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Brief review of the Matias Half Keyboard et al

I ended up buying four pieces of equipment to help deal with being temporarily one-handed : the Matias half keyboard , the X-keys foot pedal (cheaper than the Kinesis pedals, which got lukewarm reviews on Amazon), the Keyspan PR-US2 Presentation Remote , and the Pacific Outdoors 17-LC100 Folding Recliner . The good: I'm very pleased with the recliner and modestly happy with the remote.  I got the recliner to take naps in; the brace on my arm didn't really accomodate lying down.  This $80 recliner compares well with zero gravity recliners costing over 10x as much.  (I've used two of the expensive variety; a BackSaver and one whose brand I don't recall.)  The only downside is you can either sit up, or recline fully; there is supposedly a way to adjust the recline angle, but it doesn't really work.  Expensive zero gravity recliners can all reliably lock at any angle you like. The remote mostly worked as a mouse substitute that I could use with my immobilized right han