Written by Andrew EwenI bought the explorer mouse a few weeks ago for £30. I was looking for a mouse that would track on my sofa's surface which proved too much for my other Logitech laptop mouse to take. I had to use a mouse mat on the sofa! I got fed up of it so I began looking into better tracking mouse but still with the small size and portability of a laptop mouse. The Explorer Mouse was a perfect solution to this problem. In this review to you the Pros and Cons of this mouse and an overall out of 10 mark.
Pros:
- The mouse's tracking is excellent. It tracks on fabrics, carpet varnished wood surfaces, rough grain wood surfaces the glossy surface of the Dell Inspiron 1545 concrete,the transparent plastic case it was packaged in and even some types of glass!
- The mouse also fits very well in the hand. Almost as good as a full size mouse.
- The scroll wheel is very smooth and also has the functionality of left and right tilt for horizontal scrolling.
- There are 2 programmable buttons on the left hand side of the mouse. These are programmable through the Microsoft Mouse software included in the box. These buttons can be programmed to do almost anything. You can even assign keyboard macros to them if you wish through the software. I personally just use them for back and forward while web browsing.
- The mouse has a really cool look to it. It's curvy and it has the feature every geek wants from everything they own: IT GLOWS!
- The snap in transceiver is great, its small and the computer recognizes the mouse almost immediately after it is plugged in. Another cool feature is that when the transceiver is snapped into the bottom, it powers off the mouse! The snap in tranceiver is also a cool little feature as it means you can't loose it as it is always either plugged into your computer or in the bottom of the mouse.
- My last pro is the battery life. It doesn't run out in a day like some wireless mice and Microsoft say it can last over 6 months! I haven't had a chance to test this as I have only had it for a week.The little battery indicator is another cool feature.
- Unfortunately there is no way to turn off the mouse without putting the transceiver in or pulling the battery out. This means that this mouse wouldn't be ideal for use with a desktop.
- The horizontal tilt scrolling also doesn't have grip so u sometimes find yourself trying to scroll and your finger slips over the wheel but you get used to it.
- My last con is that the transceiver, when snapped in does not fit flush with the bottom of the mouse which can be annoying.
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Thanks for reading.
Andrew Ewen
