C.Jackson

So my mouse died on me, or rather has several times just recently. Unplugging and re-plugging it in seems to fix it, but having to do that 3-4 times within ten minutes can get annoying. I took it apart and it looked fine, all wires looked good as did all of the solder connections so I was puzzled as to what could be causing it to stop working.
I was at Wally world earlier today and I checked out their elite selection of mice. I wasn't planning on buying one, but I thought about how annoying it had become and figured what the hell, I'll pick up a cheapo mouse and see how it works, worse comes to worse I can haul the thing back and get my money back. I looked at the cheap Micro Innovations optical mouse for $5 and then noticed the Micro Innovations wireless laser mouse for $10 (regular $25). I threw it in my buggy, made sure I could bring it back to my local store, and took it to the checkout.
I got home about 2 hours ago and plugged it in, hit he connect button on both the mouse and the receiver and it started working right away. The design feels very good and natural when holding, a little on the light side, but I can deal with it. It tracks nice and smooth and I've yet to have one click missed. It has a toggle switch on the side for DPI switching (from 800 to 1600) and it's accompanied by a back and forward button on the same side. The mouse works great, it feels pretty solid, and it doesn't feel like it's going to break in my hand. My only gripe is the weight, but after I've had it a while I might take it apart and see if I can't add a little weight.
While it may not be a good choice over anything from Logitech, it's a damn nice deal for 10 bucks. The Gateway mouse I was using, while not perfect, had a nice feel and weight, but time got to it and now it's replaced. If you need a cheap mouse, possibly thinking about wireless, it's not a bad deal for 10 bucks.

It's desktop performance is great, but I'm a casual gamer too. I'm about to hop into some games to test it out really quick. I'll post back when I find out whether I'll be taking it back for bad game performance.

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