Wrist support for mouse use

SkeeterUK · 4 Apr 2008 at 11:53

Im sick of my wrist hurting with it being on the desk all the time so im wondering if i can do something about it like maybe one of them gel wrist supports or something. Do you think i can get a nice one for a fiver or a mouse pad with intergrated wrist gel rest? Ive seen some on ebay for a fiver by 3g (blue lookin one) and just wondering if that will do for me or not. I am open to suggestions also with a budget of a fiver (all i got in paypal).

Blackhawk47 · 4 Apr 2008 at 13:14

well i have a razer exactmat + rest and its great. i use my diamondback on it and use the speed side most often. though with a budget of a fiver i think you can pick something up similar at - Where in the world ...
i have seen one there but it was for keyboard

SkeeterUK · 5 Apr 2008 at 11:37

Decided to get this, it looks like the best cheapest mousepad with nice wrist support and had the biggest mouse area as all the others i looked at looked too small but this had a nice enough area to move mouse around on.

Anyone got one and can tell me about their experiance with it as in comfy and the area and how opticals track as i have a diamondback 3g.

shine · 5 Apr 2008 at 11:40

SkeeterPSA said:
Decided to get this, it looks like the best cheapest mousepad with nice wrist support and had the biggest mouse area as all the others i looked at looked too small but this had a nice enough area to move mouse around on.

Anyone got one and can tell me about their experiance with it as in comfy and the area and how opticals track as i have a diamondback 3g.

I had something similar before I got a razer exactmat + rest. I found it to be a little small which is why I got a razer but otherwise I had no issues with my optical mouse.

SkeeterUK · 5 Apr 2008 at 11:58

I would love to have a razer exactmat with rest but its just too much money for what it is i think.

shine · 5 Apr 2008 at 12:00

SkeeterPSA said:
I would love to have a razer exactmat with rest but its just too much money for what it is i think.

That's fair enough - like I said other then finding it a little small I had no problems.

semi-pro waster · 5 Apr 2008 at 12:24

I've used that one and other similar mousemats, the best I can say is that they do the job intended (elevating your wrist) but I didn't find them particularly great, mainly because I don't ever miss not having one.

zulu9812 · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:44

Mouse mats with a gel wrist rest take a bit of getting used to: they're very comfy, but they can restrict your wrist movements (and thus your mouse movements) until you get used to it.