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there are two types of Linus tech tips viewers the ones who can't remember trackball mice and the ones who are old like me that's right kids in the late 90s these bizarre pointing devices were almost as popular as a standard ball mouse you know the kind that had its balls down below but then fell into obscurity as optical and laser mice gained dominance but our track balls bouncing back well Logitech logy Logitech is giving it a shot meet the MX ergo their first trackball in nearly a decade and the video is brought to you by tunnel bear which makes it easy to privately and securely browse a more open Internet to Tritonal bear for free go to Tunnel bear comm /l tt at 260 grams the Ergo is twice as heavy as your typical Mouse but that's fine like other trackballs it is not used by sliding it around the desktop instead you actually move the pointer by spinning this optically tracked ball with your right thumb the ergo is beautifully designed the soft touch rubber finish that covers the entire top of the Mouse gives it a premium look and as for the feel well it can leave your hand a little hotter than you might be used to but we're inclined to overlook this because with the base set to its upright position reducing pronation or scissoring of the arm bones it positions the user's hand similarly to a vertical mouse it is extremely comfortable I guess that's probably where the name comes from with that said was good for the wrist isn't always good for the thumb moving the cursor especially a long distance downward feels kind of like doing thumb crunches unless you reposition your hand let's take a look at the buttons the left and right clicks are rated for 10 million and are otherwise pretty darn standard these back and forward buttons are both easily accessible with your index finger as long as you don't have child sized hands like I do and the scroll wheel is rubberized move smoothly and it comfortably tilts to either side now we've got a couple of more interesting buttons this one toggles precision mode which like a sniper button on a mouse shifts the sensitivity for precision pointing and this one is a logitech easy switch so that you can switch easily haha I see what you guys did there between devices with one of them using the included 2.4 gigahertz dongle and another one connected via bluetooth and you might actually find yourself doing just that track balls are great for travel because they require very little area to use ergo and airplane trade table or armrest will actually work nicely for much more comfortable mousing compared to trying to use a touchpad and thanks to the Argos four month battery you won't even need a charging cable with you fun fact though if it does die it boasts a full work day's worth of battery after just one minute of charging okay then - that's all well and good but what is it like to actually use it well if you've never used a trackball before you might actually be surprised at how easy it is to convert our writer James went into this thing with zero experience and after a few days reported it's become second nature and some actions like middle-click scrolling are actually even easier with a trackball with that said it's not like there wasn't a slight learning curve and it has some clear disadvantages if you use a multi display setup or an ultra wide monitor for example you might find yourself having to crank the sensitivity just to cover all of that desktop real estate and while okay that's true of any mouse on the trackball in particular this really made accurate pointing on fine things a feat of concentration since it does tend to jump a bit when being turned very small amounts the solution as it turns out though is to turn on mouse acceleration which how about that it turns out that setting does have an actual use though you will want to disable it while you're gaming on your trackball weight gaming on a trackball yes that's right you can use a trackball for gaming and it actually doesn't suck either our resident csgo guru IDI was actually up and pointing noobs in no time though he did say that he was a little disappointed in the ergos tracking speed which may prove to be insufficient for players who like to whip their mouse for quick turnarounds okay then Linus I'm interested you got me but why should I buy then the $100 iMac sir go over Logitech's own competing wireless trackball the m5 70 is the precision button easy switch and the smoother ball action really worth the extra $50 maybe not but they are nice to have and the 20 degree tilt really is a lot more comfortable and surely there is no solution that exists to prop up the m5 70 okay but in all seriousness though does the MX ergo belong in your future well there is still room to improve a stepless scrolling mode on the wheel a low latency Lightspeed connection higher endurance switches and the dedicated dpi switch would all go a long way towards making this feel like a true flagship maybe a g-series trackball is on the horizon but with that said it's really good if you're a track baller it's easy to recommend as for if you're not well it is the kind of thing you do have to experience on your own but Logitech has a 30-day return policy so if you're a little ball curious then there's nothing to lose from giving it a spin speaking of giving something a try thanks to crunchyroll for sponsoring today's video crunchyroll is the site created by anime fans for anime fans and we have got a great offer for you you guys can get 30 days of crunchyroll premium for nothing by signing up at our link in the description that'll give you the most current episodes of new shows straight from Japan like Knights and magic and my hero academia season 2 with all the content on the site professionally subtitled coming out in October our food war season 3 and black clover and if you enjoy the many benefits of premium like 1080p streaming getting new episodes of shows straight from Japan within an hour of their premiere and being able to stream anytime anywhere from a variety of devices like your phone tablet or game console you can sign up for crunchyroll premium for only 695 a month so I head over to crunchyroll.com slash Linus and sign up today so thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but it was awesome get subscribed hit that like button or check out the link to where to buy the stuff we featured in the video description also down there is a link to our merch store which has cool shirts like this one as well as dad you train our community forum which you should totally join