I have a UHK and a Kinesis gaming. The UHK keys are mounted on a steel plate and it feels super solid. The Kinesis feels pretty cheap in comparison. The Kinesis does have separate function keys, arrow keys, and a (big honking) esc key, but it also takes up a whole lot more room in my desk.
They both have apps for mapping keys, but the kinesis app is Windows and Mac only, the UHK app runs on Linux (probably those others too. I wouldn't know).
You can fit the two halves of the UHK together to form a regular non-split keyboard. That is impossible with the Kinesis.
I like them both, but the Kinesis just feels so nice and solid. I made the left-side space bar a function key and that makes the function keys and ESC usable enough for me. I'm an emacs user so I don't use those that much anyway.
They both have apps for mapping keys, but the kinesis app is Windows and Mac only, the UHK app runs on Linux (probably those others too. I wouldn't know).
You can fit the two halves of the UHK together to form a regular non-split keyboard. That is impossible with the Kinesis.
I like them both, but the Kinesis just feels so nice and solid. I made the left-side space bar a function key and that makes the function keys and ESC usable enough for me. I'm an emacs user so I don't use those that much anyway.