our everyday orginal mouse with more buttons (Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box Optical Pro)

Member Name: opehelia

Product:	Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box Optical Pro
Date:	08/01/09 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: it has more buttons available to assign to shortcuts for easier navigation

Disadvantages: dirt can build up on the underside after excessive use, but only takes 5 seconds to remove

This is an every-day all purpose mouse which supply's adequate control over anything you may need a mouse for.

Whilst this mouse isn't anything special, i don't like the feel of the new, odd shaped mice that are available today. This is a nice mouse that looks original that doesn't cost much and has a very long life.

It's layout is pretty simple, it has the two main buttons your would expect on any mouse, the wheel in the center is nothing new but is very helpful for internet browsing, it is also clickable which gives more versatility depending what you are doing (i use it to open a new tab when clicking a link in firefox, very handy!)

It additionally has two buttons on each side of the mouse that also have it's use's.
If your an avid gamer you can set these buttons to what ever you like giving you more options than your original mouse ever has.
If your listening to i-tunes the buttons act as a "next track" and "previous track" respectively.

I did find it was hard to use the first few days i had it, it took a while to get used to moving around as it is a little harder to pick-up with a single hand as there isn't much grip.

Also, after excessive use you can get dirt build's on the 4 pads on the underside of the mouse that restricts it's movement, but is easy just flicked off.

I've had this mouse for ages, if it ever broke, i would buy another.

Summary: if your not looking to spend an obscene amount of money on a mouse then this is your prodcut

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