Choosing The Best Trackball Mouse
When choosing which trackball mouse is best for you, you need to take into consideration your usage and hand configuration.
If you’re using the mouse for gaming or graphics, you will want a mouse that is technologically advanced in optics. The reason for this is an advanced optics mouse is going to be much more precise in its movements (great for graphics) and much more responsive to the smallest movement of the user (great for gaming). For instance, Microsoft has a mouse that scans 1500 scans per second. This is a very responsive very precise instrument that will handle itself well in both graphics and gaming capacities.
If you are just looking for a nice comfortable mouse that will get you in and about the web without need of such precise movements, you may want to downgrade the optical features to a less costly version that is still capable of handling your requirements.
The trackball mouse comes in ergonomic and non ergonomic styles. You will need to decide of the more expensive ergonomic designs are worth the extra cost to you. If you frequently spend time on the computer, you may want to consider the ergonomic designs as they will make computer work much less stressful on your hand, wrist and arm and will minimize the fatigue you feel when working long hours.
At present I use a humanscale mouse but I am getting pains in my wrist. I tried the Kensington Orbit trackball but found it pushes your hand upwards and the large ball is to high up. Having small hands I found the left and right click buttons too far apart. Being left handed knocks out the Logitech trackman wheel. I like the look of the rolee polee but cannot see how much it is and whether it can be used in the left hand.
Is there any mice you can recommend as just looking at a picture does not give me an idea of how high it is. I use the computer all day using a mixture of office applications and plotting areas on a map, so the track ball needs to be responsive.
Thank you for your help
The logitech Marble one is great. Cheap, realiable, comfortable… the only thing it lacks is a wheel with its central button, but if this is something that doesnt worries you, I would go for the Marble. Best choice around, unles you spare more than 100 quid on a Kensington Expert.