Fellowes 91741 Gel Wrist Rest and Mouse Pad - Graphite/Platinum | 
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| Brand: Fellowes
Category: Office Product
Department: Office
List Price: $23.99
Buy New: $4.97
You Save: $19.02 (79%)
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 701
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Color: PLAT BASE/GRAPHITE
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.3 x 1.1
Warranty: 1 year
MPN: 91741
Model: 91741
UPC: 077511918520
EAN: 0077511918520
ASIN: B00003CYNU
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Provides exceptional support while redistributing pressure points. | | • | Optical-friendly mouse pad for superior tracking control | | • | Non-skid base holds wrist rest firmly in place | | • | Durable covering withstands daily wear and tear |
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Product Description
Ergonomically designed gel wrist rest conforms to your wrist for soothing support . Redistributes pressure points for exceptional comfort. Mouse pad is optical mouse friendly for superior tracking control. Durable covering withstands daily wear and tear. Non-skid base holds wrist rest firmly in place.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Fellowes 91741 Gel Wrist Rest / Mouse Pad features durable Lycra covering and nonskid base that anchors the wrist support in place. The gel offers a soothing way to redistribute the pressure points that typing can create. The built-in, smooth-tracking mouse pad gives you the control that your computing demands. With dimensions of 6.25-inches by 10.25-inches, and with a graphite/platinum color, this wrist rest and mouse pad is a great addition to any desktop set-up.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Doesn't wear out! July 4, 2006
Robert E. Williams (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought one of these back around late '94 or early '95, and I'm still using it now in mid-'06 (11 to 12 years - wow!). I thought this model went off the market years ago, but I guess not.
After several years of use, the pad accumulated quite a bit crud. However, the pad really traps the crud, such that if you look at the bottom of my mouse, the feet have absolutely no dirt around them, whereas mice feet tend to scrape up stuff on most pads and certainly on a desk. Since my mouse stays clean and the crud doesn't affect the optical tracking, I've just not had enough incentive to clean it and so I haven't.
Aside from the dirt, the pad itself shows very little wear. This really surprises me given how heavy a user I am. Also, the gel pad shows virtually no wear. There are only two slight negatives that I can think of:
1) When I purchased the pad, it had a sort of oily film on the underside of the gel pad, like a lubricant. Not sure what it was for--perhaps a conditioning agent for the rubber--but it's still there after all these years. You can actually turn the gel pad over and draw in the oil. However, I've never tried to clean it, and in fact have always kept the pad in its place except for pulling it on rare occasion to see if the oil is still there. (Not sure where I expect it to go, but heh...) In use, you would never know it's there and you never come into contact with it, so even if you leave it, as I did, there's no danger of it getting on your cloths or anything.
2) The lycra finish on the gel pad is nice in that it doesn't make your wrist sweaty as a lot of gel pads can. And as I said above, it's very durable. However, you can very easily leave cosmetic scratches in it by, for example, fairly gently scratching a fingernail across the surface. These marks are not permanent, though. As far as I can tell, they're very similar to vacuum marks on carpet, and they can be rubbed out or they will simply disappear with a few hours' use. But if you handle the pad, you may look at it afterward to find it all "scratched" up, which is a bit disconcerting.
In one of the many (living quarters) moves I've made with it, the front part got cracked, but other than a crack being visible, it's not affected usability one iota.
I'd kinda like to replace it just for the sake of getting something new, but I'm having a hard time justifying it. I do think the pad requires a bit more effort to move the mouse compared to good modern pads, and that may become my incentive, but for the moment, at least, I'm sticking to it.
BTW, I'm a professional computer user who spends 10-20 hours per day (sometimes more) working on my computer, and with multiple big monitors, I use the mouse an awful lot. Thus, this pad has gotten *very* heavy use over the years. I've also had very few problems with my rather picky wrist, so it seems to a do a good job ergonomically, as well. (In case you're wondering, I use a Kinesis Contour ergonomic keyboard to handle the other half of general input. It's simply wonderful - I highly recommend it to any heavy computer user.)
Ol' Trusty February 2, 2006
Kevin L. Drum (VA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been using one of these little guys for years. I think someone gave it to me as a present. I recently set up a nice new office, and it definitely sticks out as having been put through the ringer. Still works great, just not as clean as it once was, although I did vinyl dye the white tray silver a couple years back. I guess it's time for a new one, though. Awesome product!
No wrist pain July 31, 2007
Darren Majesty
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I spent the last two years using this mousepad and recently tried the 3M precision mousing surface. The surface was fine, but the mock-leather (i bought the fancy one) wrist wrest felt like a brick. After 48 hours i returned it and went back to this. It's not the fanciest mousepad on the market, and its not the prettiest (note: available in different colors, just google or go to their site) but this thing works.
A replacement for old one... June 8, 2009
M. Brannan (washington state)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought my last FELLOWS gel pad in 98 and since it is now 09, that should tell you enough. My last one was still in ok condition... but the gel pad was starting to shrink from old age. The only difference in the old one and this one, the gel pad is not removeable in this new one. I have a laser mouse and really shouldn't need a mouse pad. I use one anyway to keep from scratching my desk and for the wrist pad to protect my hand from strain. You can trust anything sold by Fellows. I have many of their products around my desk. Always happy with them. They are priced fairly also.
It was worth it June 27, 2009
Duke Grable (Arcata, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You'll buy this mouse pad and say to yourself, "It's not a bad pad but the elevation of the mouse with respect to the wrist support is a little low..."
Then one day you'll discover that the mouse pad isn't glued onto the plastic surface. "Hmmm...", You'll say to yourself... "I could elevate the mouse pad by placing paper under it."
And that's exactly what I did. The wrist rest and mouse pad went from annoying but usable to awesome and usable. A side effect of doing this is that your mouse won't hit the plastic edge anymore--more space to move around really. Awesome.
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