new vertical thumb trackball from Kensington [2020]

[davkol]

Logitech MX Ergo has competition: Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW)

• vertical (60 degrees)
• 34mm thumb-operated ball
• optical sensor w/ resolution 400-1500 dpi (three available steps)
• 7 buttons including wheel (w/ side scrolling)
• additional buttons for changing resolution, connection and on/off switch
• wireless: proprietary (USB dongle) and Bluetooth 5 (two devices)
• 2× AA batteries (supposedly for up to 18 months)
• MSRP $80

FCC ID GV3M01480-M (there are detailed photos including internals, and manuals as well)

[ZedTheMan]

Ooh! I do love my MX ergo, but it is always nice to see what Kensington comes up with

[nelamvr6]

So far I haven't been able to find many reviews, and I haven't been able to find any actual product to buy...

[Archie]

Funny: their first thumb-operated trackball after decades of classic devices...

[4sStylZ]

Thumb seem’s strange to me. I have a expert mouse also 3 differents kensington Trackball and I hate all of them. Some are 100€ and still made with crappy quapility, glue assembly. Everthing fail on them.

[keyboardist]

Anyone here tried this unit?

[Archie]

Yes.

[keyboardist]

What feels it bring?

[Archie]

I don't use thumb balls myself, so can't give detailed opinion. It was bought by friend of mine as a replacement to his heavily worn MTO, and I've briefly tried it. Plastic looks a bit cheap (big difference with another models from that company), but good thing is - it doesn't have any painting or, worse, soft-touch coating. Movement is butter-smooth, hand position seems to be quite ergonomic, buttons are fine.

[WidTurnur]

Looks interesting, will be looking to replace my M570 at some point. I was going to get another MX Ergo but this looks great.

[Sugoi]

Nice to see another trackball model in this niche market. Even though I'm personally not a fan of those thumb models.

[robo]

I thought thumb balls were super weird until I tried one and immediately fell in love. YMMV. I never could get used to 'finger' trackballs.

[davkol]

So I eventually got one. It's fine. I would have preferred the wired version (yes, there's a wired version too), but it wasn't available at the time.

I saw mixed reviews with complaints about build quality at first, that hasn't been my case, though. Just like Elecom trackballs, it's supported in Linux out of the box (all 7 buttons).

[crashnburn]

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