#KENSINGTON TRACKBALLWORKS ORBIT MOJAVE PC#
#KENSINGTON TRACKBALLWORKS ORBIT MOJAVE WINDOWS#

Price and feature-wise it's pretty much right in the middle of Kensington's lineup, and I'm happy that it's essentially just the regular Orbit with the wire chopped off. Ignoring the usual caveats that come with a trackball, primarily, they're not that good for gamers, the Kensington Orbit Wireless is a fantastic choice.

#KENSINGTON TRACKBALLWORKS ORBIT MOJAVE PC#

You want a truly ergonomic way to work at your PC.

You want a good value wireless trackball.

Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball: Should you buy it? You should buy this if. It's a very different design, with a thumb-operated trackball attached to an ergonomic mouse, but it's a top-quality product. It's more expensive than the Orbit Wireless, but it's also wireless and has more customizable buttons for you to take advantage of. If you're on a tighter budget or aren't bothered about going wire-free, it's a solid alternative.Īt the other end of the scale, you have the Logitech MX ERGO. Aside from having a cable and no DPI switch, it's basically the exact same product but costing less. One of the closest competitors actually comes from Kensington, and that's of course the regular Orbit. Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball: Competition Either way, unless you actually want to remap buttons, don't bother downloading it.

#KENSINGTON TRACKBALLWORKS ORBIT MOJAVE WINDOWS#

Other manufacturers, such as Razer, have no issues even with Windows 11, so I'd lean towards it being a Kensington issue. I don't know whether it's Kensington, Windows, or a combination of both, but it renders the companion app mostly useless. You have to use Windows' built-in mouse tools to make any fine changes. There are settings for DPI and scroll speed in the app, as well as to enable and disable acceleration. There are also some companion app issues, though these could also be exclusive to Windows 11, which I've tested it with. It's a shame because it is comfortable, but it's just so frustrating to actually try to live with. It just sort of sits there, it comes away far too easily, and it'll move about more than you'd want a wrist rest to. It sort of clips to the lower portion of the Orbit Wireless except it doesn't really. Personally, I prefer not using it anyway, as the position of my hand feels better, but the point is more that it's just not very good. The included wrist rest is a nice touch and it's useful, but it's also not very good. The only thing I really don't like about the Orbit Wireless is the same thing I don't like on the regular Orbit. Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball: What you won't like It's completely friction free, and based on the durability of my own Orbit, it'll last the course without wear. The trackball itself is optical and aside from the color, looks and feels identical to the regular Orbit to use. But you're not likely to be swapping them very often, anyway. I don't mind this, though some might because as a parent I have an endless supply of AAs ready to pop in at short notice. You also find the battery door underneath because the Orbit Wireless takes regular old AA batteries. New to the Orbit Wireless over the regular Orbit is an integrated DPI switch (four stages from 400-1600 DPI) on the bottom, right next to the switch to go between 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth. The application should also do many other things, but there's more on that below. But, for example, I mapped a click of both buttons together as a play/pause feature for media. These buttons can be remapped though with the companion application, though there are limited functions you'd really want to apply. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)

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