Evoluent Verticalmouse 4 Right Wireless - Laser - Wireless

I purchased this fairly expensive mouse to help with one of my co-workers with her carpal tunnel issues. Setting up the mouse was fairly simple. I just plugged in the USB dongle and her windows machine auto installed the drivers. There is also software made by the manufacturer that you can easily download from their website, which gives you the ability to program the mouse buttons for different clicks and tasks. The physical design was nice and was much more comfortable than using a horizontal mouse. Mouse performance was unaffected by the design and pointing is precise. It definitely has a different feel than a traditional mouse, but my co-worker says her wrist issues are benefiting from the ergonomic design.

I had a wired vertical mouse from evoluent for years until it finally died, so replaced it with the wireless laser vertical mouse. While it wasn't much of.a hassle to get the mouse wire hung up once in a while, it is much more convenient not to have a wired mouse. I use this on my work computer, so couldn't reconfigure which buttons I wanted to be the "right" button, so I had to accept the third button (at the bottom) as the "right button. Took a little while to get used to, since the old evoluent vertical mouse that I replaced, had the "right" button in the middle. All in all, an excellent mouse. Very smooth tracking. Once I started using the vertical mouse years ago, the wrist problems that t had disappeared.

Way too costly for general use, if you have a wrist issue and your doctor or physical therapist recommend it, this vertical mouse is nice. It definitely takes some getting used to, and is still (after a month of solid use) is hard to 'drive' for detailed work (like drawings), but great for general mouse use. It would be nice if a major mouse vendor (hint Logitech!) would offer one in their line. Yet another wireless adapter taking up a USB port and more drivers on the computer make for more troubleshooting RF and software collisions.