Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (L6V-00001)

I was absolutely in love with this mouse. Most comfortable mouse Ive ever used, but Microsofts quality control for these things is abysmal. Ive had 2 myself, and at least 3 more in my office and every one of them has failed around or before 1 year of use. Every single one of them begins to double click or had mysterious clicks on its own or doesnt click at all randomly after a certain period of time. The first one I figured was a dud though it lasted me just about a year, so I got a second one. The second one has now lasted me about 7 months and has started double clicking or not clicking at all. It happened to another coworker of mine before and just recently I talked to a coworker who has the same mouse and his words were "I love it, but its really annoying because it seems to randomly click sometimes." You can imagine how inconvenient that is in a work environment. Things get closed or dragged in to the wrong spot and copied incorrectly all the time.

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First off, mine DID appear to be a used/returned/refurbished mouse, as another reviewer has pointed out. Mine had little scuffs on the bottom and you could tell it was used. So please keep that in mind if you buy from Amazon. Anyway that didnt affect my overall opinion of the mouse, which is that its not very good. It doesnt know where it wants you to put your fingers. The thumb rest - where the back button is located - forces you to unnaturally squeeze your thumb inward, to the point where it almost feels underneath your index finger. Maybe if you have extremely narrow palms it might work? But for an average male hand of average width, it will feel unnaturally bent inward. Instead, its a more natural position for me to put my thumb on the bottom section below the "actual" thumb rest, however this has its own downsides. When I do that it makes the mouse movements less precise and sometimes unpredictable. When I move the mouse it tends to "rotate" instead of move properly in the X/Y planes. And that causes the mouse to make frustratingly imprecise movements. I tried using this mouse for precision work in Adobe Premiere and I found it very frustrating and hard to use. The windows key is basically useless. Havent used it once. And of course you cant reprogram it to be actually useful. The click action and scroll wheel are just ok. Nothing to write home about. I have used the Microsoft Blue notebook mouse in the past and it is very comparable to that. Overall Im disappointed with this mouse, and so far I havent found an ergonomic/tilted mouse that has a good design and is also precise and reliable. They are all junk.

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I really wanted to like this mouse! It seems well-built at a glance. The shape is really comfortable, the thumb has ergonomic rest, theres loads of space for all my fingers even with a full-on Palm grip, and the battery compartment is held on with friggin magnets (not the cheap plastic tabs you see usually). However, the left mouse button would get stuck ever so often. I would have to tap the front side of the button to unstick it. Now sure if this was a one-off problem with the unit I received, or if it is a larger problem with this design. This issue was a deal-breaker for me.

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I bought 2 of these a little over a year ago and the left click switch stopped working on both of them. It slowly just stops engaging over a week or two until it only works about 25% of the time. Also, I had to insert little folded pieces of cardboard on top of the batteries to keep them in place. I contacted Microsoft and, of course, theyre both slightly out of warranty so Im out of luck. I really LOVE the way the mouse feels when its working correctly but Im not buying another one. Time to try a new brand!

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