How is battery lifetime for this wireless trackball?
359270
Very good. I suppose it depends on usage, but mine lasts for months and it's easy to put in a new battery. It takes years to wear a trackball mouse out.
359271
Excellent battery life, I would have to say this has the best lifetime out of all the wireless mouse I have used.
359272
I live on mine, so I end up having to change batteries about every 6-9mo. I have 3 of these, each on a different machine.
359273
I've been using mine since December 2010. Each battery has lasted about a year. I use this trackball 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I almost always remember to turn it off at the end of the day.
359274
I have had it for months and have not had to replace it. And I always forget to turn it off. Love it! :-)
359275
I use this 9 hours a day and almost never turn the thing off. I will need to change my battery in the next week or so....that puts me at the 10 month mark.
955558
Did you follow the instructions and let it charge for 24 hours before first using it? I have my MBP set to "Better Battery Life" and sleep/turn off display after 15 minutes, in Energy Preferences. After watching 75 minutes of video over WI-FI on battery, and Bluetooth turned on for the mouse, I have about 30% battery life left. I don't think that's quite as good as the Apple battery when it's new, but I can live with it.
2034934
Seems quite lasting. Mine still works well after 6mth. But I'm not a frequent user though
197881
I just but it and don't know about battery life yet.The Manufacturer id stating that it is about 2-3 years. It is possible, especially because the mouse has on/off switch.
1342642
Hi Dave. I have been using a Logitech trackball slmost exclusively for the last 3 months. There is no difference between the ball on each side. Tne good news is it doessnt change any to ;use as a leftuy or rigghty. You can change any of the mouseclicks to do whatever you want. dell laptop helpful re m parkinsons disease
355742
I really don't know what other model you mean. I wore one of these out (after many, many hours of clicking) and so I'm on my second one. And Love It. The batteries last forever. It has a couple of features that I'm sure would be handy to a more sophisticated computer user. I pop out the trackball every month or so and run a microfiber cloth over the contacts, etc.Otherwise it gets a little hard to move the cursor across the screen smoothly.
1763879
I have had my Trackman for over ten years, on three different computers. No batteries, no problems. The silver color has worn off, and the rubber pads on the bottom are gone, but it still functions flawlessly. How can they sell you a new one when the old one works just fine? A wireless mouse makes sense. A wireless trackball does not.If it ever does go bad, I will not be looking at Logitech for a replacement.
402705
Battery life is fine, I've only had to actually replace them one time since my purchase. Checked the mouse with new batteries to make sure the issues weren't battery related, but they persisted so I stuck the old batteries back inside every time. So one battery change after ~4.5 months of fairly heavy daily use.
1834099
The track pad does not have buttons. You tap for a "click." The touch sensitivity is very good and has multi-finger gestures. It is on par with my MacBook Pro's touchpad and works the same.The context click, right click, is done by pressing in the lower right corner until you hear it click.The battery is consistently lasting 8+ hours for me.
1086896
I used one for 15 months or so.... never had wear problems at all. Really enjoyed the wired one. Not so much the wireless. I was disappointed with their support. Went to all Razer products. That said the wired version was excellent quality and is still on my shelf as a backup to my Razer Ouroboros.
2233651
Six feet. Buttons perfect - not too light, not too heavy. Best mouse/trackball at any price. Infinitely better control, speed, precision, range than a mouse, and not tiring or painful. Using index finger for movement and thumb/other fingers for buttons is the proper way, not the thumb for movement like most trackballs. Ball is the right size, overall shape fits hand perfectly. Mine is 5 years old, zero problems. I bought another, in case they quit making them. I wouldn't use anything else.
1768665
Bluetooth will consume more battery than other wireless protocol. But mouse will enter a low power mode. My batteries, lithium energizer, last three months of daily, nearly constant use.
715911
No, the IMAGE 2 in 1 Wireless Handheld USB Optical Trackball Mouse - Rechargeble is designed for right hand fit. The product I received has a changeable battery rather than rechargeable internal.
285545
I have had this trackball for few years now and it's great. However, it seems like they need to be well lubricated to work properly, otherwise you can get this stickiness and squealing when rotating the ball (scrolling). I'd recommend taking the ball out and cleaning the little jewel mounting points. Those can build up some gunk around them and cause the ball to stick. You might also want to rub the ball around in your hands for a bit -- the ball comes with some oil on it but I found it takes a while to 'break in' and it seems like it really needs to pick up your hand oils to work properly. In any case, after a month or so of use it should be very nice and smooth. BTW, you should install their driver software if you haven't -- it slows down the mouse to make it more precise, if that is the problem you are having.
665829
Logitech stopped making wired trackballs back in 2012, but a lot of people still want them. This is the going price for a discontinued product with a loyal following.
994690
Sorry I do not know. Why would you ever want to go back to a mouse after a trackball?
2116033
Watching YouTube videos drops about 1% battery life for about every five minutes on mine. That's all I know (haven't used it much). Leaving it 'on' with WiFi enabled uses about <1 to 1% per day.