Logitech Optical Notebook Mouse Plus (USB)
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Customer Review: Fantastic mouse - worked perfectly for 5 years
Summary: 4 Stars
For such an inexpensive mouse, this has been one of my favorites, and it's frankly one of the best performing mice I've owned. I'm pretty sure it's been discontinued, because I can't find it anywhere except Amazon. I purchased this mouse out of necessity in 2004 when my previous laptop mouse broke; and as a poor college student, I bought the cheapest notebook-sized optical mouse I could find. It turned out to be a great purchase and lasted me for 5 full years. Just last weekend, it started acting up by misfiring a double-click when I would only perform a single-click. If I could get it repaired, I would, just so I could keep using it -- that's how much I love this mouse.
It started misfiring last week after I packed it in the outer pocket of my laptop bag and traveled to the West Coast; the mouse must have gotten hit/bumped during transit. However, during the past 5 years, I traveled by car a LOT and brought along my laptop and this mouse with absolutely zero problems -- so don't think you can't travel with it. Perhaps it was just this mouse's time to go (it was 5 years old, after all), but the misfiring coincided with my trip, so that makes me think the problem was user-induced and that it would still be working fine had I left it at home or packed it more securely.
One great feature of this mouse is that the cord wraps around a tiny groove at the base of the mouse, and then the USB port snaps into the underside and covers the laser, protecting it during travel. This was handy in the years before retractable cords were introduced.
The optics aren't overly sensitive, nor are they sluggish, either. It won't work on every surface (doesn't work on my desk but works on spouse's), so you may need a mousepad. The buttons don't click particularly loudly, but the click is on the high-pitched side (as opposed to some larger mice, which have a noticeably lower-pitched click). The wheel is a nice grippy rubber or silicone; it doesn't turn silently, but it's on the quieter side and is definitely not as loud as the wheel on the Microsoft mouse I use at work.
The mouse feels good in your hand; it's smaller than a standard mouse but is not mircoscopic. It's is 3.5" long, 2" wide, and 1.25" tall at its highest point, which sits below your palm. It's easy to maneuver and has three slippery "pads" on the underside. The cord is short, though -- a mere 2'3", and with the mouse, it comes to about 2'7". So if your only USB ports are on the left side of your laptop and you're a right-handed mouser, you may have a problem; if your laptop has a USB port on the back, you'll be fine. Overall, I highly recommend this product to anyone looking for an inexpensive, good quality, notebook-sized optical mouse.
Customer Review: The Second Least Worst Notebook Mouse I've Owned
Summary: 3 Stars
I've had several notebook mice before this one, and I have a few comments. First, the cord wrap feature is extremely convenient. Second, when the computer is not randomly failing to notice that the mouse is connected and enable it, it works extremely well for its intended use. I suspect the habit of ignoring its presence is related to the third characteristic of the mouse: it took much longer to break in normal use than any other "notebook" mouse I've owned except the original that came with a previous notebook and without a cord-retraction feature - checking back on my previous reviews, I see it lasted a whole nine months! Whoopty-doo.
This, of course, is the reason for the 3-star review. While it proved more durable than the "dental-floss-thickness thread of cord winds up in a spring wheel thing hanging off the mouse" designs I'd gone through previously, it still broke in normal usage. As of now, the mouse, in addition to the intermittently failing to register as connected or be powered on by the computer (note: this is not specific to an individual computer or USB port, I've checked) now, when connected, gives a message that "a USB port has exceeded its allowed power consumption" within milliseconds. As near as I can tell, the stress placed on the cord by repeatedly winding it around the mouse as it was designed to be wound eventually caused an internal short within the cable, adjacent to the plug where it attached to the computer.
This seems to be a chronic problem with notebook mice in general - EVERY SINGLE ONE I HAVE EVER OWNED, except the cord-management-free model referenced earlier, ceased functioning due to structural failures of the cord, usually in the junctions at one end or the other. I've had the same problem, chronically, with other USB peripherals, such as laptop cooling mats. Unfortunately, my conclusion is that the market doesn't offer much better than this model (though I'll be looking for a duplicate of the original referenced above) in terms of ability to withstand normal use, so until the industry gets its act together, this may be your best bet.
Customer Review: Everything about this mouse was great - for 6 months
Summary: 3 Stars
This Logitech Optical Notebook Mouse matches my ideal mouse in every category. It's affordable. It's the right size and weight for my hands - not too small like some notebook mice, but not bulky like many desktop mice I've had either. It felt quick in my hands and sailed over most mouse surfaces with little to no resistance. In fact, I found this mouse extremely good for fast-paced first-person shooter gaming, though admittedly that was only a minor portion of its use to me. I also liked the feel of the scroll-wheel, with just the right grip and rolling speed. And most of all, the mouse was compact and portable, with a convenient roll-up-and-click cord.
Being a corded mouse of course has its advantages. No batteries, first of all. Not that batteries are too expensive (I could use rechargeable ones), but the fact is that they can die on you at any time, often when it seems most inconvenient or you may not have a spare set around. And in my personal experience, the other advantage of corded mice over wireless is assurance of signal with no interruption (not that that's a frequent issue with today's wireless mice, but it's worth noting).
However! I bought this mouse in late February 2009. It's now mid September and, this mouse is no longer reliable. It's shown some signs of life, but I'm pretty sure I have to replace it. See, with rolling up and unrolling the cord at least 1-2, if not more times per day over the last 6 months, the point where the cord stops rolling around the base of the mouse and turns to latch onto the bottom of the mouse got repeatedly bent and twisted in every direction, and the wiring just hasn't held up - it won't transfer signal anymore, rendering this mouse useless. It's a shame, that the way this device is meant to be packed up and put away ended up leading to its demise.
I am sure I got $14's use and more out of this mouse, but I frankly didn't expect it to die so soon. I still have faith in Logitech's products, but I will not buy another of this same model. Maybe if they made an identical one but wireless...
Customer Review: Fabulous Little Mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband bought me a wonderful Netbook for Christmas - which I just love love love. However I am a long time desktop system user and long ago decided that track pads and me have no place together in the same room. My head says "I know how to do this" but my fingers apparently are not on the same page, leaving me to battle through page after page of unintended opened pages or links, before getting to the pages I wanted to view.
So after debating how best to solve this dilemma I starting sifting through products and reviews and stumbled on this one and now that I have it for several days I can say I am so pleased I did.
It is a small mouse - so anyone that thinks that a less than full size mouse would not work for them this may not be the mouse for you. And I have to say that I agree with other reviewers - one in particular comes to mind - that the length of the cord could be a real issue for someone with a fuller sized laptop. Another thing I noticed - which was not an issue for me but may be for other users - the wheel is a little stiff - especially when I compare it to my desktop mouse. This is definitely not a "gaming" mouse.
This is though a perfect mouse for a netbook. And I loved the fact that I literally plugged it in and I was "mousing" away. I can see that the wrap away wire feature will also be a plus since I do intend to take my netbook out with me, so not having a floating free cord is nothing but good and well thought out by the designer. I can now only hope that it is durable, which only time will tell.
Now off to shop for a netbook case and I should be set.
Customer Review: Love this little mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for my laptop because, like others, I HATE touchpads. And this little mouse is just perfect. Works well, plugs right into the USB port, and my laptop (which has Vista) picked it up automatically and I was using it right away. At first I wanted a wireless mouse, but I've used wireless before and they were more of a pain than they were worth, so I wanted to try a wired mouse and I really like this one. The cord is short (so I'm not constantly fighting a wire) and wraps around the mouse for storage and I don't have to worry about it 'dying' on me because I forgot to charge it.
It's smaller than a standard mouse, yes, but it's not so OVERLY tiny that it becomes a pain to use. Even my boyfriend uses it with no problems and he's 6'2 and has pretty good-sized hands and he says the size of the mouse doesn't bother him.
If your USB port happens to be on the left side of your laptop (and you're right-handed) this probably won't work for you because the cord wouldn't be long enough to string all the way around the back of your computer to reach comfortably to the other side. But if the USB port is on the right side or even in the back, you should be just fine.
I personally love the way the cord wraps around the mouse itself for storage. You just wrap the cord into the side grooves, snap the USB plug into place (which covers the optic lens) and drop it into your laptop bag.
Very pleased with this mouse all the way around.