The ultimate wrist support

Advantages: Gives comfort to wrists
Disadvantages: Can get dirty

...As many of my readers will know I have one of the MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard's which are shaped differently to the normal straight keyboards. And to go with it I needed a specially shaped gel wrist rest to fit next to it. I had a old wrist rest but it was just straight and it wasn't supporting my wrists as it didn't fit close enough to this keyboard. But this Fellowes gel wrist rest is just perfect for such a keyboard as it has been shaped to fit the curvy edge. ----------- Looks ----------- It only comes in one grey colour which looks a little dull to some other gel rests that are clear so you can see the bright blue gel inside. It features a non-skid bottom which is great is the rest does not move about when you are typing away. ----------------------------- How it measures up...

redballoon 08.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Fellowes Jewel Tones Gel Wrist Rest

We band of brothers

Advantages: As close as it gets to the real thing?
Disadvantages: May be uncomfortably close for some?

..."The heroes have crosses above their heads, the ones that are buried in the cemeteries. Those are the true heroes, not us. We're just part of the works, that's all. And we thank God we got back alive." A veteran of Easy Company. First of all, I realize that my review about Band of Brothers is quite lengthy, and for that I apologize because I am aware that long commentaries have the habit of becoming tedious or even self indulgent.. But I feel I would be doing a great disservice to the Band of Brothers experience by not being as thorough as possible. Experiencing Band of Brothers starts not in the battlefields of Europe, nor in Camp Toccoa, Georgia. It begins in your hand, with the classically beautiful packaging of the 10 episode, six disc DVD set that is housed in a metal tin that at first glance resembles a military I.D. dog...

britum2000 06.06.2007 (08.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Band Of Brothers (Tin) (DVD)

Rock band Rocks!

Advantages: Brilliant fun, great music
Disadvantages: Maybe too expensive for target audience

...satisfying to play and a little more challenging. Multiplayer --------------- Now the purpose of the game and what its really about is playing as a band with friends (which many of my saturday evenings are now spent doing!) The objective is to work as a team to score high and get 5 stars on your performance, with such earning you fans and money. The screen is easily divided to fit the vocals, drums, guitar and seconf guitar option of bass guitar. Its easy to see your space and also keep an eye on everyone else, encase you need to help them out by going into "overdrive". Now overdrive is achieved when you have hit enough white notes to fill your over drive meter. To activate overdrive you either freestyle on the mic, lift the guitars or hit the green note after a fill on the drums. Overdrive gives you a multiplyer on score and will...

chugglebunny 27.06.2008 (03.07.2008) · Read review
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Review of Rock Band (Xbox 360)

Rock Band

Advantages: Be In a Rock Band!
Disadvantages: High cost

...One game I have always loved is Guitar Hero...I bought the original the day it came out. But I'm a drummer, have been for years so I always thought how cool it would be to have a drum game. Then I heard about Rock Band! First off this game makes the best of both worlds...you can get your mates around and have a full band session or you can go solo and plough through career mode. The songs are good aswell, they tend to air on the "pop-rock" side and the game seems to favor "Indie-rock" There are a couple of Metal legends in there, and there is something satisfying about thrashing away to such legendary hits as "Enter Sandman". Game play is simple enough aswell...hit a note as it scrolls down the screen...come on! That's pacman simple!...but that just adds to the game!, simple game play means you can jump right in and be...

m4tt_king 09.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Band (Xbox 360)

Great little wrist rattles for your baby

Advantages: The rattles will help your baby with movement and play.
Disadvantages: There arent any.

...These Lamaze wrist rattles are great our girls got given these as a gift. But I have researched where you can get them and I have found ones that are similar to the ones we have for £5.99 on Amazon. They have pictures of the ones I have but on Amazon but there not available on there at the moment. They are recommended for children over 3 months and are machine washable so are easy to clean. They come in pairs as there's one for each of your child's wrists . You can get many different designs but the ones we have a butterfly and lady bird on. They have a soft strap with Velcro on one side that sticks to the inner strap of the other side. So you can tighten and loosen them depending on your child's wrist size so will be a perfect fit. In the middle of the strap there is a soft bug. The ladybird one has a red strap with a orange...

gsparkle 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lamaze Gardenbug Wrist Rattle, Foot Finder Set

A wrist rest that really works

Advantages: Disperses pressure, supports arm
Disadvantages: None

...I suffer from very bad RSI in my hands and, since I'm an English Literature research student halfway through a PhD, I can't afford to rest and not use my computer. So, among the many other things I have done to ease the pain, I have transformed my work desk into an ergonomic heaven! The most recent addition to my desk is this 'forearm cradle'. It is meant for use with your mouse arm and is, as the name suggests, used slightly further up the arm than a standard wrist rest. My partner uses this one at work and he brought it home for me to try over the Christmas break (this was both kind and stupid of him, as I am now very reluctant to return it to him when he goes back to work in January!). I have tried a variety of wrist rests over the last year or so and most are either attached to a mousemat (which in the age of optical mice is...

Shrubbery23 30.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Fellowes Forearm Cradle - wrist pad

Wrist Rest

Advantages: Comfortable, easy to use
Disadvantages: Need regular sized mouse

...I broke my wrist about 10 years ago when I was in year 6, and since then it gets quite painful when i overwork it or put too much pressure on it. This includes using the computer and in particular my mouse, I think becuase you have to hold you hand in the same posistion and no blood can circulate, also your wrist needs more support. Ideally your hand and arm should remain level, when I visited my sister I used her mouse pad with a hand rest. It was very comfortable so I decided to invest in one myself, this one only cost me about £4 from Amazon. The pad is a nice dark blus colour, it looks just like a regular mouse pad apart from the gel cusion at the bottom that you rest your wrist on. I think it has definately helped me but unfortunatelty I have a 'mini souris' (little mouse), which is very cute but I think it means that my wrsit...

SuperFlorence 25.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Belkin WaveRest Gel Mouse Pad - mouse pad with wrist pillow

Rock Band Incredible

Advantages: New and different, multiplayer, drums
Disadvantages: can be embaressing, no online band world tour

...Rock Band is a step in the right direction for any musical gamer. Obviously a move onwards from the Guitar Hero franchise with the inclusion of a drum kit and a microphone. The guitar is practically the same as any of the guitar hero guitars, but with a few tweaks such as the solo buttons which are very difficult to use and aren't really needed. Therefore the guitar isn't really a must have if you already have a guitar hero guitar. However if you don't then get the whole band set as the variety offered by having so many instruments is endless and playing with friends or online is one of the best things about the game. The solo careers are good too with a good tracklist which ranges dramatically and also new downloadable tracks every week in case you get bored of the same tunes over and over again. The guitar on expert is easier than...

tinytomg 10.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Rock Band (Xbox 360)

"Wii Wanna Rock (Band that is.)"

Advantages: Another great opportunity to move away from the conversional gamepad
Disadvantages: That drum kit isn't half loud.

...Finally after a year of the game being out us poor old British Wii owners get to join in with the revolution that is ?Rock Band 2?. The game is part of the ever increasing range of music and rhythm based genre games that have sprung up around us in the recent years. Having always been a big fan of the first game I was overjoyed when the sequel made its way into our household, as it made available a lot of features that were up till now reserved only for the likes of the PS3 and Xbox 360 owners. The game has again been produced by the company Harmonix who are the guys behind the original ?Rock Band? title as well as creating the original ?Guitar Hero? series which would then be taken over by Neversoft. Just how do Wii Rock? First off for those unfamiliar with this particular style of game the aim is to play along in...

HarryKgh 14.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Band 2 (Wii)

Rock Band Rocks My Socks!

Advantages: Everything!
Disadvantages: You may need to make a few modifications to your kit, worth it though.

...I first played this game at my uncle's house, and within about 5 seconds I was addicted. At this point I had already played the games predecessor 'Guitar Hero', and so had an understanding of this sort of game, particularly the guitar. Rock Band, however, is far better. Like Guitar Hero, Rock Band is split into four difficulties. Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. You can do a solo tour and play all the songs in sequence at different difficulties (easy has a few less songs than the other difficulties, which makes sense, since some rhythms can only go so easy). On multiplayer the format changes, and you play in different cities and venues, gaining 'stars' to move on with the plot of the game. You can have up to 5 stars, depending on how well you play the song. I don't think you can get less than 3 or you won't complete the track...

surveysista1988 07.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rock Band (Xbox 360)