UPDATED: Great mouse! Sleep mode difficult to work with, though
UPDATE: Boy, it was not easy to find another that matched what I wanted at the cost I wanted. I was going to go for a brand name (like, Logitech) but I found that they provided fewer features, for the same (or more!) price! I said I wouldn’t be purchasing this mouse again, but after reviewing my options…yeah, I like this mouse. I’m sticking with it. And I bought it again! I would recommend it for people who are looking for a mouse that not only does exactly what it’s supposed to, but a little more, too! One thing I noticed, though: don’t leave your mouse on all the time! Sleep mode drains the battery too. I put a new battery into my last mouse and tried to put it in my new one, but the battery was dead. So, now I’m careful to turn off my mouse if I’m not going to be using it for a while. But really, that’s something we should all be doing with all devices, so that’s not much of a problem. Great mouse! I needed a mouse for work, a simple one that works without a mousepad. This worked really well and was very responsive. I think other reviewers did a better job of going over its DPI and DPI settings, but since I didn’t have any gaming to do (used to; not so much), I didn’t really need all those settings. They were nice to have, however. I found that the sleep mode could be a little laggy, which wasn’t ideal… I’d have to click to wake it up rather than shake the mouse, which made it so I’d inadvertently click something like the “x” on a browser window. Modern technology makes it so I don’t have to worry about that much (Google Chrome can easily restore my last session), but it’s still a bother to click things I didn’t mean to click and throw me off for a minute or two. The thing that bothered me the most was that there were times my mouse simply would not work coming back from sleep mode, and I’d have to do some kind of troubleshooting — such as shutting off the mouse, unplugging its USB, waiting a moment, then plugging the USB back in, then turning on the mouse again…then repeat if it didn’t work the first time — to get it back up and running again. I was in the midst of troubleshooting my mouse’s connectivity issues (which didn’t resolve no matter what USB drive I put the receiver into) when I got distracted, and now, I can’t find the receiver. I don’t know if I got a faulty mouse in some way (everything BUT the receiver and sleep mode worked great & without fail), but since I’ve lost the receiver… I don’t think I’ll be buying again. I’m off to look for a better mouse, one just as inexpensive but better! Read more
