AbleNet BIGtrack 2 Trackball - Adaptive Mouse for Special Needs and Users Who Lack Fine Motor Skills - Big Trackball Mouse with 2 Mice Buttons for Handicap and Disabled - Product #12000006

This was very useful after a severe hand injury! The buttons are large and easy to press. She found the trackball less useful than a trackpad, and mostly used it with her feet. They also sell perepheral switches for cheeks! Very high quality. Bought it impulsively when she was injured and it came very quickly and she was able to get back on the computer right away. I would recommend this to anyone thinking of buying it. This will absolutely change someone's life!

I got this for my friend who has multiple sclerosis (MS) - with her tremors she finds it impossible to use a regular mouse. I'm not sure why they made it look like a playskool toy - I guess if you were visually impaired you could find it easier. Everything is tactile enough that you wouldn't have much trouble using it once you located it even if you were blind. The trackball works well, and you can adjust the speed/sensitivity within your computer settings. The left and right buttons work as left and right mouse buttons usually do. If this were better padded/somehow more durable I would give it five stars, even though I found it pricey. Unfortunately, she broke it in less than a week. As I said, she has pretty severe tremors, and she is in a nursing home with hard floors, The first time she knocked it off of the desk, it didn't break. The second time, it did. It looked OK, but you could hear pieces rattling inside and the cursor now only tracks right, no other direction - so you can go off screen and that's pretty much it nowIf you are not at risk of knocking this to the floor, or if you have soft carpeted floors, this may be a good choice. She loved it for the week that it worked. Unfortunately it wasn't durable enough to last, and at this price, I can't justify buying another.

We bought this for my son with fine motor problems because he is doing online schooling now instead of brick and mortar. This has been so great for him. Drag and drop has always been a struggle so much so that I end up having to sit and do it for him. With this mouse he can do all of his work independently. I'm so beyond impressed with the mouse, the quality and the accessibility it offers. Thank you!

I purchased this trackball for my elderly father, who suffered from Parkinson's disease. If you are not familiar Parkinson's, the symptoms can include moderate to severe dyskinesia, which is essentially difficulty controlling voluntary muscle movements. Such was the case with my father but he very much wanted to operate the computer I bought for him.With patience, he was able to use the keyboard with a fair amount of accuracy but found the mouse almost impossible to use. For starters, it was too small for him to use accurately. Any attempt to move the mouse almost always put the cursor off the screen. The other problem was that he kept "accidentally" clicking the mouse buttons.This trackball solved both problems. The ball was big enough for him to control and the buttons were far enough away from the ball that they didn't get clicked on accidentally. Of course, this made other actions like "click and drag" much harder but most modern computer operating systems can be adjusted to accommodate this.We had no issues connecting this trackball to my father's iMac, running OS X Tiger, using the supplied USB adaptor. Drivers were not required.Pros: A great choice for movement-challenged individuals.Cons: Expensive.

My mother is 87yo and has light tremors. Using a regular optical mouse was hard to control. The trackball is much easier for her as are the large right and left mouse buttons. It's slower to use than a standard mouse but she's not fast on the computer anyway so accuracy and reduced frustration win out! Well worth it! Durability I put 4 stars. We haven't had it that long but it seems well built not cheap.

Altho it was immediately operational when plugged in, the trackball movement was erratic for moving the cursor.It is a GREAT CONCEPT, just not implemented well. The USB connection was fine, but rolling the ball (even using from tip of finger to elbow) was highly inconsistent. The logitech regular mouse has no problems on this computer.THE PRICE! Wow - someone is taking advantage of folks who need this for tremors, mobility issues.Gamers should absolutely never consider this sporadic product.

I have Cerebral Palsy and face difficulties using traditional mice. We attempted to use regular trackballs, but I was unable to operate them effectively. We found and purchased the BigTrack and found it satisfactory. However, I rated this product two stars because, despite functioning well when new, it lasts only approximately six months under normal usage. After that, buttons begin to malfunction, and the internal "wheels" that guide the ball develop flat spots. Given these issues, it is not worth the $100.00 price. We purchased one annually. I don't recommend this product! AbleNet takes advantage of the fact that they are the only ones that make anything like it! I now have a 35-dollar Touch Pad and love it!!!

We bought this trackball for playing classic games on the PC like Centipede and Missile Command. It works great! Also good for games that use a paddle spinner, like Tempest, Breakout, etc. The ball is huge, and has the same weight as an arcade ball. Also, you can't pop it out accidentally while playing, it is locked in the housing. This is definitely the best USB trackball for gamers on the market.