Features
*10 business day lead time. Signature Series keyboards are built just for you so they are not returnable, but they are covered under our standard 3 year warranty.
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Overview
As the market leader in computer ergonomics, Kinesis has been designing and building premium-grade ergonomic keyboards for more than 25 years. The all-new Advantage 360 features our patented Contoured keyboard design now in a fully split form factor for even more ergonomic adjustability.
Ergonomic Features
- Concave keywells are scooped into a bowl shape to reduce hand and finger extension and relax muscles.
- Separating the keywells positions the arms at shoulder-width to keep wrists straight and perpendicular to the home row to reduce abduction and ulnar deviation. Learn More
- The keys are arranged in vertical columns (rather than staggered) to better reflect the natural motion of your fingers.
- The two keywells are “tented” to moderately raising the thumb side of the hand. Tenting puts you in a more neutral, “handshake” posture and reduces the stresses caused by forearm pronation. Choose from one of three heights depending on your preferences. Learn More
- The integrated palm supports reduce stressful bending of the wrists and provide a convenient place to rest your hands when you are not actively typing. Add the new premium pads for even more support (AC360PP Sold Separately) . Learn More
- The thumb clusters include frequently-used keys such as Enter, Space, Backspace, and Delete to redistribute the workload away from your relatively weaker and overused little fingers to stronger thumbs.
- The Advantage360 may look big, but it actually has a smaller footprint than most keyboards because we eliminated the numeric 10-key so you can place the mouse closer to your body, reducing painful “over-reach”. Learn More
- Functions keys are located in the number row and accessed via the Fn Keys for reduced reach and enhanced portability
An Important Note about Backlighting and Keycaps
- Professional Electronics: All “Pro Bluetooth” keyboards feature integrated white LEDs but only the “Shine-Through” keycaps support illuminated legends. If you choose one of the PBT keycap sets the keycap legends will not be illuminated.
- SmartSet Electronics: If you configure a “SmartSet USB” build with the “Shine-Through” keycap option, Kinesis will add white global backlighting to the keyboard. Choose from 9 levels and off with the command [SmartSet + Ctrl + A], then “1-9” or “0” to disable.
- Note: The new “Cherry Linear Red” switches are not “RGB” and as such do not support backlighting regardless of electronics or keycaps.