Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
Shares rank 12 of 13 split keyboards by recommenders
Recommended for its split, tenting design and broad feature set, though critics find the high cost hard to justify and report unreliability near phones.
Recommended for its split, tenting design and broad feature set, though critics find the high cost hard to justify and report unreliability near phones.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Split, tenting design suits natural hand position
“I absolutely love my UHK split mech keyboard that I ordered from Hungary several years ago.”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Exploring Different Keyboard Sensing Technologies” “It's got tenting, which approaches that natural tilt to your hands”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “I haven't used a mouse for 14 years” Feature set covers most needs
“UHK seems like it’s got everything that I might ever need”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
High cost not justified by extras
“I felt most of the extra functionality and polish that I guess makes up the massive costs of UHK and ZSA wasn't actually necessary.”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer” Unreliable when a phone is nearby
“the shielding wasn't good enough to stop it becoming unreliable when my mobile phone was within about 30cm of my keyboard”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer”
Other split keyboards people recommend
The four most recommended other split keyboards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MoErgo Glove80 | 29 | 3 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Kinesis Advantage | 29 | 6 | 83% | 8 | 18 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| ZSA Moonlander | 27 | 12 | 69% | 6 | 5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| ZSA Voyager | 17 | 1 | 94% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Ultimate Hacking KeyboardThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I felt most of the extra functionality and polish that I guess makes up the massive costs of UHK and ZSA wasn't actually necessary.”
“the shielding wasn't good enough to stop it becoming unreliable when my mobile phone was within about 30cm of my keyboard”
“UHK seems like it’s got everything that I might ever need”
“It's got tenting, which approaches that natural tilt to your hands”
“I absolutely love my UHK split mech keyboard that I ordered from Hungary several years ago.”
“I don't have arrows on my uhk keyboard.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.