Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - mouse

...distraction. I bought the Microsoft WNO Mouse pretty much at random (ok - I confess - I liked the colour) but it's been excellent value for money. I work from home, and always have a phone, a notepad and pen, and copious printouts scattered around my laptop, so I need a mouse that will work from any range or on any surface - and this does.

The distance function is helpful for demonstrating stuff to clients without having to breathe ...
...would work across the kitchen to get round the ban on using my laptop whilst eating cornflakes: she set the laptop up on the far side of the kitchen out of harm's way and played cards using the wireless mouse.

Unlike some other models, the mouse isn't battery-hungry. It gets used constantly - when I'm not working, or my daughter's playing cards, my son is conquering Middle Earth - but only one change of batteries so far.  ... more

I've had my wireless mouse for 12 months now, and I'm firmly in the "don't know how I lived without it" category.

I don't normally buy gadgets - not a technical type, and get confused by all the options - but the fiddly and over-sensitive touchpad on my laptop was driving me to distraction. I bought the Microsoft WNO Mouse pretty much at random (ok - I confess - I liked the colour) but it's been excellent value for money. I work from home, and always have a phone, a notepad and pen, and copious printouts scattered around my laptop, so I need a mouse that will work from any range or on any surface - and this does.

The distance function is helpful for demonstrating stuff to clients without having to breathe down their necks. My daughter also discovered that it would work across the kitchen to get round the ban on using my laptop whilst eating cornflakes: she set the laptop up on the far side of the kitchen out of harm's way and played cards using the wireless mouse.

Unlike some other models, the mouse isn't battery-hungry. It gets used constantly - when I'm not working, or my daughter's playing cards, my son is conquering Middle Earth - but only one change of batteries so far. 

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