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MoErgo Glove80

MoErgo Glove80

Switch	Kailh Choc v1
Sense method	Metal contact
Protocol	USB-C, BLE
Keycaps	POM, low-profile

The MoErgo Glove80 is a wireless split ergonomic keyboard.

Description

The MoErgo Glove80 is comprised of 2 halves. Each half features a column-staggered keywell with 34 keys and a thumb cluster with 6 keys for a total of 40 keys per side and 80 keys total. The layout of the keywell can be described as a 6×6 square missing the inner corners. The thumb cluster on each side consists of 2 arcs of 3 keys each, with the arc further from the thumb being raised.

The Glove80 uses kailh choc v1 switches.

The Glove80 features detachable palm rests and an integrated tenting system.

The Glove80 left half can be connected to a device using either a USB-C cable or a bluetooth low energy (BLE) connection. As of January 2025, the Glove80 right half cannot directly connect to a device and instead connects to the left half via BLE.

Construction

Case and Internals

Each case for one half of the Glove80 is made of 2 parts of ABS-PC plastic, which is some blend of ABS and PC. Each half weighs 300 grams.

The keyboard and palm rest are both stiff. However, one can easily flex the connection between one half of the keyboard and its corresponding palm rest if the keyboard is held in the air.

The exact composition is unknown. Each half is held together with 9 philips screws which sit in threaded inserts. The Glove80 also has 6 threaded inserts meant for the adjustable legs, which are M4 threaded rods, and 2 inserts meant to allow the user to install a custom sidecar.

The Glove80 is not hot-swappable, and the switches are soldered to thin flex PCBs.

Each half has a Nordic Semiconductor NRF52840 chip.

Tenting

By adjusting the legs, the user is able to change the tenting angle of the keyboard. Proponents of this tenting mechanism point out that it does not add to the height of the keyboard and that it allows for very small adjustments in the tenting angle, while critics point out that it is tedious to adjust and does not support high tenting angles.

Keycaps

The keycaps are made of white translucent POM plastic with legends applied via laser marking. They are MCC profile, which is a cylindrical variant of the MBK profile. They use stems compatible with choc v1 switches and use “choc spacing”, which is 18x17mm as opposed to 19x19mm MX spacing.

All keycaps have an identical profile: they are 1u and do not even feature homing bumps.