What is your ergonomic set-up while traveling?
I personally have an external keyboard, and am currently exploring getting a laptop stand, some lumbar support, and a trackball-mouse.
What do you use? How are you balancing health / portability?
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What is your ergonomic set-up while traveling?
I personally have an external keyboard, and am currently exploring getting a laptop stand, some lumbar support, and a trackball-mouse.
What do you use? How are you balancing health / portability?
Not sure what โergonomicโ means but Nexstand is a lifesaver. That plus a Bluetooth mouse (and keyboard, optionally), because it can get straining on the shoulders/upper back to have your arms elevated to scroll and type constantly.
Something like 20USD on amazon. And no I am not getting paid to promote this thing.
Iโm actually working on a new portable standing desk design to address this issue:
Interested in peopleโs feedback on the design/concept!
To me the real problem is always with the chairs. rented places almost never have ergonomic chairs & most of co-works with the open spaces too.
I just got the new Roost last month. You can feel a huge difference when using it.
Another great stand I want to recommend is the Aviiq Laptop stand. I use both the Roost and Aviiq regularly, but hereโs a few situations where I like the low-profile Aviiq setup:
If I use my full setup, I usually expect to stay set up for a few hours. It does not take long, and is not particularly difficult. But I donโt find it worth the effort if I only plan on spending an hour or less working somewhere.
Occasionally I find myself in coffee shops that donโt have any power outlets available. Using my mouse and bluetooth keyboard drains the battery very quickly. The Aviiq laptop stand still provides most of the benefits of the roost, but without the necessity of all the peripherals.
Finally I sometimes find myself working at a narrow bar, or small table that canโt fit the extra keyboard. The Aviiq stand does not take up any more space than setting up your laptop on itโs own.
I wrote up a full post on my setup here. http://kylegray.io/ergonomic-digital-nomads/
Hope this helps.
The new roost stand is supposed to work with a lot more laptop form factors than the original. The kickstarter is running for a couple more days, I canโt wait to get mine (: An external keyboard and mouse are a must-have- anything to free me up to prop my laptop screen a bit higher!
Just backed the new roost, canโt wait to get it.
What kind of lumbar support do you get? I saw this better back kickstarter but that isnโt out yetโฆ What do you use?
What portable laptop stands are people using?
Iโd love a roost but only have a Windows laptop and donโt think they fit.
Cheers!
I just wrote up a bunch of options on one of my blogs. Mostly because I want that TextBlade something fierce.
At the moment, I try to switch it up a lot to keep from getting stuck in any one position. I alternate between standing and sitting and take lots of dance/stretch breaks, for example.
I carry everything I own when I travel, and donโt check bags. So I need small, but effective.
http://www.livecollarfree.com/digital-nomad-ergonomics/ (Not sure what the link policy is here, but delete this if itโs a no-no, P)
standup desk, sometimes sitting on a high stool, sometimes standing
minicute right and left mice
logitech k810 keyboard
cosmos keyboard cover
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Whoahโฆwhy two mice? How does that work?
They both control the one cursor, I just switch from left and right to give my arms a break.
Just an external mouse at the moment, but will be picking up a laptop stand + external keyboard sometime in the next couple months.
So far only an actual mouse (working with a laptops trackpad would have killed me by now), but looking into the same things you mention, especially lumbar support!
Do you travel with it or buy and expand a new one when you move ?
I travel with a small one from Poker. But itโs so-so ergonomically and the delete key got messed up in my luggage, so I just bought a Goldtouch Go keyboard. It folds up for easy transport and tents for ergonomics. Should be getting here in a week or so - will post the outcome.
Also did a ton of research on this yesterday and may write a blog post.
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Iโve been working from my Macbook Air for a while now and finally started feeling some wrist pain. Some research suggested the absolute minimum one should get is an external mouse / trackpad to avoid those awkward hand movements to the built-in trackpad.
Now I could just buy a cheap one, or even one of those silly tiny travel mice. However, Iโd thought Iโd ask the experts first:
Whatโs the best mouse or trackpad for a digital nomad?
Some features I would like to have:
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