I tried it and I got wrist pain that I never had from the horizontal mouse

I guess my body is completely set? (been using a normal mouse for many, many hours since I was 10yo)

They are great, but I have two issues with my left handed one:

• Right handed people just cannot use it, I can’t just give someone else my mouse for a minute.
• For some stupid reason, the left and right mouse button are switched, so now I have to switch it back in software, so now the buttons on my laptop touchpad are switched.

Trackball gang represent

A cautionary tale if you’re considering.

Years ago someone left my employer abruptly, and on their desk was left a fancy vertical mouse. It sat there for a few days, and I kept glancing over, at first ambivalent, but as time passed the temptation increased. I debated the dilemma of becoming a vertical mouse person, was that really for me? Eventually I succumbed and thought hey it’s worth a try, see what it’s like to be one of them… pure learning opportunity…

Then something happened… I got used to it in about a half hour and in the first day my precision improved. A sudden urge came over me to tell all my coworkers, was I really becoming one of those people so fast? Trying to resist was futile and within a couple days I became a vertical mouse person, always wanting to tell everyone how great they are, constantly resisting the urge. I forgot what life was like with a horizontal mouse, and I never looked back.

As an IT support person, the problem I have with these mice is that the left mouse button is also on the vertical. So when heavy-handed users click on a file in explorer, they also slightly drag down, so the file “disappears” into a folder, and now it’s a support ticket to get the file restored.

Sigh.

i find these WAY more painful to use than a normal mouse, it puts all my weight on that hemispherical bit in the wrist and the angle is just slightly off being the neutral position for my hand so it’s instead constantly putting stress on the arm…

i want one that’s just slightly more tilted than a normal mouse.

Any suggestions for a good quality vertical? The one the office purchased for me feels cheap and the time-to-sleep is too short(mouse doesn’t wake on motion).

Thumball with 3D printed vertical stand yes I got asked about it a lot

At that point, why not just use a joystick? I guess this would be faster; I assume you still move it around like a mouse you’re just holding it like a joystick.

How far have you sent your vertical mouse flying off the desk?

I know you’ve done it. Right after you typed that thing and went to click that button.

Life is hard for vertical mice.

How do you grasp it? Do you hold it like a massive cock? A gearstick? A pencil?

I saw one an am curious, does it work well with fps games?