I am sure a lot of you would have read the cost of the Kinesis Advantage360 and got ready to type a comment on how expensive it is. All I can say is that typing that comment would probably be a lot more comfortable on this keyboard. I've said this before with other such ergonomic split keyboards—the cost is best accounted for as an investment in your own health, as opposed simply a peripheral that will effectively do the same typing function as a $20 OEM membrane keyboard. I use a similar keyboard at work and I don't think I can go without one there anymore, whereas at home I of course go through all the different keyboards coming in for review. It is quite jarring going from that to something more typical, even though realistically I know most people are still unable or unwilling to afford a $450 keyboard at this point. It's still something to be aware of though, especially as you get into a more settled point of your life. I have no qualms about saying that the Kinesis Advantage360 is the most ergonomic keyboard I have ever used, even if it comes at the expense of some keyboard features we tend to take for granted these days.

There are no hot-swappable switch sockets here, for example, owing to the complex nature of the curved PCB used here. Kinesis could have mitigated some of this pain by offering more switch options, and I do think the lack of a clicky feedback switch might be a dealbreaker for some. There are no features here such as a volume wheel, integrated display, RGB lighting (or any backlighting at all), a gasket mount perhaps, or even extensive damping inside the chassis. Yet, the actual typing experience is superior to even a high-end custom keyboard with a full CNC-machined chassis, a well-implemented top mount, fantastic stabilizers, and excellent damping purely because I don't feel like typing on this keyboard is a task anymore. It takes a while to get there of course, and your productivity may well be laughably bad the first few days, but I am at the point now where typing on the Advantage360 is not only faster than a TKL keyboard, but also more accurate too. I've set up more macros and layers now than with most such keyboards, and I will thank Kinesis for their patience too in getting this review done over a long period of time as a result. The Advantage360 is not for everyone, and this is even before we mention the Professional version with its own caveats, and yet I feel everyone who types a decent amount in their lives deserves to at least demo one of these before deciding one way or another. I understand Kinesis offers a demo program for workplaces too, so perhaps you may find this more feasible to try out.