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Great for Travel and the Student

I am a student and I really throw my bookbag every where. I have a laptop compartment in myy bookbag and before I got this I was bringing around my Logitech MX Revolution: a recipe for disaster. So I figure that I would get this mouse because I cannot stand the touchpad. It makes me so angry, haha. So if you’re like me; you need an external mouse.

Precision: Before you get started with this mouse, do yourself a favor and go to control panel and make the mouse SLOWER. I put it down 1 or 2 notches I believe from my full size mouse. This thing is so light you will not realize how fast you are moving the mouse.

Once you have turned slowed the mouse down; this thing is amazing! I have to do a project for school which involves heavy mouse usage. I used it for my first time and this thing is faster than the MX Revolution mouses that I have and just as precise.

Caveat: this mouse will feel extremely non-ergonomical and anti work conducive when you first pick it up. You have to get used to it. After 2 hours of work I was surprised at how fast I was able to move the mouse across the screen. So there is a sort of “learning curve.” But it is only about 2 or 3 hours of normal usage and you’ll feel like you are zipping through online screens.

Another tip: Don’t be afraid to rest your hand on and man handle the mouse. It’s sturdy. At first I was being to gingerly and thought the mouse wasn’t working as well. But USE this mouse, put your whole hand over it, squeeze it and it will work better for you.

What I cannot stand is that the scroll does not work. It goes in the opposite direction. The down always seems to work, but you cannot vary the speed or for that matter control it! This does not present much of a problem with me because when I use the laptop I am in the habit of using the PG UP, PG DOWN, and up and down arrows to control the screen, which are conveniently located on the keyboard on the rightmost keys and Im right handed (now that I think about it, this concept might be better for left handers) so I don’t use the scroll often when Im on my laptop.

However, it’s irksome that manufacturers include features in their items that they know do not work. It’s representative of poor business ethics; especially when you tout them and use them to further promote your product. In addition, the button on the strip I cannot get to work…when I want to. Sometimes I’ll be on a screen and it will go back and I would have no idea why. But the X button on the strip on the mouse is the back button. But when I actually hit it, it doesnt work. Another flaw.

Overall, I would give this mouse a 3.5/4

Update (5/19/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.

The featured review for this product, MoGo Media Mouse X54 for ExpressCard/54 Laptops MG-304-01-0002-01 Electronics, was written by R. Morris.

The average rating for this item is 4.7 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.