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Kinesis Advantage2

Kinesis Advantage2 keyboard. Cherry MX Brown or MX Quiet Red; Cherry ML function keys.

splitOrtholinearUSB
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Specifications

Size
split
Physical layout
Ortholinear
Key count
86 keys in the pictured US layout
Switch technology
Mechanical
Switch model
Cherry MX Brown or MX Quiet Red; Cherry ML function keys
Connection
USB
Hot swap
No; soldered switches
Switch compatibility
Soldered MX-style main keys: 5-pin at thumb clusters, 3- or 5-pin in keywells, with diode clearance required; separate Cherry ML function keys
Mounting style
Plastic keywell frames with soldered flexible PCBs; thumb switches on screwed rigid PCBs
Keycap material
ABS (original keycaps on the reviewed Advantage2 LF)
Dimensions
W 419.1 × D 203.2 × H 73.66 mm (16.5 × 8 × 2.9 in)
Weight
2.20 lb (about 998 g)
Firmware
Kinesis SmartSet; Advantage2 firmware
SKU
KB600, KB600QD, KB600LFQ, KB605, KB620, KB699 (US models listed by Kinesis)

More details

Operating System
Windows 7-11, Mac OS X, Linux, Android & Chrome
Layout
Contoured tenkeyless 10-key layout with embedded 10-key and thumb clusters