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Glorious Wood Ergonomic Wrist Rest vs Keychron Silicone Palm Rest
Which should you buy? Our verdict on both, pulled from our full The Best Keyboard Wrist Rests: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) comparison.
The Glorious wood rest wins on the basics: a published 20 mm height, three lengths from compact to full size, non-slip rubber feet, and a surface you can wipe clean forever. The Keychron silicone bar is the better value and the easier fit if your keyboard is on its very long list of matched lengths.
Glorious Wood Ergonomic Wrist Rest
Buy itA solid hardwood bar with a published 20 mm thickness and three lengths, which makes height matching a decision instead of a guess.
- Glorious publishes the thickness, 0.79 in (20 mm), so you can compare it against the front edge of your own keyboard before you buy.
- Solid USA-sourced hardwood does not compress, so the height you measure on day one is the height you get in year three.
- Three lengths cover 65 and 75 percent, tenkeyless and full size boards, all 102 mm deep, and Glorious states it fits keyboards from other brands too.
- Hardwood is firm, and OSHA's guidance suggests supports that are fairly soft and rounded to minimise pressure, so this is a preference call rather than a clear win.
- The most expensive rest here by a wide margin, and the material is the only real reason for the gap.
- Only three fixed lengths, so a board that falls between sizes will leave an overhang or a gap.
Keychron Silicone Palm Rest
Buy itAn 18 mm silicone bar sold in more than a dozen exact lengths, which is the cheapest way to get a proper height and length match.
- Keychron publishes a full table: most sizes are 79.5 mm deep and 18 mm tall, with lengths from 306 mm up to 447 mm mapped to specific keyboard layouts.
- Silicone is described by Keychron as durable and easy to clean with a non-slip surface, so there is no fabric to absorb hand oils.
- Soft and rounded rather than rigid, which lines up with OSHA's advice on minimising pressure, and it costs less than everything else here.
- At 79.5 mm it is the shallowest rest in this group, though still well past the 1.5 in (3.8 cm) minimum depth OSHA suggests.
- You have to know your keyboard's length in millimetres to pick the right SKU, and Keychron notes lengths can vary by plus or minus 3 mm.
- Stock is patchy: at the time of writing most of the size and colour combinations on Keychron's own page were listed as backordered.
Side by side
| Glorious Wood Ergonomic Wrist Rest | Keychron Silicone Palm Rest | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict | Buy | Buy |
| Best for | Someone who wants a rest that stays exactly the same height forever and can be wiped down without a second thought. | Anyone whose keyboard length appears in Keychron's table and who wants a low, wipe-clean rest without spending much. |
| Price tier | $$$ · premium | $ · budget |
The bottom line
Our overall pick is the Glorious Wood Ergonomic Wrist Rest - A solid hardwood bar with a published 20 mm thickness and three lengths, which makes height matching a decision instead of a guess. Choose the Keychron Silicone Palm Rest instead if anyone whose keyboard length appears in Keychron's table and who wants a low, wipe-clean rest without spending much.
Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Keyboard Wrist Rests: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).