Do you use a wireless mouse?

[nerwin]

I'm curious to see how many use wireless mouses. I remember many moons ago believe or not, I had a wireless ball mouse, remember those? yeah. It sucked to say the least. It was early 2000s, wireless mouses had their fair share of issues. I used a dell ball mouse and then a cheap optical mouse until I went to a vocational school in 2006 for computers when there was this fantastic dell optical mouse that I really liked and wanted one for home, so I got one of those and used it ever since until it broke a couple years ago when I decided I had enough of the cable being snagged on stuff behind my desk or being just too short that's when I picked up a cheap Logitech M310 optical RF wireless mouse and it worked awesome until the scroll wheel started to fail.

Last week, I bought the Logitech M510, its bigger, heavier, more buttons and uses a invisible laser instead of optical which I guess is suppose to mean higher DPI and just more precise but honestly, it seems to be slightly worse than my cheap M310..sometimes it will skip across the screen. Now I'm not sure if its the mouse or my mousepad. I might have to get one of those Steelseries HD pads that are designed for laser mice. But for the most part its been okay and its a lot more comfortable and better built.

Anyways, for those that use a wireless mouse, do you have issues like that every now and then? Is this just the norm for using a wireless mouse?

If you still use a wired mouse, unless your a gamer, why?

 

[ronlane]

I use a logitech wireless trackball at work. To me it's more comfortable and I don't have to move it all over the desk (exercise my thumb).

At home, I don't use a mouse or tracball. I have a MBP and I use a wacom tablet and the pad on the laptop. The wacom has more control than a mouse, trackball or anything else I have see so far.

 

[astroNikon]

I use wireless mice. Mostly microsoft or another brand I can't think of.

I do have a Logitech Peformance MX and it like to jump around. There's a button on the top to lock the scrolling or something which minimized the jumping around. But it's a pain still.

The microsoft mobile mouse 3500 I have also jumps around, so much that I use the keyboard more for scrolling up/down. My older MS mouses/mice don't have this problem.

 

[nerwin]

I use a logitech wireless trackball at work. To me it's more comfortable and I don't have to move it all over the desk (exercise my thumb).

At home, I don't use a mouse or tracball. I have a MBP and I use a wacom tablet and the pad on the laptop. The wacom has more control than a mouse, trackball or anything else I have see so far.

Heh, I forgot about trackballs! I never liked them though, could never get use to them. I have considered getting one of those wacom tablets for photoshop editing but I don't think I'd use it all that often.

 

[nerwin]

I use wireless mice. Mostly microsoft or another brand I can't think of.

I do have a Logitech Peformance MX and it like to jump around. There's a button on the top to lock the scrolling or something which minimized the jumping around. But it's a pain still.

The microsoft mobile mouse 3500 I have also jumps around, so much that I use the keyboard more for scrolling up/down. My older MS mouses/mice don't have this problem.

According to Logitech, you can remove the batteries and hold down the left button and right click 5 times and it will reinitialize or something. I'm not sure how it does this when there is no power, but I did it and it seems to be working better. Its just a bummer when you buy a cheap wireless mouse it works better than a more expensive one haha. I also have a cat that has a lot of hair and it sometimes gets stuck on my mouse pad so that could be the cause of mine jumping around. But I thought laser mice were suppose to be able to used any surface, why not cat hair? Hahaha.

 

[astroNikon]

I've had trackballs and a wacom tablet. I've found the mouse just easier all around, except if you plan on drawing them the tablet is the way to go.

 

[runnah]

Trackball all the way! much easier on your wrist.

 

[waday]

Wired at work, wireless at home. I prefer the wireless. It's a Logitech something. It nicely fits the contour of my hand, has a 'hidden' thumb button, as well as a smooth scrolling function that can be turned on and off. I can also change the sensitivity/speed direct from the mouse, which is pretty nifty.

 

[ronlane]

I've had trackballs and a wacom tablet. I've found the mouse just easier all around, except if you plan on drawing them the tablet is the way to go.

Last year when I had my windows laptop, I actually used both the trackball AND the tablet. (I'm left handed) I did this while getting used to the wacom and I was having fun editing with that setup. I hardly ever touched the keyboard, a pen in one hand and the other on the trackball.

 

[Dagwood56]

I have a Logitech wireless optical mouse, not sure what model exactly. I've had it for 4 years now, only cost $20 and it works beautifully. Plus I love how it uses a small USB plug only. No wired sensor unit like the older wireless mice used. Its also great on batteries, because it has an on off switch. In fact, even having it on for 9 straight hours a day, I only need to replace the battery about every 8 months.

 

[nerwin]

I have a Logitech wireless optical mouse, not sure what model exactly. I've had it for 4 years now, only cost $20 and it works beautifully. Plus I love how it uses a small USB plug only. No wired sensor unit like the older wireless mice used. Its also great on batteries, because it has an on off switch. In fact, even having it on for 9 straight hours a day, I only need to replace the battery about every 8 months.

I also tried using a bluetooth mouse, that was a horrible experience.

 

[JacaRanda]

At work it's a wireless mouse. At home it's a pen with the Wacom tablet.

 

[480sparky]

Wired for me. I hate having the freakin' battery just up and die. No warning. No popup. Just no movement at any time.

Gimme a wired mouse and I'm a happy camper.

 

[nerwin]

Wired for me. I hate having the freakin' battery just up and die. No warning. No popup. Just no movement at any time.

Gimme a wired mouse and I'm a happy camper.

Mine has a warning. The led light will display red meaning the battery is low and on my old wireless mouse I only change the battery once a year..on my new one I got last week, I guess its two years. Uses two AA's. Time will tell.

 

[astroNikon]

my Logitech mouse has rechargeable battery in it. you plus it into the USB for recharge and can use it while it is charging as a wired mouse.