Kensington K72328US ci95 Wireless Mobile Mouse with Nano Receiver

I’m long been a fan of Kensington products, they’re like the O’reilly animal books for programming: the great product that really fills the niche. So, I was disappointed when I got an earlier wireless mouse from them, on which the receiver was intermittent. They quickly replaced it with a later model, on which the receiver also was weak.

But this time they’ve really done it. This mouse is terrific! It works at any reasonable range on any machine. The little nano receiver fits right inside the mouse, so I can pack it up, and it’s nice and flat, and fits right in my pocket, and I can use it anywhere. The accuracy is amazing and the look and feel is very nice. I’ve used 100s of mice, maybe 1000s. I think this is the best mouse ever. No software was required at all. The mouse even has an on off switch which not only saves battery life, but slips over the optical laser sensor, so no pocket lint gets inside. This is absolutely the best mouse ever. It’s the mouse equivalent of the Kensington Expert mouse trackball, or better, because it’s so portable.

I don’t know why the other reviewer was having problems, and no I don’t work for Kensington, this is just a top notch product. You have to click the mouse button to get it to activate when you plug it into a new machine (not uncommon, maybe this was his problem) Anyway it’s a great mouse, and the case is held together with magnets, so it doesn’t break apart or lose little plastic snaps. Definitely worth it. This is an awesome mouse.

I had no problems with this mouse until I tried to remove the receiver so I could use it with my fathers laptop. The plastic cap pulled right off leaving the actual receiver stuck in my USB port I was eventually able to remove it with tweezers. I snapped the plastic cap back on and eventually returned the receiver to my own laptop. The mouse hasn’t been the same since this happened. The quality of the signal seems to have decreased significantly making the mouse very difficult to use.

This is my second portable Kensington mouse. This one is very solid feeling, can be easily turned off to save battery life, and the dongle can stay in the USB port even when putting my macbook pro into a laptop sleeve.

I love the form factor. I use a mouse for movement rather than complex customized clicking, so the low profile lets me anchor my wrist and move the mouse precisely with thumb and fourth finger, while clicking/scrolling with index and second fingers. I always found weirdly shaped mice to be, well… weird!

Very nicely thought out product, and if it lasts anywhere near as long as my current Kensington mouse, I will be very satisfied indeed.

I bought this device because I read a lot of books. I don’t read any of the best sellers, I read mostly the paranormal romance books and Sci Fi. The reason I bought this device instead of the Sony electronic reader is that the books are downloaded directly to the device. You don’t need to be at your computer. So , if you are on the road, you can download a book without a computer.
Another reason I bought the Kindle is that I have a iMac. The Sony reader needs a PC. The only thing I found is a drawback of the Kindle is that some of the books I would like to have downloaded are not offered in Kindle format yet. I have to click on the ‘request to publisher’ and hope that it will be made available in a reasonable amount of time before I resort to buying the book at a store.