IOGear (GME225B) Wireless Mouse

I bought this mouse in the summer of 2006 after much begging, trying to justify its price to my wife. When it arrived, I excitedly opened the package, charged the batteries, turned it on and watched it not work. I ran various tests, made sure the Bluetooth on my computer worked, before coming to the conclusion that it just arrived dead. After consulting with tech support, I shipped it off to have it replaced (about $6 in shipping). I received the next one, charged the batteries, turned it on, and it worked! It worked for about a week and a half before dying. Again, I sent it in (another $6 in shipping) and received a replacement. It also arrived dead. I have given up, deciding that I just spent over forty-five dollars on two rechargeable AAA batteries. Live and learn.

However, the mouse, while it was working, was decent. It's small size and on-off switch allowed for great portability, even though the carry case was twice as big as it needed to be and padding-free. I never tested the range, as I was using it as a regular mouse and not for presentations. The small size was easy to get accustomed to and, in the words of my wife, it is "cute". On the down side, it required twice the movement of my home mouse (a standard sized Logitech IR wireless) and the scroller was also slow.

If it works as it should, it's not a horrible product, but seeing as how it has horrible reliability issues, I wouldn't recommend it.