Which Split Keyboard Should You Buy? Every FalbaTech Model Compared

I have been building split keyboards in my workshop in Poland since 2014, and the question I get most often is simple: which one should I buy? Here is how I answer it, model by model, without the marketing.

Start with one question: do you need a number row?

If you type a lot of numbers, passwords or code with many symbols and you do not want to learn layers, pick a full-size split with a number row. If you are happy to hold a key to reach numbers and symbols (it takes a week or two to get used to), a compact board keeps your fingers closer to home and your hands move less.

Full-size split keyboards (with a number row)

ReDOX FT (70 keys) is the one I recommend most often for a first split keyboard. It has a full number row, comfortable thumb keys, and comes wired or wireless. There is also a low-profile version on Kailh Choc and the ReDOX FT Cosmos with a curved key-well case.

ErgoDox FT (76 keys) is the classic that started it all for me in 2013. It has the most keys and big thumb clusters. It is wired, and there is a low-profile ErgoDox FT too.

ErgoDash FT (70 keys) is similar in size to the ReDOX, with a slightly different thumb arc. Wired or wireless.

Compact split keyboards (layers do the rest)

Sofle FT (58 keys) keeps a number row in a smaller body and adds rotary encoders for volume or scrolling. Also available as Sofle FT Low Profile.

Corne FT / Corne Mini (42 or 36 keys) is the favourite of people who want everything under their fingers and nothing more. No number row: numbers and symbols live on layers. There is a low-profile Corne as well.

MiniDox FT (36 keys) and Zyra Ferris FT Low Profile (34 keys) go even smaller, for minimalists who are ready to work almost entirely with layers and combos.

Let's Split FT (48 keys) is a split ortholinear board: keys in straight columns and rows, no stagger. Good if you like a grid layout.

One-piece ergonomic keyboards

If you prefer a single board on the desk, Atreus62 FT (62 keys, with a number row) and Atreus42 FT (42 keys) keep the angled, column-staggered layout in one piece.

One-handed keyboards

Many models also come as a single half: the Solo versions work as a gaming keypad, macro pad, number pad or a one-handed keyboard.

MX or Kailh Choc (low profile)?

Standard MX-style switches give you the widest choice of switches and keycaps and a deeper key travel. Kailh Choc low-profile switches make the keyboard thinner and the keys shorter, which many people find more comfortable without a wrist rest and easier to carry.

Wired or wireless?

Wired keyboards use Vial and wireless ones use ZMK Studio. In both you remap keys, layers and macros in an app or your browser, without compiling firmware. Wireless keyboards shipped from 1 November 2026 have no ZMK Studio lock or activation code. Wired is simpler and never needs charging; wireless gives you a clean desk and makes it easy to carry the halves around.

My short recommendation

First split keyboard, coming from a normal one: ReDOX FT. You want the classic with the most keys: ErgoDox FT. You want a small, focused board: Corne FT or Sofle FT. You travel or prefer a thin keyboard: any Low Profile version.

Every keyboard is built to order, tested and packed by me, and every keyboard I have ever built has lifetime free repair. Still not sure? Write to contact@falba.tech, tell me how you type, and I will help you choose.