What are the advantages of an ergonomic mouse?

Question

Mouse

My mouse broke the other day.
I saw an ergonomic one in the store and decided to try it.
A mouse from an incomprehensible manufacturer Prestigio, but cheap and with all the bells and whistles, even weights. (clickable) The mouse glows like a Christmas tree, the software does not allow you to reassign the buttons, the plastic stinks, but the hand fits perfectly. Loved it, didn't expect it. It turned out to be impossible to work: I can’t get anywhere. Previously, I had a high sensitivity, in order to do everything without unnecessary movements, I changed it to a lower one - the situation has not changed dramatically. The installation of weights helped, I could already hit the buttons. A couple of days of hard training and I can now somehow use this mouse, but still not as accurate as the old one and with less sensitivity.

What are the advantages of an ergonomic mouse? Everyone trumpets that the hand does not get tired, but it never got tired with me. Is it worth retraining, what are the additional advantages? Or is it a cheap manufacturer for a reason, and what I observe should not be?

Answer 1

It really depends on the position of the hand itself.
I'll try to sketch a funny scheme :)
If the hand goes to the mouse like this (oh - mouse):

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then “ergonomics” can even get in the way, because the brush will get seriously tired (depending on the angle, of course).
And if it's closer to this:

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then those efforts that were previously performed with the fingers will be performed by the entire palm, respectively, the hand will get tired less, especially during prolonged loads.
In general, just choose according to the principle of like / dislike. For all this ergonomics seriously affects only professional players who spend a lot of time moving the mouse with sharp, precise movements. For normal work / games / surfing, this is all unimportant.

Answer 2

Now, no manufacturer will release a flywheel without mentioning ergonomics.
Put the Logitech MX Revolution/Perfomance MX in your hand.
Then you will understand what ergonomics is, and you won’t let anything else get into your hands =) This is a real drug for hands :) I have not parted with it for the third year, I changed Revolution to Performance, and in the future I will change Performance only to an updated version. The price for such a beauty bites a lot, but if you value comfort, convenience and quality, then the price will not matter :)

Answer 3

I have one, I ordered it from ebay. I ordered two: home and work. The brush no longer whines.

Answer 4

Marketing.

Answer 5

and by the way, Prestigio is not so incomprehensible, he was one of the first who made external hard drives like WD Passport
. Prestigio can be compared with Dialog in quality.

Answer 6

I use a Logitech Marble trackball, suitable for right and left hand. I almost didn’t have to get used to it, the hand doesn’t strain at all, therefore it doesn’t hurt.

Answer 7

Look at your hand, if the hand lies comfortably, for me the mouse should be large (the paw is quite large), the palm rests freely on the mouse without bending at the wrist. The fingers should also not bend too much. Do not use mats with gel pads, they put pressure on the wrists, which adversely affects the joint and blood circulation.

Answer 8

I tried both vertical ones and with a ball for self-defense:

The latter, by the way, are very personal.
But still, IMHO, there is nothing better than a traditional mouse that lies well on the hand.
With regards to the subject - any mouse, from the use of which the brush does not start to hurt - is ergonomic. Stink and non-assignable keys are completely optional attributes.
By the way, non-ergonomic mice are sold in full - at least the Mighty Mouse . As a true Apple fan, I still use it. I suffer terribly. But I use.