Sculpt Comfort Keyboard

(Microsoft)

Reviewed by Chris Gardner

Medical professionals recently told me to stay off keyboards following a road accident in which I received a neck injury, which referred pain to my hands as I typed. Gosh, was I sore.

I returned to work after a couple of weeks' rest to the Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard.

I'd like to say that it aided my recovery, but there's no way I could know that, as I didn't use any other keyboard at work after my accident.

The Sculpt Comfort Keyboard connects to the personal computer via a wireless USB dongle and is powered via a pair of AAA batteries.

It comes with a clip on padded wrist rest that attaches to the front of the keyboard. The padding has a pair of feet that raises the front of the keyboard up, but strangely there are none at its rear which means it slopes backwards with front feet up.

There must be some ergonomic benefit to this, but I failed to see it.

The keyboard is a cross between the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, which curves like a wave and splits the keyboard into one part for your left hand and one for your right, and a standard flat oblong keyboard. The Sculpt Comfort Keyboard is also contoured like a wave but doesn't split the keyboard in two, although it does split the spacebar into two parts.