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87 sats \ 2 replies \ @TresDMan 9h \ on: Ergonomic Mouses: What's the Stackers' Take? HealthAndFitness
As an audio engineer, this is a truly important topic for me. We spend too many hours with our hands attached to a device that controls the cursor on computer screen.
The Kensington line of products has been my go-to for many years. I'd been using their Expert Mouse Wired Trackball for a number of years -
https://www.kensington.com/p/products/ergonomic-desk-accessories/ergonomic-input-devices/expert-mouse-wired-trackball3-1/
But, after a couple of years I started experiencing pain and discomfort in my hand, wrist and arm. The stationary nature of this trackball really helps + the assignable buttons make my editing way quicker, but my hand would perpetually end up in an unnatural position for most of the day - sort of parallel to the desk surface. This is what was prompting much of the pain.
Over a year ago, I switched to their Orbit Fusion Wireless Trackball -
https://www.kensington.com/p/products/ergonomic-desk-accessories/ergonomic-input-devices/orbit-fusion-wireless-trackball/
It hasn't solved all of the pain, but it greatly improved the situation. It gave my hand more of a natural tilt + the trackball has a smaller footprint on my desk.
I was too afraid to go with one of those mouses / trackballs that would place my hand almost fully perpendicular to the desk surface. Either, I'd be stuck with a mouse that I have to move around (I prefer trackballs) or, as one of my colleagues that works in the same space pointed out, the trackball would be assigned to only my thumb and that gets tiring pretty quickly.
I guess I didn't really recommend any of the ones you shared above 😁, but maybe the extra insight will help you decide.
really not sold on the trackballs (family members have used them and swear against them) but I gotta say the red one looks aaaamaaazing!
Imagine having that on your desktop, woohoo
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