NEWS & REVIEWS
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I received a UniTray, & haven't suffered any pain since. The UniMouse is a very comfortable design, and combined with the UniTray, it's a great choice for someone who uses a mouse for eight hours a day. |
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"The
Low Profile Gel-MouseTray (UniTray) is the most ergonomic mouse
pad i have ever seen or used" Nora
Collins, PT |
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After using the UniTray, normal mousing surfaces seemed sluggish. The UniTray surface is very slick and responsive |
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| The wrist pad provides a comfortable resting surface and definitely reduces hand fatique. The mousing surface is smooth and allows the user to have adequate cursor control. The tray surface is adequate for most users. One of our reviewers, with exceptionally large hands, wished for additional inches of available mousing surface. | |
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The UniTray, a mouse pad from Contour shines brightly on a computer store shelf. It shows off it's vivid colors and sleek designs, and just yells out "try me!" It's worth all that it looks... The UniTray isn't the normal mouse pad. It comes with a gel wrist pad which one's wrist lays comfortably on. Pros: Sleek design, comfortable gel wrist pad, smooth surface for easy control over one's mouse. Who it's for: People looking to support their wrists and colorize their computer Overall Rating: 4 (out of 5) Hockey Pucks |
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| Contour Design also makes an ergonomic mouse pad, the UniTray. I highly recommend it no matter whose mouse you use; it really does make a noticeable difference in comfort and performance. |
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At first, I was wondering how I was going to write a worthwhile review for 2 very simple products; a mouse and a mousetray. But, after using Contour Design’s UniMouse and UniTray, I now know how! The UniMouse is a fully hot-pluggable USB peripheral, and the UniTray will work with any mouse; USB or not! :) The UniTray comes in lime, tangerine, strawberry, grape, blueberry, and banana. True, there isn’t an Apple product in banana (word has it that there will be soon), but that’s all the reason to get one. Think Different! The UniTray is a mouse tray with a surface that feels nice. It too, comes in the aforementioned 6 colors, plus plain ‘ol black. The design and look of the UniTray is very, very cool. Below the mousing surface is a gel pad for palm support, which has an interesting design; it is level with the mousing surface, so if you should drag the mouse down low, it will not get blocked. I’ve used other mouse trays, and that is definitely an annoying attribute. In the time that I’ve used the UniTray, I’ve never had any problems with blocking of the mouse or moving the mouse off the mousing surface. Additionally, the gel pad is height adjustable, via a spacer, which allows you to customize the palm support the height. The material that the mousing surface is made out of is very nice, and the tracking of the mouse feels real good. All in all, I’m very impressed by Contour Design’s two product offerings for the Mac. They are both build solidly, and work as promised. Contour Design has other products in the works, which should (again) revolutionize current ideas. I look forward to seeing what’s next from them. |
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Contour UniTray By John Fu The UniTray is a mousepad available in seven different casings (the five iMac colors, black and "banana") with an integrated gel wrist rest at its base. I received a tangerine UniTray for review, and aside from the fact that it clashes with the beige-ness of every computer component on my desk, I found the UniTray quite stylish. The UniTray's mousing surface allows smooth mouse motion, but is a bit narrower than other mouse pads I've used. Unlike the Kensington Sport mousepad it replaced on my desk, the UniTray's gel wrist rest is flush with the mousing surface, rather than raised to meet your wrist. Contour claims that raised wristrests encourage the user to maneuver the mouse with the wrist, leading to possible wrist problems. I found the flat wrist rest useful for a different reason: the Perfit mouse is so large that it is quite difficult to use it with a raised-wristrest mousepad. Contour sells the UniTray for $19.95, a fairly steep price considering how freely mouse pads are thrown around these days; however, purchasers of a Contour mouse can snag one for the more reasonable price of $9.95. Owners of fruit-flavored Macintosh models will find it a colorful complement to their desktop. Contour
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The UniTray definitely deserves a place underneath your Contour UniMouse. Used together they provide the ultimate in computing comfort. The Ultra-Glide surface of the UniTray is absolutely the smoothest and best mousing surface that I have ever used. |
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Without the slightest hesitation, the UFCWS recommends these products to our readers. An absolute knockout, must have pair of products. |
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First off, I like it because it is huge. It is important to have a lot of space on a mouse pad, especially if you do any kind of graphical design or if you have a big screen. A big issue is always about how precise the surface is. Well, after several weeks of testing, no problems at all. I used to work with a 3M mouse pad (really precise one) and the UniTray works as well as my former pad did. This is where most mouse pads will fail, but the UniTray succeeds. |
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The UniTray is a great mouse surface. The size is 11.75" by 7.5" and provides a 7" by 7" mouse surface. It places the mouse about 3/4" off the desk top. The proximal portion with the wrist pad slopes down to 3/8" off the desk top. The rolling surface grips the mouse ball very well so there shouldn't be any pointer skipping if it is kept clean. The wrist pad is just about right in resiliency, not too hard and not too soft. It is a much better mouse surface than a foam pad, whether the foam pad is topped with lycra or a more rigid material. |
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The UniTray is ingenuous only in that it raises the UniMouse and your hand above the table. Your wrist sets on a squishy comfortable wrist pad and the mouse sits level with the pad on a hard surface covered with a smooth film. This forces your hand and wrist to be completely straight and in a resting position. The mouse is tall enough that your hand sits in a cupped position like it's supposed to at rest, and your wrist is flat with the UniTray. This is an amazing feel. Finally, I give it a rating 4 out of 5 iMacs. |
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Ci siamo occupati spesso del mouse fornito dalla Apple in dotazione con iMac e recentemente anche con i nuovi sistemi G3 blu e bianchi. Abbiamo parlato di quanto lo riteniamo inadeguato, di quanto la sua forma rotonda pregiudichi il preciso controllo del cursore sullo schermo. Apple sembra ancora insensibile a questo problema o per lo meno non ha ancora preso provvedimenti grazie ai quali un utente non debba ritrovarsi ad utilizzare un mouse con una così scadente ergonomia... |
