Anker USB Wired Vertical Mouse, Ergonomic Mouse for Computer and Laptops

I just got this yesterday, but I'm already loving it. I work 8 hours a day on a computer, and my hands usually hurt by the end of the day. Today, I'm not having any arthritis pain in my hand and fingers. It even has a suede-like feel, which is an added bonus. The tracking is very quick and flawless. There will be a learning curve, since it sits up higher and I keep bumping into it when putting my hand on it and taking it off, but I'm willing to take time to get used to it. I have two pairs of Anker earbuds (Sleep A30 and Liberty 4) and chargers (they are SUPER fast!) so it seemed appropriate to get the Anker mouse. BTW, I'm using the wired mouse because I can't have a wireless mouse for my work computer. Excellent product! Anker's products are so reliable :)

Anker Ergonomic Optical USB Wired Vertical Mouse REVIEW: Life is short, ergonomics matter tremendously in today's world. DISCOVERING THE WIRELESS SHARK MOUSE I first stumbled upon this mouse design while cleaning up a computer office for family. Someone had bought the wireless version, back when it's brand name was "SHARK". It was still sealed/unboxed and was given to me for helping out. This was a perfect way to test out the design with nothing to lose. I will say, the wireless version of this mouse was a total waste of time productivity-wise. It lagged, would intermittently stop working (batteries were fresh and replaced twice), would disconnect while holding down a scroll bar, and it was hard to pinpoint anywhere on the screen with certainty. I even used a USB extension cable which rested the USB RF transmitter directly beside the mouse and it still was not signalling well! When my CPU was performing heavy work, it disrupted the feedback to the mouse. Tested it on various devices--same thing. That really disrupts work when using spatially explicit software or just in general. 2.4GHz is a disruptive, bombarding frequency because too many things, including routers, are using it nowadays. WIRELESS HAD A TERRIBLE SIGNAL, BUT THE DESIGN WAS INCREDIBLE While those old RF chips are faulty as usual, the wireless Shark DESIGN was amazing, both ergonomic and beautiful. For the first time in my life I was not stopping work and shaking out my hands to relieve the strain. Using the mouse came so naturally I never had to "get used to it" and obviously traditional mice are medieval relics that need to disappear...that is ergonomics in a nutshell. After using the wireless SHARK for the first week I realized just how much pain I was in for years...it just became normal. Everywhere you go there lies the dumb traditional mouse--you get so used to fighting them with your hand and their prevalence and supposed normalcy. You would not believe how important ergonomics are for your tendons and ligaments. Humans even write out on paper at the same angle as holding this mouse, hence, keyboards are also ancient relics that are inflaming people's ligaments and leading them to the doctor. THE MOUSE THAT SHOULD REPLACE THEM ALL Whoever designed this mouse got it right! Traditional mice are like wearing clogs. The Anker wired mouse is like wearing modern shoes...which have an industry standard for ergonomics. The form is near perfect, and I am thinking the patent is so simple yet spot-on that that is where the value lies...otherwise they are simply putting buttons in different places in a new mold. So, I knew this was the mouse for me, but it needed to be wired (we are 10 years away from having real performance for wireless mice. Safe yourself the trouble and never buy one--I do not hold that against Anker). I found the Anker Ergonomic Optical USB Wired Vertical Mouse as the new licensed retailer using this mouse patent. It should still be named the SHARK, because sharks stopped evolving as their form became so efficient there was no need to change it. There is almost no excuse to make traditional mice anymore--they are PROVEN to go against our natural form and hurt people! If you work 8 hours a day at a computer full-time, just imagine how much time that is twisting your arms into unnatural positions FOR HOURS...even days, weeks, months, or years of your life. BRAND LOYALTY IS GROWING It arrived unboxed and quality sealed, no funny business. Anker's version has a high-quality logo print on the mouse and looks great. My computer office setup is all Red RGB-based lighting, and the Anker's red LED in the mouse looks stunning with my system. I am saying goodbye for now to my HP OMEN Mouse X9000, as it helped for years with its bigger design, but its still causing ulnar and carpal strain being horizontal. The Anker is much cheaper in price, but to me far more valuable than my X9000. I am very impressed with the packaging, the mouse hardware quality, and the response on the screen. It has a good heavier weight for easy gliding. I also have owned an Anker USB 3.0 extender with built-in Ethernet dongle for over 3 years and that has been a high-quality workhorse for my data needs to this day. I am beginning to trust Anker products. They may invent some items or rebrand a patent, but they seem to endorse only quality designs. PRICE DOES NOT GUARANTEE A BETTER MOUSE FOR BIGGER HANDS After researching all other ergonomic mice, I realized that I may never find a reasonable one for hands of my size that work as well as Anker's. I am a tall man, and my hands are 8 inches long. You will notice most "large" ergonomic mice designs support 7.8" hands and the more material they use the higher the price. The more volume the product, the more bells and whistles they squeeze into its housing to up sell it. I used to think, if I am going to find a mouse that works, it surely will cost a lot of money and I was right. Some "large ergonomic" mice had the size I needed, but poor reviews outlining problems such as with silly placed back/forward buttons which as we know can completely erase what you write out and destroy it with one accidental back button click. A lot of otherwise good designs were only wireless...a complete waste of time and energy. There is 0 latency with wired mice, but nothing is guaranteed with any wireless mouse, Bluetooth or RF. Well, it appeared difficult to get both the proper ergonomics coupled with increased size without spending $100+ and poor reviews. So the Anker meets me half way for a reasonable price and size. Its back/forward buttons are above the thumb, letting your hand "rest" the way it should. My hands are still bigger than being able to fully grip the mouse (try 99% of them), but because my hand can rest on the desk in a natural angle, it has little bearing on the ergonomic factor. I believe Anker is providing a very clever mouse worthy of being the standard replacement of any traditional mice. Ergonomics = better health. Ergonomics matter. Stop paying money for technology that doesn't adapt to YOU. SUMMARY With virtually none of the mice are looking like they will meet my size needs without some hidden flaw, at least I found one that doesn't hurt my wrists anymore and is award winning, made to help change the world, help people's health and productivity. It seemed wise to buy this renowned design as my first entry ergonomic mouse, and go from there. My carpal tunnel has vanished and my hand can somewhat hug this mouse! That is a first. It was the right place to start for a good price. Thank you Anker and Shark! I love it!

Let me start by saying I really like this mouse for the price. It is overall well designed, excellent materials and feels good in the hand (initially – more later). It has nice soft-feel plastic, a nice blue LED swoosh on the side and an overall quality feel and look. When I first tried it, it felt great and took almost no time to get used to. It felt very natural and fit the curve of my hand well. However, and this is a big however, after a few hours, my hand began to hurt a bit, which was surprising considering this is supposed to NOT cause any of those issues. So I analyzed it from an ergonomic point of view (which I do have experience in). The problem is this – this mouse is for large hands only. I am a man with medium sized hands (7.25 inches from tip of middle finger to base of palm, index finger .5 inches shorter than middle finger, I wear a medium glove, sometimes large). With a conventional mouse, the size is not that important because you can shift your hand around on top to sit in whatever position works. But this mouse must – because of the design – seat in the space between thumb and forefinger. The size of this mouse is optimized for large hands. My index finger just rests on the scroll wheel when fully extended, forcing me to keep the mouse firmly wedged against that web between my thumb and forefinger and gives little flexibility for scrolling. For left-clicking, the pad of my index finger, when completely extended along the surface of the mouse, only reaches a point about 1/3 of the length of the clicker (from the far end). If I actually bend my finger into a more natural “clicking” position, it only reaches one half the length of the clicker. The force required at the tip of the clicker is “normal” if not slightly stiff. However, when you are forced to click at the halfway point, this (as any good student of physics knows) doubles the force required to click (the pivot/hinge point is at the aft portion of the clicker). This is why there are so many complaints in other reviews about clicking force – because the majority of people using this do not have large hands, I suspect. So, since the forefinger pressure must be opposed by the thumb rather than the desktop as with a conventional mouse, you are constantly squeezing it – and this is compounded by the increased clicking force required. The shape, though it feels right initially, is actually too small for medium sized hands when squeezed and you are forced to keep it firmly wedged, causing pressure points. With a conventional mouse, you might still contact the clicker 1/3 from the end, but you are opposing the force required with the desktop, and using the weight of your hand to assist with the click. And for scrolling, you can easily shift your hand around as required. A more natural hold would be to hold it loosely between thumb and forefinger, but this is impossible with medium or smaller hands and I think would only be possible with very large hands. So I take away one star because the clicking force is too great and the scroll wheel is too far forward. I think in order to fully satisfy customers, and be a truly great product, the makers should have a small, medium and large version to fit hands naturally. Just reducing the clicking force and/or moving the clickers and scroll wheel back a bit would be great improvements.

Good product, easy to use, lasts a long time; no battery needed as it is charged through USB port

Quality is excellent. Anker products never let me down. I like wired vs wireless, no batteries to run down. The ergonomics of the mouse keep my wrist from being sore from computer work all day long. It creates a more natural position for your wrist. DPI button works great. Only thing I wish is that it had more buttons for customized functions.

Update after two months with my new mouse: After just two months of regular use, my scroll wheel is now exhibiting the same symptoms as my previous. While I am fine with them lasting four years, like my previous, I would be fine getting just a year or two of regular use, and still be completely content. Unfortunately, after two months, I am already having the trackwheel stopping "catching" again, where it does not actually engage and scroll. As much as I love this mouse when it is working, having the most integral component (to me) stop working in such a short order makes this a non-starter. My review has been updated to three stars - and average of the five-star review for my previous mouse, and a one-star review for my latest (and likely last). I expect better from Anker, and usually do not hesitate to purchase their products. While I will try and pursue whatever warranty route I have, I have no faith that any replacement would be a viable long-term solution which I could trust. Original: This is the second time that I've purchased this mouse, with the first time being four years ago. After four years of daily use for eight=plus hours, it lasted longer than I expected it to last. Prior to this, a traditional mouse would seldom last more than a year or two for me, due to heavy use. What failed on this one was the scroll wheel, which gets incredibly heavy use from me. Was pleased to see that the exact same model was still available and is identical in quality to what my last one was, when I had purchased it. When I first started using this mouse, there were few vertical mice on the market. I had been developing wrist discomfort from repetitive motion using a traditional mouse, and was browsing for "ergonomic" options, when I had found this. Yes, the learning curve was significant for the first couple of days. It felt unnatural and I wanted to grip the mouse tighter than I actually needed to do so. However, it quickly became second nature and, best of all, within a couple of weeks, the daily wrist pains that I had developed went away completely. Using a traditional mouse now feels incredibly awkward, as it should, since that is a horrible design. Material-wise, the mouse is a bit slicker than some people might like. But, that becomes more of a moot point once you get used to the mouse and the reduced pressure that you hold it with. I don't feel that I hold the mouse at all, rather use my hand to guide/slide it, without exerting any pressure on it, at all. The buttons are responsive and well-placed, and the mouse wheel is very smooth (it clicks, like expected, but is a very light click - more tactile than anything). The cord is long enough to reach my hub under my desk and is not so stiff as to make moving the mouse awkward. I hope to get another four years out of this one, and when its day comes, I can only hope that I can get a new one to replace it.

This is the first vertical mouse I have ever purchased. I was absolutely uninterested in vertical mice, however I suffered some pain in my wrist (playing video games with my nephew lol) My wrist was clicking and had some unusual discomfort. It was suggested that I try a vertical mouse for computing so I bought this mouse because the price was affordable for a item that I truly did not want and planned to use for a few weeks only. (some of the other brands that i compared to this are 89-120 dollars!) In a nutshell... i may never go back to a traditional mouse? In just a week or two i became used to the awkwardness and i new did bring out my other mouse. I still am using this Anker vertical '98anwvm-ba' mouse even as i type this review. I have used it for about everything imaginable from browsing to word processing and even for gaming! I was so amazed that it was so comfortable for playing games. Now after owning it feel silly for even thinking it may not work as well for games, after all it is a mouse in every respect and functions as well as any good mouse I have ever owned. I have been using it now for about 6 months and it still seems like new. I spend more than 4 hours on the computer a day so I am sure that it is very durable. I really like this mouse and I am pleased that such a well constructed mouse is this affordable. The appearance is very nice and all the parts look and feel to be high quality parts. The buttons and scroll wheel and lighted accent of dim un-obnoxious light are all VERY well constructed and the mouse appears to cost 3-4 times its actual value. Here some redundant info that some people like to hear from a actual owner to be sure there is no misrepresentation: - The mouse is corded. - It has 5 buttons (not including the mouse wheel which is 3 function - rolls forward / backward / and presses down) left mouse right mouse forward browse back browse and one additional button that I never new about until just now when I looked at the mouse to write this section of the review bwahahaha ( i wonder if its a dpi select?) I am not sure what it does ill update this review when i found out. ohh as I play with it now i think it IS a dpi select but I am hesitant to say for sure because i just learned about it. - It emits a red light if you turn it upside down (used for tracking) it is not visible at all when using the mouse in its normal position. - The scroll wheel does feel like it has a textured roller mechanism when you roll it but it is almost completely silent when i use it in fact i think it could be easily be written in the product description that it has a silent scroll wheel. - There is a very attractive and very dim blue light accent that is only on the thumb side of the mouse which is very nice because it allows me to see the mouse when i sit down at the computer but it does not send light in any direction across the room since it faces only the user. even in a totally dark room the accent does not cast enough light to even see the keys on my keyboard unless i quite literally touch the mouse to the key I am trying to see.. this is important to me as I use the computer late at night I dont like extra accent lights to be disturbing to others in the room. - Model number "98ANWVM-BA" Seriously this mouse is in the 15 dollar range and it is VERY VERY good quality, i suspect they find it hard to sell vertical mice so they lowered the price to attract customers? well it really worked on me and this is one of those great deals you should not pass if you are at all interested. i honestly don't think you will be disappointed.

This is a day #1 review which I'll update if anything significant changes, such as poor longevity or issues that arise over the long term. For now, though, I love this thing. I've been suffering with pain on the outside of my right wrist for months. It impacts my ability to lift weight at odd angles and generally bothers me. I work a white collar job and the pain is directly tied to my continual use of a computer mouse. I researched some solutions and came across two that seemed cheap and easy: use a vertical mouse and get a padded mouse pad. I bought this mouse and the Amazon Basics padded mouse pad. After a full day of work, I can confirm that both of those products help big time. I never really paid attention to the positioning of my arm, wrist, and hand when using a traditional mouse. After switching to the vertical mouse, I noticed that the traditional mouse was causing me to bend my wrist and arm in an unnatural manner. This was causing soreness which was immediately improved when switching my hand to a more upright position and resting my wrist on the mouse pad. You can literally feel the strain disappear when going from traditional mouse position to vertical mouse position. I was concerned that the vertical mouse might feel weird to use but it's not. It's about 90-95% the same in feel as a traditional mouse, and I didn't really notice any learning period. I use this mouse for basic office work so I didn't need any crazy features. It has left and right mouse buttons, a roller wheel that clicks, back and forward buttons on the inner side, and another button on top that I've not used yet. For the price, it's actually pretty nice. It has that soft touch plastic which eventually gets sort of greasy looking, and is relatively solid. There's a decorative red led light on the inner side. It's definitely a step up from the basic mouse I am using now but not quite as nice as my Corsair gamer mouse. If you have have "office wrist", I highly suggest trying a vertical mouse, whether it's this one or another brand, and a padded mouse pad, because so far it's been a huge improvement for me. **Update - 1/25/22** I've owned this mouse and the ergonomic pad for over 2 years now. It has completely eliminated my wrist pain, so I know now that the issue was the regular mouse all along. It's actually a life changer if you experience that issue. I can't recommend a vertical mouse, even if it's not this one, and the ergonomic pad enough.

Sie funktioniert gut. Am Anfang dauerte es ein paar Stunden, bis ich genau so zielsicher wie mit einer alte Logitech war. Auch passierte es öfter, beim Wechsel von der Tastatur zur Maus, dass ich die Maus umwarf, da die Unterkante der Hand an der oberen Spitze streifte. Die Oberfläche ist überall gummiert, fühlt sich gut an. Die Tasten haben einen leichten Klick-Druckpunkt, das Rädchen bewegt sich leicht genug mit leichtem Einrasten. Das Kabel ist mir einen Tick zu (dick und zu) störrisch. Ich benutzte sie bisher nur auf einem Mauspad mit blauer Stoff-Oberfläche. Wenn sie kaputt ginge, würde ich sie aber glatt noch mal kaufen. Verbesserungsvorschlag: an der rechten Seite unten findet der kleine Finger/kaum Halt, dort sollte auch eine Vertiefung hin, so wie die Große Delle an der linken Seite für den Daumen. Die Maus rutscht beim abheben/versetzen bei mir zu leicht nach unten durch. Für meine Handschuhgröße 8,5-9 könnte die Maus einen cm flacher/kleiner sein. Auch werde ich sie mal öffnen um zu schauen warum sie nicht leichter ist, ab da Gewichte drin sind. Oder nur das Gehäuse ist dick, sie wirkt stabil und knarzt nicht. Hätte ich eine Mausfabrik, würde ich versuchen für die rechte Seite eine Heizung einzubauen.

I like it, it's so comforting

The mouse gets a lot of use; I have to say it is quite comfortable once you get over the initial weird-ness of having the mouse this shape; I can deal with many more hours of computing before my hands feel stiff.

Works great, bought it to ease the strain on my wrist and help with carpal tunnel etc, and i think it is helping. Takes maybe a day to get used to using a vertical mouse compared to the traditional mice.

Empecé a buscar alternativas a mi viejo mouse debido a que recientemente comencé a padecer síndrome del tunel del carpo. Escuché que este mouse era muy bueno en cuanto a ergonomía y pude comprobar que sí lo es. Si bien tardé un poco en acostumbrarme al modo vertical, he notado mejoría en mi salud (junto a un buen teclado, por supuesto) . Algo que particularmente me encantó es el botón para cambiar la velocidad del puntero, requiriendo el mínimo esfuerzo para mover el mismo, esto es muy útil, especialmente si cuentas con 2 monitores o más.