Left-handed five button USB mouse.....

[patrickt]

I just got my Endura keyboard from Unicomp and love it and now I'm obsessing on my mouse. I have a Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000. I like it. I want another one. They're discontinued and I haven't found one yet that I can order to be delivered in Mexico.

So, I'm looking for a mouse that can be used left-handed, has five buttons, and  connects via USB. I haven't found one. I have used a trackball but haven't in years and as I recall I frequently had driver problems but a trackball that meets those specs would be possible if it had dependable drivers and three buttons were programmable.

If you know of one that fits, thanks.

[IBI]

There's no shortage of mice meeting that criteria, the Microsoft Sidewinder X3 and Cherry Ergo-shark spring to mind, plus the expensive ones like some of the vertical mice and the contour mouse have left-handed versions and five or more buttons.

[patrickt]

The Microsoft Sidwinder X3 must be the replacement for what I have. I'll check it out...when it's released.

[cnt]

Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 1.1A

[huha]

I don't like Logitech, but how about the Logitech MX 610 Left-Hand Laser Cordless Mouse?

5 Buttons and a 2d scroll wheel to boot. What could you want more?

-huha

[ricercar]

I used a Contour leftie for two years at one workplace, and always found it to be clumsy. They finally made a mouse with the primary button on the right, but then they super-sized it and made it an odd shape. I usually keep my small pieces of office equipment when I leave an employer (sue me) but the left hand Contour mouse stayed at that office when I left.

YMMV

Edit:
I've been using this "mouse" for six months on the left hand:
http://www.gogamer.com/Monster-Gecko-Pistol-Mouse-FPS-Controller-Accessories_stcVVproductId4758968VVcatId451798VVviewprod.htm



PROS:

• 1) Your hand rests on the desk naturally without a twist, pinky down, thumb up. Decreases my RSI by leaps and bounds.
• 2) It's perfectly symmetrical, so there's no left/right muscle memory difference to overcome.
• 3) It's under $10 so the experiment is cheap
• 4) the primary and secondary buttons are tactile (slightly clicky)
• 5) the scroll wheel has physical notched action
• 6) the scroll wheel uses the thumb, which naturally rests away from the wheel without stress.

CONS:

• a) It looks like a gun. Your coworkers might start whispering. I've considered, since the risk is under $10, chopping off the gun barrel with a hacksaw, so it looks weird instead of like a weapon.
• b) my huge hands had to learn how to avoid the secondary mouse button (where grip meets the underside of the trigger guard). In fact, I had to learn to rest my middle finger on the trigger guard, or else rest my pinky along the base or my four-finger grip was always triggering the secondary button.
• c) The laser is far from the grip, magnifying the slightest wrist movement. Learning curve is non-trivial.

EDIT EDIT
This Monster Gecko Pistlgrip mouse is no longer made, hence the closeout price that varies widely by retail establishment.