Pinky column stagger question

[twop]

I have Voyager, and I love it but I seem to experience similar issues:

1. Number row is useless for me
2. The extra pinky column makes tenting awkward, specifically I have to use wrist support to get the needed palm height
3. Key spacing is a bit much, my hands are not that large
4. Being wired is a pain, I travel frequently

Thus, Im super excited about the project!! It looks amazing!

However, I have one more issue:
5. Pinky stagger is not aggressive enough for me.

Hence, Im curious how choc spacing affected the overall feel? And related, it seems that pinky column stagger is about 1mm or so larger than on the voyager, Is that so?

Im super tempted to just ordering parts, but wanted to double check first

[carrefinho]

Sadly I can't help with the direct comparison since I don't actually own a Voyager; I just found the idea of a 34-key wireless Voyager like quite interesting as a project. Although I've seen a couple of builds from Voyager owners and it seems like they all like Forager and some prefer it to their Voyager.

You're correct in your observation that pinky stagger is slightly increased vs Voyager; it's not a one-to-one recreation and I eyeballed some things when designing. I think the combination a reachy thumb cluster and mild pinky stagger has merit, and in practice I find Forager quite comfortable especially with Chicago Steno keycaps.