Looking for a mouse with a gentle click action

[regname42]

My girlfriend has been using a Logitech UV55a mouse for years and we're now looking for a replacement but we're struggling to find anything with the same gentle, light button click action.

She has a medical condition that means she can't comfortably use most mice because the button clicking action requires too much force. We've tried a few other mice and haven't yet hit on one that is as gentle as the UV55a. (Just for reference, the MS Intellimouse recently failed to meet our requirements)

If anyone has any suggestions for a mouse with buttons that react to a light touch please let me know - otherwise I'll be scouring ebay for an old UV55a....

 

[mikeymikec]

What about no-button (ie. touch sensitive) mice? Logitech certainly does one, though I can't say I've tried it.

 

[Pia]

Razers have always had extremely good click action. I can't tell you whether it's light enough though.

Or maybe she could use a trackball, in which case it's easy to apply to more force to buttons. I have liked this the best:
http://www.clearlysuperiortech.com/ltracx.html

 

[mikeymikec]

I have a Razer and a Logitech MX Revolution. I can't say that either's click action is noticeably different. If the shape/texture of the mice could be disguised, I couldn't tell the difference by clicking.

I think the click action is nicer (lighter, less push-distance required) on a Logitech mouse than the MS ones I've tried.

 

[regname42]

Thanks very much for the ideas.

I think we're going to see if we can have a play with a touch sensitive mouse to see how that is in practice as it seems like it might be the answer.
If that doesn't work out then we'll have a look at the razer and/or mx revolution.

(Trackballs introduce a whole other set of issues)

 

[mikeymikec]

I used to have problems with my wrist and used trackballs like the Logitech MarbleFX. I think since I stopped working full-time and went self-employed which breaks up my computer usage in the day, my wrist has recovered. I used to use the Logitech MX700, which broke in the 5-year warranty, so I got a free upgrade to the MX1000, which broke within the 5-year warranty, so I got a free upgrade to the MX Revolution

The MX Revolution isn't in their current series, but there is one with an MX revolution type of name which is very similar.

The Razer I've got is quite a dinky little mouse. I don't have (according to averages) large hands, but the Logitech mice I mentioned suit the shape of my hand better IMO.

 

[Pia]

(Trackballs introduce a whole other set of issues)

CST, the company whose trackball I linked, actually has two main customer foci: tech industry, and disabled people. The trackball devices offered to each are very similar. Plenty of their models, including the high res "gamer" model I have, feature extra switch jacks in the back. Assistive technology manufacturers offer a variety of switches (extra large, extra sensitive, adhesive in back, foot pedal, etc.) which you can plug right into those jacks, so you can even have mouse1+mouse2 in foot pedals or in flat desk switches large enough to comfortably hit with a palm, if required. Some geek types have rolled their own extra switches using arcade parts, too. I'm thinking of doing that myself when I have the time.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Logitech G400.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/gaming/mice-keyboard-combos/optical-gaming-mouse-g400