Logitech Washable Keyboard

Your keyboard should not provide a crunchy soundtrack to an email. The Logitech Washable Keyboard suits the desk-lunch crowd: its hand-wash-safe design lets you clean it with water, rather than accept biscuit crumbs as a permanent feature of your workspace.

The useful detail is that the keys are built for this treatment, with laser-printed lettering and a UV coating for durability. Around that washable party trick sits a familiar keyboard layout, plus 12 shortcut hot keys for things like opening email, launching a web search and pausing music. You plug it into your computer and start typing, with no software to install.

It is wired, so it does not suit a cable-free desk. But if lunch regularly happens next to your spreadsheet, this is a sensible bit of permission to be human. A keyboard you can hand-wash makes more sense there than another stern promise to stop eating at your desk.