# Kinesis Freestyle

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Kinesis Freestyle and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Split keyboard that people recommend for easing wrist and thumb pain, and it is affordable at around $100 and long-lasting.

## Why people recommend it

- Eases wrist and thumb pain (2 comments): "So I ended up getting a split keyboard (Kinesis Freestyle) so I could spread my hands farther apart so I didn't get the ulnar deviation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088790)) "quickly became my daily driver & basically solved my wrist and thumb pain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48765453))
- Long-lasting and affordable (2 comments): "I have a pair of Freestyle2 keyboards, both are over a decade old." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091434)) "100 bucks, it's been around for a long time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47084872))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [MoErgo Glove80](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glove80.md): 29 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

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kinesis+Freestyle2+split+ergonomic+keyboard&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://kinesis-ergo.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kinesis Freestyle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kinesis-freestyle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).