Need a good trackball mouse (hopefully wireless)

[kcbass]

I was hoping to go wireless with my mouse, since I already use a logitech wireless keyboard. I currently use the logitech trackman wheel, and I know there is a wireless trackman, but the reviews I'm seen indicate it is a smaller version of the trackman that would be uncomfortable for me (I have big hands), and the range only does 6 feet at best.

I'm hoping to find a trackball mouse, where the ball is on the THUMB rather than the fingers, has good reception, and good size. The reviews on newegg hint to a microsoft wireless trackball (don't know if it's thumb or not) that has the range I want, but I haven't been able to find any microsoft trackball mice...Guess they don't make them anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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esquared
Anandtech Senior Moderator

 

[kcbass]

bump

 

[kcbass]

anyone?

 

[alaricljs]

If you are talking about the silver/grey trackman wheel (not the original PS/2 off-white thing) then I can double check to make sure when I get home, but I have both the wireless and wired... The wireless seems to be from the same mold from my recollection and I can guarantee they're similarly sized. I can give you a side by side picture if you'd like.

 

[Zepper]

http://www.geeks.com/details.a...904346-0403-DT&cat=MOU

http://www.google.com/products...rch+Products&scoring=p

.bh.

 

[alaricljs]

Double checked the 2 while I was home, and the molds are identical for the currently available wired and wireless versions.

 

[kcbass]

Alaricljs,

What is your experience with the range and performance of the wireless?

 

[alaricljs]

It eats batteries at an obnoxious rate (however I'm using NiMH, if you want to pay for Alkies they'll last alot longer) I'd say every 3 weeks I swap out a set of batts.

I can comfortably control the system from ~20 feet away, I've not tried farther. You will immediately know when your batteries are in need of replacement because range goes down and lag/glitching goes up. With full batts I didn't notice lag in GridWars... only thing I played on the HTPC it's hooked up to

 

[kcbass]

ok, thanks for the info...i'll probably buy one now