# MoErgo Glove80

29 Hacker News commenters recommended MoErgo Glove80 and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Split, contoured keyboard with a large thumb cluster that people find comfortable and ergonomic, especially with tenting and mounting. Most common caveat: a difficult learning curve.

## Why people recommend it

- Contoured, tentable, mountable split ergonomics (4 comments): "It's got plenty of of keys for coding. Also you can mount it to camera tripods and actually use it when tilted which really improves ergonomic factor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45886023)) "The keyboard in itself is great and all, being split and easy to mount creatively also helps for ergonomics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48377549)) "needed to go with something that supported a concave well, and built in/better tenting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404745))
- Comfortable thumb cluster with many keys (2 comments): "The thumb cluster on the Glove is significantly more comfortable for me than the Ergodox / Moonlander." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405934)) "I love the abundance of thumb keys, and I'm planning to make good use of them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47085618))
- Solved pain for some users (2 comments): "Those expensive but very ergonomic keyboards (glove80, kinesis, ...) with very light key switches did do the trick for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50219685)) "The Glove80 completely solved it for me and I never have pains anymore." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808645))
- Comfortable and enjoyable to type on (3 comments): "It's very comfortable to type on, but between the low-force switches and slightly different layout from a regular keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086021)) "Love typing on this thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457648)) "I'm really happy with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836398))

## What people warn about

- Hard learning curve and unfamiliar layout (2 comments): "It's very comfortable to type on, but between the low-force switches and slightly different layout from a regular keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086021)) "But the learning curve is terrible." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092602))
- Price not matched by build quality (2 comments): "could use a bit of the "door slams like a Rolls-Royce" quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48057553)) "the price tag to build quality ratio is not amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45938276))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Kinesis Advantage](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kinesis-advantage-keyboard.md): 29 recommend
- [ZSA Moonlander](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zsa-moonlander.md): 27 recommend
- [ZSA Voyager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zsa-voyager.md): 17 recommend
- [ErgoDox EZ](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ergodox-ez.md): 17 recommend
- [Ultimate Hacking Keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultimate-hacking-keyboard.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=MoErgo+Glove80+keyboard&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.moergo.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MoErgo Glove80", https://hackerapproved.com/p/glove80/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).