I’m hoping this is an ok place to ask a question like this.

I recently had to get a new mouse because my old one broke. I couldn’t get exactly what I had before but I got something fairly similar. However, I’ve been struggling to tune it to feel good to use. It’s actually been putting a lot of strain on my arm even after short play sessions.

Does anyone know what might be causing this and how to fix it? What kind of things should I do to find the appropriate sensitivity/settings or maybe I’m holding my arm differently for some reason or maybe I need a different kind of mouse?

If it matters, here’s the old and new mice:

Old: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GU8W5AE

New: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D3PNVQWK?psc=1

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    6 days ago

    Whether a mouse is comfortable is quite an individual thing and depends for example on what kind of grip you use. I use claw grip and a major factor for me is weight, the lighter the better, as I lift it a lot. I had a glance at those two mice and one thing I noticed is that the new one has quite a bit larger dimensions, so that might be a factor.

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    5 days ago

    Both of those mice have weights you can add or remove to your liking. Maybe you took a few out of the old mouse so it was lighter?

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    5 days ago

    are those not identical? regardless, i’d recommend checking out a vertical mouse. my partner works with a mouse a ton as a 3d artist, and swears by them.

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    5 days ago

    Step 1 throw out the mouse Step 2 install vim and i3w