I am a bit disappointed (although not entirely surprised) that there are no Evoluent mice on the mice table. Evoluent has been producing vertical mice since the mid 90’s. They offer 3 sizes , left & right hand configurations, and wired & wireless options. I feel that any discussion of ergonomic/vertical mice is incomplete without including Evoluent, the Vertical D series specifically.

I read all the reviews and considered all the options when I bought a vertical mouse in late 2020. After reading reviews and handling a few vertical mice in person, I felt that the more expensive Evoluent was worth the cost.

Evoluent’s experience and goal of building the best vertical mouse can be seen in the evolution that has resulted in the Vertical D. They have had 30 years to iterate on the design and as such, the Vertical D suffers from almost none of the complaints people have of other brands.

One criticism I have (other than the price) is the scroll wheel is not my favorite. I would prefer a scroll wheel that rolls more smoothly. The scroll wheel is durable, has no issue registering while scrolling, and functions as a button but the scrolling action is a bit “chunky”. I prefer the action on inexpensive Logitech scroll wheels much better. Additionally, the Evoluent scroll wheel lack side to side options or the ability to spin freely.

Two other criticism of the mouse are cursor sensitivity and how the programable buttons work. The sensor isn’t top class and it isn’t great for people who require a lot of precision, let competitive gamers and probably heavy CAD users). It works fine for me (e-mail, report writing, Excel, light CAD use) but may be insufficient for some users. Also, the programable feature of the mouse isn’t stored in the mouse itself. This means you may not be able to use programable buttons on an employer’s computer (also probably a big hit for CAD users).

Keep up the good work.

Feb 21, 2024 05:35 AM By Ultra

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This is so unfair. Vertical mice is a separate category. A lot of people, myself included, can’t use any ergonomic mice due to wrist pain, but can and use vertical just fine. And you don’t even include “Body Type” as a product parameter to make it possible to filter product table on Vertical! Complete fail :( And integrated wrist pad should be a parameter too.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! We’ll update this article’s table to include the type of mouse (standard, trackball, and vertical). In the meantime, I’ve made this table that includes a column indicating body type so you can filter out all non-vertical mice we’ve tested.

Let us know if there’s a mouse you want us to review, and vote in the poll for what mouse you’d like to see us review next!

This is so unfair. Vertical mice is a separate category. A lot of people, myself included, can’t use any ergonomic mice due to wrist pain, but can and use vertical just fine. And you don’t even include “Body Type” as a product parameter to make it possible to filter product table on Vertical! Complete fail :( And integrated wrist pad should be a parameter too.

Jul 11, 2023 12:01 AM By angeleyes

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I recommend the DXT Mouse 2 (vertical mouse). You have not checked it, but in my experience it should top the list. I’ve tried several ergonomic mice and this one is both different and best. I’m not affiliated in any way with the makers - I do own the wireless version of it.

1. when I say “best” I mean in terms of ergonomics, the fact that it allows to use fingers instead of forcing movement of the whole arm, both solves the wrist issues (which is why I need ergonomic mouse and keyboard) and is much more comftapble to use.
2. The whole principle is so easy, I really don’t understand why other manufacturers don’t copy off their mouse. The only thing that is special about it is the shape (granted they have a neat right/left handed swirch, but you could eliminated that and make 2 versions of a tech-wise simpler mouse, and being right-handed I don’t really have use for it) P.S. For a keyboard I’m using Microsoft’s “sculpt”. Their mouse is pretty good, too, but owning that DXT mouse, I just don’t use the MS one at all.

There are several brands offering similar products. The problem is they can’t be used with both hands, they are not symetrical.

I have had a Logitech Master MX 2 and two MX 3, all purchased by my university. They are accurate but break down too easily.

Two of them had the left button break down in just one year, and on the third one the center wheel gets completely stuck since they bought it, and it is impossible to clean it properly from the inside.

This is unacceptable for such an expensive mouse.

On the other hand if you want to change hands it does not work because they are not symmetrical.

Oct 20, 2023 03:30 AM By pdblood

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Can you review the ergonomic mice from Kinesis?

No immediate plans to do so at this time, but we’ll consider it if there’s enough interest. You can always add products to our review pipeline page and show your interest on products as well!