Lunar Lander Wrist Rest

I know I teased astronomy-themed products while having a teaser image using three others instead, so how about I make up for it with the most impressive wrist rest I have ever seen? Moon Key has 29 different wrist rests to choose from, 12 more than its keycaps, and to suit your keyboard form factor, each can be had in sizes ranging from 40% to full-size. The packaging for the wrist rest is sized accordingly, and a thick cardboard two-piece box. It comes in blue with the Moon Key logo in a glossy color that shines in different shades of blue or purple depending on the incident light and opens up like a gift box—we even get a hand-written note first up. A thin foam sheet adds further protection to the wrist rest, which has thick foam on the sides and a very nice wiping cloth to clean it.


What I have here is the Lunar Lander wrist rest in a 60% keyboard size, and I spent a few minutes just holding it in my hands and feeling dirty for not wearing gloves. Good thing that piece of cloth came in the box, but I will say that this is not a dust or fingerprint magnet to begin with. The resin comes hand-polished, and the entire product is effectively hand made as well. This one is 30x7.5 cm in size, and sizes smaller or larger differ in their moon surface pattern extensions on either side of the landing site. We see rounded corners with a gray resin base that is exposed further on the back, where the finish is unfortunately not as well executed as on the front. Five rubber pads help stay it in place and absorb pressure from your wrists, and a look from the side reveals the light elevation at the top.


Around this time, I also noticed that the textured inlay, which does a fantastic job of bringing the moon's surface to your desk, also looks slightly different depending on the incident light and angle of examination. Refraction certainly contributes to the effect, which makes for some lighter gray accents as seen above. This is one of the reasons I did not place the wrist rests under the microscope; while it would have been larger, it would not have revealed anything practical that the macro lens here does not already show. I wish Moon Key would have shared more details about the making of this wrist rest because I am certainly curious about what went into getting the patterns of space dust and rock impacts. The 3-dimensionality of the wrist rest is also one that is best appreciated in person, including the landing site—a take on the Sea of Tranquility that shows the warped legs of the lander module at different angles. The lander is a physical insert that is nicely detailed, though we do see some minor red color spills around the legs.


I chose to pair all the Moon Key products with the Anne 2 Pro since it's a very clean, white keyboard, and a 60% form factor, too. This particular Lunar Lander wrist rest thus perfectly fits length-wise and looks quite the part, if I say so myself. Seen above are two angles of the wrist rest with the keyboard, which also show the slight differences in its perceived color. The Lunar Lander module placed in the middle is less likely to be covered by your hands, though it is of course going to be easier to appreciate this the larger the wrist rest.