Comments on: Zero Tension Mouse Reviewed

By: Anna Peterson

Anna Peterson — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:51:46 +0000

It’s amazing how much things have changed! I love the vertical mouses these days; they are great.

By: Joana

Joana — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:19:25 +0000

I wonder if this mouse causes fatigue on your tumb. I have not used it yet, but I have the 3M Renaisence mouse (which is quite similar and also inspired this new product) and my tumb is killing me now.
Thanks!
Joana

By: Don

Don — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:53:04 +0000

Great product. Brought me relief within the 1st hour of using it. It’s taken about 2 days to get comfortable with the functionality, proficiency is still coming. I found that my mouse settings did need to be toned down.

Overall 5 stars

By: Mr. Lopez

Mr. Lopez — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:28:02 +0000

I used to have severe forearm pain to the point that I would switch to my left hand, then to the right as they would both eventually hurt.
After purchasing this device using my office’s ergonomic facilitation service, I have had no forearm pain–100% gone.
The comments that this will make your arm work harder and strain your neck and back seem silly to me. I’ve had this device for almost two years with no such issues. It’s true that you will have to use your arm more than your wrist, but once you adjust you’ll likely be fine.
One issue I have, is shared with Martin V in that the 1st generation device had pretty lousy tracking. I find myself having the point and shoot three and four times before hitting the mark. I’m assuming the newer models should remedy this.
The other issue I have is getting used to not knocking the thing off my desk. As I’m used to reaching over a low mouse, I have whacked this mouse right the hell off my desk several times and it has not fared well landing. I’ve had to disassemble it and replace the pickup lens several times as it gets knocked out of place inside of the enclosure. I’ve resorted to attaching a short loop of the cable to the underside of my platform with a zip tie so while I still whack it off my mouse pad, it just dangles instead of crashing to the floor.
I highly recommend this product and after two years of solid use, it’s done me well.

By: Martin V.

Martin V. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:15:40 +0000

I Just wanted to tell folks, I sprung and bout this device. I was having pretty severe pain in my arm and hand when I used the silly TrackPoint on the ThinkPad brand computers and a regular mouse. After getting used to the Zero Tension mouse I have experiences no more pain. I have to tell you, it took me less time to get used to the mouse than some other reviewers have posted. I also had to adjust my seating position such that my right forearm was resting properly on the chair I use (right armrest had to come up more). Once all that was set, I adapted easily to the device and have grown to like it very much. The tracking on the model I purchased (1st gen.) was less than precise, however the new models (2nd gen.) are laser mice and have much better resolution, so one would expect better/smoother tracking. I would recommend this product it worked for me. I plan to purchase another in the 2nd generation configuration soon. I had previously tried many mice and other devices; none gave me pain relief like the Zero Tension Mouse.

By: flashist

flashist — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:27:31 +0000

Interesting, any idea where to get them?

By: Kim Sidener

Kim Sidener — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:32:50 +0000

Have had this mouse for about a month. Elbow an forearm pain disappeared with a couple of hours. However, the height of the base, coupled with the need to not rest your entire weight on the thing, plus use of the upper arm combine to cause pain near the base of the neck, both sides.

Be prepared to move more slowly, too, as the arm is still trianing to make the fine movements formely done by hand and wrist.

I switch off between old and new mouse, mostly to avoid the neck pain.

By: Phil Goetz

Phil Goetz — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:24:40 +0000

But we know that using the arm instead of the wrist to move your mouse eventually causes pain.