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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: MrGPhantome on Thu, 04 August 2011, 22:01:38
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Hey guys, I'm looking to buy wrist rest that would fit with a tenkeyless Realforce. I know EK sales some, but I don't need a $70 wrist rest, as beautiful as they are.
Anything with a price range of under $25 shipped would be ideal. Used is fine, as long as it's not nasty and falling apart.
I'm also looking for recommendations as well, brands, material, etc.
Thanks!
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I'm in the same boat. $70 for a wrist rest is just unconscionable.
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I wouldn't go for the Filco one, which is about $40-50.
Here's Elitekeyboard's reasoning behind why the wrist rest he sells is $70... I still haven't bought one and won't for quite a while but at least it's nice.
Sorry I was rather busy over the past day to answer your inquiry. The
3star wrist rest is hand made in Japan entirely of thick genuine leather
(1.5mm on top and 3.5mm on bottom). It's also treated with vegetable
based tannin which is hypoallergenic and has a 1mm steel plate in the
base and real ureathane padding. For being hand made in Japan, it's a
outright bargin by any measure when you consider the FILCO is made in
China with a smelly rubber base that consists of thin rubber padding
wrapped around thick cardboard. The center is a fiber mixture of unknown
origin, and the leather upper is a 1mm composite of some kind that
cannot be called genuine leather, and being made in China, I have no
idea what it is tanned with, but most likely it is a cheaper industrial
tanner. Also the stitching on the FILCO is fake, the top and bottom are
just glued together.
The FILCO costs around $45 and has 1-2 middlemen in the transaction.
Actual value is probably closer to $20. I buy the 3-stars directly from
the manufacture more than twice that...so if I were to put a
distribution MSRP on the 3-stars...they should cost more than $100.
That all said, some people have complained that the 3-star slides on the
desk a little bit, while the FILCO does not. This makes sense as the
FILCO has rubber on the bottom and the 3-star does not. I actually
designed the 3-star to slide a bit, because the only time a wrist rest
is really needed is when you're not typing (if you use proper form), so
if you like to type with lazy form and reach for those function keys
while typing, then the 3-star might move around on you a bit, so you
might give this some consideration.
Best Regards,
Brian
I searched everywhere else for a wrist rest that would fit a tenkeyless and they just don't exist.
So basically, save up for the Elitekeyboards one or manage without one.
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@Ragnorock thanks for the info. What about the Ducky wrist rests? They seem to have TKL rests and cost around $25 + shipping.
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@Ragnorock thanks for the info. What about the Ducky wrist rests? They seem to have TKL rests and cost around $25 + shipping.
I like my ducky wrist rest, while I dont think its made from real leather, does its job and a decent price at $30 shipped from Qtan here on GH.
here is a pic:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5945051023_6ec416ece8.jpg)
another one with my RF86UB
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5979778095_78960aede6.jpg)
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Ok cool, thanks for the info so far.
I'll look into PMing Qtan.
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Try Eric Barney on OCN for a custom wooden one. Reaper has a review up here.
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That one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170614529248&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2731wt_825) will really make your wrists comfortable. And they are cheap and tenkeyless size.
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It looks like a bra.
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It looks like a bra.
Oh well now I know why I like it.
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I ordered a Ducky rest from Qtan. Thanks everyone for the help!