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Sitting at your desk is something that you probably do for a substantial portion of the day whether you work in an office, or play games at home. If this sounds like you, then you probably also have a nice chair that you find comfy to sit in for those long periods. What about your feet though? Do you put them on the floor or up on a stool maybe? Maybe just on top of your PC or some boxes?
Either way, none of these options are really ideal and a fresh off the press Kickstarter, aims to change that. The Foot Hammock is, like it sounds, a small hammock for your feet. It firmly attaches to two adhesive mounts under your desk and from there, two adjustable straps go to a small hammock for you to rest your feet on.
Once secured, the hammock will be able to hold 100 pounds of weight and can also be machine washed when needed for those of us who want to use it bare foot. With several options for material and even heated hammocks, this seems like a simple but ingenious idea by Matt Hulme, the creator of this project. The adjustable straps allow you to have your feet just off the floor, or as high as you need depending on how you are sitting. Starting out at $20 for a mesh material and going up to $40 for a heated fleece (+$15 if shipping outside the US) the expected shipping date is June this year. [yframe url='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gLLzDpcZJw']
Early bird options are all sold out unfortunately, but it looks like this project is easily going to surpass its initial goal of $15,000 with pledges of $12,028 so far in the first day and 32 days still to go. As always when backing Kickstarter projects, be aware that you are not buying a finished product and there may be delays and changes made to the final product, if you have concerns about this you should read the Kickstarter help pages here.
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KitGuru Says: I have a small IKEA table under my desk for me to rest my feet on when I'm leaning back or fidgeting so this Kickstarter pretty much had me at hammock. I do hope that it will all work out for Matt, as it is always a risk for backers that there will be delays or changes made to the final design. I've gone for a Fleece Hammock, anyone else interested in backing?
Now, if I only had a desk which I could put my feet under. I need to place them either directly down on the floor or at the side of the desk (or my bed, but the angle to my monitors gets uncomfortable.).
Back this
Right now
I need this in my life.
great idea. i love the fact that they are trying to make it look like the guy is playing the game, but is actually just watching a video
Well spotted, I lol’d
why buy this when a tilted foot stool is more than sufficient, from just this picture you will see the legs of the person modelling this product are almost straightened out. This will cause, over several hours of gaming (and come on when your gamin its not gonna be for 30 mins its gonna be for like 2,3, 4 or even more hours) will cause muscle strain and tension, so in essence this product cannot be safely used over long periods!
The body naturally needs to be moved and flexed at regular intervals – this includes not having your legs at either a bent or straightened position for extended periods of time but a mixture of both. Using this product will encourage you to sit with your legs at a fully extended position for longer than natural periods of time – AND please dont retort saying “Well all you need to do is have several breaks during its use whilst you are gaming” as even I, myself, know when you are gaming you tend to “forget” to do actions such as taking breaks!
As I said, if you buy this product, you are wasting your hard earned cash and possibly risking injury. Just get a tilted foot stool instead which holds your leg position in a natural and more comfortable position.