Iris Rev. 8 Keyboard - Hotswap PCBs for Split Ergonomic Keyboard
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The 8th revision of the popular Iris keyboard, a split ergonomic keyboard with 4x6 vertically staggered keys and up to 4 thumb keys. Reprogrammable to any keymap layout you'd like with QMK/VIA!
Don't want to build this keyboard yourself? No problem, check out the fully-built version: Pre-built Iris Keyboard
Layout
Each half of the board is a 4x6 matrix with the same vertical stagger as the Ergodox and with 2-4 thumb keys. Alternatively, a rotary encoder can be placed at the upper thumb key of each half.
Many thanks to Lewis Ridden (/u/GAMING_FACE) for coming up with this design.
I bought this as my first split keyboard, and the experience has been great so far. The assembly process was quite enjoyable, and all the parts feel high-quality and dense.
It's worth noting that the acrylic middle layer pieces I received were quite loosely fitting out of the box, and caused some rattle in the typing sound. I see no need to deduct any points for this, however, since it was easily fixed by the addition of small drops of glue between the acrylic pieces and aluminum base plates.
After this modification, the typing sound and feel are really wonderful, at least with the Gateron Pro Yellows I used. It's very deep and creamy.
Creating and flashing my own layout with the board was extremely simple with the use of the online qmk configurator, and quite fun as well.
The package arrived on time, and undamaged.
Overall, I'm quite happy with my experience. This is a very high quality product.
Really good quality keyboard highly recommend
Hi Lachlan!
What a cute build! The beach theme is so fun. Happy to hear you're enjoying your split ergonomic Iris keyboard!
Happy Typing,
Kayla at Keebio!
Decided that for the office I wanted a slightly less expensive board that I would feel okay with leaving at work, and also that I wanted to dive back into the world of split keyboards ever since I had an Ergodox that I loved but then sold. This caught my eye for the price and speed of shipping, so I jumped on and bought a B stock kit. Overall, the board is very easy to build and there is nothing out of the ordinary for that. The B stock has some noticeable things that make it clearly B stock, but nothing that bad and nothing that ruins the board.
Overall, I am very pleased with the purchase and even decided to order the tenting kit as I am realizing that was a big part of why I was able to hit my normal WPM on the Ergodox when I had it.
Hi there Ryan,
After 4 years without a split, I'm glad you found a split ergo keyboard that suits your needs! Happy to hear your tenting kit makes WPM gains a breeze!
Happy typing,
Kayla at Keebio!
Really nice build quality on this, the thumb cluster is well designed, pops right up in VIA for easy remapping. I do wish we had south facing LEDs but thats minor. Highly recommended!
Happy to hear the thumb cluster on our columnar stagger keyboard suits you! Great color for your matching setup!
-Kayla at Keebio :)
Very well built. Careful and compact packaging too.