Ergonomic Touchpad

by Ergonomic Touchpad

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces
• ASIN: B001OO0LXC
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #43 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Touch Pads
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 30, 2008

Product Description

Ergo Touchpad the worlds formost multi touch trackpad mouse! Small, Thin, Water Resistant, Durable and fast, Plug n Play no drivers needed! Works on all computers, PC, Mac, Laptops, Desktops, Linux, Tablet PC, anything with a USB Use it alone or use along with any other mouse, touchpad or trackball, They can all plug in and work together! Fast Easy & Fun, Pick it up, sit back in your chair and surf the web. Put it anywhere so you don't always have to reach for your mouse, on tables, desks, in cars and workshops. The Ergonomic Touchpad does everything your mouse does, left click, right click, Scroll!, drag & drop, zoom, glide extend and much more. It's low profile ergonomic design means less hand movement and more comfort. It comes with a special Velcro backed housing that make it "ten touchpads in one!" You can set it, stick it down or use one of our keyboard mounts to put it within an inch of your typing hands on your computer keyboard! Use it alone or use along with any other mouse, touchpad or trackball, They can all plug in and work together! Patent Pending Windows: Works with Windows Vista / XP / 2000 Automatically starts working when plugged in! No drivers, downloads or discs needed Macintosh: Works great with Apple Macintosh computers Automatically starts working when plugged in! No drivers, downloads or discs needed Specifications 1 15/16 in. long x 2 9/16 in. wide x 3/8 in. deep. Comes with a 6-ft. USB cable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Keep your mouse handy, May 2, 2010

By 

K Hindall "Amazon forces period on 'Real Name... (Ithaca, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ergonomic Touchpad (Electronics)

I've had this product for about four months now. I use it with a October-2009-release iMac running Snow Leopard, my previous computer having been a G4 PowerBook.

First, don't waste your money on the clip that supposedly attaches it to your keyboard. Even the one for the newer Mac keyboards doesn't work (the clip slides back at any pressure on the trackpad), and I had to tape mine in place with duct tape.

The good stuff: the trackpad is small and can be placed very close to your keyboard. Clicking and scrolling are good, although not great. It does install supereasy.

The bad stuff: Having no drivers means you have no software control over how sensitive the touchpad is, and as it comes, it is MUCH too sensitive. I am always double-clicking when I mean a single click, dragging when I don't mean to, etc. I'd like to be able to turn off the "right click" feature (clicking in the upper right corner = right clicking): the worst thing about it is that it right clicks when I'm trying to scroll, but I frequently stray too far to the right and right click when I mean regular clicking. I've gotten better on keyboard shortcuts just to avoid the worry on some tasks.

The really bad stuff: The click and drag simply does not work, at least not when I mean it to. I was always ending up with things dropped in the wrong place; text selections either refused to end or double-clicked at the end, deselecting the text. As I said, I am always picking up and dragging things when I don't mean to. I always use my mouse for drag and drop. Some things (like taking a screen capture of a portion of the screen) are just impossible without turning to the mouse. I wish the trackpad had a button or two, but I grant I wouldn't be willing to go up to something that took up a lot more desktop space to get them.

So the short version is that it is OK. It doesn't replace the touchpad on the PowerBook. I feel the loss of mouse buttons. It does for most cursor-control tasks, so long as you keep your regular mouse handy for the more demanding ones.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Like This Product, April 28, 2010

By 

W. Lee "handle bars" (portland, or) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ergonomic Touchpad (Electronics)

This touchpad works. Plug it in, it does what it is supposed to do. Smooth tracking, great "click" (tap) recognition and scrolling. The right click in the upper corner took me a couple of days to get used to, but it works just fine.
As someone who suffers from RSI that is often aggravated by most mice and trackpads - even 'ergonomic' ones, this is a great help because it can easily be moved around for use with either hand and can be used at any angle (I like to hold it in one palm and track with the opposite hand).
The construction is a bit on the cheap side, but that wasn't surprising considering the price. It really works better than I expected. when I picked this up I also bought a bluetooth trackball/mouse that was nearly 3 times the price of this and I've gotta say... this thing has much better tracking and control than that name brand product.

I would especially recommend this for anyone who suffers from computer related RSI. One of the best things you can do to alleviate the constant pain (aside from trigger point therapy) is to regularly alternate your input device (ie switching from mouse to trackpad, swapping hands or fingers or using even your feet to click).

I only wish they offered a wireless version!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works, but not accurate enough, June 11, 2009

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Mr. "RTS Fan" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ergonomic Touchpad (Electronics)

This Ergonomic Touchpad works as expected.
However, it is not very accurate so it is very hard to point the mouse pointer exactly where you want.

In addition to that this Ergonomic Touchpad is way too expensive.

That is why I gave it only 2 stars.