Give your hand a healthy break. Upgrade to ergonomist-approved comfort and premium cursor control with Kensington’s Pro-Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball.
A 60° tilt angle keeps the wrist in a natural handshake position to improve wrist and forearm posture and minimize muscle use. Perfect for new trackball users, this vertical trackball is easy to learn and offers 9 programmable buttons for significant productivity gains. All-day comfort is provided through an ergo design with a 60° tilt and natural handshake position to improve wrist and forearm position.
All-day comfort is provided through an ergo design with a 60° tilt and natural handshake position to improve wrist and forearm position. Uses the same left-click, right-click and scroll wheel operation as a traditional mouse while providing the advantages of a trackball with a simple roll of the thumb. The high-quality optical tracking sensor, 34mm thumb-operated trackball, and triple DPI switch provide smooth cursor control, optimal precision, and easy cursor speed transitions.
Connect your Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW) to 3 different devices - via a 2.4GHz nano dongle that is stored inside the trackball body and two additional connections via Bluetooth. Experience Plug and Play default settings or use the KensingtonWorks software to professionally customize 9 programmable buttons to set pointer and scrolling options and deal with common tasks in one touch.
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I've been using trackballs for years, and much prefer them for wrist comfort. I've had the Logitech M570 for a long time, but really wanted to lose the dongle, plus Logitech hasn't recently been too supportive of the Mac Os. (The photo above shows the new Kensington mouse compared to my ancient Logitech M570). Finding a Bluetooth Trackball can be a challenge - there aren't many.
I first tried the Logitech MX Ergo Trackball, which failed almost immediately (the left click just stopped). I wasn't a huge fan of the shape, anyway. While I was returning the Logitech, I found this new trackball. Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW) products have a reputation for being well made, so I decided to try it. The thing that makes this trackball different is the "handshake" position - it puts your wrist at more of an angle, with your thumb nearly on top.
I wasn't sure I'd like this, but it feels quite comfortable, and I adapted to it immediately. I have medium-size women's hands, and the size of the trackball is great. The footprint is narrow enough that it can easily be used on my leg if I so choose. I downloaded the KensingtonWorks software, and was able to customize the pointer speed, scroll speed, and most of the extra mouse buttons, but haven't had any luck with the forward and back buttons.
This could possibly be an issue with Mac Os Catalina. This trackball is a keeper! Suggestion - uninstall any other 3rd party mouse software from your computer - it seems to interfere with the Kensington software. if you are a fan of the MX Ergo, M570, and the original Microsoft Trackball Optical 1.0 (with glowing red ring) this is the one.
Having TWO Logi MX Ergo's and the left click start to die on one after only 6 months of use I was searching for something different, after multiple meh copies of the M570, Kinsington blew me away with the Pro-Fit Ergo. I was a bit worried the tilt would be too much... BUT the tilt is about the same "feel" as the MX Ergo with the rubber add-on (available here on some models and at Best Buy), but the arrangement of the buttons is very slightly angled more, which feels very good.
The only thing keeping Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW) from perfect is the extra programmable buttons are a little easy to press, by default they do nothing... and I would suggest you keep it that way till you're sure their placement doesn't fire off things by accident. I drive a CAD machine for work and switched to trackball mice several years ago. The lack of a cord moving the mouse when I let go of it was the main selling point.
Thumb-operated trackballs cause me much less hand fatigue than the finger-operated ones do, so that has been my preference since another company came out with one several years ago. After having quality and warranty issues with that company, I went looking for an alternative. Kensington was the first place I chose to search.
Product model:
Connectivity Technology: Wireless, 2.4GHz USB Receiver, Bluetooth, Dual USB Receiver & Bluetooth.
Brand: Kensington.
Movement Detection Technology: Optical.
Number of Buttons: 9.
Style: Wireless.
About Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW) item:
Ergonomist-Approved Design – All-day comfort is provided through an ergo design with a 60° tilt and natural handshake position to improve wrist and forearm position.
Easy to Use – Uses the same left click right click and scroll wheel operation as a traditional mouse while providing the advantages of a trackball with a simple roll of the thumb.
Premium Precision & Speed – The high-quality optical tracking sensor 34mm thumb-operated trackball and triple DPI switch provide smooth cursor control optimal precision and easy cursor speed transitions.
Flexible Wireless Connection Options – Connect your vertical trackball to up to 3 different devices – one via the 2 4GHz nano dongle that stows inside the trackball body and two additional connections via Bluetooth.
Plug & Play or Customize – Experience plug and play default settings or use KensingtonWorks software to set pointer and scrolling options and professionally customize 9 programmable buttons to tackle common tasks with one-touch.
Update:
Tested it with an iPad running iPadOS 13.4 and it works great. Keep in mind that mouse support is limited in iOS right now, so you can't customize the buttons beyond switching the left and right buttons. The Kensington Pro Fit Ergo Vertical Wireless Trackball (K75326WW) and scroll wheel works great. You can change the cursor speed under General>Trackpad & Mouse and scroll wheel speed under Accessibility>Pointer Control. (these options will not show up until you have paired the mouse via Bluetooth) KensingtonWorks isn't available for iOS right now.
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