Review on Logitech Trackman Marble Trackball Mouse - USB Wired Ergonomic Mouse for Computers with 4 Programmable Buttons, in Dark Gray - Improved SEO by Takahara Hideo ᠌

Name: Logitech Trackman Marble Trackball Mouse - USB Wired Ergonomic Mouse for Computers with 4 Programmable Buttons, in Dark Gray - Improved SEO
Item: Logitech Trackman Marble Trackball Mouse - USB Wired Ergonomic Mouse for Computers with 4 Programmable Buttons, in Dark Gray - Improved SEO
Rating: 4

June 08, 2022

A good product, more pros than cons.

Before that, there was Kensington Orbit, but it has outlived its usefulness (I bought it used and used it for a couple more years, the buttons started to stick). I wanted to buy it myself, but I didn’t find it in stock, and other models with a scroll ring are more expensive and bulky. In general, I regret that I bought it: I hoped that it would be even more convenient to scroll with a button with a ball, but Logitech does not provide convenient solutions out of the box, and third-party ones are also not without flaws (the cursor continues to move). On the other hand, the Kensington scroll ring is also far from ideal - at the end of its life it began to jam (apparently, the dust had accumulated). And in general, I got used to Smart Scroll in a week or two. If Logitech had made native convenient support for the scrolling ball button - I would say that this trackball is the best solution that I know.

Pros

- It is convenient to fasten with ribbons (I screwed it onto the armrest of the chair), since there is enough body around the ball and buttons - In general, it is quite ergonomic - Less often you have to clean it than Kensington

Cons

- The Logitech site with drivers works horribly - you have to look for third-party resources - For convenient scrolling on the button, the movement of the ball requires third-party applications (in the Logitech application for Windows there is an option similar to the old method - with a middle mouse button click and mouse deviation from the "anchor" , on Mac you can put PgUp and PgDown on buttons 3 and 4, but then there is no middle mouse button left). On a Mac, I found only Smart Scroll for $14 (you don’t have to pay - but then the function is periodically disabled for a couple of minutes and a modest purchase window pops up). But even with third-party applications, scrolling is not very convenient - when you click and move the ball, the cursor also moves (Smart Scroll has a function to stop this movement, but then the scroll often does not work on the first try - its impossible to use). - Kensington Orbit feels accurate above - Up to the 4th button (I have the middle mouse button on it) it is inconvenient to reach, I have to change the position of the hand