I am looking for one as well , but Amazon doesn't seem to carry them and I'm concerned about price. I've never used a rest for any length of time and not sure I would do so if I had one. But since trying to learn touch typing correctly I feel it could be advantageous.
They look nice, Keyboardco had some on amazon, I think they were like $55 shipped, but this is a lot for a keyboard rest :ohwell:
I considered the Filco, but pricing lead me to the 3M wrist rest on Amazon. I think it's under $20, and I really like it.Show Image(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6099/6248194781_95a35d860e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robscomputer/6248194781/)
Comparing a full size to a ten keyless (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robscomputer/6248194781/) by robscomputer (http://www.flickr.com/people/robscomputer/), on Flickr
I have the Filco rest and the Ducky one that qtan sells.
Just went searching and qtan seem to be out of stock at the moment - bummer.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducky-short-keyboard-wrist-rest-TLK-keyboard-Filco-Noppoo-Poker-Cherry-/300598749257#ht_2974wt_894
The Filco is substantially nicer but not the twice as good that would be be required to justify the double price of the Ducky.
If you do get the Filco I'm confident you'll be very happy with it and your purchase decision. As you seem to be saying above, after a short time the price of things fades into unimportance and the quality (perceived or real) is the long term issue and the Filco is quality gear that makes me smile when I see / use it.
http://www.amazon.com/Grifiti-Notebook-Wrist-Pad-Black/dp/B004DANDN4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319415366&sr=8-2I know its a bit off topic but I found an interesting item from that link http://tinyurl.com/3tn2dbu
I've got my filco rest for a few months, and no signs of wear (but that means nothing considering how short a time it is). I don't have the other rests that are in competition, but i can say that the rest being stepped is a feature that should be considered. When i was making the purchase i was wondering about the reasoning behind the design of the two heights, but i was unable to find too much information concerning it.
From my few months of use, one of the biggest advantage is helping my hand find the correct distance from the keyboard without looking down at the keyboard, along with the two nubs on the F and J keys, this allows for accurate placement of your hand without needing to look at the keyboard, and i think it serves as a pretty good guide to ensure that my typing posture is correct. Personally for me i thought the height was slightly on the low side (used with HHKB), and i elevates it slightly by 2 mm.
After playing around with it, i am pretty sure the two heights are not for flipping the rest around for taller keyboards, the distance just doesn't work.
Thing that irritates me, i line up the right side of the pad with the right of the keyboard, and my right palm rubs against the filco logo whenever I reach over to the (fn+ arrow keys) and you can definitely feel the logo there.
Yeah, it's clearly there for hand location and placement, which is why I liked the idea (and haven't seen it on other rests). An angled rest would do kind of the same thing, only not to as a predictable level.I much prefer hard angled wrist rests but their usually more expensive and harder to find I had to make one for my HHKB. I may try out a leather one again soon as I need a portable one for my Leopold TKL.