Mousetrapper® Advance 2.0+ hygienic trackpad

An ode to the Mousetrapper Advance 2.0

Advanced, not complicated

It's a bit like explaining Brexit on the children's news. Making fairly complicated material accessible and understandable. The Advance does a bit of that too. Quite an advanced device, but you'll get the hang of it straight away.

Why the Mousetrapper Advance 2.0+?

The centric Advance is perhaps Mousetrapper's most popular model. It works comfortably, has many extra (programmable) buttons and an extensive touchpad which I will come back to. Because it sits directly in front of you, between you and your keyboard, you maintain a compact working posture. Your arms operate the mouse and keyboard within shoulder width, which benefits relaxation, especially in the shoulders.

The difference with the 2.0

The difference between the 2.0 and the 2.0+ lies in the wrist rests. With the 2.0, these are made of polyester, which can only be somewhat cleaned with a damp cloth. The 2.0+ features leather wrist rests. These are easy to clean with disinfectants.

Using the Advance 2.0

You control your cursor with the 'mat' on the trackpad. The mat is about 8 x 5 cm and can be operated with 1 to 3 fingers simultaneously. This gives you a lot of control and precision. It can be rolled vertically and slid horizontally. You have no limitations in doing so; the device will still move the cursor even if you are at the far left or far right of the mat.

With 2000 DPI (dots per inch), your cursor flies across your screen at lightning speed. The sensitivity can also be lowered, should you wish to 'train' quietly towards that light speed. You can gradually increase the speed.

The mouse has 6 buttons. In addition to the usual left and right mouse buttons, there are also buttons for double-clicking, copying, pasting, scrolling up and down. Scrolling can also be done with the mat, on the right side.

Using the Mousetrapper driver, MTkeys, you can change button functions or turn scrolling with the mat on and off. Even browsing forwards and backwards in folders and within browsers is possible.

Shoulder-friendly

The Advance is only truly optimally used when you put both hands to work simultaneously. I myself (Tim) often have to work precisely. In the back office of our webshop, but also with Photoshop. The left-click function in the Mousetrapper's mat is somewhat less precise because pressing it can accidentally move the cursor.

With the Mousetrapper driver, I have replaced the double-click with a left-click, allowing me to mouse with my right hand and click with my left. If that gets tiresome, I could also place my beloved click on the right, so I mouse with my left hand and click with my right. As you can see, the strain on your shoulders can be nicely distributed, and you can choose which arm you give the