Glove80 vs Kinesis 360

Glove80 vs Kinesis 360, Which One to Buy?

• Glove80
• Kinesis 360, 76
• Kinesis Advantage2, 68

which to get depends on you

• Do you want wireless or wired? (some need, some avoid.)
• Do you want super light switch option (35g)? (Glove80 and Kinesis 360 are best here.)
• Do you want low-profile key-switch? (Glove80 is best here.)
• Do you want full sized function keys F1 to F12? (some people must have them, some never use them.)
• Do you want on-the-fly key-remap and creating key macros without launching any software? (Kinesis 360 Wired and Kinesis Advantage2, are best here.)
• How important is the look, your preference in style? (most people consider kinesis 360 best here)
• Do you want it portable? (Glove80 comes with a carrying case, is the best.)
• Do you prefer one-piece, or two-pieces? One-piece is simple, easy to carry. Two-pieces allows you to adjust separation, orientation, and tenting, but you got the problem of a connection wire, or bluetooth, hard to pack in a bag, and has fidgeting issue of adjusting their positions, orientations.
• How much? (you want to factor in the features you need, over price.)

Glove80 is bluetooth, with low-profile switch. Super light weight. comes with a nice carrying case.

Kinesis 360 comes in 2 versions. Wired vs bluetooth (the Pro version). They look exactly the same, but entirely different in how easy to program the keys. (they use different firmware.)

• Kinesis 360 (both models) is solid, heavy, 2 separate pieces.
• Kinesis 360 Wired is extremely easy to program. Key switch choices can be super light 35g, or the normal brown switch.
• Kinesis 360 Pro, is very difficult to program. You need to update the firmware.
• Kinesis Advantage2 is wired. One piece. No adjustable tenting. Super easy to program. And the key switch is limited to Brown (50g) or Cherry MX Red Silent (45g).

My Preferences

Typing Comfort and key Resistance

For me, the most important thing now is light linear switch, such as 35g activation force. So, the Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard is out.

On typing, i prefer the Glove80 over Kinesis 360. Because Glove80 got low profile keys, and i got 35g light switches. I also have 35g switches on my Kinesis 360, of normal height. Which is also very good. But between the two, the low-profile wins.

Price

Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard is the cheapest. But if price is really a concern, i'd go with X-Bows Knight Keyboard. Far cheaper, but except no dish surface, no tenting.

Full Sized Function Keys

What about full sized function keys F1 to F12? I need them. And only Glove80 has them, but by default just F1 to F10. But, these days i have a fancy macro keypad, the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard V2, so i do not need function keys as much. But if you are only going with just one keyboard, Glove80 is best here.

Wired vs Wireless

For wired vs wireless, on my desktop, i want wired, no bluetooth, because bluetooth always have minor problems of interruption, and battery charging annoyance. But for the keyboard i use at bedside, it must be wireless. Because i constantly need to connect to my mac laptop and Windows laptop.

One-piece vs two-piece?

I actually prefer one-piece. I don't much care about adjustable tending, or adjustable distance of separation. I don't like the extra wire connecting the two parts, nor if they use bluetooth. Two-piece also get me fidgeting position problem, and hard to put in a backpack.

Which is most portable?

Glove80 comes with a special designed carrying case, free. It is the most portable.