Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (L6V-00001)

Product fits in my large hand very well. Love the fact that it uses 2 AA batteries that last for 4-6 months. However, after only a month or so of use, the left mouse button becomes erratic, not always accepting the click, or double-clicking when a single was called for. Mostly ignoring clicks I try to make. I thought that I just had a lemon ... so I bought another for my laptop because this is so comfortable to my hand. I was wrong, as the 2nd one had the same problem. Its very disappointing, as I have used Microsoft mice for the last 2 decades without complaint. Sorry Microsoft, it is an ergonomic mouse as claimed, its just not a quality computer mouse.

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The L6V-00001 has never failed me regardless which computer I use it with--desktops or laptops, and any operating system. I purchased this as a replacement for a far more expensive mouse being used with a 2013 Imac, and found, happily, the Microsoft mouse to work flawlessly. I pop the dongle into PC and Mac USB ports whenever I want to transfer the mouse functionality, and without any hiccup, the mouse just works. I also like the magnetic battery door. Over the years Ive despised changing mouse batteries mainly because the doors have nearly all been so difficult to pry open. But this Microsoft mouses battery door remains firmly shut until you turn the mouse over and tug on the smoothly indented lip to open the door. Its almost a pleasure to open and watch the door reseal securely once the lid is let go. Moreover, the mouse tracks remarkably smoothly and accurately on all non-translucent surfaces Ive tried to date. My only complaints are: 1)the plastic housing is ugly--and in less than a year has already become badly worn; 2)the mouse is rather small even in my medium-sized hands, which means the arch of my hand doesnt fit comfortably on the mouse, so my hand becomes tired after using the mouse for 60 minutes or so--an oddity in an "ergonomic" mouse; 3)the button to turn the mouse off (and therefore conserve battery power) is so smoothly integrated with the mouses underside that in low light its hard to find to turn the mouse off; I wish the mouse instead switched itself off after a certain time remaining idle; 4)the dongle is quite large (about a centimeter sticks out of the USB port when connected). None of these issues is very important to me, as the mouse works so very, very well, and I use it mainly as a desktop (so stationary) mouse. Considering the small fortune Ive spent on computer mouses over the years, Id be happy to replace most our other computer mouses with the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse in the future. UPDATE APRIL 2018 The dongle for this mouse literally fell apart (the plastic housing cracked open, exposing the bare circuitry underneath) while I was on a research assignment at a foreign university. I thought I could get a replacement on coming back to the States, but Ive learned from Microsoft that the dongles are all specific to the particular mouse theyre sold with. The Microsoft parts operator told me that if the dongle breaks theres no way to get a repalcement even under warranty. Im stunned. Now I have an otherwise perfectly good mouse with a broken dongle permanently stuck in my MBPs USB dock. Id have to use pliers to remove the dongle, hoping not to damage my USB port, and then my only option would be to toss this large piece of plastic (the mouse) into yet another landfill. What an environmentally irresponsible, not to mention consumer economics UNfriendly, policy! Given my experience now, just four years later (I STILL have a 2004 black Macbook that works flawlessly; I dont want electronic devices I have to replace every few years), Im downgrading my original 4-star review to 1-stars. Wasteful-wasteful-wasteful manufacturing and engineering.

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