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Please make good mousepads with wrist restsI am old and my bones are aching
I am old and my bones are aching
Like many old people with a passion for PC gaming and a flair for foolish stunts, I have bad wrists. I can click these suckers at will, to the surprise and horror of everyone around me. While I’ve found a mousepad with a wrist rest can help my aching joints, it’s hard to find a good one - and especially one suited for gaming. Please, won’t someone make a good wrist rest mousepad? Won’t someone think of the elderly?
It doesn’t seem a huge ask to me, yet every time my mousepad begins to fall to pieces, shedding its fabric skin and spilling its gel guts, I end up buying a random one because there’s no clear good one. Lots are just… there. Can anyone recommend me a good one for games? Adding “gaming” to my “wrist rest mousepad” store searches only adds the horror of anime babes with gel breasts to nestle my hand between.
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“But Alice,” you say, deciding to stick your oar in, “don’t you know a rest can actually make your wrist worse if you don’t use it carefully?”
Honestly, the best keyboard I’ve ever had.
I know one answer is a better choice of mouse, one which doesn’t put pressure on the wrist. I’ve had the lopsided Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic mouse but it didn’t feel quite right for games, so I didn’t replace it when it eventually conked out (though I still usethe excellent Sculpt keyboard). I’ve tried sideways mice before too, and they felt even worse for games.
I also know separate wrist cushions exist, but I’d really like something tailored to fit. And if I’m going to start buying cushions for individual bodyparts like some sort of 19th century dandy, I’d insist it be made of the finest silks, not pleather.
Go on, peripheral peeps. If you can have R&D teams working day and night to find new places to put LEDs, surely you can take a crack at a mousepad. I’d beg you but pleading gestures are hell on my wrists.
