A Slippery Mouse

Advantages: Cheap mouse
Disadvantages: Slippery to use

...This is a cheap optical mouse option that might be a good choice for those trying to get by during the credit crunch. It's not the greatest most dazzling mouse I've ever used, but it gets the job done. The mouse design consists of a smooth curved surface that is coloured silvery grey and black. Although it is described by the manufacturers as having an ergonomic design, it is certainly far from the best I've ever used and is not sculpted to fit snugly into the palm of the hand. My other mouse has indented grooves along each side that provide a satisfying comfortable grip between the thumb and ring finger. With this Computer Gear mouse, after a few hours of use, your palm can get a bit sweaty and the plastic surface is not the most pleasant of tactile sensations. If truth be told I would say that this is a slippery mouse to use, hence...

Zmugzy 07.11.2008 (13.11.2008) · Read review
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Review of Computer Gear mouse

a good sized mouse for portable computing

Advantages: easily portable, reciever storage inside base, good compatibility
Disadvantages: bulky, while portable, a bit pricey

...I have two Sony Vaio laptops, one with a track pad and one with a track point. I don't personally like track points, and never have, so I've been looking around for a decent mouse for carrying about for some time. I have an Elecom sub-mini mouse that I bought about 4 years ago in Japan but it has needed a good surface to work on. When I saw someone using this mouse I was intrigued... it is close enough to a full sized mouse, it has 3 buttons, and it's wireless. Just what I wanted. The thing that really sold me was the "unique" feature of storing the wireless USB key receiver in the base of the mouse. OK, that's how we met, now for the technical bit... The mouse, with stored USB wireless key is 10cm long, 6.5cm wide and 3.5cm high (approx. measures). Its a little tall for packing in some slim line laptop bags, but I see this as...

ThePuss 01.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of Labtec Mini Wireless Optical Mouse - mouse

A travelling mouse

Advantages: responsive, but not expensive
Disadvantages: I feel uncomfortable with the size.

...Last month I brought a Labtec mini optical glow mouse for £7.99 from amazon.co.uk with free delivery. General information Labtec was founded in 1982 and is a leading products provider for computing, communication and entertainment. The Labtec mice have a large proportion of the market. Labtec mini optical glow mouse has very good design for use with laptops. It looks the same as the picture you can see on this website, but it?s a lot smaller than you can imagine from the picture. The size is about as big as 2/3 of standard mouse. However it has a two-button design with a single scroll wheel in-between. The whole translucent panel and the scroll wheel change slowly in 7 colours when the mouse is working. If you don?t like it you can turn it off. It is a small wired optical mouse with a USB connector. You just need to...

happysh2009 20.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Labtec Mini Optical Glow Mouse mouse

The second Kensington mouse

Advantages: Cool name (Mouse in a box \m/)
Disadvantages: Not as good as the ValuMouse, no scroll wheel

...So I sit at like the fourth PC I've been on over the past few days in my uni library, and come across yet a different mouse, this one again by Kensington. The same Kensington that have arguable made the greatest budget mouse of all time in the ValuMouse, but does "The mouse in the box" rival it's brother in arms. The look similar, both white, mouse shaped, 2 buttons, kensington written across above the buttons, but thats where the looks end. Well the first difference between the two it that this mouse is longer by about an inch and it's less "fat", so I'm guessing it was a basketball playing mouse before it retired to the desk job it now serves. This may seem trivial but it really doesn't fit the hand anywhere near as well as the Valumouse. The second difference design wise is both buttons have grooves on them but they don't feel...

iamasadlittleboy 28.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box PC - mouse

The Sonny to the Mouse's Cher

Advantages: Keeps your mouse ball clean
Disadvantages: Can sometimes be eaten by real mice

...I will say off the bat that this is the mousemat for the mouse purist. This is mainly because it is non reflective, and so you can also use optical mice with it too. Shiny mousemats have a tendancy to reflect the light and make the pointer go crazy. You can buy them for about a pound, or simply steal them from work, and they can come in a variety of dazzling colours. You colour coordinate it with your computer, walls, desk...even yourself! It is also useful for preventing the mouse ball from getting covered in dirt and ruining the mouse, which was the original intention of the mousemat when it was invented by Sir WIlliam Mousemat in 1911. However, it has 2 drawbacks. Firstly, when the fabric is worn it becomes smooth. If you have a ball mouse, this means that the ball will not get any purchase on the fabric, so you find...

badongism 11.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Computer Gear Mouse mat Neoprene surface - mouse pad

Logitech wireless Mouse M305 - a great replacement for a dud

Advantages: wireless with more freedom, responsive, comfortable.
Disadvantages: more expensive than a wired mouse.

...a mouse online is better to physically try the mouse first before you buy it. So this time I made sure by buying a wireless one in a store. In my local PC World and Currys stores the price of the mouse is £19.99. This is £10 less than the original price in the stores as well as the Logitech website. I checked other online shops and still found it?s cheaper in the stores. Finally the price compares favourably with other brands of wireless optical mice in the market. So far it works very well. Solidly made and easily moved. It always works fast and accurately. Before I bought it I worried it might not work as well as a wired one, but I have not found any difference. On the contrary the wireless design gives me more convenience and freedom. Last but definitely not least I can use it for a long time and don?t feel tired. My opinion is...

happysh2009 14.11.2009 (12.12.2009) · Read review
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Review of Logitech Wireless Mouse M305 - mouse

My Trusty Saitek Mouse

Advantages: Reliable, Reasonable price, accuracy, style
Disadvantages: None

...I have had this mouse for a good 2 years now and I couldn't be any happier with it. The mouse looks very stylish, and has a very nice blue glow from an LED inside the mouse. It has a special button in the middle of the mouse which changes the DPI of the mouse on-the-fly from 800 DPI to 1600DPI. This means that you can double the sensitivity of the mouse as you go, this is very handy for switching from just moving the mouse around the screen to playing a computer game. The mouse is optical and is very accurate and has never let me down so far. The mouse fits perfectly in my hand and the buttons are good to the touch. There is a rubber strip down the middle of the mouse which improves grip meaning that you wont slip off the mouse even if your getting a little bit of hand sweat! I did try to get rid of it a while ago, and I...

gothicbob 20.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Saitek PC Gaming Mouse mouse

great cool mouse

Advantages: looks good, very wireless
Disadvantages: none

.... This mouse from Logitech is great not only for PCs and laptops but also for Macs as its white colour and cool shape looks quite like the current cool Mac mouse's. However its cheaper than buying a replacement Mac mouse and also its got three buttons as opposed to only having two like Mac mouse's have. It a very small shaped mouse however it fits nicely into your hands and its really easy to move about too. Its surface is kind of a nice shiny almost glass like white finish and feels really smooth and looks new no matter how old it is. It connects via 1.2 wireless Bluetooth technology and it can go quite a range away without losing signal. In fact it can be used up to 30 feet away from your pc Mac or laptop which could indicate a good mouse to control a home theatre pc in a living room. The only downside with most wireless...

techno_man_37 29.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse for Bluetooth - mouse

A Starck contrast to other PC branded optical mice

Advantages: compact, responsive, looks good
Disadvantages: compact

...This is a great mouse, it was given to me a s a gift while I was away from home, I'd left my Apple optical mouse at home. I am a familiar with all things Philippe Starck and he does seem to be able to turn his had to any sort of product or furniture design with great success, but I was a little skeptical at first regarding the mouse because technology isn't an area he ventures into often. The mouse comes neatly packaged and you can choose from a mouse with a blue stripe or an orange one. I was given an blue one because my friend thought it would go nicely with my old Blue G3 Apple back home (sadly he didn't realise that this computer is a little too old to connect to an optical mouse), but initially it was to be used with my Mac PowerBook as I'd left my Apple wireless optical mouse at home by mistake. I have had a number of optical...

moosemac 01.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Optical Mouse by Starck Blue - mouse

Make your PC complete with this Microsoft Mouse

Advantages: Wireless, No Mouse Ball, Nice Looking
Disadvantages: Batteries dont last long

...The mouse, along with the keyboard the two most overlooked pieces of hardware with a PC. People spend hundreds of pounds on graphics cards and RAM, but if you cant move your cursor around easily, they arent much use. I picked this up in my local Comet awhile back for £19.99. I needed a new mouse and was sick of having to yank on my mouse cable every time it got stuck or caught up on my desk, so I decided to go for a wireless option, and of course optical mice are as good as "default" nowadays and this mouse was no different. At first I was put off by the price.. almost as much as a new PC game.. but then I thought I am going to be using the mouse every day.. I wont play the PC game every day, its good value for money. With the package you get a funky plastic shell that looks more like easter egg packing, the mouse, a USB connector...

painey 18.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse mouse