r/Trackballs • u/Limp-Unit-133 • 5d ago

Mouse to use in bed while laying down?

I'm going to be using AR glasses and would like a mouse I can lay down with. I barely know what a trackball mouse is, but it looks like it doesn't need a surface. I kinda just wanna be able to play Civilization and do some desktop work. What would work for this? I've got hands that fit large gloves (Not XL), poor wrists, and I'm right handed.

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u/ArchieEU Trackballs.EU 5d ago edited 5d ago

Trackballs are ideal for use in bed, on sofa, etc. Just make sure your model have some kind of ball retainer. Some of them have freely laying ball "fixed" just by gravity: great for desktop, but not for anything else.

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u/No_Pilot_1974 5d ago

It will surely work :) 

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u/kspes 5d ago

I've been playing mouse-based games on my couch with trackballs for years now! Almost completly stopped watching streaming services in favor of this :)

I prefer using either Kensington Fusing Orbit or Logitech MX Ergo for this purpose, depeding on game and mood.

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u/TurbulentRepeat8920 5d ago

Maybe the Elecom M-RT1DRBK could be something to look into? I don't find it very precise, but a turn base game like Civ and some practice you should be able to work it. Very easy on the wrists.

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u/Assault_Vehicle 5d ago

I use a Porlei wired Tm552 in bed with a USB extension cord and it works perfectly. You could always get the wireless Tm550 too, the battery on mine lasts months

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u/po2gdHaeKaYk 5d ago

As others have said, get a Bluetooth trackball, like the Protoarc or a Logitech one.

Note that I also have a Elecom Relacon, but I don't recommend that. It's too hard to figure out hand placement when you put it down. With flat trackball, you simply rest your hand on it. I use the Protoarc thumb trackball.

That being said, the biggest problem isn't the cursor control, it's the keyboard issue. There's no good way to control a keyboard lying down.

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u/SL0WRID3R 4d ago

Elecom Deft if you prefer finger ball (M-DT1TRBK)

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u/renzok 5d ago

Logitech MX Ergo Plus

I've been using trackballs for 25-ish years, they're the best pointing device known to mankind and the latest Logitech one is the pinnacle of the form

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u/daskwurl 5d ago

This 👆
I have one for my living room and one for my bedroom.
Great mice.