Mouse for a Lefty?

[PITTM]

I have been using a Logitech MX1000 wireless laser mouse for the past 3 years and after a recharge today it seems to have crapped out on me. I am a lefty but I got used to it being a mouse "only for righty's" as there wasn;t another mouse of this quality when I was looking around. I thought about an mx revolution but I might as well avoid getting another right handed mouse to use left handed. Are there other high quality(first preference) and wireless(2nd preference) mice out there? What do people here use? Thanks!

 

[Rednamalas1]

larger or smaller?
I personally have VX nano for my laptop and it can be used by either hand - and extremely small receiver helps.

 

[BetaLyr]

I've had a left-handed MX610 for about a year and a half now and still works pretty well.
Actually, I think it's one of, if not the only lefty wireless mouse out there.

 

[Rednamalas1]

I'm sure there are forums for mice somewhere - I mean I heard a crazy story about people who's into HEADPHONES! sheesh.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Try some Razer model mice; some are geared towards ambidextrous folk.

 

[rincewind]

There are many more relevant sites/forums for this than HF which would garner better results, but anyway:

Microsoft Standard Wireless Optical. Works great, and not handed-specific.

 

[Uncle Erik]

There's this:

Left-Handed Perfit Optical Mouse, Left Hand

At home, I used a Kensington Expert trackball and a touchpad - both thoroughly ambidextrous.

I'm thoroughly left-handed and left dominant. I used to use a mouse with my left hand, but decided years ago to switch that over to my right hand. It was tough at first, but I'm ambidextrous now. I've done the same with gravy boats (try that one, righties!) and can openers.

The biggest benefit is being able to use the mouse and write with a pen at the same time. Same with light one-handed typing and using command keys. The mouse doesn't need that fine of control, so switching worked for me.

Oh, and have you tried opening up your old mouse to see if there's a replaceable NiCd or LiOn in there? If you look around the Internet, you can often find inexpensive replacement batteries.

 

[GlendaleViper]

I'm with Erik on this one - training yourself for right handed mouse use has a lot of benefits. I switched when I was fairly young, however, so I'm not too sure if its something that gets more difficult to adapt to as you get older.

That lefty mouse linked looks decent enough, but 100 bones for optical technology reeks a bit of gouging to me. I went laser two years ago and I can't go back.

Going to a trackball is also a fine idea. I took mine into work a few years ago and the benefits are too many to mention... but again, I have a right-handed model. Trackballs are more likely to provide you with high quality ambidextrous options, but then again, they've kind of fallen by the wayside over the years, so there just aren't many to choose from anymore.