#Split keyboards

The keyboard's size and layout are two of the most critical factors that affect a person's typing and gaming experience, and if you're looking into mechanical keyboards, choosing the right size can be tricky. Full-Size For the most part, people use 100% size keyboards. These keyboards are divided into four parts: a numeric keypad, arrow keys, the main key area, and the Function area. These keyboards normally have 104, 105, or even 108 keys depending on the regional layout - ANSI (US), ISO (EU), or JIS (JP). 1800 Compact The 96% size keyboards are based mostly on 104 keyboards while reducing the keys that are rarely used. This is quite a needle in the haystack but is known to be a great middle-ground between Tenkeyless (TKL) and full-sized keyboards. [caption id="attachment_293857" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Ducky One 2 Mini Good in Blue - 60% Keyboard[/caption] There are a bunch of other keyboard sizes and layouts, like the 40% size keyboard, split keyboards, and so on. [caption id="attachment_293865" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Mistel Barocco Split Keyboard[/caption] Tenkey (Number Pad) Lastly, there's the specially made number pad which has all of the keys you'd find on a normal full-size keyboard but can be kept away when not needed. Read more in our articles including "Mechanical keyboard sizes: Which one is for you?" and "realme Buds T500 Pro now available in the Philippines".