Choosing your ideal ergonomic mouse
Choose with our handy step-by-step plan
Finding the ideal ergonomic mouse can seem like a daunting task with our enormous range. It's no longer a challenge with our step-by-step plan. Use this step-by-step plan as a guide and you'll find your ideal ergonomic mouse in no time.
The mouse for you in 5 simple steps
1. What kind of tasks do you perform with the mouse?
The shape of a mouse can have a significant impact on your precision. If you need precision and the mouse doesn't provide it, then the mouse, regardless of whether it helps with your complaints, will never be satisfactory.
The first question is very simple. Do you perform precision work or not? By precision work, we mean, for example:
- Photoshop
- Video editing
- 3D designer
- Programmer
Do you not need to perform precise actions as described above? Are you more involved with purely a lot of scrolling, clicking, and dragging? Then you are, as we describe it, engaged in more general mouse work.
I'm looking for a mouse for:
2. Where are you looking for relief?
The main reason to look for an ergonomic mouse is discomfort. Understandable, as sometimes you spend entire days behind your computer. Aches and pains distract you or, in the worst case, even force you to stop.
You are now on the page for precision work or general work. It's time to look at the left side of the page and scroll down a bit until you see our filters. You can ignore the first 2 filters and look for 'you are looking for relief for your'. Here you click on the part of your body where you would like relief. You are now already a lot closer to that ideal ergonomic mouse.
3. Measure your hand
Your hand size, very.very.important. A mouse that's too small makes you grip too tightly, a mouse that's too large feels like you're driving a tank through Madurodam. Below the filter you just filled in, you can find the 2 filters 'what is your hand length?' and 'what is your hand width?'.