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I bought this to replace an aging Kensington Orbit. Before the Orbit, I had a Logitech Marble Mouse that I used quite a bit. While I liked the centered ball on both of those trackballs, I've always missed having a scroll wheel and center button on both. While both of them have "workaround" solutions, neither one felt natural or intuitive. I use normal mice on all but one of my computers. I use a trackball on my workbench where I have limited space for a keyboard and mouse. When the right click button started to get flaky on the Orbit, I searched out a new trackball, and decided to try one with a thumb ball this time in hopes of having a more natural scroll and middle click. I saw tihs M570 and really liked that it's laid out much like a "normal" mouse. I use Logitech mice on my other computers and have always like them. My only wish was for a wired version of the M570. I'm not a huge fan of wireless mice, it seems the batteries always die at the most inopportune moments... lol Anyway, with Logitech's promise of a long battery life, I decided to give it a shot and ordered one.
Upon opening the box, I was pleased to find they included a Duracell battery, not some cheap no-name battery that might last a week. The battery (it uses a single AA cell) was already in place, with a little pull tab to remove. I had already gone to Logitech's site and downloaded the latest software beforehand, so I just plugged in the USB receiver and switched on the trackball. It was immediately picked up and working in Windows. (8.1) I then installed the Logitech software and configured the extra buttons (I liked the default forward and back buttons) and adjusted the sensitivity. Right away I needed to turn the movement down slower to get the same "feel" as my old trackballs. At first I found it a little tough adjusting from the centered ball to a thumb ball, but having used it for a few days now, it just feels natural. The other buttons and scroll wheel are far better than what I had with the others. Perfect! Just what I wanted. :)
As for the build quality, it's as good as you would expect from Logitech. The ball is nice and smooth, with just enough friction to allow precise control, without being too "sticky" or "slick". The left and right buttons, middle click, and scroll wheel feel just like all the Logitech mice I've had other the years. The forward and back buttons give a nice solid click when pressed, and are easy to find by feel. The whole thing just fits my hand well, and is comfortable to use. There's one indicator light on top for a battery indicator. It glows green when you first start to use the trackball after it's been "asleep". I'm assuming it will turn orange or red once the battery is low. Hopefully, and based on other reviews, it will be a while before I find out, since battery life seems to be pretty good for others that have used these for a while.
So my only wish would still be for a wired version, but if I do have to go wireless, the need for a single AA cell coupled with a long battery life make it easy to swallow. Honestly, if the battery life is close to a year like some others (and Logitech) claim, I kind of prefer wireless just so I dont have the wire to fight with getting in the way or when moving the trackball off the work bench. Even if battery life isn't great, it's a small price to pay for a high quality trackball that meets my needs in every other way for a great price!
UPDATE on the battery life... Here we are 9 months later, and I'm STILL using the AA battery that was included in the box with this trackball... lol My concerns about battery life were not warranted. I use it every single day for a few hours, and never turn the switch off. I just let it "sleep" when not in use. Everything still works as good as new with no signs of wear yet. 100% impressed with this trackball. Buy it, you'll like it!
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Best mouse I've ever had/used. Hands down.
I bought one of these back in 2007, and put in a AA. I had no idea at the time that I had just purchased something that would be with me for a LONG time. To be honest, I've got ADHD and ASD, and the shiny blue, perfectly round heavy ball looked amazing to play with, and super tempting. I told myself I would NOT play with this fancy toy until the mouse broke. This would be a very long exercise in keeping my word to myself and resisting temptation. This mouse was super easy to use, I just plugged in the little dongle, and it was ready to go. Loved how quick it was to plug and play, and while the tracker ball took a little getting used to, considering I had only used the movable kind of mouse before, I found it fairly intuitive and easily adapted to using it. This mouse has customizable buttons on it, that I was able to set things to for playing MMOs, It was quick and dependable for letting me get high scores on flash games. I am an artist, and one day my Wacom tablet broke, and I just.... used the mouse. Because of the smoothness of the tracker ball, I was able to draw with it and get the lines smooth and right where I wanted them. After a year or so, the mouse stopped working! I was confused at first, and then I remembered the battery! I pulled out the battery and swapped out for another AA, and it was right back to how it was before! Darn, no sparkly tempting blue orb for me. This mouse outlasted my computer, another computer, countless laptops, and is now on another desktop.... All easy swaps of the little dongle, and no fuss. This mouse started out being plugged into a computer with XP, then was moved to one with Vista, then Windows 7, then landed on Windows 10. I've used it for art, for regular computer things, for gaming, all sorts of things... All waiting to play with the blue orb of temptation. Every year or so I would need to replace the battery, and each time I was hopeful that the thing had FINALLY worn out... I would pull it apart, use a screwdriver to clear out pet hair, whatever fluff had gotten in the sensors, put it back together, add a fresh battery, and it was always as good as new.I can't tell you how many times it's been dropped, flat out thrown (I have three kids, who are super destructive) I've moved a couple of times, got married, had kids my life is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than when I bought this thing. At one point a hot glue gun had been set on it before it was cool, and it had MELTED a hole through the plastic... but everything still worked 100% fine. I've pretty much given up on this thing EVER giving out on me. I figure it will outlive me at this point. Aliens in 10,000 years will excavate the earth, find this stupid mouse, with its a shiny blue orb of temptation, plug in the dongle (that magically will fit their systems), and start using the mouse to navigate their space ship.So this fall, when the mouse stops working, I'm like "When was the last time I changed the battery? I don't remember. Guess it's time to do that again (I've said a year, but in truth it depends, and I've gotten anywhere from 10 months to 18 months on a battery). I pull it apart, unscrew the case, clean all the components and sensors, put it back together, put a fresh battery in, and... IT DOESN'T WORK. I'm shocked at first. I assume there's something wrong with the battery. I try a new fresh battery, and it STILL doesn't work. At this point, I check to make sure I didn't mess something up putting it back together because I don't believe it's given out. It's been THIRTEEN YEARS with this thing not having issues... THIRTEEN YEARS!!! Literally teared up and felt bad throwing this away (minus the shiny orb of temptation of course). I pop on Amazon and order a new one, the exact same thing. So far this one is exactly as good and easy to use as the old one, and I figure in 13 years or so I'll probably order a third.
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Ronald E. Pacheco GonzálezReviewed in Mexico on December 29, 2019
Así debe ser un trackball
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In its 5th yr and still going strong ! Absolutely recommended for first time ergonomic mouse users.
