Ferris Sweep Review

I've been using a Crab Broom (Ferris Sweep) 3x5_2 keyboard for almost a year as my daily driver. I really like the exaggerated finger arch and dropped fifth column placement for comfortable typing. After writing about the alternatives to the Zen, I kept looking at the Ferris Sweep. Having spent a lot of time using the Kyria and Atreus keyboards, the finger arch on the Corne felt kinda shallow. I fight to find a comfy angle: either my thumb or my pinky always feels a little stretched. Tenting helps a lot, but it's not quite right. Prior to the purchase I experimented with dropping a thumb key on the zen to match the 3x5_2 that the Ferris uses, mostly using combos to handle the roles the outer thumb keys had managed. I found it pretty natural, so I pulled the trigger and waited to build the kit. It wasn't a particulary difficult build now that I've built a few of these, but it was the first time I'd dealt with the LiPo batteries. I of course slapped some of my magsafe stickers on it,…