Buy Evoluent VerticalMouse 2 - Optical Computer MouseEvoluent VerticalMouse 2 - Optical Computer Mouse Product Description:
- There are 5 programmable buttons with 59 selectable functions each, plus special features such as - Vertical scroll - press a button and drag the mouse to scroll with greater precision and control than the scroll wheel / Auto click - automatically perform a double click by pausing the pointer / Click lock - press and hold a button momentarily to simulate continued pressing without holding down the button
- Fast 1000 dpi optical sensor
- Compatibility - PC - 5 programmable buttons enabled by driver; Windows XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98SE; USB, PS/2 / Macintosh - 2 buttons and scroller without a driver in OS 10 or higher; Third party driver available for extra cost to enable all buttons (see user guide); USB port / UNIX and Linux - 3 buttons without a driver; USB port
Product Description
Evoluent VerticalMouse 2 - Computer Mouse - is no ordinary computer mouse. It's been designed specifically for ergonomic human use. The patented shape supports your hand in a relaxed handshake position that eliminates forearm twisting. Unlike other designs, the VerticalMouse2 operates like an ordinary mouse so there's no retraining required - adaptation and comfort is totally natural. It's revolutionary evolutional! It's Evoluent.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
I Love This Mouse
By J. Russo
I've been doing professional computer work for a little over 20 years. I have recently been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and additionally I have Kienbock's Disease in my right wrist. (This basically means one of the carpal bones in my right wrist is dying.) I am right handed.I've been using this mouse for 3 weeks now, and I'll never go back to using a "traditional" mouse or track ball.I didn't get a mouse pad included as others have mentioned, but I ordered on-line a swivel mouse pad/board that clamps to the edge of my desk. (No screws or drilling involved to install.) This mouse works great with it.I loved that I could program the middle mouse button for double clicks. It slowed me down about 3 days or so to make the conscious effort to click the middle button once instead of double clicking, but now I don't even think about it. I love this because it saves me mouse clicks.I have a small hand, so I don't have the problem of the edge of my hand resting on the mouse pad as one reviewer reported. I did look at several "alternative" mice before trying this one. I think one of the turning points for my decision was finding an article about the study done in Brussels in 2004 where 100 people tested several alternative mice and ranked them. This one came in first.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Absolutely overrated
By Rabid Rabbit
As someone who uses a PC several hours a day, and most of this use is mouse and keyboard intensive, I've had my fair share of problems with my wrists.since even before hearing of this mouse I sometime held mine awkwardly for a minute every hour or so to have some relief. When I saw the evoluent vertical design I knew immediately this idea had potential.I bought the evoluent2 and, after 10 days of using it, I'm thinking of abbandoning it.on one hand it's true that the position is much more relaxing, but it comes with a whole lot of problems that sort of make you think why only this unknown cheap brand with only one product in their catalogue "ever thought of such a simple design shift"-your hand will touch the pad most of the time with the outer side, lots of skin left on the surface and too much friction that will double the strain on some muscles of your arm on the long term.You simply have to put your weight down somewhere, with a normal mouse it's all good, with this one... well you can't put it anywhere except laying your hand on the pad and dragging it around.-for the above mentioned reason you tend to move the mouse a lot more, at least on the small movments, with the wrist only, the results are that the stress on your wrist only changes in quality not in intensity.-the build is INCREDIBLY cheap, much worse then some $4 logitech clones I've seen-the buttons have horrible feedback and you will often find yourself clicking them by mistake.-while for my work (that requires 3 mouse buttons in most applications) I quite appreciate the 3 buttons, this shifted the wheel in an uncomfortable position, if you use it a lot you will find yourself playing the piano all the time.-the pad coming with it is absolutely useless, small and weirdly shaped, with a gelpad that is both too thick (possibly because the different holding of the mouse required it in some engineer's mind) and too hard.-the thumb button is in a position that makes it not obtrusive during normal use(again because of the different holding) but also everytime you'll need it it will be a weird movment for your fingers to click it.-when the hand needs to go from the mouse to the keyboard for any proper 2 hand typing you loose a lot of time and the movment feels awkward. it can seem stupid, but if yoy do a lot of programming and/or 3D DCC you will find it ever so slightly irritating.. even after 10 days of practice with the vertical rat.basically I found a whole lot of problems I would never have expected, surprisingly enough though I didn't find the one I expected the most: clicking will NOT move the mouse or kill your precision.now I'm trying to hold the mouse slightly differently, with the index resting on top of it and my other three fingers on the buttons, while it allows not to drag your pinky on the pad all the time and still seems good for the wrist, it takes some re-learning of gestures by now radicated in my brain, and the pinky isn't exactly the ideal finger to click something.the other possible holding position is with your fingers on ALL buttons (4 including the wheel), which seems to be even better but means a lot of misclicks.I'm going to give this thing another chance for a couple more weeks, but I'm not happy with it.simply put: I wish I didn't buy it, also looking into other alternative solutions now, possibly put together by some proper company and not by somebody with a brillant idea but without the means to realize a product worth such a high price.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
its a sweet mouse but...
By Diabalein Avidyia
I love it, I was having some serious carple tunnel related issues for a long time but since I picked up this mouse I have STOPPED wearing a wrist brace at all.one draw back (make that 2)its to small for my large hands (I am 6'3") not much but enough to be a bit akward at first.the second, it doesnt track all that great if you are a gamer and need that precision. its not bad but definitly not perfect.I would probably go with the newest versrion of the mouse (and plan to soon) it addresses both of those issues and if it does so well will get a solid 5 stars from me
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