I was very hesitant to order this mouse
I was purdy hesitant to order most any bluetooth mouse ... they all seem to be somewhat poorly rated
I had a Logitech V470 from a few years back ... I woulda simply bought another one, but they're like $70 ... not sure if I paid that for the first one ... but I didn't wanna pay it, now
clearly, bluetooth mice are commanding a premium price over their "wireless" counterparts ... but jeez!
I received this mouse, the packaging was very good ... even came with two genuine duracell batteries
the battery cover came open easily, and shut smartly
upon putting in the batteries, the mouse immediately came to life, and was broadcasting to pair
I turned on bluetooth on my HP Slate 7 Extreme, and it immediately found the new mouse (it did display as a mac address, but with a mouse icon next to it) ... and paired as quick as I tapped "pair"
from then on, the mouse worked exactly as ya'd expect ... it's optical, so I was using it on the arm of my la-z-boy
I also plugged my HP into the TV about 12ft away, and the mouse was working as though it was wired
the shape is very rounded, and isometric ... so, vs a V470, it felt a bit awkward ... but, it's clearly a "solid"/quality piece of equipment
it has no scroll wheel ... if ya rely heavily on a scroll wheel, I'd recommend ya avoid this mouse
in its place, it has that metal strip (in the pic) ... ya flick your finger across it ... it'll make a clicking sound reflecting how fast ya flicked, and how fast it'll scroll
for the bit I played with it, it seemed like there was two scrolling speeds ... way too slow ... and way too fast ... obviously, it takes some practice to develop a finer touch
but, for minimal scrolling, it gets the job done ... and the new tech is kinda cool ... someone who's never used an actual scroll wheel (can't imagine) might not have any issues with this, at all
on my HP, I tried left/right scrolling, and it worked fine ... same as vertical ... not sure how much use I'd get outta it ... but it worked
I considered taking off a star for the scroll wheel ... except, what's in its place gets the job done, and at thirty-ish dollars, it's simply not appropriate to dock a star for a matter of personal taste
I wouldn't normally review an item with so many reviews already (don't see the point) ... but, with all the new Windows tablets out there, and people tryin to use em in desktop mode, a bluetooth mouse can be a real life-saver ... and otherwise spending $70-ish is kinda painful ... particularly after buying a new $300+ tablet
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 9 months |
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