Hi. I thought I just point out that I was considering buying one of these and then decided to have a go at it myself. I found an old section of pine shelving, sawed it down to size and used a plane to get the angle right, then sanded it down and glued an old piece of yoga mat to the bottom. It took be about 30 mins and cost $0...perhaps potential customers could use the 3 r's (reduce, reuse and recycle) save themselves $25 dollars and some nice trees
CDM111When a climate change denier was elected leader of the free world, I thought to myself, we really need to cut down on the amount of trees used for keyboard wrist rests.
Lazylewis To be honest it’s not the actual wood that bothers me, but the source. Uygen wood (for instance) is Chinese. The whole process of customers receiving keyboard rests involves; someone chopping down a tree in China, a lorry to take it to a saw mill, a factory receiving cut wood to manufacture into a keyboard rest, shipping that piece of wood to the states, transporting to a warehouse, receiving an order, boxing it up in cardboard, sending to be posted, the package arriving at a central postage facility, being taken out by a postage worker, and being delivered to your door. Or you could find a piece of scrap wood and sand it down. �;���)
Thing is, it's not just 20$. (which is high price by itself - as explained before) Including shipping it can get to twice that price. (no free shipping outside of the US) And again, why pay so much for a piece of would? I rather use a gel hand rest that's much more comfortable. Or even buy a keyboard with a built-in hand rest.
mulderfoxI think there's some benefits of wood over other materials. Gel wrist wrests have some sort of cloth on top and that absorbs oils, wears out, gets an indentation where your hands are. Don't get me wrong, they're nice, but I feel you're replacing them more often. I'm actually using a cloth covered rubber one right now and love it, I know it will eventually need replacement, but I wanted something with a little more cushion on it. But having a black cloth covered wrist rest can clash with a custom keycap set or colorful desk mat. So wood can have a couple variations of color from stain that can compliment a desk setup.
But wood also has its own disadvantages. No cushion, so you're wresting your wrist on a hard surface. The finish can still wear off over time, so you can have that happen. But, if you like a more firm wrist rest, then wood is a good option compared to something like metal which will work as a heat sink on your wrists and give you cold hands.
As for built in hand rests. Those are typically going to be ABS plastic, so you're definitely going to get a shine where your hands rests. They're prone to breaking if you're moving your keyboard around a lot or just in general you can snap tabs off if it's detachable.
Assuming the thing is from Amazon, it would be the same price then less tax. Let's not forget about taxes and related.
I will say that the correct response should be the overall price (with shipping + tax) is less or more than someone else. However to some people, that can't have it any other way.
Just recieved mine in Ugyen. The colour turned out much nicer than I expected. It's quite a classy looking muted brown (not too reddish), not too light or too dark.
Fits my setup quite nicely I think.