Pauls Reviews
Sometimes, you get a great deal at an amazing price. This generic wireless mouse, was only 6.99 with free shipping, so I was not expecting much for a seven dollar mouse. It also came with the receiver which at first I thought was not included is located inside the battery compartment, and the directions say so had I bothered to read them ;-) I plugged the receiver into the USB port of by Windows 7 64-bit computer. It installed with no problem whatsoever, I was connected to the Internet and found a driver that worked for it automatically. There is no installation of software needed which made me feel a lot safer about buying a generic mouse. Many times these generic items come with software that is not exactly the best to have installed on your computer because of malware and other issues taking a item like this from another country. But luckily they found a driver installed it without any software needed. Pros: well-built smooth use transmits with no issues no software required has some weight to it and feels solid Cons: other than coming in a generic box, there is nothing else I could think about the mouse that would be a negative. Overview: The mouse arrived in a generic white box inside a Amazon package. With minimal protection. I was concerned upon seeing you arrive in a bag as opposed to a box that it may not operate. I opened the box that it came in it has a small amount of directions. Which basically tell you plug in the mouse transmitter driver and turn on your mouse. Within 3 min. it was installed no issues and works perfectly fine. I want to make a special note, as I had seen the reviews some were concerned about how far it will travel. I have a steel desk that is approximately 6 inches thick, and the mouse dongle for the USB port is underneath that that desk. And it transmits about 3 feet through the desk perfectly fine. It should be noted I have a very expensive Logitech mouse, that would not do the same thing I have two computers Im side-by-side used for different purposes. However the Logitech mouse that I have required me sending any extension to the top of the desk so it would read properly. So when testing the Logitech mouse against the generic one, the generic one actually works better in the aspect of transmission and received. Dont get me wrong the Logitech mouse feels better but has a better quality feel to it. The generic mouse does not feel cheap either this mouse easily couldve been a Logitech mouse and I wouldve thought the same thing theyre very hard to tell apart but as mentioned this one seems to work a little bit better transmitting wise and receiving. Yes you should buy this for seven dollars its worth having just the spare in your desk somewhere in case one breaks, and being this worked on Windows 7 I assume itll work on anything else new are. I may update my review to state whether it works on windows XP, or Windows 98 SE, I doubted due due to the fact of the USB ports are worked on those and the drivers but Im going to give it a shot with a new mouse that Im going to order from the same guys. Edit, I forgot to add, the mouse has a built in sleep mode, if mouse seem off just click the mouse button and it wakes up. I think it rests after 15 minutes of no use. I also bought another just because it works so well.