Orbit Mouse - Wired Ergonomic TrackBall Mouse for PC, Mac and Windows with Scroll Ring, Ambidextrous Design and Optical Tracking - Blue (K72337EU)

Originally I dropped a star due to the price but it is a good quality item so on reflection maybe I'm being a bit harsh. I bought a second one later from Amazon warehouse for about half the price and it's a bargain at that price. It works exactly as you'd want it to and the scroll wheel is very good. Overall I found all the functions responsive and accurate. It's comfortable to use, well designed and the ergonomics work well. It sits flat on the desk and whilst bigger than a standard mouse it needs less space because it doesn't move around. I've seen some questions on here so I can report that it works perfectly on my Linux Mint 22 system. No setup required. Just plug in the USB and away you go. No extra drivers needed. I don't use it for gaming so I can't comment on that aspect. I

I have been a diehard mouse user, and badgered by son and partner (both creatives) to get a trackball. I hated trackballs - having used theirs whenever on their PCs. My argument for not getting one was that I couldn't scroll and had to fly over to the right of my screen to pick up the scrollbar, then I'd drift off it so it would jump up, and then the same process when i need to go back up the page. If you're constantly going up and down pages fast, it's a nightmare with a trackball. However, the mouse did make you crawl all over the desk, having to lift it up and down all the time when covering wide areas of the screen and running out of deskspace. After one such argument, I said "if only they made a trackball with a scrollwheel" - so I simply googled it and found this one. Read all the reviews, and there are many on there just like me, mouse users, in need of the scrollwheel, doing graphics, etc. So I was convinced and took the plunge. BEST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!! Not having to move my mouse all over my desk is just fantastic, you realise you just put up with these things in everyday life because you have to, and now I don't have to I realise what an actual nightmare it could be. The buttons are very soft to click, it's such an easy, fabulous piece of kit. The blue rollerball is really nice to look at as well, if that's your thing, and the action on it is really smooth. I am so much zippier around my pages now. The wrist rest that comes with it is also a great bonus. The hand position is just right for me (whereas on son and husband's kensington the ball is too high and my wrist is at a sharper angle). So now guess who wants one just like mine?! If you're worried about taking the plunge on switching from mouse to trackball, this is the one to go for. And the price is pretty amazing too I thought (elsewhere on the web for around £30 which I did NOT want to spend). Highly recommended, except now I have to buy two more!!! :)

I have bought three of these now. They last about three years before the button contacts start to wear out rendering the mouse unusable. I use the mouse mainly for dialogue editing and sound design. The reason I keep buying these in spite of their limited lifespan is because they are really easy to use when desk space is restricted or cluttered or you don't have a suitable surface to slide around a regular mouse. It takes some getting used to at first but when you get the hang of it it's actually easier to use, faster and smoother than a regular mouse. You can even have it on your lap or the arm of your chair because it doesn't need to be dragged around on a flat surface. The tracker ball pops out easily if the mouse is dropped but it's sometimes necessary to pop out the ball when the laser pickups in the ball socket get clogged with dust and fibres causing it to become unresponsive. When this happens you can just run a finger or a wipe around the inside of the socket and give it a good blow, then pop the ball back in. I think for the price that the build quality should be better. The buttons shouldn't stop working after three years.

I've had this trackball mouse for quite a while now and must say it's way better than any mouse I've used to date, even my Apple Magic Mouse! It doesn't move around the desk, obviously, so therefore requires less space and no mouse mat. The position one's hand sits on it with is also more more natural and less 'twisted', in a horizontal position like one has to with an ordinary mouse. The scroll wheel is head-on-shoulders better than anything a mouse can offer, in my view: very smooth, very quick and easier to operate too. The left and right buttons fall very naturally and neatly where the little finger and the thumb fall, with just the right amount of pressure to operate. The downside is having to fairly often remove the ball to clean both it and the 3 support nodes in the housing, for they do get slightly clogged, increasing the rolling resistance and making it a little jerky after a time. However, at least the ball literally pops out, by inserting your little finger beneath and pushing it upwards. Then I use a microfibre cloth to clean the ball and wipes the support nodes and simply pop the ball back in. It takes literally second to do, and it's ultra smooth once again. With the right setting and acceleration rate, the ball can make the cursor fly right from one side of the screen tot he other in a single action. None of the picking up of anything, like one would with a mouse because it's reached the edge of the mat! Once you get used to it, as it's so different from a conventional mouse, I feel you'd never go back to an ordinary mouse again. This trackball is really, really good. It may be wired, but as it doesn't move about the desk in any way, there is no issue with the wire anyway. So, a very reliable, comfortable and easy to use device for controlling the screen cursor. I'm completely sold on it and think it's better than any ordinary mouse, without a doubt. It's also helped me enormously with regards to lessening RSI, which is a serious advantage too (and actually the original reason I purchased it to try).

great as i prefer trackballs to mouses

Mouse işi biraz evlilik gibi. Aynı evde yaşamadan gerçek yüzünü göremiyor insan. Bu farenin piyasa fiyatının onda biri oranını görünce şaşırdım ama onbin vericeme önce bunu alıp deniyim dedim. Hiçbir farkını göremedim ve de sevdim. Bilegim cok stres yapınca bu farede dinlendiriyorum. Üst modeller daha akışkan bir kullanım sağlayabilir. Ama genel olarak olumsuz bir şey yaşamadım. Logitech bas parmak agirlikli bu ise isaret ve ortayi kürede kullanmaya yöneltiyor. Sahsen sevdim bilgisayar başı ikinci yuvanız ise çeşitli ve konforlu fareler ve ekipmanlar hobiniz oluyor. Kablolu olmasi sorun olmadi zaten yerinden oynamiyor

Works seamlessly with Windows. Doesn’t require a lot of desktop space. It probably took a couple of weeks to familiarize myself with it, but now, there’s no thought required! This is my second one, the other endured about 6 years of heavy use, then the left button started registering multiple hits. Great product.

O produto é de muito boa qualidade e o software permite todas as configurações que eu preciso e é possível fazer atalhos específicos por aplicação. Houve um pequeno atraso de 2 dias além das expectativas iniciais, porém considerando a fase que estamos e o excelente atendimento por parte da equipe da Tilibra Express, que demonstrou aplicar todos os esforços para que o produto chegasse o mais rápido possível, gostaria de dar os meus parabéns para a equipe de atendimento e pós venda, que, claramente com a equipe bastante reduzida, conseguiu dar as respostas esperadas de uma forma bastante eficiente. Considero a experiência geral como excelente. Adorei.

Non trovando mouse sufficientemente grandi per le mie mani sono sempre stato costretto a usarli con una presa a tenaglia , il che, dopo un periodo prolungato mi affatica e mi provoca dei fastidi. Ho deciso cosi di provare con una trackball per vedere se mi permetteva di tenere la mano distesa. Ne avevo provata una moltissimi anni fa della Genius (unico concorrente di logitech oramai estinto) dove la sfera era movimentata tramite il pollice e non mi ero trovato affatto bene, cosi ho deciso di provare una trackball con la sfera controllata da medio e indice. Mi sono subito trovato bene, dopo pochi minuti sono riuscito a controllare abbastanza bene il puntatore e in un paio di giorni anche la selezione e il copia incolla non erano più un problema anche se non sono ancora arrivato alla padronanza completa. Come speravo riesco a tenere il palmo della mano ben disteso, il supporto per il polso a volte lo trovo comodo altre volte no dipende dai momenti. In linea di massima devo dire che è meno faticoso del mouse , dopo una settimana ho riprovato il mouse e mi sembrava una pietra. Per adesso l'accuratezza è inferiore al mouse soprattutto nelle operazioni di selezione dei testo , tenere il tasto sinistro premuto con il pollice mentre con medio e indice si seleziona il testo non è una cosa agilissima , ma devo ammettere che dopo un pò diventa fattibile e oramai dopo un mesetto di utilizzo lo faccio senza pensarci. la sfera permette un controllo eccezionale, superiore ad un mouse sia in termine di precisione che di velocità, in poco tempo si riesce ad andare da una parte all'altra dello schermo con un unico movimento rotatorio. Un'altra cosa molto comoda è il fatto che la trackball resta ferma vicino alla tastiera, soprattutto quando si ha poco spazio a disposizione. La rotellina del mouse è sostituita da una ghiera posizionata intorno alla sfera. Anche questa soluzione l'ho trovata veramente comoda . Ho provato il software in dotazione con cui è possibile associare un comportamento differente dei tasti a seconda dell'applicazione ma non l'ho trovato utile, anche perchè ho sempre odiato i mouse con 100 tasti e quindi anche qui non ne sento la necessità. Ho provato la tackball sia su windows che su Linux (Mint 19.3) e non ho avuto nessun problema, il dispositivo viene riconosciuto immediatamente e tutto funziona dal primo momento. La sfera può essere rimossa facilmente per permettere la pulizia delle microsfere utilizzate per individuare il movimento della sfera. Unica pecca, ma per adesso è solo una sensazione , la ghiera dello scroll in alcuni casi sembra diventare più "dura" da far ruotare. Dura un istante e solo in alcune occasioni, vedremo come va con il passare del tempo. Per adesso sono molto soddifatto.