Vantex V1 Launches as No-Frills Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard with Built-in
The Vantex V1 is a new mechanical keyboard project that recently launched on Kickstarter. It takes the columnar stagger ergonomic layout found on split keyboards, like the Corne or Silakka54 and builds it into a more…
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The Vantex V1 is a new mechanical keyboard project that recently launched on Kickstarter. It takes the columnar stagger ergonomic layout found on split keyboards, like the Corne or Silakka54 and builds it into a more manageable aluminium unibody chassis, replete with a central trackpad, for an all-in-one input solution. The Vantex V1 is available in both a tri-mode wireless (2.4 GHz, Bluetooth, and USB-C wired) version, starting at $159 on Kickstarter ($159 MSRP) or in a wired version that starts at $129 on Kickstarter ($259 MSRP).
The Vantex V1 has a fairly compact, but adaptable 60% layout, although it uses only 1u or 1.25u keys for all but the long key under the trackpad, which should make it easy to get used to for newcomers to the ergonomic keyboard space, and it has three shortcut keys above the trackpad for custom mouse keys, navigation, macros, or other user-defined functionality. The central trackpad, arguably the star of the show, is a 45 × 45 mm unit with multitouch gestures, and Vantex says that the keyboard has four programmable layers, one of which can easily be set up as a mouse layer, depending on the included firmware, which has yet to be disclosed. Read full story
The Vantex V1 has a fairly compact, but adaptable 60% layout, although it uses only 1u or 1.25u keys for all but the long key under the trackpad, which should make it easy to get used to for newcomers to the ergonomic keyboard space, and it has three shortcut keys above the trackpad for custom mouse keys, navigation, macros, or other user-defined functionality. The central trackpad, arguably the star of the show, is a 45 × 45 mm unit with multitouch gestures, and Vantex says that the keyboard has four programmable layers, one of which can easily be set up as a mouse layer, depending on the included firmware, which has yet to be disclosed. Read full story