I owned a couple Browns full-sized boards and now a couple Type Heaven full-sized Topre boards from Elite Keyboards. I have used the leather wrist rest from Elite Keyboards for a year or more and really like it. However, what I did not like out of the box, which is only getting worse over time, is the slow time for it to regain its original shape when I lean on it with my elbow for awhile, which I'm in the habit of doing.
I have tried a 3M Gel and while I like the firmness and overall look, size, and feel just just fine, the synthetic surface material is unacceptable to me because if the room temperature becomes the least bit warm I'm getting stickiness under my hands.
Anyone have experience with a Ducky, or Filco, or any other leather wrist rest to compare the recovery behavior and other qualities to the ones from Elite Keyboards?
I really prefer to have no logo but I'm very much wanting something better in the sense of retaining/recovering its shape.
It's a shame because other than retaining the shape I really like the one from Elite, but it can take literally days for the deep dents from my elbows to come back to normal and lately it seems they may never go away. I can't be sure but I'm starting to think that even the weight of my palms over time is leaving impressions that it's taking days to fully recover from, if it fully will at all.
I'm almost ready to have someone custom-make one from a gel, covering it with leather for me. Extreme, I know, so hopefully someone can point me to something I'll like better than the ones from Elite.
I guess it's possible they've improved on the ones from Elite since I bought it, but I seriously doubt it. I'll ask Brian and will post here if he says they've changed. I assume they're fine of you don't lean on them with your elbow, but I don't plan to ever break this habit.
Thanks!