Labtec Optical Mouse 800 (Labtec Optical Mouse)

Member Name: shibainudogpersn

Product:	Labtec Optical Mouse
Date:	17/06/09 (8 review reads)
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Advantages: Works on any surface comfortable to use

Disadvantages: Very sensitive - needs configuring to work well

Labtec Optical Mouse 800

My choice of mouse has been optical since they first came out - this means that there is no roller ball and instead there is a laser-light that responds to movements and also means that while a mousemat is good it is not essential as the optical light perceives movement across pretty much any surface.

My old Typhoon optical mouse, bought way cheap a few years back, decided to die on me (the scrollwheel broke!) a while back so I decided to spend a little more and chose the Labtec 800.

This mouse has an extremely comfortable fit, being a little narrower than my previous one, and because it has ridged and inward curving sides it makes holding it very easy - especially helpful if you have hands that don't grip so well any more.

The mouse comes with its own little plug adaptor so that its USB plug can, via the adaptor, be plugged in to a regular PC via the mouse socket (i.,e., making it a PS2 mouse). It really is one mouse for all!!

One disadvantage for me was that when I first went to use it, the on-screen pointer was moving too fast - probably fine for younger users or those without tremory hands - and I had to adjust this in the usual way via the mouse settings in Control Panel.

The black/silver finish is elegant and works with most of the colour scheme of most pcs/lappies these days.

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Summary: a mouse for all 'puters!

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