I spent *days* hunting for the perfect keyboard tray, and couldn’t find any decent reviews. Then peliom told me he was getting this keyboard tray from Anthro, so of course I bought the same one. Here are my thoughts:

• It installs quickly. 20 minutes drilling 10 holes and screwing it in. Unfortunately it comes with hex screws, which I didn’t have a drill bit for, so I had to screw them in by hand.
• You can’t just push it up and down like a higher-end model; you have to loosen the spring hinge first.
• It’s built solid and glides smoothly, but it doesn’t use roller bearings and wobbles left/right a bit in the slide track.
• The mouse pad can be relocated to either side. I removed it entirely because I use a TouchStream.
• The wrist guard is stuck on with a bit of glue. I ripped it off because resting your wrists on anything is bad if you have RSI.
• It costs $220, which is a bit less than the others I was looking at.
• I am much happier with it than without it.
• If you have RSI and don’t have a decent ergonomic setup, talk to someone about it ASAP.

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