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19.4.2016

The "3M Optical USB Ergonomic Mouse, Wireless, 3 Buttons, Large" is an update on an earlier wired model and also claims to utilise 'several improvements'. Often, when a manufacturer claims that a product is new and improved, facts prove otherwise and flavour or usability (whichever best applies) is detrimentally affected. Although described as the 'Large' version, the mouse is far smaller than expected and considerably lighter. 2 AAA batteries are supplied as is its dongle, packaged together within a smaller bag within a bag.Ordered for use by an arthritis sufferer with some RSI effects, several similar products had been purchased in the past either by the person with the problem or as a gift and none had proven to be an effective solution.Some were excessively bulky or they failed to provide sufficient responsiveness to the user. In a few instances, the issues were with software rather than hardware but the end result was always disappointment. One of the group may have been the original 2M model but there were several that were tried over a relatively short period. Most or all of those tried were returned.One of the claimed improvements, and perhaps the only one, is that the mouse is now wireless and uses its own USB dongle. With a PC having several users, a family unit perhaps, some may prefer a regular wireless mouse probably from another brand and need its own dongle. It is conceivable that you could quickly run out of suitable USB ports if multiple dongles and wired devices are simultaneously connected. You may need to disconnect some in order to use others. The mouse buttons are replaced by a single rocker switch atop the joystick located for the thumb and another large button on the left side of the joystick where it can be operated by one or several fingers. Left-handers will need to make do as best they can.Personally, this does not appear to be especially large or clearly unsuited for use by females, children, juveniles or anyone with small hands; some of those previously seen were considerably larger. Just how much smaller the lesser version needs to be is therefore open to some doubt. As easy as this is to use - it slides around very easily on a desktop and does not require use of a mat - it has a rather low pixel rate, ideal for general use but not well-suited to high-res appliocations such as grpahics editing, CAD and some complex gaming especially with a 4K or higher resoltion monitor in use. It is therefore feasible that, if you have arthritis or other debilitating conditions restricting movement and are also often use one or more of those hi-res applications, you may need to use a standard type of mouse that supports a bit-rate of 4000Hz and above in addition to this for use where high precision is demanded despite the difficulties and discomfort it may involve.Every vertical mouse, regardless of brand, carries a significant price premium over and above a standard mouse of comparable specs and performance. At almost £90, the 3M Vertical Mouse is difficult to recommend as it lacks any high-end features that some will expect and primarily because it does not offer best value. A top-flight, hi-res wireless standard mouse would cost somewhat less and you could easily purchase 2 or 3 first-class wired gaming mice that each support the highest bit-rates and precision for about the same overall cost.
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23.1.2010

If you've got paintful fingers from clicking the mouse or typing, this is mouse for you. For these kind of compaints, trackballs will still cause you pain.It looks strange and takes a bit of getting used to but really takes the strain off your fingers because you're clicking with your strong muscles in a natural posture. Instead of using your fingers, you click the button on the top of the joystick with your thumb. Down for the left click - this feels pretty natural. For the right click, click your thumb right. To scroll, you click or hold down the big button along the length of the joystick with all your fingers - it's a gripping motion.The scroll motion feels a bit clumsy compared to a wheel mouse but it is an ergonomic movement.The 3M mouse works on Windows without any extra drivers. On a Mac OS X, the scroll button brings up the Dashboard but you can fix this by downloading USB Overdrive (a free utility) and set the "Middle button" to "Move to Scroll." 3M ought to provide the right drivers. It would also have been nice to be able to scroll horizontally as well as vertically.Because you use your big muscles, you can't make as accurate movements as with a standard mouse or a trackball so artists may need to have an alternative mouse for fine work. For the rest of us, it's absolutely sufficient for general work (web surfing, spreadsheets, etc). Double clicking with your thumb is slower so may also need to slow down the double clicking speed.To decide whether to buy the small or large size, have a look at the product brochure on 3M site. It tells you how to measure your palm. My palm is 3.5" wide and is exactly in between the two sizes. I bought the large but it feels a little chunky for my hand. So if you're on the borderline like me, you may like to try the smaller size: 3M Optical USB Ergonomic Mouse, Wired, 3 Buttons, Small / MediumWorryingly, there's been a lot of comments about it breaking down after a year. I've had mine for two months so far and will report back if it breaks. Having said that, if your RSI is that painful, then it's probably worth it even if you need to buy a new one every year or so (as many reviewers have indicated) - you don't have much choice...
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23.4.2016

[Edit - next day! I brought this mouse into work and used it on my hard plastic mousemat and it was like night and day in terms of smoothness and responsiveness - 3M you should emphasise that cloth covered mats are not ideal. The dual-purpose scrolling/clicking button is still a bit of an issue as it will 'click' on any web page if you have hovering over a clickable item. So if you want to scroll you must ensure your mouse pointer is on an empty bit of the web page. And in Visual Studio 2015 it won't scroll at all when viewing .cshtml pages [highly technical but could be a show-stopper for a developer with RSI] so beware. Upgraded now to 4-stars as I'm genuinely getting to like it more and more.End Edit]The market for new mouse factors is going to be a tough one but 3M have plumped for the joystick-style handle to prevent (or alleviate) RSI that can come about with traditional mice, due to the posture of the hand/wrist/arm.This sounds great, and in some ways works well, but 3M's implementation is just off target for me to rave about it. For starters, the physical movement of this mouse was not optimal, at least on my cloth-covered mousemat. Perhaps the 3M texture mousemat works better (but I don't have one to try).That, and the unaccustomed posture required to hold this mouse meant that (at least initially) I lost the fine control I have come to expect from my pointing device - with practice it gets better certainly but never as good as my traditional mouse.Finally the scrolling setup is a tad awkward with the third button turning on the scrolling mechanism (top-hat cursor) in place where it can scroll but still gives a single left-click in places where scrolling is not available. Once again, with practice it gets easier but this mouse needs some sort of tracker ball to tempt traditional mouse users over, I feel.It's so close to being good that maybe v2 will be the one - but in the meantime have a look at my video and make your own mind up.I'll stick to my traditional mouse but will keep this plugged in to see if my hand-eye coordination improves once I get a textured plastic mouse pad to try it on.
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19.4.2016

Thing is - I used to get wrist/arm pains a lot from using a mouse, especially if I'd been doing a lot of heavy computer work (like nightmarish cut paste tasks).It only occurred to me the other day that I largely don't get those any more since I changed to a "trackball mouse". Apparently a trackball mouse fixed the problem for me.This thing, well, this mouse, it's sort of like ironing, a bit strange. You have to use your elbow and shoulder to move the mouse which works fine horizontally, quite natural in fact, but vertically you have to move your entire arm back and forth which seems very exaggerated for a mouse. I didn't like that.I also don't like the size of the dongle,that's the bit that goes in the usb slot - my trackball has a "nano" dongle which means it can stay in the laptop all the time, no danger of it being bent or damaging the usb slot. This one is comparatively huge. I guess I forgot how annoying that is! Not only do you have to remove it every time you put the laptop away but you also have to be super careful not to knock it.It did install instantly with no drivers in win 10.The buttons...well the top one is a rocker switch you press with your thumb, so it's one way for left click, the other for right click. Theres a button on the handle too which is the scroll, it's not a scroll wheel - you press (and hold) it and it changes the mouse cursor to a scroll cursor. I'm not sure why there isn't/can't be a mouse wheel.I can imagine how this would help with serious wrist pains, because somehow it manages to make you use it without moving your wrist. Also your hand is rotated.Overall I'm going to say that (excuse the cliché) this is like marmite, you're either going to think it's life changing or you're going to try it for a bit, then move on. If you're the latter, then try a trackball mouse.
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27.3.2017

An alternative to traditional mouse designs? 3M think so. As I spend quite a bit of time behind a computer, having a comfortable work station with a poor set of peripherals only contributes to misery. I'm ok with the standard keyboard but you really do not appreciate how much time you spend with a mouse.At first glance, the 3M mouse looks like an amusingly shaped object. It is lighter than you would expect. It has a matt/silk feel which you will either love or loathe. The first thing to note is that this mouse is designed for right handed people (I'm not sure if there is a left-handed version). The handle grip is not movable - you need to move the unit across the desk surface.This could be a problem with people who have limited movement. The top button has two functions - left click it to select or carry out an action whilst the right click brings up a menu. The button that is located further down the handgrip is for scrolling. A battery indicator on the left hand side of the base shows low battery life. Underneath the unit, you have a connect button (which I didn't need to use), on/off switch and battery compartment that takes 2 AAA batteries which comes supplied with the unit. A separate USB dongle connects to your laptop USB or desktop USB ports.Upon plugging in the dongle (which glows red when the mouse is turned on), the laptop running Windows 10 picked it up. In practice, I noticed a difference. I found the top button button very comfortable in operation but the jury is still out on the scroll button - it just doesn't feel natural.I reckon this will take time to get accustomed to.So why only 4 stars? Price. As others have mentioned, charging £80+ is a bit rich. I like the 3M very much. For constant computer users like me, it's a great idea but I would be very hesitant to spend £40+ let alone £80+
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18.4.2016

Suffering from arthritic pains in my hands, neck and too many other aches to mention, I thought I would give this mouse a try. I have never used previous wired versions or any real mouse aids apart from a gel wrist rest.Set up was very easy. Insert batteries in the mouse base and turn on. Plug in the USB dongle. If required pair the device to the dongle by pressing the buttons on the USB dongle and the base of the mouse and your good to go.The mouse controller sits in your hand something like a joystick with 2 buttons that perform 3 functions. The top "fire" button is bevelled in shape allowing you to click it as the left and the right mouse buttons.The button on the stick can be clicked to allow page scrolling,I will need to get used to using this as it feels a little strange compared to the classic mouse, though in fairness it feels more comfortable and I am feeling less aches and pains using it. It's vital you go into the mouse settings on your operating system and slow the cursor down to a speed you can live with. Out of the box the cursor was zipping all over the screen with virtually no movement. I am still finding my comfort zone with this.Overall I like this mouse. I understand some reviewers preferred wired models but having never used them I have no base for comparison. I think that the resolution of the mouse cursor is fairly low, as at time I seem to miss clicks on the screen and the adjustment to the speed I am at, at the moment is either crawling slow or a little to fast. So I hope with more use I will find my sweet spot and get into using this pain relieving device.
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5.5.2016

Strange and takes a couple of days to get used to but is actually much more comfortable and natural hand position to use than an ordinary mouse.Plugged in the USB and it was instantly recognised by my MacOS without any further intervention. I have small hands (size 7) and the stick and buttons are positioned perfectly for my use. the left/right mouse buttons sit on the top of the stick and are operated with your thumb, there is a further third button along the shaft which is operated using your 2 middle finger of your hand. It says on the box that this is the 'scrolling' button but I found the only way to operate it to scroll is to place the cursor over the scroll bar in your browser/applicationand keeping it depressed actually move the whole mouse/joystick along which is by no means as easy or accommodating as the usual scroll wheel. In fact, the same operation can be done using the left side of the main button so why this additional button???However, on the whole once you get used to this new way of using your mouse, it is much more comfortable. Not just a novelty design that will fall by the wayside.UPDATE: Having done some research to try and resolve my 'scrolling button' issue, I found that this is a common problem not only with Macs and other Unix based operating systems but sometimes with Windows too. 3M provide no specific drivers or interface which will allow the customising of button/operation customisation. If you can get this to work out of the box, great but although said to be MacOS compatible, it is not entirely so.
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21.4.2016

I use a vertical mouse - actually I've probably used most vertical mice, I seriously have a drawer full of them - one with a handshake grip that I've been using various iterations of for almost a decade. This 3M wireless mouse is more comfortable than my current mouse. Will I be switching to it? Nope. Here's why:Pros: Extremely comfortable, with good button placement and very simple to set-up.Cons: No option to change DPI, only three buttons and no scroll-wheel.The "cons" basically rule this out as an everyday mouse for me. There's plenty of room on the grip for more buttons, and not having the ability to change DPI on the fly seems incredibly short-sighted.If you just want a mouse for browsing,and won't miss the lack of Forward/Backward browsing buttons, then this is a treat to use. There's a rocker at the top of the grip for left and right click, and a button on the stem which mimics a middle scroll-wheel click, which is handy for page scrolling, since as previously mentioned there's no dedicated scroll-wheel. Not to be patronising, but it would probably be a decent mouse to use to introduce an older person, unfamiliar with computers, to mouse control. In this situation the lack of buttons could be an advantage, and the grip is very comfortable.As an aid to diminish or prevent RSI trouble in your wrists, I'd encourage you to look into it. It's pricey, which is to be expected somewhat as a niche product, but as the old saying goes, what price your health?
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4.1.2009

I originally bought one of these mice for somebody suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The feedback was extremely positive.Given that I spend most of my working life in front of (multiple) computers I figure anything that reduces the risk of tendonitis, RSI etc is worth investigating, so I bought one for myself to give it a try. It took no time at all to get used to the more joystick-like feel of this mouse and it is definitely more comfortable than a standard mouse, particularly the deeper ones that force your wrist backwards if used without a padded mouse-mat or similar.Even for people without an existing medical condition,I would recommend this mouse in conjunction with an ergonomic keyboard for anybody who spends long periods at a computer.My only concern about this mouse is the size. I bought the large model even though I don't consider my hands particularly large. Even so, it is only just big enough. I have colleagues who really do have big hands and there is no way this mouse would be large enough for them.I don't know whether other people find the same, but I find that I require slightly more desk space with this mouse than with a standard mouse, something to bear in mind if you have very limited space.
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24.10.2012

I have increasingly bad arthritis (at a very early age) and this mouse has been a godsend. No more finger pain from scrolling and clicking. No more cramped hands. I was worried it would be frustrating trying to adapt but this is very straighforward and easy to use -- it's exactly the same as a regular mouse, but turned upright so you use your thumb to click on right button/left button. They have also eliminated a scrolling ball: instead, you click on a button on the grip, then move the mouse forward or back to scroll on the page. You click the grip again to turn off the scroll feature. That part tool me a little longer to get used to. But once you do, it's great.The only bad thing about the mouse is that it's not as precise as a regular mouse (or perhaps its not as easy to be precise, due to the way your hand moves). If you're doing something like graphic design or need to be clicking on small boxes, it can be frustrating.
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2.5.2009

I had a period of 2 years with pain in right hand (normal mouse hand) and pains in index finger. Swapped to left hand and gradually the pain appeared there. Then tried this mouse - GREAT. In combination with the MS Keyboard 4000, my computer pains all disappeared - primarily due to the use of this mouse.Yes - it is "different", though it is far more pleasing to use and certainly more comfortable than a conventional mouse. The top button is a rocker button for the thumb for the left/right mouse clicks and the on handle button for scrolling. Works with XP and Vista. Note that there are 2 sizes a "Small/Medium" and a "Large" - 3M's site has advice on which would be more suitable.Only downside is that it is a bit bulky for a laptop bag - I have damaged one where the handle broke,but had no second thoughts in ordering another one.
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18.1.2011

Really comfortable and easy to use from the word go. The right click and scroll are easy too.I was surprised that it was not like a joy stick - you move the whole mouse, not the stick. But that's ok.I have also tried the vertical mouse and another one which is like a laptop flat mouse attached to a cable, and I like this 3M one the most or at least it seems the most practical.It doesn't get 5 stars because I think all mouses/mice are wrong for the body and require us to put push our shoulders forwards instead of backwards. But still, if you've got wrist trouble from bending your hand upwards to use a normal mouse, you should find this a lot more comfortable.The hand can rest.PS It's worth reading the brief instructions to get the position of the mouse and hand right before you start using it.
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14.3.2014

I've been using the 3M mouse at work for 3 years now and can say this is the best ergonomics mouse I've used for RSI.I've also used the handshake shaped mouses like the Evoluent but none relieve RSI like the 3M.The only slight let down is that I can't use it for gaming because it doesn't have a scroll wheel, it does have a button which acts as a scroll wheel for normal PC use but it wasn't compatible with this particular game for which I have a secondary mouse to use now just for gaming (handshake type) ....... regardless and the reason I still give it 5 stars is that for RSI (which is the reason to get one) it gives zero pain, your hand is completely relaxed when using this and it doesn't take long to get used to,after years of use I prefer to use this to any other mouse.Big thanks to 3M.
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4.5.2007

I bought this mouse because of all the reviews saying it helped alleviate wrist problems from rsi/carpal tunnel and it worked for me. I have frequent ache after long periods on the PC. My father suffers severley from carpel tunnel, confirmed by his doctor/hospital and it does not aggrivate it like a normal mouse does. Thank you 3M! Actually looks much cooler in real life than in the photo and will be a talking point for curious envious visitors who will feel like they are back in the stone ages with their wrist hurting mice. It take a little getting used to, and is very accurate, nice feel and high quality. It's not a joystick where you move the paddle, you move the whole unit which is like a mouse at the bottom.This is great for a gift to the person who has everything too. Excellent.
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14.12.2006

I bought this mouse because of all the reviews saying it helped alleviate wrist problems from rsi/carpal tunnel and it worked for me. I have frequent ache after long periods on the PC. My father suffers severley from carpel tunnel, confirmed by his doctor/hospital and it does not aggrivate it like a normal mouse does. Thank you 3M! Actually looks much cooler in real life than in the photo and will be a talking point for curious envious visitors who will feel like they are back in the stone ages with their wrist hurting mice. It take a little getting used to, and is very accurate, nice feel and high quality. It's not a joystick where you move the paddle, you move the whole unit which is like a mouse at the bottom.This is great for a gift to the person who has everything too. Excellent.
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