7:00 I disagree, replaceable batteries are just better. We tend to forget batteries are a consumable: they get used and lose autonomy, until they're barely usable. After 3 years, my MX Master keyboard's battery lasts less than a few days, I need to recharge it more than once a week... While my Kensington Trackball mouse, I replaced the batteries maybe twice. And I could have used rechargeable batteries if I wanted to. In 2-3 years, my MX Master will need to be constantly wired, while my trackball mouse will be just as usable.
J'ai des claviers et souris logitech pour la maison et au bureau depuis plus de 10 ans et j'ai constaté que les anciens modèles avec pile AAA demandaient d'être changé moins souvent que les modèles identiques avec batterie incorporées rechargeable. Je dois également recharger mon clavier chaque semaine désormais, la souris tient 2 à 3 semaines maximum.
Definitely a trackball person, I got one thinking it might be good when I'm out and about only to use it more than the standard mouse when I'm at home.
I've tried various input devices, but the Kingston trackball was a significant letdown for precision tasks. The high friction made initial movements jerky, causing the cursor to jump unexpectedly. While Windows speed settings helped, they weren't precise enough. I found more effective solutions in the RAW ACCEL and Custom Curve tools. Unfortunately, this trackball wasn't suitable for precise video and audio editing. As an alternative, I highly recommend the Gameball, which offers ergonomic hand positioning, a super-smooth ball, and more precise mouse movements.
I used a trackball for decades. The original ones used a ball the size and weight of a Q-ball. It was amazing. All the new ones? Crap. I've used this model. The switches broke in a few months. The ball is too light.
Hey, my wife and I started doing reviews for the Amazon Influencer program, and I came across your videos. I noticed you have a much better production quality for your videos than most people. What do you shoot with?
For the most part we use a Canon XC10 camcorder. To keep a weekly schedule we prioritize connivence and although its old, the XC10 has made life pretty easy for us.
I was a huge fan of the Kensington trackballs but when Apple released their trackpad, I was hooked. Never ever really used a mouse except in the very "OLD" days of the Macintosh. Mice hurt my hands. A trackball or trackpad can be placed at the preferred spot.
We surprisingly have never reviewed one on the channel (until now) but we have a few trackball mice in the shape of normal mice in our studio storage over the years
Have you considered touchpads? Sure for gaming they might not be the most obvious choice but for general desktop usage they're really great. Unfortunately very uncommon in the Windows world but I found a "Magic Trackpad 2" knockoff/lookalike on a China site and it works absolutely wonderful. Win11 can do useful gestures out of the box and you can configure them is needed. All without special drivers as it present itself as a Precision Touchpad. Middle click, swap tabs in browser, close tab in browser is just those I've customized that I use the most. Have been a mouse/traclball combo person i the past. Now I'm more of a mouse/touchpad combo person.
I was originally a trackpad user with a terrific Logitech competitor to the magic trackpad, but over time I found myself less efficient and more tired.
I love how these mice work... but they break so easily. I used to use Kensington mice for YEARS, but having them break constantly just made me give up on them. It's almost like they're designed to fail.
I've kept the trackballs from each of these mice that failed (bad plastic, sensors stopped working, switches would stop working), and it happened so often I had to give up on them. I have six trackballs, like billiard balls in a desk. Kensington quality is garbage.
@tulmenkov No. Ploopy actually makes very sturdy trackball, with good sensors, but the layout is idiotic, and you can't change the settings without knowing coding. I'm not making that up. What's more, they're made so they're more suitable for a child's hand because they're so small, and they have poor button design and placement. Every other trackball is just plain bad. They have poor resolution, or are of such poor construction that they easily break. For example, Kensington uses a very cheap, easily deformable plastic in the construction of their trackball mice so that repeated keypresses will warp and deform the plastic that comes in contact with their switches. The switches themselves are of poor quality, and the trackball sensors are of low resolution and of poor quality, breaking after a short period of time. Considering what they charge for their trackballs they could easily make them better quality, but they won't.
This is incorrect. Well, rather it's more complicated. Reddit has answers and there's the YT user Raire. Raire plays Apex Legends on trackballs. There was a South Korean girl who played high level OW on a trackball. And there's a user on Reddit who used the Kensington Orbit with Scroll Wheel version to beat Borderlands 2. And of course there's the old school Quake and UT players who used trackballs as well as some old Counterstrike players who used them. I use an old Trackman Marble for some tasks, planning to upgrade. At some point got a victory in casual Apex Legends on it. Wouldn't recommend doing that though, not with the Marble.
7:00 I disagree, replaceable batteries are just better. We tend to forget batteries are a consumable: they get used and lose autonomy, until they're barely usable.
After 3 years, my MX Master keyboard's battery lasts less than a few days, I need to recharge it more than once a week... While my Kensington Trackball mouse, I replaced the batteries maybe twice. And I could have used rechargeable batteries if I wanted to. In 2-3 years, my MX Master will need to be constantly wired, while my trackball mouse will be just as usable.
J'ai des claviers et souris logitech pour la maison et au bureau depuis plus de 10 ans et j'ai constaté que les anciens modèles avec pile AAA demandaient d'être changé moins souvent que les modèles identiques avec batterie incorporées rechargeable. Je dois également recharger mon clavier chaque semaine désormais, la souris tient 2 à 3 semaines maximum.
Logging in to work and 30 minutes in my wrist is burning hot and stiff as a board.
You’ve convinced me to try this out
First used this mouse back in 1996 when came out , nothing comes close to this mouse even now 2024 , can’t say much . Perfect device !!
7:00 You know there are rechargeable AA batteries right? Panasonic Eneloop are great.
Definitely a trackball person, I got one thinking it might be good when I'm out and about only to use it more than the standard mouse when I'm at home.
I've tried various input devices, but the Kingston trackball was a significant letdown for precision tasks. The high friction made initial movements jerky, causing the cursor to jump unexpectedly. While Windows speed settings helped, they weren't precise enough. I found more effective solutions in the RAW ACCEL and Custom Curve tools. Unfortunately, this trackball wasn't suitable for precise video and audio editing. As an alternative, I highly recommend the Gameball, which offers ergonomic hand positioning, a super-smooth ball, and more precise mouse movements.
Unfortunately it doesn’t have a tactile scroll wheel
really well made and in depth video man thank you for the insight!! :)
QOTD: Could you use a trackball mouse like this instead of a regular mouse?
I used a trackball for decades. The original ones used a ball the size and weight of a Q-ball. It was amazing. All the new ones? Crap. I've used this model. The switches broke in a few months. The ball is too light.
The Ploopy trackball uses a snooker ball
cue ball?
I use to use one as a kid playing UT2004 and Diablo. Very game-able. Trackball products are awesome.
Is 400DPI enough to navigate through such big display?
Hey, my wife and I started doing reviews for the Amazon Influencer program, and I came across your videos. I noticed you have a much better production quality for your videos than most people. What do you shoot with?
For the most part we use a Canon XC10 camcorder. To keep a weekly schedule we prioritize connivence and although its old, the XC10 has made life pretty easy for us.
I was a huge fan of the Kensington trackballs but when Apple released their trackpad, I was hooked. Never ever really used a mouse except in the very "OLD" days of the Macintosh. Mice hurt my hands. A trackball or trackpad can be placed at the preferred spot.
Have you explored any other trackball products?
We surprisingly have never reviewed one on the channel (until now) but we have a few trackball mice in the shape of normal mice in our studio storage over the years
Have you considered touchpads?
Sure for gaming they might not be the most obvious choice but for general desktop usage they're really great. Unfortunately very uncommon in the Windows world but I found a "Magic Trackpad 2" knockoff/lookalike on a China site and it works absolutely wonderful. Win11 can do useful gestures out of the box and you can configure them is needed. All without special drivers as it present itself as a Precision Touchpad. Middle click, swap tabs in browser, close tab in browser is just those I've customized that I use the most.
Have been a mouse/traclball combo person i the past. Now I'm more of a mouse/touchpad combo person.
I was originally a trackpad user with a terrific Logitech competitor to the magic trackpad, but over time I found myself less efficient and more tired.
Been using mine for years!
What about the middle mouse button? It's traditionally on the scroll wheel. Can you customize one of the buttons for that?
You can add the same function to any of the programmable buttons.
Either an individual button or a combination of two buttons.
I love how these mice work... but they break so easily. I used to use Kensington mice for YEARS, but having them break constantly just made me give up on them. It's almost like they're designed to fail.
I've kept the trackballs from each of these mice that failed (bad plastic, sensors stopped working, switches would stop working), and it happened so often I had to give up on them. I have six trackballs, like billiard balls in a desk. Kensington quality is garbage.
@@numinous123have you found a different brand that is better quality?
@tulmenkov No. Ploopy actually makes very sturdy trackball, with good sensors, but the layout is idiotic, and you can't change the settings without knowing coding. I'm not making that up. What's more, they're made so they're more suitable for a child's hand because they're so small, and they have poor button design and placement. Every other trackball is just plain bad. They have poor resolution, or are of such poor construction that they easily break.
For example, Kensington uses a very cheap, easily deformable plastic in the construction of their trackball mice so that repeated keypresses will warp and deform the plastic that comes in contact with their switches. The switches themselves are of poor quality, and the trackball sensors are of low resolution and of poor quality, breaking after a short period of time.
Considering what they charge for their trackballs they could easily make them better quality, but they won't.
Thanks
2:18 FUSHIGI!!!!!!!!!!
I might use it, but what about gaming my friend
You'll need another product 🤣
This is incorrect. Well, rather it's more complicated. Reddit has answers and there's the YT user Raire. Raire plays Apex Legends on trackballs. There was a South Korean girl who played high level OW on a trackball. And there's a user on Reddit who used the Kensington Orbit with Scroll Wheel version to beat Borderlands 2.
And of course there's the old school Quake and UT players who used trackballs as well as some old Counterstrike players who used them.
I use an old Trackman Marble for some tasks, planning to upgrade. At some point got a victory in casual Apex Legends on it. Wouldn't recommend doing that though, not with the Marble.
People who like trackballs, love trackballs - but probably shouldn't call video "bye bye to normal mice" trackballs died out in early 90's
Wrong. In the world of music/video/graphics, trackball rules.
@@BullyMaguire4ever And yet, sitting in an office with a bunch of gamers who do graphics and music only a single person out of 50 have one.
@@enigma02g that's big numbers 2% of all mouse users use a track ball?
@@Vegetable-Jesus I don't get why people are so upset. Thats 2" in a marketing/graphics world. I use one at home but I admit its a novelty.
@@enigma02g 2 inces?