Best Palm Rest

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Best Palm Rest

I dislike any keyboard with palm rest. If it cannot be detached, no buy. Use bath towels or books instead. Much more practical and comfy.

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bath towel

Best palm rest is bath towels. They are thick, soft, cheap, and you can wash them.

Hover Hand When in Touch-Typing

When you type for a long period of time (say, continuously for 10 minutes), you should hover your hands, not rest palm on palm rest or desk.

Most of the time i got lazy and rest palm on my Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard . But whenever next few min am gonna type nonstop in a burst, i hover. From experience, not hover causes stress on hand. I learned this the hard way. sometimes when typing in a burst and too lazy to hover, as in a debate, the next morning, hand sour.

i learned to start to hover per the proper way, since around 2014. Even on super ergonomic keyboard such as Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard .

Alternatively, use thick books or tower, about 5cm high, so that your fingers dip onto the keys. On kinesis, ur fingers already dip in, but i think not high enough. The point is, even when on kinesis, i feel less stress if i hover to type.

How to Touch-Type

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