Hello all! I'm new to this forum. Hoping I set my account up right so I'll be emailed when replies are posted. I'm creating a new post here because I am having great difficulty finding that click-button pressure/downward travel, and scroll wheel resistance, are being addressed by mice manufacturers so that their mice will not create/aggravate tendinitis in the finger. There are plenty of specially-designed mice out there for everything else: carpal tunnel, hand pain, elbow pain, shoulder pain, tilting one's hand at an angle or to a vertical position, etc., but not for finger pain. A bit of background: I developed tendinitis in my right (dominate) index finger early last year (2013) after using the wireless mouse that came with my awesome Logitech MX3000 keyboard/MX600 mouse set that I bought at the beginning of 2006. I bought that set especially to get a wireless mouse because the USB cable from my previous wired mouse kept getting in my way. Now, that same Logitech wireless mouse is no longer an option because of the tendinitis that developed in using it over time. I then tried getting a wireless touchpad mouse but, believe it or not, it can aggravate finger pain too, especially when holding it down and scrolling/dragging and dropping/highlighting/adjusting software settings. Also, I don't prefer a stationary device as I have to repeatedly reposition it, and it's more difficult to be precise in moving the cursor around, and when scrolling. Since then, it has turned out that an old, roll-ball underneath (as opposed to an optical/laser mouse), USB corded, basic "2-button/scroll wheel traditional design" Dell mouse that Dell threw in with my previous desktop PC tower purchase in 2005 has the lightest click, with almost no downward depress travel to the L/R keys, and a gentle scroll wheel, when compared side-by-side in the stores to such brands as Logitech, gaming, Microsoft, and HP mice, ergonomic or not. The physical stores near me that I've been going into are Best Buy, Staples, Radio Shack, Walmart, Office Depot, Sears, and the Microsoft Store (neither Radio Shack, Sears, nor Walmart put out display mice, so there's no way to determine the click button/scroll action of the ones they sell since they're inside their packaging) yet, so far, no mouse is as gentle as this old Dell mouse that I'm using right now. The market is also now focused on making tiny-sized mice that are meant to be carried around in your pocket, but those are physically too small for my hand, and for the desktop computing that I do (I don't have any portable devices. Not needed/desired in my case). I've looked on websites like TheHumanSolution.com to research ergonomic mice (e.g., Evoluent/Handshoe/Penguin/Pencilus/Orthomouse), but have gotten mixed feedback about button click pressure and scroll resistance, and some remarks that the Orthomouse, for example, has a very hard click-button resistance that would make my condition worse. Also, I'd have to order from them to try out their mice myself, and they charge shipping both ways and a 10% restocking fee for any that I'd return, with no assurance that any of them would work out. My hand surgeon and physical therapist have both determined that I need to keep from curling/clawing my fingers, i.e., keep them laid out flat. Yet, another issue with ergonomic mice is that a lot of them are designed to cause your hand/fingers to curl/wrap around them, which may be great for other repetitive motion problems, but would aggravate my finger. I also prefer the control/preciseness offered by a scroll wheel over touch/swipe scroll. Lastly, I want a wireless mouse, preferably Bluetooth, and hope to find one that uses disposable batteries, or at least has a rechargeable battery that can be replaced by me, the customer, as opposed to either ending up with a dead useless mouse when the battery can no longer accept a charge (i.e., mice with "built in", non-replaceable rechargeable batteries, such as the Dell WM713), or that requires a professional technician, or mailing the mouse back to the manufacturer, just to get the battery replaced (as with the Handshoe mouse). I'm very grateful for any feedback, recommendations, and suggestions that anyone here can offer to help direct me to a gentle desktop mouse that won't aggravate my index finger tendinitis. Many thanks to all.
