What you have on your desk and in your workspace at home can reveal a lot about you: how you work, what you like to distract yourself with, what kind of toys and other tchotchkes you like to have around you. That is why we have the What’s On Your Desk? series, where we look at how some of our coworkers organize their spaces. It gives us — and you, our readers — a glimpse into the personality of the folks who work here.
Out of curiosity, we took a look at some of our past articles to see if any of the devices that our staff use in their day-to-day work have surfaced during Amazon’s Prime Day sale. We managed to find quite a few.
Here they are, along with any comments that the folks who use them had to say.
I have a Logitech G713 wired mechanical keyboard with GX red linear switches. It came with the cloud wrist rest, which was admittedly the main reason I bought it over other keyboards. (I got a rainy day-themed mouse pad from a small stationery shop called Unicorn Eclipse to complete the look.) I also liked the tenkeyless layout; my previous keyboard had a number pad and two rows of programmable keys, and even though setting up macros was nice, it took up way too much space on my desk. Plus, I only ever used the number pad to input the PC shortcut for em dashes.
I also got the matching Logitech G705 wireless gaming mouse, which, again, I use wired. I was worried it would be too small — it’s specifically marketed as having a “smaller fit,” and my hands are a pretty average size — but I actually love it! It’s comfortable and made me realize the Razer mouse is slightly too big for me.
I used to fish the cables off the floor when I needed them but I finally got these stick-on cord holders, and I’ve been a changed woman ever since.
At my desk, I use this Logitech Pebble 2 keyboard and mouse that I bought purely based on looks but they’re quite nice.
Unless a company wants their review device back right away, I like to keep them for about a year after the review to revisit them and use them for comparisons. But everything eventually goes back to the manufacturer, unless they specifically don’t want it — in which case I bring it to a center that will either refurbish and reuse them or recycle them. I was keeping them in their boxes until I saw some other phone reviewers had them organized in neat little stands, so I got one, and I’m not sure how I lived without it before.
I usually have a huge Logitech Ergo K860 keyboard, as I have had some wrist issues.
The pink Logitech Lift mouse is my favorite mouse ever. I’ve spent a long time looking for a comfortable mouse that doesn’t aggravate my wrist, and it does the job. I love its scroll wheel, but I set up its buttons to do something useful when I first got it and have never used them since.
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