I have small frail hands. I don't use grands. I find mini woodvils to be super ergonomic.
You should totally send me one of yours so I can see if that will help!
I do have a sweetvapes wood mini on the way that I got on the reddit classifieds, so I can sort of compare and contrast. And decide just how much to save up for when the mini woodvils go on sale!!!
CAT- I have the new contacts but haven't tried to install them yet. I was thinking that if I decided to swap the Grand I'd let the next person install them since I don't totally feel comfortable doing it - never occurred to me that it might get rid the problem itself! I do have a lot of trouble getting enough force on the button for it to fire.
As for the squonking, I put it in my palm and poke it with my other hand's finger (there *really* is no way to describe squonking without it coming out incredibly dirty, huh?). There isn't any position in which I could do it one handed. (Again, PHRASING!)