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• bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Brand new trackballs can sometimes have some stick-slip. But they “wear in before they wear out” with use. Popping the ball out and cleaning it with warm soapy water and a rinse helps a lot. And whenever the ball feels sticky a wash is in order.

  My current Logi tech ball mouse had a tiny defect in the ball that a minute’s worth of 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper fixed. It’s now rolls like it’s running on air bearings.

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• Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you tried cleaning it? If not that sucks, I have a gameball and it’s smooth as ice.

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  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah sure. Elecom Deft, I got mislead by a review. After getting it I searched some more, and apparently the ball is too soft and the point bearing can be replaced to be zirconium instead of ruby. But I suspect I’m just more sensitive to sticktion. From what I’ve read there are “ball transfer unit” that completely eliminate sticktion. They are a bit louder and not quite as smooth, but afaik there is no trackball using it.

    So my guess is that people that use trackballs simply don’t really experience discomfort, and probably don’t really feel pain either :D So back to the mouse pit with me!

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    • wjrii@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have an Orbit Fusion for the couch. I looked at the Elecoms, but I just really like the scrollring. In my perfect world there'd be a god-damned three-button orbit with scrollring, but in the meantime remapping the Fusion's "Forward" button lets me use it with similar ergonomics. I notice the stiction, but it's a very minor little aspect of using the trackball, and it's not distracting enough for me to feel like I need to replace the bearings. I did do the "rub some nose oil on it" thing and that helped some.

      There are a few DIY designs floating around that use BTUs, and some have certainly made their way into ergo keyboards, but I don't know of a commercial product that uses them.

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      • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I read this www.gbryant.co.uk/posts/…/post.html Once I have a 3D printer I’ll try building one. First without electronics to see if I like the haptic.

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    • Kinakuta@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think Elecoms are prone to sticktion. I have an Elecom Huge and I had to replace the bearings to make it smoother. None of my other trackballs have that much sticktion, my Kensington Slimblade in particular is buttery smooth.

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• phobiac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You just have a bad trackball. My Kensington Expert glides smooth.

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