OE Group

19/10/2026

There's a specific reason your keyboard should line up with your belly button. This is it.

In this video, Mark Rigby, Director of Sales at OE Group, explains centralisation: the ergonomic rule that keeps all your primary input devices within one shoulder's width, eliminating the overreaching, rotation and strain that builds up over a nine-to-five. Once you understand it, you'll never set up a workstation the same way again.

The Penclic C3 Office V2 Mini Wired Ergonomic Keyboard is the product that brings this principle to life. Compact and portable by design, it sits precisely where it should — B key to belly button, mouse right beside it — making correct centralisation effortless whether you're at a fixed desk or working from a laptop on the move.

Key features:

- Super-slim, low-profile scissor-switch keys
- Reprogrammable keys
- 3 additional USB ports (ideal for peripherals, numpad or phone charging)
- Wired connection via USB-A and USB-C (adapter included)
- Plug and Play, no drivers required
- Compact and lightweight for daily use and travel
- Sleek Swedish design

Whether you're working at a permanent desk, in a home office, or moving between multiple workstations, this video gives you the principle that should sit behind every setup.

🪑 Penclic C3 Mini Wired Ergonomic Keyboard Product Page: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/penclic-c3-office-v2-mini-wired-ergonomic-keyboard/

13/10/2026

One Simple Ergonomic Principle That Can Transform Your Workspace.

Could the way you’ve positioned your keyboard be causing unnecessary strain?

Discover the simple ergonomic principle of centralisation—and why it matters.

Whether you work from home, in the office, or split your time between the two, one simple ergonomic principle can make a significant difference to your comfort: centralisation.

In this short video, Mark Rigby explains how keeping your keyboard, mouse and laptop within your natural working zone helps minimise unnecessary reaching, reduces upper limb strain, and encourages a healthier working posture.

You’ll also learn one of the easiest ergonomic “rules of thumb” to remember:

👉 B to Belly Button — keeping the B key aligned with your belly button helps centralise your keyboard and encourages a more natural working position.
Small adjustments can make a surprisingly big difference.

For more ergonomic advice, workplace tips and product demonstrations, visit our website: www.oe-group.co.uk

Shop Mice, Keyboards & Touchpads: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product-category/ergonomic-accessories/mice-keyboards-touchpads/

08/10/2026

Buying ergonomic equipment shouldn’t be a guessing game.

A chair can have all the right features and still be wrong for your body. A desk can fit the room but not the way you work. And the accessory you think you need might not be solving the real problem at all.

That’s why we’ve created three comprehensive buying guides covering ergonomic desks, chairs and accessories — helping you understand what matters, what to look for and what to consider before you buy.

Do the research once. Make the right choice the first time.

Explore our Buying Guides on the OE Group Knowledge page.

https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/knowledge-category/buying-guides/

05/10/2026

❌ Laptop on Your Lap

For short bursts? Fine.
For long stretches? Not so much.

Browsing, watching, replying to a couple of messages on the sofa - no problem. Comfort matters here. The issue is when a casual position turns into an hour, or three. That’s when it becomes a reliable route to neck strain, back pain and, frankly, uncomfortably warm thighs.

Why it starts to cause problems:
- You’re neck is angled down for long periods
- Your shoulders round and your upper back takes more load
- Your wrists are bent at awkward angles
- You remain static for hours at a time
- Nobody benefits

So think of laptops like this👇

For play:
Casual is fine. Sofa, bed, kitchen chair - enjoy it. Just keep it short and move around.

For work:
Put the laptop on a surface. Raise it, ideally using a laptop stand, so the screen sits closer to eye level. Add an external keyboard and, if possible, a mouse.

If you’re using a laptop every day, don’t take the name literally. Use it properly.

Explore OE Home: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/home/

28/09/2026

Balancing a laptop on your knees? Working from your bed or sofa?

Discover a smarter, more comfortable way to work from anywhere in your home.

Whether you’re working from your sofa, studying in bed, recovering at home, or simply looking for a comfortable way to use your laptop, the Portable Bed Table offers a practical and flexible ergonomic solution.

In this video, Mark Rigby demonstrates how the Portable Bed Table adapts to different working styles with adjustable height settings, multiple viewing angles, and a foldable, portable design that’s easy to store when not in use.

Key Features

✔ Height-adjustable design with five height settings
✔ Four tilt positions (0°, 12°, 24° and 36°)
✔ Ideal for laptops, tablets, reading and writing
✔ Foldable for easy storage and portability
✔ Water-resistant work surface
✔ Safety ledge to help keep devices securely in place
✔ Supports up to 15kg

Ideal for:

• Home working
• Hybrid working
• Students
• Reading and writing
• Laptop use in bed or on the sofa
• Recovery periods and reduced mobility

Portable Bed Table Product Page: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/portable-bed-table/

23/09/2026

Three hours into an essay and you’ve basically origami’d yourself into your laptop.

There’s a reason for that. Your screen and keyboard are glued together, but your eyes and hands want to be in completely different postcodes.

⌨️ Keyboard at the right height? Your neck’s doing downward dog.

💻 Screen at eye level? Your wrists are doing crow pose.

Fine for firing off one email. Not so fine when your laptop’s doubling up as your lecture hall, library, notebook and 2am revision desk.

The fix is stupidly simple: Split them up.

Prop the screen up with a laptop riser. Use a separate keyboard and mouse.
One rule to remember: B-button to bellybutton. Line the B key on your keyboard roughly with your bellybutton.

Back to School shouldn’t mean back to looking like a question mark over your laptop.

Unfold yourself →

Explore our Ergonomic Accessories Buying Guide: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/knowledge/ergonomic-accessories-buying-guide/

Watch One Simple Ergonomic Principle That Can Transform Your Workspace: https://youtu.be/zaNjz5Qsc3g?si=xLxqO5B9Ge5LyI-m

14/09/2026

Your desk lamp can charge your keyboard.

That got our attention too.

Meet Mousetrapper Type.

⌨️ Ultra-slim ergonomic design
↕️ Positive and negative tilt options
☀️ Solar-powered from daylight or indoor light
📱 Connect up to 4 devices
⚡ 11 programmable buttons
♻️ Shell made from 100% recycled plastic

But the clever bit isn’t only how the Mousetrapper Type is powered. Eight adjustable levelling feet, front and rear, give you greater control over your typing angle, particularly useful if you’re managing carpal tunnel syndrome, RSI or Raynaud’s, or simply looking for a more comfortable way to work.

Discover the Mousetrapper Type at OE Group.
https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/mousetrapper-type-keyboard/

10/09/2026

And did those feet…

Walk upon England’s mountains green?

Well, perhaps not today.

There’s an assignment to finish. A Teams call at three. Six messages you haven’t answered. Something called “a quick task” that has already taken 47 minutes.

Outside, however, Britain continues being inconveniently beautiful.

There are hills to climb. Parks to lie in. Dogs that require walking. Friends already at the pub. Trains leaving for places where your laptop isn’t invited.

The poet William Blake imagined England's green and pleasant land over 200 years ago, and vowed not to cease from Mental Fight until he'd built it. We may have swapped his dark satanic mills for screens, notifications and the little red circle telling us we have 1,437 unread emails, but the fight itself — the daily one, not the historic one — remains remarkably familiar. Your time belongs to more than work.

Hour Buddy helps put boundaries around the things that need doing. Set 5, 10, 25 or 50 minutes. Give the task your attention. See the time you’ve allocated to it. And when that time is done, decide what gets your attention next.

By all means, be productive. Just remember the green and pleasant land is still out there (well perhaps not so green after the summer we’ve had). Go and put your feet on it.

Meet Hour Buddy: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/hour-buddy/

08/09/2026

You've got an essay to write. So why are you reorganising your desk?

Or rereading the same paragraph. Checking your phone. Making another coffee. Thinking about everything you need to do instead of actually starting any of it.

And when you finally do start, an hour somehow disappears.

Studying isn't always hard because the work is hard. Sometimes it's getting started. Judging how long something will actually take. Staying focused. Looking at three hours of revision and not knowing where to even begin.

So make the time smaller.

- 5 minutes to get started.
- 10 minutes to review your notes.
- 25 minutes of focused revision.
- 50 minutes to properly crack on with that assignment.

Hour Buddy turns an open-ended "I have to study" into a defined block with a beginning and an end.

That structure can be especially useful for students with ADHD, time blindness, executive function challenges or overwhelm. But you don't need a diagnosis to know the peculiar art of spending 45 minutes avoiding a 20-minute task.

Study time, made visible.

Meet Hour Buddy. Time you can see. Focus you can feel.

Discover more: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/hour-buddy/

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07/09/2026

Not everyone experiences time in the same way.

For many of us, a clock on the wall or a timer on our phone is enough. We know roughly how long ten minutes feels. We can judge whether a task will take half an hour. We notice time passing.

But for people who experience time blindness, executive function challenges, cognitive fatigue, anxiety or overwhelm, time can be much harder to judge, structure and manage. Starting a task can be difficult. Twenty minutes can disappear unnoticed. Moving from one activity to another can become a challenge.

That's where something as simple as a timer can become something more useful.

Hour Buddy takes time out of the background and puts it physically in front of you. Choose a block of time, flip to start and the visual countdown provides a clear, predictable reference for the task ahead.

It won't manage your time for you. But for people who benefit from greater visual structure, predictability and external cues, it can make time easier to work with.
And that includes people with ADHD and attention-related conditions, autism and sensory processing differences, executive function challenges, cognitive fatigue and brain fog, as well as students, children and workplace professionals.

Meet Hour Buddy. Time you can see. Focus you can feel.
Discover more: https://www.online-ergonomics.co.uk/product/hour-buddy/