New mouse -is it worth paying around $100 for a mouse?¿¿
5200north
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My current mouse (a Locgitec something, think it was around $30) is about to die. Mice seems to be either really cheap ($15) or expensive - I'm not a professional so is it worth getting one of the expensive models¿ Would I see any real advantage? If so, any suggestions on what one to get?
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There is only one real question here: will a super-expensive mouse help you produce better art? I doubt it will but I'm open to reasoned arguments.
My advice is to buy a cheap and cheerful Hewlett Packard mouse and spend your money on top quality content instead. You could start with Ultrascenery, if you haven't got it already and it fits in with the subject matter of your art.
Cheers,
Alex.
Go to Best Buy or wherever and grab the mice. Does a creaky squeaky $5 pile of cheap plastic feel good enough in your hand? Will you be able to use it all day long without getting cramps? I can't and thus I pay more for my mice.
Logitech or HP, basic mouse with 2buttons, roller and a tail, using the default windows drivers have proven to be the best working and most compatible rodents.
I have a few mice, some cheap and some expensive. I like to switch it up. I've got one that basically stands up and feels like you're shaking hands with it. It's awesome until I've used it for too long and then it makes my hand cramp up. It's also got a couple of extra buttons on it that can be programmed to do different things in different software.
It heavily depends on the kind of mouse. With optical mouses you can't really go wrong either way, there won't be much difference. But it can be when you're using something specific, for example a trackball.
I've been relying on a (Logitech) trackball for most of my life and 2 years ago decided that since Logitech was both expensive as well as "wireless only" I decided to grab a random brand trackball which wasn't wireless. Well, that turned into a sheer disaster because the 3rd party trackball was plain out garbage, in the end I couldn't even move up and down anymore without going sideways as well, some movements simply stopped registering..
Fast forward to here and now and I'm using an MX Ergo trackball, wireless but also a lot more reliable and useful. The critter even has a 'precision mode' which has become really useful with modeling or setting up specific poses. Costed me at least twice the price of that 3rd party trackball (trackballs in general are expensive) but the difference in quality was easily noticeable.
So yah, it heavily depends on context.
thank you all for the comments, i think i may be overthinking this which isn't a surprise.
i just finished building my dream pc and it's all silver so i may must get a decent silver mouse because why not.
I usually use this Logitech G700 because it is very programmable (13 button) and has 5 profiles, but I do this professionally. It's a large mouse though so if you have small hands you'll probably have a hard time. It is very comfortable and doesn't cramp your hand. It's the first mouse that I didn't have to strain any part of my hand to use. It is both wired and wireless, your pick. I bought it in 2014 and it just finally needed replaced and not because of use or broken but we were rearranging the house and somehow it got knocked onto the floor and one of our cats got sick on it and ruined it. At the time I paid $61 for it. Not sure what the going price for it is now cause they are out of it for prime and the additional sellers usually charge an extra 20% or more.
you can also open and clean your mouse, mine was full of cat fur, was tricky to reassemble but Youtube videos help.
I thought I needed a new one but it just needed cleaning.
if it's not a laser one washing your ball is also important as it gets sticky.
Yeah I did that but the stuff the cat put out shorted the board. I usually tear it apart one a month to clean out all the cat and dog hair from the wheel and the laser. Wendy, that sounds a bit personal, j/k rofl. I use to have a track ball and really liked it but it was a nightmare to keep clean.
Some computers, such as the new M1 Macs, use Bluetooth Low Energy. Logitech clearly marks which mice support this protocol.
Don't buy the very cheapest mouse. One, cheap things break quickly, making them a false economy. Two, you're going to be holding this thing for hours at a time. Find something that is the right size and shape for your hand so that you don't injure yourself.
You probably don't need to spend $100, unless you find one you really like that has features you can't live without. I've found that gaming mice are often good value for money. They're durable, precise, and often have decent ergonomic design. I used a Logitech G502 for a while, then switched to an MX Master 2S, and they both worked well for me. The Master is a Bluetooth mouse that can switch between up to 3 different computers, which I've found to be useful.
i just checked out he mx mdaster mice and might be getting one of those - thank you!
Recommending the Elecom Huge Trackball for anyone else who has accepted the truth of trackballs into their heart.
In my experience, the super expensive mice are generally for gaming purposes. I've got one that I use for Daz, but it was purchased as a gaming mouse. They generally come with a host of extra side buttons, which aren't really useful in Daz.
Lol, this reminds me of the days oif using tweezers to peel the dirt layer of my mouse's trackball
Expensive multi-button rodents may give one bragging rights, but it's quite an essential piece of the system, which you want to work well with the other equipment and software you have... Troublesome and conflicting vendor-provided drivers have been the culprit countless of times, when I was still willing to fix friends and aquaintances computers - Hence my recommendation for basic Logitech or HP mouse with a tail.
...another issue with wireless mice is even though they may be "convenient", they consume batteries, and when those batteries are drained, you end up rummaging about through drawers, cabinets, and so on for the rest of the ones in the pack you bought a couple months ago. If those are gone it's a trip to the corner convenience store for more.
+1
Especially if you replace the bearings for better quality ones. Super smooth, programable buttons, and about half the price of what the OP suggested paying, what more do you want. Having RMA'd 3 corsair ironclaws in 12 months, the Elecom has lasted me 2 years + now and hasn't missed a beat yet.
I have personally kept with Logitec mice for the past 20 years, usally their gaming series, due to their ergonomics more than anything.
Just snagged a Logitec mouse for only $12, my first big name brand mouse, let's see how long it will last!
My $14 Pictek lasted for 3 years, before buying a new one, none of the buttons have gone bad, although, it may have a short in it as it kept on disconnecting, not so with the Logitec!
I'm a slave to my Logitech trackballs. Yeah, they're not cheap, but they last a long time and they save my wrists and elbows. But, if you like regulat mice, there's not much difference between cheap mice and expensive mice, unless you're a pro-level game player, and I'm not even sure if then.
I used to be a logitech fan, because their mouses and trackballs were truely good. But, in the recent years, when you did know the quality they had previously, it has become obvious, that they have been saving on every corner with their products, especially on newer models. Each MX mouse has been worse than the last one. And they last every time much less. In the meanwhile they break as often and quickly as the cheap ones. The material they are produced from have also become worse.
I have a Logitech K800 keyboard I bought before many many years. I recently re-bought exactly the same model, because I needed it on another location to work with. The new one requires to be recharged 2-4 times more often than the old one. It's exactly the same model! Turns out, they have replaced the 2 rechargable batteries in the back, but left the handle to open it, still making the impression if they may get old you can replace them. Instead they added on it's board a non-replacable battery with much less capacity. If it breaks, it breaks. That's the kind of things they are doing and making their products worse.
So, I'm no longer paying that much money.
So I tried cheaper mouses and finally found, that there are some brands who produce the same or better quality than Logitech and cost only half as much or even less than that, while they are as ergonomically too, and have great precision or other features too. No reason to buy any mouse which is like 50 or more these days, since they are rarely any better regarding the hardware.
...same here.
@ dimitrios.karvounaris
The one I have is an old one that still has the PS/2 connector. I even had to use a legacy setting to get it to work in W7.
Logitech M570 trackball here, don't buy the very cheapest but you can't go wrong with a basic Logitech or Microsoft mouse at least until you figure out if you want something like a trackball.
Steve.
Mine wireless trackball doesn't use batteries, it charges via the computer.
I usually use some kind of wired gaming mouse. The one I got now is a g600, it's pretty nice. The gaming ones fit nice in my man hands, I like the weight, and the side buttons are nice if you take the time to program them.
...so you need to hook it up to a USB port to do so (sort of like some of the LED headlights for bikes)?
I bought a case of 6 logitech trackballs years ago (on 3rd now)...one never never knows...better to be safe than sorry. I can't work using a traditional mouse, the response time is too slow and there is the carpal tunnel issue.
Will also recommend Logitech trackballs, been using M570 for over 10 years now and will never go back to mice again, too clumsy and straining to work with. You can replace the switches yourself when they wear out (they used to wear out pretty fast on the first M570, later models seem to have better switches). You can get 50 million click switches rather cheap now, they last a long time.
I regularly (every month or so) clean the ball with water and dish soap, polish it with some very fine grain polishing powder (zinc oxide) and a wet cloth, then spray it lightly with silicone spray. Keeps it running smoothly.
And batteries last very long on M570, 3 months or more even with heavy use.