Yo! Best mouse for controlling volume?

[John Doe]

My fancy Logitech (bought March 2009) might be failing. Among
other earlier mentioned oddities, the charging light is behaving
erratically. I probably will try opening it and using canned air
to remove dust. But if I'm really lazy, I might just buy another
mouse.

The MX Revolution has a second wheel on the side that can be used
for volume control. The wheel movement is too stiff, but it works
well enough to use regularly for volume control. The button
function is way too stiff IMO to use for anything. And I stopped
using the left and right tilt button functions years ago, for fear
that the design was not robust enough to handle the gymnastics.

What other mice are good for volume control?

Some Logitech mice allow using the main wheel as volume control
while using another button as a "shift" modifier?

Logitech has a multimedia mouse, but that's well over $100.

I also need the gear switching "MicroGear" flywheel feature
present on some Logitech mice. If you have nimble fingers, you
need to experience freewheeling with THUNK technology. It's the
THUNK feeling you get after flicking the wheel into high-speed
rotational motion and then slightly turning the wheel in the other
direction. THUNK!

My MX Revolution THUNK is working perfectly.

Thanks.

 

[John Doe]

Looking at Logitech mouse reviews... Seems that many people do not
know what MicroGear technology is. Apparently they don't understand
that you can use the wheel in normal mode or freewheeling mode, or
that switching between normal and freewheeling modes is automatic.

Hopefully Logitech doesn't abandon the wonderful MicroGear
technology because it's too complex for the masses to readily
understand.

 

[John Doe]

Amazon has three pages of mouse "features"to choose from but no
mention of MicroGear...

 

[John Doe]

My current MX Revolution mouse is malfunctioning. So, I'm taking it
apart.

A search on YouTube...

"disassemble Revolution mouse"

Produces 95 results

Got to love it.

 

[John Doe]

Exactly what I was looking for, how to remove the ribbon cable. I
would never have figured that out.