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Keychron Q12 with Infinitely Hive keycaps.

Odd huh? Do you like it? Would you recommend it for others?

Haven't used it long enough to get used to it so I can't comment on recommendations

odd in a good way or like you would rather have no numpad at all than have it south paw?

Odd in a good way. My main board is an Odin so I like numpads, getting used to lef thanks number input is just gonna take some time.

I’ve had it for a week and already feel like I’ve gotten used to left handed number input. I’m right handed BTW. I had a K2 prior to this and love the Q12 much more.

If you have a smaller sized board I'd recommend just getting a separate numpad and putting that on the left to see if you like it - I do!

Good to hear! I daily a 65%(Q2) but I love the look of the left hand num pad. It just makes sense to be able to type numbers and have the mouse in the other hand. I have actually been looking into the Wind X R2 south paw GB and im probably going to jump on it before the window ends.

Try mirror-imaging your numpad if you know how to 10-key with your right hand.

I used to have those old Logitech G keyboards with the G keys on the left side. Kept wondering if I would use this often in gaming for mmos. It looks like a perfect setup.

I actually used the numpad frequently (before I got a 75%) but I much prefer not having all the excess keyboard on the right before I get to my mouse, so I feel like a southpaw layout would be useful but I doubt I could get used to it.

my experience with the left macro column on my old logitech board has ruined any board with something further left than left ctrl, I constantly hit the bottom macro key because it's where ctrl feels like it should be

I play some World of Warcraft and tried some setups emulating the action bar with the keyboard placement, I have my normal keybinds in the regular areas but stuff that is less used would be ideal on a left facing 10-key.

I freaking love my Q12.

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It's not terrible. I use a separate numpad in the left with my 65-ish% currently and while it's still not native, I haven't gone through a spurt of using it consistently yet but don't think it's hard to deal with

if I still had time to game I could see the utility, unfortunately I pretty much only use my keyboards for work nowadays

I'd prefer the full size southpaw in ISO layout without any bells and whistle. 😁

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I almost bought one but after seeing a video I changed my mind. Your’s looks cool though. The color matching with the mousepad is nice.

I try to match everything to the mouse pad

I’ve had that desk mat in my cart for a hot minute, how do you like it?

Why is it called southpaw if it is not uwu

Checkmate antifurs

I've been drooling over this but I'm holding out for the eventual Q12 Pro. I like having that Bluetooth.

Odd to see the numpad on the left but I really dig that desk mat and the overall look is very understated.

I'm also thinking of buying the Wind X R2 southpaw! Still not sure if I want Enter on left or right side of num pad 😅. What will you choose and why?

I picked left side enter so it's an exact mirror of a right hand num pad. I feel like that should be more a easily transferable skill between your hands unless you are already used to a separate numpad on the left.

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking the same. I probably will pull the trigger shortly. Can't wait to receive the keyboard.

southpaw without non-flipped numpad is pretty awkward. keychron should do some research on layouts before replicating every single one of them.

I’ve been doing this as well with my Keychron V3 for work. It’s still a little odd but it works well.

Did we just become best friends?

https://reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1197uu4/meet_my_endgame/

This was me as well. I thought I couldn’t live without a numpad but then I got a 75% and there’s no way I could go back to having a board that is so huge. I recently picked up a Q0 for the convenience of being able to move it around my desk for when I need to use it and when I don’t.

Having bought the Q12 myself and making it my main board I have the enter key in the right since that’s the only option. I can say it took about 30 seconds to get used to. Everyone seems to think it’s going to be a long process (myself included). It wasn’t

Yup!

Keychron Q12 punches way above its price class.

Not to jump in but I'm looking into the board and I think I'd go enter on the right still. Purely because of where your hand sits, it leaves your fingers to type in numbers and your thumb with easy access to both enter and plus kn the right. Total preference though, aesthetically the mirrored one does look better for some reason imho.

Yep, so many southpaws get this wrong unfortunately

southpaw seems more practical and looks nice, but it's getting to used to it that's the problem. I have a candy bar that I got recently and it currently has the regular layout but I'm really interested in the southpaw PCB.

Learning 40% is hard enough T.T.