The Voyager in its case (including a trackpad) is about ¼ the size of a Glove80 case. Personally I think the Glove80 makes up for it in its ergonomics, but it does take up most of my backpack when commuting to the office.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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    103 months ago

    I think the voyager was intended to be a “ergo enough” portable keyboard, while the glove80 was intended to be fully ergo “semi portable”, so I guess their sizes would match that.

    Also, where’d you get the glove80 case?

    • @rwdf@lemmy.worldOP
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      Yep, that’s true.

      The case came with the Glove80, in fact it was shipped inside it.

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            23 months ago

            I got mine on the first supporters group buy. I’ll contact them, but I doubt they’ll ship one over, and I would understand their reasoning. Haha

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    I love my Voyager so much it replaced my full sized ergo keyboard. It’s a great little thing. I wish it had one button more but I don’t even know where

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      That’s the only problem with the voyager. You really have to layer up and that takes getting used to, and even then, false keypresses can happen.

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    33 months ago

    I own a voyager and my friend has a glove80.

    The glove 80 is probably a bit more ergonomic and has more keys, but I needed something I could chuck in my bag for co-working and the glove is just too big for that.

    If I didn’t own a Maltron at home, I’d buy a glove 80 for home.

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      Oh also the glove80 doesn’t have hotswap keyswitches. The voyager does.

      So the voyager is likely a bit easier to maintain in the event that a switch fails.

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        True, true. I am very close to getting a Voyager for that use case, and for experimenting with different switches, etc, since its easier. I also think the QMK-based configuration the Glove uses is more powerful than the Voyager’s system, but harder to use.

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          I was very hesitant to buy because these keyboards are eye wateringly expensive (although not as much as the maltron), but I’m pleased with the purchase.

          Took a while to get used to layers, but overall a positive experience.

          I did get burned by £35 import tax. Oh well.