Hippus M2WB-LC Wired Light Click HandShoe Mouse (Right Hand, Medium, Black)

This is probably one of the most interesting computer mouse's I have ever come across. It took me about 6 years to find a proper mouse to support my hand in general. I do a lot of Graphic Design work and computer work in general and I have to strain my hand just to use other mouse's. I've bought other mouse's like the trackball ones, and even a gaming mouse. Every mouse before that I have issues with and even in some of my classes when I try to use an Apple mouse; it does not help at all either. I've done a fair amount of research and only happened to discover the handshoemouse now. I wish I would have found it sooner. It's so hard to find a computer mouse that's dedicated on not just high quality performance; but dedicated towards hand size and specific needs of the person. I am also physically disabled, so its even harder to try and use any other mouse out there as well as have a specific kind of mouse for someone like myself. I ordered a large handshoemouse because I knew for sure I would need a big mouse to grasp the entire area of it and not just half. I also don't like how mouse's now are so small and sit so low to the table. To have your fingers rub against surfaces in general all the time and having to strain my hand is tiring and painful. The handshoemouse sits pretty nicely off the surface from where you are using it from. It is described as mentioned and functions like its supposed to. It does not feel awkward at all, it puts your entire hand in a snug position and allows your hand and part of your arm to relax quite a bit. I do not regret this purchase and I hope more mouse's like the handshoemouse are made for many people who are in need of a truly supportive mouse. It's a really great idea that needs more advertisement out there from the business and marketing worlds in general.

Finding a true ergonomic left hand mouse is a big challenge. I finally found this one and am at last comfortable. Forget vertical "handshake" mice, and any flat mouse that claims ergo is lying to you. However, there are some caveats you should know:1. The large is huge. My hand met the minimum requirement for large but I had to return it for a medium which is just about right. Too bad because I initially saved $20 getting one used form Amazon Warehouse Deals. Only get the large if your hands are massive.2. The large has 3 buttons vs 2 on medium and small. The 2nd and 3rd finger buttons are opposite of what you expect and it cannot be changed. No settings or software fixed this, I had to live with pressing the wrong button all the time. But due to size I had to send it back so no longer an issue.3. You will want to try out a low friction gaming mouse pad. I had a nice 3M pad but there was too much friction making precision work maddening. There was just a bit too much stick in the pads, even after removing the 210g of weights. Elevating the wrist with the chair armrest alleviated this.4. They could easily give you a thumb button or two but they do not. So for nearly $100 you get bottom line basic mouse functions. The upside is it will work with any PC or Mac without additional drivers which is probably the reason for lack of programmable buttons.None of the nitpicks are worthy of knocking a star. I am very thankful to have a true left and ergo mouse. It could be improved with lower friction pads and a couple programmable buttons, but it is the best left hand ergo mouse available.

The HandShoe mouse does allow me to work long hours at the computer with no hand or arm pain. The problem is that after using it for about a month, I have been developing pain in my right shoulder. I am giving it a 4 star rating because this problem may be due to my physiology (37 sleeve length).To test my hypothesis that the HandShoe was causing should pain, I switched back to my old Evoluent Vertical Mouse for a week. The shoulder pain went away and I suspect that the root of the issue is that my shoulder moves more/differently controlling a mouse using a palm down vs. hand shake position.While the Evoluent Vertical Mouse doesn't cause me pain (a big plus) it has some issues of its own. I was looking for alternatives because the Evoluent 3 has a problem where the scroll wheel delaminates from the control wheel. The outer wheel turns when you scroll, but the inner wheel only turns intermittently. After some trial and error, I was able to fix this with super glue. The Evoluent 4 has a problem where the silver coating flakes off. The flakes are messy and it looks terrible (but still works).

I was having very severe wrist problems so I got this mouse (wired version, large size) and installed it. But it did not work correctly. It would only work in certain programs and did not scroll correctly. I tried it on 2 other computers and still it did not work correctly so it ended up sitting in a drawer for a while. My wrist problems got much worse so I tried to return it but it was past the return date. So I tried to get it covered under warranty from Hippus directly. They were very nice and very responsive. They were curious what the problem was and so they offered to replace the mouse if I would send in the old one. My wife was having wrist problems too and that came up in the discussion. Instead of one, Hippus sent us 2 mice free of charge in exchange for the damaged one. It turned out the USB connector was mangled. The new mice worked flawlessly and better yet after only a few weeks using it my pain went away. Yes it takes a bit to get used to but it is well worth it to no longer have elbow, wrist and forearm pain. Thank you Hippus for making an excellent product and thank you for taking care of us above and beyond on damaged mouse. You have made me and my wife very happy customers.