what's wrong with computer mice?

[ArgonianVoter]

is it just me or have mice gone to shit these days? I 3d model professionally I NEED a functioning mouse for work. but the scrollwheels alternate to modes that I can't reverse back or straight up die, and then the mice die. I actually got a fancy mouse for my birthday and it's working but it has a mind of its own. anyone else have these problems?

 

[UERISIMILITUDO]

I just use a trackball and the good old clitmouse embedded in the keyboard.

 

[Dr. Sexbot]

Thumb trackballs are objectively better, that's the problem.

 

[Hellwalker]

Just use the nipple on Thinkpads.

 

[ArgonianVoter]

Just use the nipple on Thinkpads.

literally not an option for a 3d modeler but ok.

 

[There Is Light At The End]

literally not an option for a 3d modeler but ok.

Try to look for vertical mouse. Some of 3D modellers used it at work

 

[ArgonianVoter]

Try to look for vertical mouse. Some of 3D modellers used it at work

Good sir, this is the most cursed thing I've ever seen.

 

[There Is Light At The End]

Good sir, this is the most cursed thing I've ever seen.

Despite the looks, it's very convenient to use.

 

[The Backwards Man]

go to thrift store
buy old dell wired mouse for 1$
never buy another mouse ever again

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

If you can somehow find a logitech MX518 or MX510. Those mice are by far the most comfortable ones I've ever used.

They're not being produced anymore sadly.

 

[Town Drunk]

I don't draw or play ranked games, but I use a 10 dollar mouse, and it works for me.

So YMMV, but the cheap shit is better than the high end stuff available 10 years ago, and unless you are a min maxxer I think its fine.

 

[BradeRunna]

I use a corsair wireless Harpoon I bought for $50 a few years back. I also use a hard mouse pad and stopped using the cloth mouse pads around the same time because they always end up looking nasty and filthy. It's some Chinese shit from Amazon made by a company called Seihoo. I think I paid like $15 for it from Amazon. I use my mouse at a desktop I just got tired of dealing with the wired ones. I plug the USB receiver into my keyboard. My motherboard doesn't have any Bluetooth. I used to use Logitechs.

 

[Mike Matei's Penis]

My middle mouse button and scroll wheel keep dying on these but I've gotten 2 of em so far. I just like the feel and they are cheap, won't be getting one again though



Can I say moving on from ball mice is a fucking godsend, those things were beyond shit.

 

[The Punished Mitch]

I wouldn't know, still using my at this point probably 15+ year old MX-518 ( yes I have spares )

 

[Enig]

Step 1) that Logitech trackball with the angle wedge
Step 2) Magic trackpad 1 for $20
Watch as you grow to hate the computer mouse within a week or two.

 

[Ayana Otonashi]

I’d argue the Razer Basilisk is basically the G502 without all the jank

 

[grump]

Thumb trackballs are objectively better, that's the problem.

Word to the wise. I've used thumb trackballs for years and they can fuck up your thumbs as well as regular mice fuck up your wrists. Are they somewhat better than regular mice? Who knows. But those people who claim they are perfectly ergonomically safe haven't used them like all that much and are probably repeating misinformation they've heard from other similarly ignorant people. I switched to vertical mice. I hope I finally found something thats truly better but we'll see.

 

[Ed Special]

In my opinion, where thumb trackballls properly shine is on the go with laptops. That said, though, I'm of the mind that ambidextrous center trackball mice, e.g. the Logitech Trackman from the early 2000s, were better both ergonomically and for ease of use. Damn shame nobody makes them anymore.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

go to thrift store
buy old dell wired mouse for 1$
never buy another mouse ever again

Maybe they don't make them how they used to because the free with purchase Dell mouse I was using stopped working properly a week ago.

 

[Biker]

zowie mouse works well, i only had issues with logitech scroll wheels.