Logitech Trackball Mouse

The Logitech Trackball Mouse is a great peripheral that I purchased a long time ago and discarded into a draw and then found again whilst I was looking for my ergonomic keyboard with a built in scroll wheel.

I thought I would reconnect the Logitech trackball mouse just to see if I enjoyed using it and to see if I preferred it to my usual mouse with optical technology.  If you are unfamiliar with a Logitech trackball mouse then the easiest way to explain the differences is simply instead of the whole mouse moving the mouse cursor, you only use a trackball i.e. a big ball on the front of the mouse to move the pointer with a Logitech trackball mouse.

The specifications of the Logitech trackball mouse are that it is certainly a lot bigger then my standard mouse, mainly to house the large trackball and provide a solid robust platform for the trackball to sit in.  It’s good though for comfort, my hand sat quite well on the trackball and I was worried about my thumb aching after a while, something that I did not have to worry about after all as it was just so comfortable.  On both sides of the Logitech trackball mouse are the main buttons which are just like a standard mouse buttons and do the same operations.  With the whole unit in the palm of your hand both buttons are easy to press and the overall comfort as I have said before is really good.  I was using the Logitech trackball mouse on my Vista operating system and it was picked up straight away from plugging it in.

The connection was via my USB port and within the Logitech trackball mouse box I also found some USB adapters which allowed you to connect it via a few other methods for older computers.  My Logitech trackball mouse is a dark grey colour with the big trackball in a fairly bright red see through colour. 

The first time I used it I was quite taken aback at its ease of use.  At first it was kind of funny as I moved the whole Logitech trackball mouse around as you would a normal mouse only to remember just to use the big red trackball which took a little getting used to.  Just for your information when you do move the whole mouse, nothing happens as there is no laser detection underneath or roller ball it’s just a solid unit.  I also found that the two main mouse buttons were easy to use on my Logitech trackball mouse and it’s slightly different to your traditional mouse as the buttons are a little further away then your standard mouse.

All in all the Logitech trackball mouse was very reliable and good to use, however I cannot see myself using one all the time as I feel its really for people who do graphic design or architects etc.

Overall conclusion after using the Logitech trackball mouse for most of the day is I like the design and comfort but for standard pc use I think you really cannot beat the standard design mouse.