Kensington Expert Mouse trackball, once you get used to it, there is simply no going back to a traditional mouse.

http://www.kensington.com/us/us/4493/K64325RR/expert-mouse%C2%AE#.VARXmixdWww

With Sony Vegas at work on the chain gang a traditional mouse. At times when I edit at a friend’s studio he has one with stxxid buttons on the side which get pressed by accident, A total irritation and waste of time, he tells me it’s a special mouse, yes it’s called a rat.

I stick with a traditional mouse for editing because it becomes second nature your thoughts are on the cuts and sequences etc.

For other applications shuttle pro but I find this very annoying for video editing applications

Regular mouse with the Shuttle Contour Pro. Works great for ff and rev, jogging and you have buttons you can program for shortcuts or macros.

I use a Logitech T620 which I like for a couple of reasons. It uses the same little dongle thingy that Logitech uses on most of it's wireless peripherals. I used bluetooth for a while, but the dongle receiver seems more consistent, plus I can use it for making settings in the bios. The T620 has a smooth back and the scroll wheel function is just done by sensing your finger movement on the smooth surface. Simple, yet functional.

I also occasionally use a T650 trackpad which works with the same dongle receiver.

My keyboard is a K750 which I like because it uses solar power instead of batteries.

One with a couple of buttons on it. Usually cordless.

Why? They're cheap and reliable and they get the job done.

Why not use something fancier? I've never seen them to be helpful, since almost anything i'd ever want to do is available with a mouse click or a keyboard stroke or two anyway, i just stick with that and don't bother trying to burden my brain with alternate paths that really, in the end, don't save me any appreciable amount of time.

+1 DaveT2
+1 John_Cline

Microsoft laser conventional mouse with Shuttle Pro.
JJK

Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse track ball. I started to get carpal tunnel in my wrist about 8 years ago from mouse clicking w/ my index finger and switched to a trackball which cured it. Imho much more convenient and takes up less space on my desktop. I park the trackball next to my keyboard and use my thumb to hit number pad Enter key when I need to.

I also have a Bamboo tablet for graphics.

My choices are for ergonomic reasons. After trying a lot of mice I've settled on a MS Natural 6000 and then later replaced it with an MS Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse.

Basically, two buttons and a wheel are all I need. I've tried trackballs, vertical Evoluent mice, and canted mice like an Anker. The MS Sculpt is about the size of a baseball and the tilt is enough to give a lot of carpal tunnel relief without putting the weight of my hand onto my pinkie finger. All of the other mice I tried were either too small or too vertical.

This mouse can be had singly or packaged with an MS split keyboard. The layout of the split keyboard works for me as far as pain goes but I find myself missing keystrokes and wonder if it would be better with mechanical keys. Also, the stencils on the keys wear off over time. Overall, I like the package but would pay for better quality in the same layout.

Ergo tools get expensive when you need to buy them for more than one computer so I've not experimented with anything super pricey.

You're mileage may vary. I prefer fewer buttons on my mouse. I also have a Contour Shuttle Pro and an Xpress. I prefer the XPress because it has fewer buttons and costs a little less.

My ideal mouse would offer a variable tilt and come on at least two sizes. Lefties would prefer a left-handed version too, which isn't offered for the MS mouse.

Some people like a stylus. I find they make my hand scream. Your mileage will vary.

Rob

Just standard cheap Logitech M100 mouse and Gigabyte standard keyboard.
As for my laptop's field editing, since it doesn't have keypad and cursors, I bring 'external' keyboard, in order to get the cursors, keypad.

The most important here is to use large size and long-term-comfortable mice, as we are spending a lot of time here, and what workflow suits you best when you are doing the editing. Everyone has their own style of editing.

I am with the cheap bunch. I keep a few $5 mice in my drawer and on the rare occasion when it starts acting up, I just trash it and open a new one.

On some of my PC's I am using the same $5 mouse I bought two years ago.

I use the Microsoft Sculpt Mouse, Microsoft Ntural 4000 keyboard (for typing) Shuttle pro 2 and a Logitech K360 wireless keyboard (for editing)

I have carpal tunnel so I need to have the Sculpt mouse. I also find my Shuttle Pro 2 to be a indispensable tool for my editing, the Logitech keyboard is a new edition to my workstation as the MS 4000 is not suited for editing with its split and tilt keys.

Paul B

I use a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000. I like it because it has a clicky scroll wheel so I get tactile feedback when zooming in and out on the timeline.