When you use your PC sporadically, maybe any inexpensive mouse you find will do. However, when you have to use it for several hours a day several days a week things change, and it is a device that, if not the right one for you, can even cause pain or syndrome. carpal tunnel, without going any further. For this reason, we are going to tell you what you can do to make yourself more comfortable.
There is a mouse for every type of grip
There are countless models of mice on the market, as well as countless types and sizes of hands. It is important that you buy a mouse that fits your hand well in terms of size, and if, for example, you are a user with fairly large hands, do not buy a small mouse as you will feel bad about it. comfortable. Likewise, no matter how many different mice and hands there are, there are only three ways to hold the mouse, also known as grip types (okay, you can hold the mouse however you want, but only these three are correct according to good practice).
- Palm type: In this type of grip, you put your whole hand on the mouse and the wrist barely rests on the table. If you hold the mouse this way, ergonomic right-handed mice are fine for you and, if possible, have a protruding piece in the left area for your thumb to rest on.
- Fingertip TypeThis type of mouse hold doesn’t put the wrist on the table at all, and it’s the one that causes the most fatigue unless you have a wrist rest for the mouse or have the very high chair armrest. With this kind of grip, small and light mice are convenient for you, which means less effort to move them.
- Claw type: this is the most common type of grip for players, and great pressure is applied with the wrist on the table, so it is advisable to have a mat soft enough to avoid the pain. The mice recommended for this type of grip are symmetrical and ambidextrous if possible.
The wrist position makes the mouse comfortable
Even if you don’t have a mouse that fits your hand perfectly, wrist posture can prevent you from performing as you want, and in fact it’s the number one source of pain in the hand. In this regard, you just need to make sure that the arm is completely perpendicular to you, while holding the mouse straight. In the following graphic, you will see this very clearly.
Among gamers, it is quite common to hold the mouse diagonally, as we always want to have the WASD area of the keyboard in front of the left hand for better control in games, and the width of the keyboard means we have to have the mouse a lot. more to the right of what we should. Try to avoid this, you should always look for a position that is as comfortable as possible and most importantly that the wrist is not strained (so it should be straight as the picture shows, roughly).
Configure your mouse correctly
There are many mice, especially the cheaper ones, that have a single resolution that is not configurable. Each user has their preferences, but what is important is that you configure the sensitivity of the mouse so that you feel comfortable. If your mouse supports sensitivity adjustment, we recommend that you try low sensitivities (800 DPI) first and go from 800 to 800 DPI until you feel more or less out of control. ‘easy. When you find the value that works best for you, try increasing and decreasing the sensitivity again but in this case in steps of 100 to 100 DPI until you find your value.
You should know that if you have set a sensitivity of, say, 800 DPI, you have to physically move the mouse one inch so that the cursor moves 800 pixels on the screen. If you have set the mouse to 1600 DPI, it means that for every inch you move the mouse, the cursor will move 1600 pixels on the screen, and therefore the effort you will have to make will be less.
This does not necessarily mean that the higher the sensitivity, the more comfortable you will feel because you will have to move the mouse less, because the higher the sensitivity, the less precision you have and it costs more to point where you want. . This is a matter of practice, but in any case the recommendation here is that you seek the resolution that suits you best, and for this you must of course have a mouse that allows you to change its sensitivity (you can do this). on Windows, but it’s an artificial change that usually doesn’t work that well).
