Tap Strap 2 - Wearable Keyboard, Mouse & Air Gesture Controller (Large-2021)

I was very skeptical about this. Not sure if it even worked very good and the price. Since I had been eying this thing for quite some time, I decided to pull the trigger. And, well I couldn't be happier. I was worried that it would be difficult to remember all the different letters, etc. Frankly, I had more trouble trying to tap correctly on a couple of different letters than I did recalling how to tap a given letter. I'm certainly not typing as fast as I do on a key board, with continued practice, I'm positive I'll keep getting better. The mouse function takes some getting used to, not sure if I ever will. I wear this on my left hand, so my right hand can still work the mouse. Trying to mouse left handed is just a bit too awkward. If you've been skeptical about getting this, worry not. Just go for it, I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Although the delivery was delayed, communication from seller was very proper and product is very good.

TLDR: You can type on a keyboard and move a mouse using gestures via sensors only you can't see either of them. Keyboard can make sense if you had one for both hands, otherwise I'm confused. Mouse function is pretty much a gimmick. It's not a hands-free mouse, you still need a surface to use it. You can map gestures via the app supposedly - I havn't tested the app. If you want a wireless mouse option just buy a bluetooth mouse and keyboard combo. A few of those keyboards can fold up nowadays as well. ------------------ My initial idea was to use this alongside a Vufine display so I could use a keyboard and mouse function hands-free. The Tap-Strap overall feels good. It's lightweight and responsive just it takes time to get used to. There is supposedly an application you can download for it. I didn't download it myself but you're supposedly able to remap the functions of the sensors and create shortcuts depending on the task. The mouse system is a thumb sensor you have to move atop a surface to use. Ideally you're supposed to move your hand as if you were holding a mouse. In practice I just don't thing it's a good system. I would have preferred a thumb-controlled ball or something else. I don't really know who this was designed for, to be honest. I guess the gesture control works fine for keyboards. I just feel the system is too bare for what it's aiming to solve.

I'm a lifelong wearable computing enthusiast, and I'm old enough that most of my life the outlook has been bleak. This device is amazing...ly close to being usable. I'm a moron, and I was able to memorize the alphabet using their great tutorials and mnemonics in just a few days of 15-minute sessions. And then I ran into the wall, because this device cannot be used as a keyboard. If you double tap e, it inputs e, backspace, exclamation mark. If I am using a program that's not a word processor, which treats e, backspace, and exclamation as different commands, this will severely mess things up and be fundamentally unusable. I'm not smart enough, nor interested in trying to memorize a new set of taps for every single program, and even so, that doesn't solve the issue. And without double-tap and triple-tap working as they should, you don't have enough chords for the entire keyboard. The developers have been repeatedly told of this problem for literally years, and they just ignore it, claim it must work this way. If you don't like it, they say, disable double-taps and then you have a device that also isnt' a keyboard, because it hasn't even got most of the characters available. Can you imagine if your mouse had to perform the single-click action on every double-click? It wouldn't be useable except in EXTREMELY limited circumstances. This device is exactly that. If you imagine yourself using this to type in a word processor or messaging app AND NOTHING ELSE you'll love it. It's super cool and it's actually fun to type on. It makes me so sad that I can't make it my daily use keyboard because it's just ... not one, and the devs could fix it with one very tiny optional setting they steadfastly refuse to add, for *years.* Honestly. I'm only writing this because I'm super sad at what a useless device it is, and how much potential is just squandered.

I was very excited to get my hands on the tap strap 2, but every step of the process is riddled with unreliable apps, annoying settings, and ergonomics that are out performed by an Adzerd Smart Ring for 20 bucks. Starting with the app, the app is by far the worst part of this experience as it disconnects frequently, and once disconnected you must either completely clear the app data from your device or you uninstall and reinstall it to reestablish connection. And you NEED the app to change your settings, which are also compromised. The settings allow you to configure multiple presets and switch between them witch is nice as it is just a wearable keyboard and mouse on your hands. But the device is soo sensitive that inputs will execute accidentally frequently. This can be mitigated by setting all commands to 2 - 3 taps, but not only can the switch commands not be switched as they are locked by the manufacturer, but they are also 1 tap. Meaning you might accidentally switch your settings and have to constantly try to set them back to your custom configuration. Ultimately i expected this device to allow me to multitask and execute commands while my hands are occupied, but if you don't have a stable surface to tap or something in your hand, the tap accuracy significantly drops, and you won't be able to instinctively operate this device without having to troubleshoot every time you use it. Again the Adzerd ring is what i wanted this device to replace. Its accurate, doesn't need an app or presets, doesn't need a specific surface to operate and can be used even while typing. I'm turning my music on and scrolling through tiktok as i type this, yea good luck doing that with the tap strap 2. Also the mouse feature is clunky and annoying to use too, but of course it is lol.