I bought a Glove80 which has everything: split, ortholinear, concave, mechanical, wireless, backlight, open firmware..
But find myself switching back to a default keyboard nevertheless.
Instead of trying to reach everything with my fingers and reaching for those faraway keys, I just move my arm – that's far superior. Also I can switch which hands hit the middle keys like G and H.
Plus I can type some stuff one-handedly, which is simply not possible on a split keyboard.
I think if you are switching over for speed gains or just for fun, sure it may be inconvenient and not worth the effort. However, many people switch to ergonomic split keyboards because they have to due to RSI or tenosynovitis (as was my case) or at great risk of such.
For those people, I highly recommend you to go ahead and buy a Glove80, you will actually be able to type again without pain. It's a learning curve, but gaining back control of your own hands is so, so worth it. You also need to be patient, it took me about a month and a half before the pain was entirely gone. I also continue to do my daily hand, wrist and arm exercises which help greatly as well.
But find myself switching back to a default keyboard nevertheless.
Instead of trying to reach everything with my fingers and reaching for those faraway keys, I just move my arm – that's far superior. Also I can switch which hands hit the middle keys like G and H.
Plus I can type some stuff one-handedly, which is simply not possible on a split keyboard.