided sticky tape, but for such an expensive product it is a bit disappointing.
- finding PBT DSA keycaps is a pain in the neck. And with double-shot PBT with transparent symbols - near impossible.
Overall I have a very positive impression of the product, there's no visible wear on the nylon case after half a year of use so I hope it will serve me for a long time.
I placed an order for an imprint build with some additional customizations. Cyboard delivered within the promises time. The build is really solid and feels super smooth. I'm loving it!
Besides the build itself, I also really appreciate their communication. They paciently addressed and clarified every single question I had.
All in all, I had a great experience with Cyboard.
I think it's great and exactly what I expected. I would only suggest that there is a more feasible step-by-step process in relation to setting up the trackball automatic layer switch. I know most programmers probably use QMK but I don't know how to yet and a simple tutorial on how to do so with both one, or two trackballs I think would go a long way. Great Product.
After trying out a wide number of split columnar keyboards (corne, sofle, glove80, Kinesis 360 pro) I can honestly say that the Imprint is my favorite keyboard of them all. Been using this as my daily driver for over 2 months now and I've truly enjoyed the hot swap ability on this board as opposed to the glove80 and Kinesis 360 pro. I've swapped out over 10 different switches on this board and the Imprint solution is 100x better than the cheap Aliexpress hot swap boards held together with hot glue.
what I found best on this board that was lacking from other keyboards:
- hot swap
- 6 key thumb cluster that's comfortable and within reach
- trackball