Kensington Comfort Type Notebook Wrist Rest (82051A)
by Kensington
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Customer Review: Makes typing on small laptop less painfull
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased a 13.3 inch laptop over a year ago, it's small form factor is great for portability, however the keyboard being so small was an unanticipated problem. Within about 8 months of using this laptop almost full time for my work, I started getting pains in my wrists and forearms. I shopped around for a laptop wrist rest for a while trying to find something that was portable enough to be taken with me when I couldn't use my external keyboard.
This item fit the bill and I've been fairly happy with it. Using my laptop keyboard with this wrist rest is still less comfortable than my ergo-keyboard, which I've started using whenever I can, but it comes in handy as many of the meetings I go to it's not practical to take my external keyboard with me.
Several of my colleagues have purchased this wrist rest after seeing me use it at meetings. I'd never heard these people complain about their wrists and hands hurting when using their laptops until they saw this wrist rest. If you're having problems with wrist, hand, or arm pain while typing on a laptop keyboard I'd recommend you try this out--while not a perfect solution, it's as good as it gets for this price.
Customer Review: Makes my laptop easier to use.
Summary: 3 Stars
The pads are a bit cumbersome, but if you are willing to adapt a bit, they function better than anything else I have tired.
I have a MacBookPro and the gap between the pads and computer is almost a centimeter. My guess is that this was developed for the fatter PC based laptops. I had to fashion shims to place between the laptop and pads so that they wouldn't keep flexing and ultimately break. So it is a bit of a pain to have to take the shims in and out every time I remove the laptop from the pads.
Once the laptop is in the device it is softer and easier on my wrists, so that once the computer is "docked" as it were within the device it does provide additional padding at the level of my carpal tunnels.
One negative of the shims that I use is that they migrate over the clicker and depress it, causing anoyances that require correction and repositioning of my shims.
The bottom line, I haven't stopped using it despite the minor aggrivations that occur with the modifications that I employed to make the device functional for me.
Customer Review: Saved me from my stupid Compaq laptop
Summary: 4 Stars
I got a Compaq 6910p laptop from work as an "upgrade". While it performs like a champ, the size & shape really suck, and it was driving me crazy that every time I typed, my wrist was banging up against the corner. No carpal tunnel, just banging my wrist. I work from the couch every day (don't have a desk), so I had to find a way to make this work.
This was the only product I was able to find that seemed like it would help, so I gave it a shot. It makes all the difference. No more wrist pain. The only thing that's a little lame is that the picture here is a bit misleading. It makes it look like the pad clamps down around the laptop, hugging it to stay in place. That's not the case. It's actually much taller than it looks in the picture (probably because they wanted it to fit much thicker laptops,) so it just kind of sits on it loosely. If I pick the laptop up, it will fall off. My laptop's base is about 3/4" thick when open.
Customer Review: Perfect for using on a train
Summary: 5 Stars
I work on my laptop while travelling to and from work on a train, and the bone at the base of both of my hands has been getting sore from having to push down on the laptop to type and to use the touch pad. This notebook wrist rest is great, the gel is located in exactly the right spot to allow me to both type and use the touch pad, and it's rubbery material holds onto the laptop quite nicely.
The only annoying thing about it was in working out it's actual shape before buying it. It is actually one wide piece of rubber at the bottom, with the two wrist pads wrapping around on the top. Also, I had trouble getting hold of it here in Australia.
There doesn't appear to be anything else like it in the market, and I'm really happy with it.
Customer Review: Not entirely effective
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered the wrist rest to alleviate pain from typing on my Dell Latitude D610. This does help - it tilts the keyboard to create a somewhat better angle. But it's not designed for thick laptops -- unlike in the picture, my rest lies flat against my keyboard -- the angle is not that dramatic, so my wrist position is still not ergonomically correct. And it doesn't have any noticeable impact when the laptop is on my lap -- it just raises the surface of my keyboard one half inch. The product isn't useless, but for serious wrist strain and a larger laptop I would recommend looking into alternatives.