Ergo mouse 🐁
I recently got a Therapod chair and it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever sat in. It has adjustable tension straps built in so you can make the lumbar support exactly where you need it.
I really like my trackball mouse, though I had to buy it myself.
I bought a SlimBlade Pro for productivity work and never looked back. Best purchase.
How do you find the twist-scrolling? I have the Orbit Fusion for my laptop because the ring is still my preferred scroller on trackballs, and the god-damned scroll-ring Orbit still doesn’t have a third button. I actually remapped a different button to be left-click so I could use a flatter hand position like most of their older designs (even the SlimBlade Pro) allow.
Twisting the ball to scroll is phenomenal, with very little learning curve. They added audible clicking noises when you scroll, which was a really nice touch.
What do you find is the advantage of these over a mouse?
In the past my wrists used to hurt, my father had carpal tunnel and I didn’t want to risk it, so I switched to a keyboard centric WM and switched to a trackball. I haven’t experienced wrist pain in years, although I think it might be mostly related to the keyboard centric WM since I went back to a mouse for gaming a while back and when my trackball broke I didn’t bother getting a new one.
That being said trackballs are amazing for working on limited spaces or soft surfaces (e.g. a couch or bed), once I’ve gotten used to it I could work on the sofa just as efficiently as I would on a desk without extra monitors, but now my desk has two large monitors and plenty of space for the mouse, so it’s less of an issue.
Easier on my wrist, less arm motion, and my hand doesn’t lock into a claw shape after using it all day.
My wrists have “barely carpel tunnel” according to the one doctor I went to see. I find not having to move the mouse all day with my wrists (as well as a split keyboard with risers) has eliminated my wrist problems at work.
duuude its been my first demand at my last 3 jobs… best trackball available please! i like to joke with them, “youre not paying me enough to move my arm that much”
I have a Sanwa Gravi, I had to “grind” some place in the “hole” because the ball was touching it and it was annoying, but it’s the best trackball, index ball, and LMD and RMD and wheel are controlled with thumb.
All the obvious ones have been mentioned already, so I’ll just add:
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Keyboard tray if your desk doesn’t have one. It allows you to achieve the 90 degree arm position without having to set your desk too low or your chair too high.
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Wrist pad. A nice gel pad provides great support for your wrist. Just make sure your keyboard and mouse are at the appropriate heights, because if not, a wrist pad can make it worse.
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Head rest add-on to your chair if it doesn’t have one.
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Laptop stand to lift your laptop screen to eye level. It also helps to keep it aligned to an external monitor so they are the same heights.
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Does anything hurt? Are you having any issues?
Address those first.
Split keyboard is nice https://gaming.kinesis-ergo.com/product/freestyle-edge/
Pinch mouse is nice https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/dxt-mouse-3/
That Thinkpad keyboard because you’re in IT
Think about any time you feel uncomfortable, strained, numb, jabbed by something etc. Whatever items are causing those sensations.
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Standing desks are for people who have never worked a physical job. Did you know that you can just stand up from a normal desk at any time? Now imagine a job where you can’t sit down.
Exercise your choice and stand up when you want to. Sit down when you want to. Don’t do one thing all day long.
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Ehhh, I say just get more actual exercise. What does standing all day do for you?
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Right, and these people want to stand at their desk. So having a standing desk lets them exercise their desires
Foot hammock or footrest pad
Snack Trebuchet, for office sharing.
Sit-down to Stand-up desk!
You mean a sit-stand desk. There pretty neat. If you can get the whole proper desk. Not just the risers that sit on a normal desk. There prone to cutting csbles, monitors falling and just take up space.
A split keyboard and a good chair improved my desk comfort more than anything else I’ve tried.
One thing that is often over looked is proper monitor height. You can’t have good posture if your monitor is too low.
Yes, especially with a standing desk. When standing, you’ll need the monitors much higher off the desk than when you’re sitting.
And you won’t need the chair!
Hermin Miller Embody Chair, it will change your life.
I will need about 15 years worth of home office allowance to be able to afford one of those. That doesn’t even include shipping and taxes.
