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- Comfortable and easy to use
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Avoids forearm twisting for comfort and good health. The patented shape supports your hand in an upright neutral posture that generally avoids forearm twisting. Many users, including medical doctors, ergonomists and physical therapists, said the Evoluent Vertical Mouse provides superior comfort and even relieved their wrist pain.
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135 of 137 people found the following review helpful
By rockdave4
The obvious selling point is the neutral vertical (or handshake) position your hand will stay in during use but version 4 ("VM4R") has some notable improvements over other versions (I also own version 2) that definitely justify the slight price difference:
1. Stickier material - makes it easier to grip the mouse with less effort.
2. Mouse wheel - has tiny rivets making it easier to grip and turn (mouse wheel was entirely too slick on past versions).
3. Pointer speed buttons included on the mouse (with an electronic display showing your current speed) - it can get very fast which equates to a lot of movement with little wrist work.
4. Bigger flanged web at the base on which the pinky fingers rests so it doesn't drag across the mouse pad
General notes:
1. You definitely need to use this mouse with a wrist-rest-mouse-pad to keep your arm and wrist in alignment.
2. There are 3 finger buttons, 2 thumb buttons and 1 mouse wheel button all of which are programmable. There's an additional 4 combination button clicks. Any of these can be programmed (software is easy & intuitive) for helpful functions to minimize keystrokes / mouse movement. To name a few: Cut, Copy, Paste, Backspace, Back, Forward, Delete, Double Click, Enter, F1-F10, Show/Hide Desktop, Spacebar, Start, Tab, and many more.
3. It works well for most hand sizes: it's used and loved by both a 6'-0" 180-lb male and a 5'-0" 100-lb female in my household.
4. The corded version is lighter than the wireless version due to the batteries' weight.
In Closing:
I have wrist tendonitis and as a mechanical engineer, computing is 95% of my day. Obviously this mouse is not a cure but it does make it possible for me to get through the workday in significantly less pain than I had using a standard mouse. I highly recommend it (Version 4!) for anyone using a mouse for many hours at a time. I have also found the Kenesis split keyboard with the VIP freestyle mount very beneficial.
Don't wait until you have tendonitis, carpal tunnel or some other repeitive stress injury and spend $1,000's on physical therapy and accupuncture as I have done. Start your preventative maintenance today. Best of luck,
Dave
1. Stickier material - makes it easier to grip the mouse with less effort.
2. Mouse wheel - has tiny rivets making it easier to grip and turn (mouse wheel was entirely too slick on past versions).
3. Pointer speed buttons included on the mouse (with an electronic display showing your current speed) - it can get very fast which equates to a lot of movement with little wrist work.
4. Bigger flanged web at the base on which the pinky fingers rests so it doesn't drag across the mouse pad
General notes:
1. You definitely need to use this mouse with a wrist-rest-mouse-pad to keep your arm and wrist in alignment.
2. There are 3 finger buttons, 2 thumb buttons and 1 mouse wheel button all of which are programmable. There's an additional 4 combination button clicks. Any of these can be programmed (software is easy & intuitive) for helpful functions to minimize keystrokes / mouse movement. To name a few: Cut, Copy, Paste, Backspace, Back, Forward, Delete, Double Click, Enter, F1-F10, Show/Hide Desktop, Spacebar, Start, Tab, and many more.
3. It works well for most hand sizes: it's used and loved by both a 6'-0" 180-lb male and a 5'-0" 100-lb female in my household.
4. The corded version is lighter than the wireless version due to the batteries' weight.
In Closing:
I have wrist tendonitis and as a mechanical engineer, computing is 95% of my day. Obviously this mouse is not a cure but it does make it possible for me to get through the workday in significantly less pain than I had using a standard mouse. I highly recommend it (Version 4!) for anyone using a mouse for many hours at a time. I have also found the Kenesis split keyboard with the VIP freestyle mount very beneficial.
Don't wait until you have tendonitis, carpal tunnel or some other repeitive stress injury and spend $1,000's on physical therapy and accupuncture as I have done. Start your preventative maintenance today. Best of luck,
Dave
122 of 125 people found the following review helpful
By wadrad
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Just a quick video review of the Evoluent Mouse. I discuss some pluses, some minuses and my overall impression of how it works for me.
A point I don't clarify in the video is when my hand feels good (nerve problems aren't flaring), I still prefer to use a normal mouse over this. It's just easier to work with. I'm also ambidextrous a bit, so with a normal mouse, I can use either hand if need be. This mouse is only good for my slightly-dominant, right hand.
Finally $89 (or something near there) is a LOT to pay for a mouse that doesn't entirely fit the bill. It would be a real coin flip whether I would buy it again (for that much money anyway) now that I've worked with it a bit, and I'm not so blown away by it.
A point I don't clarify in the video is when my hand feels good (nerve problems aren't flaring), I still prefer to use a normal mouse over this. It's just easier to work with. I'm also ambidextrous a bit, so with a normal mouse, I can use either hand if need be. This mouse is only good for my slightly-dominant, right hand.
Finally $89 (or something near there) is a LOT to pay for a mouse that doesn't entirely fit the bill. It would be a real coin flip whether I would buy it again (for that much money anyway) now that I've worked with it a bit, and I'm not so blown away by it.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By .oOo.
I like the mouse, but I have small hand; a little too big for me. I returned this one because I found out that they do have a small version for small hand. Just search "Evoluent VerticalMouse 4 Small" in Amazon. It is purple color. Model #: VM4S
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
I was having hand and wrist pain so I bought this mouse for work.
The hand and wrist pain has gone away. Read more
The hand and wrist pain has gone away. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Jon
3.0 out of 5 stars
dead after 14 months of use
Per my own experience it helps protect my wrest for sure. However, it is dead last month. Both my win7 and win8 laptops say the device cannot be recognized. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Dayong Sun
5.0 out of 5 stars
Carpal Tunnel GREATLY Improved
I have very bad carpal tunnel and I'm very young. I had surgery on my wrists when I was only 15 and while that helped, I still have pain and problems. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Ariel Landwehr
1.0 out of 5 stars
good idea , poor quality
i bought this mouse for my carpal tunnel syndrome. the mouse worked fine for a few weeks then corrupted due to a driver issue. Read more
Published 11 days ago by DoubleS
4.0 out of 5 stars
9 months later...Still satisfied..
While I am very happy with the product. The way I have the wire, kinked, I now have a break and the mouse keeps disconnecting/reconnecting. Read more
Published 24 days ago by J. D. Worth
4.0 out of 5 stars
My wrist doesn't hurt anymore!
It took a short time to get used to, but it has really helped my aching wrist. The multiple buttons are perfect. I love using the back button, scroll button and wheel. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comfort
My hand feels relaxed when using this mouse. Most importantly, my pinky finger no longer goes numb after putting in long hours programming. Tremendous!
Published 1 month ago by Eudaimonia_Etc
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
As a 28yr old having constant wrist and finger pain is quite scary. However after 2 weeks of using this mouse my pain is gone and I'm feeling great! Read more
Published 1 month ago by nach
4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it BUT
I used my evoluent every day for about a year. Today it suddenly stopped working.
There is inadequate strain relief where the cable enters the mouse. Read more
There is inadequate strain relief where the cable enters the mouse. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Art Hovey
4.0 out of 5 stars
The most ergonomic mouse I've ever used
I have owned the Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 wired (right) for just over 2 years now.
The good: It is the best mouse for your hand, arm, shoulder. Read more
The good: It is the best mouse for your hand, arm, shoulder. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Frank Wassner
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