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The Orbit trackball with scroll wheel gives you both precise scrolling and perfect comfort throughout the day. The premium scroll wheel allows you to browse web pages and long documents without clicking.
2-button trackball
Available from 62€95 on the outlet deals
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General information |
Product name |
Kensington Orbit TrackBall |
Brand |
Kensington | |
Model |
K72337EU | |
Technical specifications |
Number of buttons |
2 |
Color |
Black | |
Interface with the computer |
USB | |
Wireless |
No | |
Ambidextrous |
Yes | |
Trackball connectivity technology |
Wired | |
Left-handed model |
No | |
Warranties |
Commercial warranty |
Seller 3 years |
Legal warranty |
See terms & conditions |
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Product referenced on 4 Nov 2009
This is my first experience with a trackball and I'm pretty pleased. The ball glides smoothly and noiselessly, the ring is even easier to manipulate than a scroll wheel, and the buttons are easy to access - a real treat.
There are two minor drawbacks, however: firstly, I find it harder to make precise selections than with a mouse, and secondly, the lack of a third button puts me at a disadvantage (I use it a lot for copying and pasting).
What's good: the scroll function
But :
unnatural hand position,
noisy and unresponsive click buttons,
"walkie-talkie" wrist rest
So I went back to my old marble mouse. Left-handed people are definitely unloved by manufacturers...
Practical to avoid pain in the wrist as when using a classic and solid mouse, the previous one lasted me 7 years.
It is a very good trackball and I found myself getting used to it very quickly, faster than an ergo mouse. I've been using it for a while now, and it's a good trackball, but I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it again... I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it again, but I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it again.
This mouse allows me not to strain my thumb to hold it (unlike conventional mice that you have to move) and relieves my damaged metacarpal-phalangeal joint.
After a day and a half of use, the mouse is completely adopted. The software to configure the buttons is great (especially to make it like a wheel click to open a link in a new tab on a browser). I confirm the opinion of a previous user, it is more practical to set a slow cursor speed with a fast acceleration, the pointing is more precise than the opposite.
The scroll ring has a somewhat random speed (sometimes very slow on some sites and sometimes too fast where it skips entire paragraphs).
The only drawback (but one I expected) is the absence of an "extended wheel click" for example to rotate a view in a software or a video game (when it is not the right click that allows it). To play, I keep my classic mouse.
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