- Published on
【Trackball Mouse】The recommended one is the Kensington Slimblade, which is also used by Yasutaka Nakata
In a nutshell
- A trackball mouse is the best kind of mouse. It will get rid of your tendonitis.
- I recommend the Kensington "Slimblade" with a 5-year warranty. The stroking touch feels good.
- Maintain your trackball mouse with Bonanza.
Trackball mouse is the only choice
Something you can't live without once you become a working adult is a mouse.
Until you were a university student, a smartphone might have been fine, but suddenly you are required to have the skill to master a tool called Microsoft Office. You can't operate it with a swipe. Therefore, you need a mouse, and you use the mouse provided by your company, which is nothing special.
As time goes by, and you've become able to type office shortcuts smoothly, a tragedy befalls you.
"Ouch!"
My, my finger won't move. Even if I try to move it, it hurts so much I can't. Can I no longer play Chopin?
My wrist hurts. I can't move the mouse anymore. Damn you, mouse.
I can't create documents anymore, and I can't surf the net in the afternoon anymore. Ah, it hurts. Seriously. I'm quitting my job.
Yes, that's right, the movement of the mouse is very bad for your wrist. Using a mouse for a long time can cause tendonitis.
Trackball mouse is the only choice. Kensington is the only choice.
Kensington "Slimblade"
A trackball mouse is a mouse with a ball on top, which you move by stroking it with your thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.
The movement of gently touching the ball is the Adam touch itself.
There are various types of trackballs. The major one is the thumb type. The famous Logitech m570t is a masterpiece. I used to use it a lot in the past. It's still as beautiful as ever.
However, the one I use is the "SlimBlade" from the traditional American mouse manufacturer "Kensington." Released in 2009. A long-seller.
Can you imagine how to use it? This is how you use it. You use it by stroking it.
This is supremely comfortable. It takes some getting used to moving the mouse by stroking it at first, but it eventually turns into a pleasant sensation. It's about the same as when you play Chopin.
Page scrolling is super unique. You scroll by rolling the ball horizontally. It makes a clicking sound and you can scroll. The risk of tendonitis is clearly lower than rolling it with one middle finger. In fact, I have no memory of ever hurting my wrist from mouse operation.
By the way, it has an ambidextrous design, so left-handed people can also use it.
By the way, it has a 5-year warranty, and I had the ball replaced for free once. A 5-year warranty is amazing. I value product warranties very much. 【Lifehack】I will definitely protect it. Product warranty (with preventive care)
By the way, it seems that Yasutaka Nakata, who is famous for producing Perfume and others, also uses it for music production. It seems that many people who do video production and music production use Kensington.
Let's coat the ball with Bonanza
Due to the structure of the product, dust can accumulate between the ball and the sensor of a trackball mouse. Also, the rolling resistance may become stronger, and the comfortable feeling you had when you first bought it may be lost.
For such loyal users, I recommend coating the ball with Bonanza.
]
Even one coat is good, but if you apply it 2-3 times and let it dry, you can get an amazing gliding feeling. Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes.
Bonanza also has a water-repellent effect, so I think it would be good to use it on bathtubs, washbasins, and gas stoves. At home, I use it on the washbasin and bath and have gotten good results. I haven't had any water stains at all.
And the name is great, isn't it? Bonanza. It's like bossa nova. Let's do some maintenance while listening to Lisa Ono's "The Girl from Ipanema."
Aside
If you write Kensington in kanji, it might be 賢人頭 (kenjintou).
Also, I didn't mention the price, but the list price is about 15,000 yen, but now it's about 10,000 yen. Isn't that expensive?