3M Ergonomic Mouse, Optical, USB/PS2 Compatible, Large Size, Black (EM500GPL)
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Customer Review: Cheap plastic construction
Summary: 3 Stars
I had pretty bad hand pain from my microsoft wireless mouse. I bought three of these based on the reviews I read here. The day I started using it the pain disapeared, however I gave my teenage son one too and that is when the bad news arrived. Within a week he had snapped the mouse in two. I figured he was just being a teenager until a month later when i broke mine in half. I took the third one and guess what, same exact way the third one broke. The base and the handle are connected with a plastic snap like joint. The joint occurs in the very place torque is likely to occur and there are three little tabs of plastic that are less than 1/8th of an inch thick keeping it together. Its amazing an engineer at 3M could think this was a good design. Oh well. I just threw them away, not sure if i could have returned them to 3M. They work so well ergonomically, once you get used to them, that I will probably buy more.Customer Review: Rapid cursor jump problem
Summary: 4 Stars
A few other reviewers mentioned that the cursor sometimes takes wild jumps using this mouse. I had this problem too, but using the mouse on top of a blank sheet of paper solved it. As for the shape and feel of the mouse, one thing you can't tell from the pictures is that there is a contoured region at the top of the handle in front designed for your index finger. My hand is right on the border of the 3.5" cutoff between the suggested sizes. I bought the large version, and find this grip contour a little high up for my taste. I don't know whether it would be better with the medium version. Otherwise I find the grip size comfortable. The USB->PS/2 converter works fine, too. I run my mouse into a KVM switch using the converter, and it works on all my machines (Mac and Linux). This looked like the best ergonomic alternative to a standard mouse that I saw, and I'm happy I bought it.Customer Review: yay best mouse ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my 3rd 3M Ergonomical mouse. While it may seem silly to keep on buy the same mouse over and over, it is the best mouse out there! a little back ground about me: I use my PC all day for work, and then at night I play PC games all night long. As a result my mouse gets about 12 hrs/day and 7 days a week of abuse. My previous 3M mouse died about after 3 years of usage each but I keep on buying new replacements because of the superior design. It is truly ergonomical! Despite using my mouse for prolong period of time I don't feel any discomfort that I get with other "normal" mouses. In addition, the previous model was the traditional mouse with a ball at the bottom where as this one is optical! I was so pleasantly surprised when I open the box. They should mention it in the product details!Customer Review: A Flaw Away From Perfection
Summary: 3 Stars
Due to using the computer at work & at home, I developed a horrible case of wrist and finger pain. It got so bad, I literally could not use my old mouse. After reading reviews on Amazon, I dedided on the 3M mouse even though most people said it was cheaply made.
Within a few days of using the mouse, my wrist & hand pain disappeared. Now one month later the mouse took a two foot fall from my keyboard tray to the floor and it snapped where the handle meets the base. I plan on using some superglue so I can get back to work. I may even order a 2nd mouse as a back up. Even though it's cheap, it works wonders to keep the wrist pain away.
If 3M would strengthen the plastic joint where the handle meets the base, they could create the perfect ergonomic mouse.
Customer Review: the handshake grip eliminates pain
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this mouse from Amazon a couple of months ago. It seems like a cheaply made thing for the price. That aside, the main thing is that after a week or so it completely cleared up the chronic pain that I have had for years with my right hand and associated pain spots on the arm and shoulder. I am so grateful for that.
At first I had trouble with squeezing the mouse too hard. This problem seemed to have let up by itself and now it is all smooth sailing! I would highly recommend purchasing it if you are suffering from repetitive injury syndrome. I listened to all the reviewers who wrote in when I was figuring out which mouse to buy for relief.
I am grateful to everyone who wrote in so that I knew what to get!