The only one I have experience with so far is the Ploopy Adept, so I can't really compare at all. However, I can say that I LOVE that one, at least. Been primarily using it for about a year maybe? It's held up very well, and I'm confident I can repair anything that goes wrong. I already have, even. Some people aren't a fan of the stock bearings, but there are community mods for alternatives. I can even pretty reasonably play hero shooters with it!
Trackball users community
A community for people using or interested in using trackballs, the arguably superior input device.
Yes, I love what Ploopy is doing and what they stand for. The open source nature of their designs really is the draw. I don't have any 3D printer, though there are local services here that can do it, and last I soldered is like 2 decades ago lol. But they do sell completely assembled for a fee, so that's nice. I'm really interested in the Adept. I mean I even started with the old school Orbit, and the Kensington blade have always been in the back of my mind.
I'm just wondering how to easily scroll with the Adept in games. While browsing I can imagine it, but not while gaming. There are some games that use scroll wheel as an option wheel, whether for items, skills, adjusting size, etc. The Kensingtons are fine, theoretically in my mind, they have a scroll ring.
Oh you know what, you're totally right about the scrolling. I really like the default setup for normal use cases, but R.E.P.O. uses scrolling in-game and it's very clunky there.
What if you changed the button from hold-scroll to toggle-scroll? I should try that and compare.
Ploopy seems to make a dial now for all things scrolling
Whoaa high resolution knob!! This is so cool!
I wonder how feasible it'd be to keep it close to the trackball and use both simultaneously. In R.E.P.O. you occasionally need to continuously scroll while still doing other mouse things, like turning/holding a button/etc. Might need one of these 👀