What's a good mouse?

I've been using Logitech for quite some time now (used to use the MX500, upgraded to the G5 which I am currently using now), but the scroll wheel is starting to go. Touching it lightly scrolls in 1 direction or the other, and I always HATED the horizontal scrolling. Impossible to use mouse3 without randomly pressing it to a side.
I have a Razer Copperhead, but I'm trying to get away from the "Gaming" mouses. I've grown out of the shiny LED phase, and the pulsing blue of the Razer doesn't really grab my interest anymore.
So I was wondering what people used for mice. I would like it to satisfy a few requirements:
No horizontal scroll
back button (forward button optional)
DPI doesn't matter much (I used the G5 on the middle setting, which is 800 I think?)
Preferred wired.
Any suggestions?

nlights wrote:
Broaden your mind and try out a Logitech Trackman Marble.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_ … cl=roeu,en
They have served my family well since we moved away from mousing!
I bought one of these for one of the guys at work who has limited desk space. It's quite cool to use! I especially like the fact that it looks like some sort of weird one eyed fish.
I would stick with Logitech. I use a couple of different models, VX Revolution, VX Nano, MX1100 and a couple of others. At the moment I'm using a Logitech M305 which is my emergency mouse. Normally leave it in the car just in case I forget my normal laptop mice. I think just about all of them have side scroll. I haven't had to muck around with configuring mice in Xorg, mine have always just worked, could you remap the side scroll buttons to mouse 3 somehow? Perhaps xmodmap could do it.

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