Keyboard Drawer for Ergonomics and easy Typing Skills

When it comes to designing an office, which uses computers a lot, it is important to give priorities to typing too. Generally, when it comes to ergonomics, people give importance to computer, table and other accessories and ignore the keyboards. But keyboard being an important input device it is inevitable to provide typing comforts. There are several reasons to incorporate a keyboard to your ergonomics accessories list. 

When you invest in a good and ergonomically designed keyboard tray or drawer, it is indeed a good investment for your needs. Here let us take a closer look to the reasons why you should consider investing in a good keyboard tray at your desk.

Keep Your Keyboard and Mouse at the right posture

Generally, a standard desk is designed with a standard height which may vary between 29” and 30” tall, but not all individuals are of same height and the truth is that only a small portion of the population can use it at this height comfortable. This makes the position of the keyboard too high or low for the suggested ergonomic fit. 

But when you incorporate aadjustable keyboard tray or drawer, you can position the keyboard at the ergonomically suggested height. With a adjustable keyboard you can increase and decrease the height of the keyboard, tilt it, angle it and even negative tilt to position it to a comfortable typing posture.  

Basically, a computer user makes a common alternative to position is to find a height adjustable table. At time even that will not help you type comfortably unless you use footrest or a height adjustable table. With a keyboard tray or drawer, you will get more comfortable typing height. 

Negative Tilted Position

If you are not using a keyboard tray, you tend to rest your wrists on the desk. This will make your wrists and fingers strain. When you work on a computer typing for long hours that will hurt your nerves resulting in pinched nerves and strained muscles. In long run that may lead issues such as carpel syndrome. With a keyboard tray, you can adjust the keyboard in negative titling position which keep your wrists and fingers in a comfortable position while typing. 

Keyboard drawer

Free desk space

When you place your system on your desk and the keyboard, you may not have any space for performing other desk work and utility. A keyboard drawer will help you save space as you can fix it under your table. Apart from this there are several keyboard trays available which are incorporated with other features such as space for holding mouse and other accessories.

Apart from the above-mentioned uses, keyboard drawer offers several other benefits such as free space, avoid positioning arms on edge of desk, best wrist support, monitors at correct height and so on.