I used to look around reddit for product suggestions, reddit sucks and I don’t trust the bias anymore due to gorilla marketing.
I figured I could pop the question here, maybe help drive some lemmy traffic!
Any mouse suggestions? Wireless is preferred and the main use case is general desktop. I do play games with it but I play single player rpgs, so it doesn’t need competitive specs.
If you know of a mouse that doesn’t meet the criteria post it anyway, just add the different use case!
Blue ball model (also comes with gray ball option)
Gray ball model
I’ve got both and the gray ball model is definitely nicer. It’s got a wedge and a magnetic plate for picking an angle for ergonomic reasons. It generally feels nicer and has some neat things like a button for switching connections which is handy if you watch to use it with multiple computers. It also uses USB-C to charge (specifically the “MX Ergo S”, not the “MX Ergo” which is the older version and used micro usb).
If you’re new to trackballs though and just want to try them out, the cheaper model is perfect serviceable.
Another vote for the grey one here. I used to have RSI and switching to a trackball has saved me. Now I only use a mouse for gaming and a trackball for everything else.
Still have to watch out for RSI with these, unfortunately. I absolutely loved its predecessor,
but a few years with it left me with an excruciating case of DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis and I’ve been afraid to try it again since.
I had that one too! And before that I also had a
I wish they’d include the free spinning scroll wheel on these models. Having used other models with this feature I can’t to back to something without it.