Avid Gamer

I purchased one of your Kinesis Classic keyboards in January of 1998. I've never regretted that decision. I use the computer quite a lot, and I wanted a new keyboard to alleviate some of the stresses I was putting on my wrist. I drum a bit, and am very aware of how my wrists feel. I saw the Kinesis contoured keyboard in Men in Black, and knew from that instant that I had to have it...

...I primarily use my computer for games; in particular Quake and all of it's derivatives... The layout of this keyboard is perfect for this type of game. As well as being more like the keypad w ith it's straight rows of keys it also offers more flexibility. The flexibility comes with the ability to reach 28 keys other than the movement keys without moving even my wrist. What's even better is that it's perfect for righty's and lefty's. The contoured keyboards are the perfect controller by far for any First-Person or Third-Person shooters.

Recently I attended The Frag2, a Quake/gaming convention and Cyberathalete Professional League tournament. I volunteered to referee the 1-on-1 tournament. We were using a bank of about 16 standard machines for the tournament, and I was having to use a normal keyboard. I took me about an hour before I got fed up with the lesser functionality of it. I quickly walked over to my machine on the other side of the convention and grabbed my Kinesis, mouse, and configuration file. This was almost a mistake. That's a complement and you'll see why in a minute. Everything was going great. It was especially helpful to have my copy and paste macros available to me for moving around screen shots and recordings of the games from client machines to the server.

I think it took about 10 minutes before people started taking double takes in my direction, more accurately the keyboards, while looking around the tournament area. "What the hell is that?" they would ask. "It's a Kinesis keyboard." I'd start and then proceed to give them the whole line on what it is, what it does, and how much I love it. Of course the most common question other than that was, "How long did it take you to get used to it?" People were amazed when I told them about 15 minutes... Many Quake players are looking for an edge on the competition and would jump at a chance to own something that made them more relaxed.

There is one other big plus about this keyboard. It's very sturdy; more sturdy than most people would think. I take it to work everyday, and it gets some abuse on the way, but I've never had a problem with it. I'm very happy with my Kinesis Classic, and I hope a few more people will be happy with theirs after my trip to The Frag2, and after reading this letter if it's posted on the Kinesis page. Thanks Kinesis for making a superb keyboard.

Ryan Harris