UHK60 V2 Review - I can't stand traditional keyboards anymore! (Ultimate Hacking Keyboard)

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ultimatehackingkeyboard.com - You've been typing wrong all your life!
00:00 Frustrations with regular TKL keyboards
01:11 UHK solved RSI pain and inefficiencies
03:17 Palm rest accessory
04:14 Adjustable legs for tenting, tilting
04:47 Module add-ons for mouse and thumb cluster
06:36 In-built mouse layer
07:29 Trackpad is my favorite mouse accessory
08:27 Case colors
08:46 PBT keycaps vs ABS
09:10 OEM keycaps
09:42 Hot swappable switches
10:21 Kailh BOX Red switches
11:33 Physical 60% layout
12:02 Thumb cluster vs spacebar
12:55 Ergonomic place of spacebar, alt/command key
14:11 Dual function keys bound to thumb cluster
15:00 Modifier on spacebar does not interrupt fasting typing
15:46 Mapping heavily used keys on both halves
16:34 Macros that work everywhere
17:07 Advanced macros
17:48 Extra modifier keys below spacebar
18:30 RGB is pretty and functional
19:35 Initial difficulty using a split keyboard
21:38 PC gaming
22:55 Excellent support and community
23:23 Conclusion and type test
Resources:
- Advanced smart macros tutorial • Ultimate Hacking Keybo...
- How I learned to touch type (at least with my right hand) www.keybr.com/
- Mentioned macros github.com/TransitNow/uhk-60-...
- Initial prompt for ChatGPT 4 (copy and paste) raw.githubusercontent.com/Tra...
Coming soon:
- Deep dive into my review part ii: highlighting Agent software and palm accessory
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@Xaphino 3 ай бұрын

The keyboard is $300 if anyone was curious

@DontFuckWitDreDay 2 ай бұрын

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@nsa5 3 ай бұрын

Been a few years since I got mine, has been great. Once you use splits for a 1-2 weeks you'll never go back to standard. Love how customizable the UHK is, very innovative. The cheeky button below the space bars is mint lol

@jasonhughes6300 2 ай бұрын

Great review. Thanks for demonstrating the built-in mouse options, and the different modules that are available.

@davidvkimball 2 ай бұрын

Excited to see your video on how you customize your key functions and layers! I got a UHK recently and have been loving it also.

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Have you checked out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbKHi5eBmrCnaH0.html

@davidvkimball 2 ай бұрын

@@JSyntax I haven't yet, thanks! I didn't see it linked in the description yet. :)

@user-wz5ti4ms1o 9 күн бұрын

best keyboard ever. Still using v1 and some keys malfunctioned so had to re-solder yet working like a charm. Fair point that once you use UHK, hard to get back to other keyboards. Thx for the nice review since I'm considering to upgrade to v2

@JSyntax 8 күн бұрын

Agreed! I love. It

@reasons4171 3 ай бұрын

Looks great.. thanks for the review

@rookvic4350 3 ай бұрын

this is def an ad

@Karel854 3 ай бұрын

Very nice review! Especially thanks for covering macro commands 😊.

@JSyntax 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your help! Checkout a preview to the tutorial (with credits at the end to the creator) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbKHi5eBmrCnaH0.html

@Karel854 3 ай бұрын

@@JSyntax Yep, seen it! Great introduction to macros!

@RatherBeCancelledThanHandled 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing , glad you like it . Have you tried any welled keyboards ? I have a kinesis 360 but am tempted to get this for mouse but am concerned out not having the welled casing .

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

Not yet! id love to try welled ortholiner columnar someday but the switch would have been too drastic

@brianwitter3271 20 күн бұрын

Touch typing on a true split is large portion of the jump to staggered columnar. I used MS Naturals since they first came out. I'm now on a Dygma Defy. I took a couple of weeks to adjust to staggered columnar going cold turkey and most of that was the thumb clusters. Ortho and SC aren't for everyone, but I didn't consider continuing with staggered rows at all and don't regret it. To me, going from split to continuous was enough mess up touch typing. If your comfortable with that degree of tenting all good! I quickly decided 35 degrees was most comfortable while often reaching for the mouse or pen, I work in graphics, and 45 for extended typing.

@JSyntax 9 күн бұрын

Defy looks cool! I'm happy with regular staggered

@HABIBMUHD92 Ай бұрын

I have the UHK V2. The build quality and software is amazing. Looking forward to a wireless UHK though

@DygmaLab 2 ай бұрын

Have you considered trying tha Dygma Raise 2? It shares some features with the UHK and adds others like more thumbkeys, wireless connectivity and RGBW underglow 😊

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

Of course! That would be a very interesting comparison.

@GoWithAndy-cp8tz Ай бұрын

Hi! Is this thing wireless of wired only? Cheers! It looks so cool!

@JSyntax Ай бұрын

Wired! But no batteries! Meaning it won't be e-waste in a few years

@peterquiel1548 2 ай бұрын

I have a V1 and use it for over 4 years now. Have blank keys and use colmak layout. If you use a special layout, it's awesome to create different profile to use your layout even if the os runs a different one. That helped me when pair programming on others people system for instance. Once I poured beer into the keyboard (by accident), dried it and works. Support is super response, got a problem with the programming software and it turned out that this was caused by a KVM inbetween. Laszlo gave me hint within minutes. Needless to say,.. replacing shortcuts in you IDE like delete line for instance by a macro makes it universal to all text editors. There are others great keyboards out there, but your search ends with the UHK.

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

Well said! My coworker has the v1 as well

@nickgoogle4525 2 ай бұрын

Very good review -- in contrast to many others out there. Many good points made -- for example about doubling some keys on both sides for different use cases. One comment: The palm rests are needed, because you have the keyboard very far away from you. Having it much closer and getting rid of the rests is the way to go IMO. I touch type for 40 years and never had hand problems -- always typing with floating hands.

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

Well said!i should try that instead and $$

@fabioeliasreisritter8827 3 ай бұрын

I'd love a comparison between this and the dygma defy or the moonlander, I'm still trying to choose what would be best for me. Since it's a high investment, I'm still looking at a lot of reviews

@JSyntax 3 ай бұрын

I would love to do a comparison, especially with the new Dygma Rise 2, I'll see what I can do. I know that switching to ortholinear will take me longer than a few days to get use to.

@JSyntax 3 ай бұрын

One of the benefits of this typed of split design is the lack of overhead switching between staggered and columnar (ortholinear) is less and helps when people switch to their laptops

@fabioeliasreisritter8827 3 ай бұрын

@@JSyntax Yeah, I'm a bit worried about the ortholinear stuff. I need to try a "normal" one to see if it has any benefits for me before I commit to an expensive split one. What I liked about yours was the mods. Those look really sick, not having to take your hands from the keyboard to use the mouse. That's going to be great for me as a data engineer.

@bobeid1 Ай бұрын

having this keyboard for some time and keep returning to uhk from time to time due to the modules. I have also a moonlander and few custom zmk/qmk builds. If we compare only from a keyboard perspective, usability and design functionality, moonlander wins hands down, there is no need for any scripting to extend firmware base functions, not to mention the wrist wrest functionality. Compared to moonlander qmk, uhk firmware is much more reduced in terms of functions. This is relatively a good thing, depending whom you ask, but lack of proper documentation is a real problem. I would not need to go to the forum if a proper documentation would be available. UHK really shines when adding the modules.

@JSyntax 9 күн бұрын

I just wanted a regular layout that was split 60% so it's good for gaming and this hit the bill, my wish is that they would release magnetic analog hall effect switches

@Ivlodded Ай бұрын

and then theres me using my laptop without its screen as a keyboard/pc on a separate display from iiyama :/ Never experienced pain

@gidi1899 3 ай бұрын

The amount of activities that became dependent on a person's specific typing habit is overwhelming. Any change to this habbit will have a lot a lot a lot of resistance. But, that also means, that if a change is happening, then it must be a very very good one. Maybe some day, Split keyboards will be famos.

@JSyntax 3 ай бұрын

agreed, it only took me a couple days to get use to this keyboard, it isn't as a big of a switch as with otholinear keyboards or keyboards with less than 60 keys which is a big advantage for this style of split ergo keyboard

@gidi1899 3 ай бұрын

@@JSyntaxnice , it take me more than a couple of days just to adjust to the backspace in a different position between boards. One time my left ctrl stopped working, and instead of fixing or buying a new one, I just decided that one ctrl btn is enough, now even though I have new keyboard, I stopped using the left ctrl, and I am not happy about it.

@SuperMax_____0.0_____ 3 ай бұрын

nice Frankenstein keyboard

@JSyntax 3 ай бұрын

hahahaha i love it

@ivanmorozov6197 9 күн бұрын

For 300 bucks no wireless support? Doubtful!

@anonymouse2428 3 ай бұрын

The keyboard is 320. The rubber palm rests are not included. They're 65. The tent stand is another 90. Any module is 65. Shipping is another 55. Total comes to 600. No thanks. Did you really buy this with your money?

@JSyntax 2 ай бұрын

I feel like the keyboard itself is all you truly need, along with some cheap palm rests. Yes, it's expensive, but considering the advanced smart macros, the competition is also very expensive.

@liameneuk Ай бұрын

As soon as the manufacturer decides to stop producing the keyboard, all your typing skills will be gone. There is a reason why keyboards are made according to established standard.

@JSyntax Ай бұрын

I found that it was easy to transfer my skills to other split keyboards! It's still a typical layout.