Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse

Posted by social_quotient on Saturday May 02, 2015 @08:03PM
from the ask-hn dept.

As a heavy workstation user I have typically gone with gamer mice like the Logitech g9 or g500 and now my g500 is failing. I've started looking around and see a lot of mice are hardcore gamer which now come with a lot more functions than needed. I've always been partial to gamer mice for their durability, ergonomics and construction. Being curious, I started thinking about what hardcore workers actually prefer for mice. Would love to hear.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by pcurve on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:02PM (#9479463)

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-D58-00026-Intellimouse-Optic...

This was the best mouse I've used in my computing life.

I miss the symmetrical layout with large forward/back buttons.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by degenerate on Saturday May 02, 2015 @11:32PM (#9479715)

I'm still using mine from 2002. Love, love, love it.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by pcurve on Saturday May 02, 2015 @11:45PM (#9479755)

Mine was almost as old, but it developed an odd symptom where the back button who register as double click.

Seems like a known defect with this mouse which is a shame, because it was otherwise perfect.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by talles on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:28PM (#9479536)

Can't beat good ol Intellimouse.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by BorisMelnik on Sunday May 03, 2015 @11:32PM (#9484156)

yes! The Intellimouse is the "IBM Model M" (keyboard) of mice. Man I miss mine, almost considering buying this one up via your Amazon link.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by staunch on Saturday May 02, 2015 @08:52PM (#9479264)

There's a very nice trend in gaming to try to recreate the Microsoft Intellimouse. There are a few examples, but I think the current best one is the Rival. Most likely my next mouse after my supply of Razer Abyssus run out (I replace my mice every 3-6 months).

http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Rival-Optical-Gaming-Mouse...

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by michaelbuddy on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:33PM (#9479552)

I use vertical mice exclusively. Have since probably 2006 maybe. I get no wrist pain and as I recall it took about 2 days for the vertical style form factor to feel as normal as a traditional mouse. I can go to regular mice, but I get wrist pain after a few hours or day of work. Observing your bones and your wrist twists using a normal mouse which creates strain on it. So the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 which isn't cheap, but has been great is my mainstay at my desk. Also the Microsoft Sculpt Ergo Mouse I have in mmy bag as a portable. Note that's Sculpt ERGO because there are a couple sculpt mice by Microsoft. And if you want really cheap, you can get the Lugu Lake vertical mouse wired for like $10 USD. That's cheap enough to try out and then if you don't like it, you could just give it away. Anker makes a couple vertical mice too on the affordable side IMO. other than Anker, Every mouse I've listed here is both one I've used for a good period of time. All are rated pretty well.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by gkop on Sunday May 03, 2015 @07:49PM (#9483563)

I also found the Evoluent to make may wrist pain all but disappear.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by insoluble on Sunday May 03, 2015 @11:53AM (#9481758)

http://www.ianker.com/product/98ANDS2368-BA

Anker 8200: economical; software-configurable colours (sorry but I cannot stand blue lights, like what some mice are limited to); easily allows switching between 4 levels of precision, which helps when drawing in a graphics editor; forward and backward buttons, which are not only essential in a Web browser, but are also very useful when switching between scroll positions in a long code file; good tracking; and overall a nice feel.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by theGREENsuit on Monday May 04, 2015 @05:01PM (#9489161)

Logitech MX518. I like how it looks and how it feels. I'm not a fan of heavy mice and don't mind the cord at all. Unless I'm totally out to lunch, I've had this mouse since 2005.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by Thriptic on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @12:21PM (#9493330)

The 518 is an awesome mouse. I have the G5 which is basically the 518 with a rubberized exterior.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by doobiaus on Monday May 04, 2015 @12:16AM (#9484277)

I'm a programmer more than a gamer. I have a fondness for wireless & free scrolling mice. I'm currently using a Logitech m560 which is okay, but the balance is off.

I'm looking to upgrade too. My contenders are the new Logitech MX Master ( http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/mx-master?crid=7 ) and the Marathon m705.

i prefer smaller, so I'm leaning towards the m705.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by suprjami on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @08:53AM (#9492157)

If you want the "non-gamer" version of the G500, get the M500. They're 30 bucks on eBay and Newegg.

The M500 was my favorite mouse for a long time, but due to wrist troubles I'm trying to avoid the mouse altogether an only use the keyboard. I have a Logitech Trackman Marble trackball now. It could be better but there's not a great deal of choice in trackballs.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by cpr on Saturday May 02, 2015 @09:07PM (#9479307)

I'm no gamer, and I love the IBM travel mice for its handy size and scroll wheel "feel." I tend to buy them in big batches and spread them around. Sometimes you can find batches of 10 on eBay quite cheaply.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006HYQ5

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by jakebasile on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:21PM (#9479525)

Although I am a gamer, I dislike having a mouse with too many buttons no matter what type of computing I am doing. I've been enjoying my Steelseries Rival for a while now. Good feel, adjustable DPI so you can tune it to your liking, has a reasonable number of buttons.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by Mimu on Monday May 04, 2015 @09:33AM (#9485995)

I'm a gamer and after I "used" 2 razer mouse within a few months each, I went back to a regular 10€ random mouse and still use it years later.

As for working I couldn't care less what I should use as long as it works fine.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by LarryMade2 on Saturday May 02, 2015 @08:15PM (#9479135)

I found the gamer and most modern mice too hi-res/sensitive for my tastes, so I bought about a dozen used older Lenovo mice on eBay for my supply. That whole box cost less than many new individual ones.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by Joona on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @06:28AM (#9491760)

G500s.

After my G500 broke after a few years of heavy use, I bought a RAT 7, which was terrible. Uncomfortable and a bad sensor. Returned it, got a G500s, couldn't be happier. It's just a good mouse.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by atomical on Sunday May 03, 2015 @09:34AM (#9481206)

Steel Series Sensei. Once you can precisely tune the speed and acceleration of a mouse it's really hard to go back. Also, some of the wireless mice have noticeable lag.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by watmough on Saturday May 02, 2015 @09:22PM (#9479351)

I like my Logitech m310, single battery wireless mouse. Enough to have one on all my boxes.

Available for ~$20 easily on eBay.

Prior to that, I liked the Microsoft Explorer mice, but they are wired, sadly.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by joshmn on Saturday May 02, 2015 @09:26PM (#9479369)

I have a Razer Lachesis and have since I played video games. It's lasted me a lot of clicks, spills, ragequits and wins.

It collects skin, but I find cleaning it grossly enjoyable.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by contingencies on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:19AM (#9480238)

Seriously, for work: buy a Wacom tablet. Mouse for gaming.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite mouse by bemmu on Saturday May 02, 2015 @10:17PM (#9479508)

The Nexus Silent Mouse. It has a mechanism that makes as little sound as possible while still having a good feel.

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