Depends what you expect. On a pro tournament level, nobody will use a vertical mouse. Usually they are a little bit heavier than regular mouses, plus they have a slightly higher center of gravity. This makes them a little bit more "wobbly" during ultra fast movements.

However, for regular playing, they work just fine. I don't play on pro level, but okay competitive shooters almost daily, and I haven't noticed any real disadvantage. And it helped my wrists enormously, because I'm a full time office worker as well. I decided a couple years ago that the small theoretical disadvantage is not worth the risk of RSI and have been using the cheap CSL/Anker/whatever vertical mouses since. Only very recently I boughta second, regular mouse with more thumb buttons, useful for some sim games I play. I now tend to switch fairly randomly between the two, which probably is even better for hand and wrist.

Additional info: getting used to a vertical mouse takes much less time than most people expect. Yes, it's weird at first, but start working or gaming and you'll stop noticing the different posture very quickly.

[–] Maven@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Recently there is actually a mild push for gaming vertical mice so that gap might shorten over time. A friend of mine does Valorant semi-pro and he uses a vertical mouse as well.

[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't be opposed to a gaming mouse with extra buttons. Back in college a gf gave me a Razer mouse with a full numpad where the thumb sits. Was absolutely amazing for games with commands tied to those. Having something like that as a vertical mouse would be perfect. The only problem I see is when I click, I instinctively press my thumb into the mouse for stability. I trained that out of myself for the most part, but that could cause me to accidentally press a button when I didn't want to. So they'll have to be mindful of that when designing one.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell any difference with my aim using a vertical mouse, so I wouldn't stress it.

If anything, it adds a bit of realism cause you hold the mouse at a more similar angle as holding a gun. IMO it's worth it for the strain relief alone.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I'm thinking of trying a not so expensive ones first just to get a feel if I'll like it.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Not in my experience. It's novel for work but once I had it for awhile I went back to another mouse. I don't think they are as useful as others say. Seems more like a preference.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I haven't tried a lot of those, but it would take a lot of practice to achieve similar accuracy.