[melling]

I'm not sure how much keeping your wrists straight helps with RSI. When people thought it carpel tunnel syndrome the idea was to keep your wrists straight. The real problem seems to be the cheap rubber dome or scissor switches that only activate when you bottom out the keys.

[lfowles]

I did a radical switch to an Alphagrip keyboard, which is still membrane switches (as far as I can tell). No more random twinges of pain. The primary difference is that I no longer wrest my wrists on anything (even a gel type pad), but it could also be that I don't use as much force to activate the keys when my fingers are already there.

[melling]

This "game controller"?

http://www.amazon.com/iGrip-Ergonomic-Keyboard-by-AlphaGrip/...

How effective are you with it? Looks like a bit of a learning curve.

[lfowles]

Yep, that's the one! I can get around ~60wpm (100wpm on a qwerty keyboard) with normal text and passable at programming. Took about a month of daily typing lessons to get that fast and I still need a regular keyboard around for annoying key combos.

[noir_lord]

Varies from person to person.

In my case switching from a regular mechanical to a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 at home and work completely relieved all the issues I was having with wrists and forearm pain.

Easily the best 100 quid I ever spent (for the pair).