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Summary: Stay Away from it
Review: Horrible. Felt like going back to the guy who told me it was good to kick his b..t Anyhow, rarely seen such poor construction. As said some one else, good concept.....don't have to carry the base arround, can swap between rechargable and non-rechargable batteries...small mouse, small receiver...but hell, nothing works...NOTHING. A lot of reviews accuse the mouse of obviously OS-related problems...(typical USB stories), but no one seems to mention the most important of all: THIS MOUSE LIKES NO SURFACE AT ALL...NONE! Even an optical mouse pad....I can't beleive this. On top of all the rest of the crap, I had to fix the battery cover, it's really hard to sync up with its receiver, and the cursor is all over the place.....
Fortunatly, it is solid enough to withstand the many times I chucked it at the wall. I'm still waiting for a decent portable wireless mouse to apear on the market.....has not happened yet....the logitech model seem as crappy as this one....Good Luck.
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Summary: Nice Design, but Doesn't Travel Well.
Review: I bought one of these to use with my two Compaq notebooks, both at work and at home, where it shows one of it's major drawbacks, (if one is as consevative as I, in wanting to conserve batteries when not in use) the mouse, powered by two AA batteries, has NO ON/OFF SWITCH, so, when transporting between work stations, one must remove one or both batteries to shut down the unit, which otherwise remains on when not connected to the computer. This may be different when used in conjunction with the charging station (sold seperately) which I have not purchased yet. Disconnecting the receiver and/or removal & replacement of batteries in lieu of a power switch requires resetting the frequency each time the mouse is moved.
Another drawback is that the transmitter will not work through the chassis of a metal framed laptop, where the USB ports are either in the rear or on the left side, a problem Targus attempts to solve by including an extention cord (about 6" long, half the lenght really needed).
If the transmitter and receiver are not in direct line-of-sight, the advertised three foot range falls off dramatically, causing hesitations and missed or partial click actions. Also, the receiver contains a BRIGHT blue light that FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY with movement of the mouse AND clicking any of the controls, which is HIGHLY distracting when one is trying to concentrate on one's work.
Some may complain that the control switches are somewhat stiff, but I prefer a more crisp click action on my controls, which this unit provides. With internal power provided by the two AA batteries, the mouse does suffer somewhat from overweight (a 3V camera battery may have been a better choice), but the loss of that annoying cable drag more than makes up for this.
For a fixed station home or office PC, this medium priced optical wireless could be a welcome addition, but it's not the best choice for use with a notebook, especially in portable mode.
NOTE:Either Targus has come out with an advanced model(I recently purchased a replacement for the original damaged unit), or I failed to read the fine print in the owner's brochure. The unit DOES have an ON/OFF switch, operated by pressing the "Sync-Up" button on the bottom of the unit for three seconds, which will put the unit in "sleep" mode until the button is pressed again to re-activate it.
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Summary: Wow... it works flawlessly
Review: I bought this thing for my presentation for my doctoral thingy. I have no idea why many bad reviews about this product. I tested it, and I have no problem at all. The presenter, the mouse, the laser pointer, and the size, all of them are excellent. The only bad thing is the USB receiver that is too fat for my laptop USB slots. However, the extension USB cable that comes with the package solve my problem easily.
I guess the phenomena where the slides move forward more than once is caused by the person who should familiarize oneself with this presenter. Clicking movement should be gentle enough, and you will find no problems at all.
The laser light is also strong enough. I tested it for 10 feet distance, and it is bright enough. I guess the other reviewers used it in a very big room??? Dunno... Did I get a good one, and some others got a lemon?
Compare to the $120 and $180 Logitech that do not have mouse functions, this Targus wireless presenter is a gem. I cannot complaint....!! I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Junk!!!
Review: I ended up throwing it away. I couldn't deal with the frustration of using it! The laser kept turing itself off on its own. I thought it was the power switch, because that was VERY touchy and would move too far to make a good contact. I also thought the batteries were going bad, but I realized that the scroller and buttons would work, but not the laser for the mouse. This is the first review I have ever written because I wanted to warn people not to waste their money!
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Summary: Targus should be ashamed for making this piece of crap
Review: I have never written an Amazon review before, but I am so outraged by this product that I feel compelled to now.
This mouse is uncomfortable in the hand & difficult to synch up with the USB receiver. The receiver "features" a bright blue LED that flashes when the mouse moves, which I find annoying & which my classmates find absolutely obnoxious. The little plastic "feet" glued to the bottom to help it glide more smoothly started falling off after 2 days.
But I would not be so angry at this product but for the fact that it goes through 1 pair of AAA batteries a week. (And that is even even with scrupulously turning it off when not in use.)
Believe me and all the other people who have reviewed this mouse: by no means should you ever even consider buying this terrible mouse.
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Summary: Poor performance mar the good form factor and feel
Review: I liked the size and feel of this mouse, but unfortunately it did not function properly and I returned it. It fails to transmit button presses and movements to its receiver. The receiver has a bright blue LED that lights when receiving, so this what I used to determine the point of failure. I verified that when cursor movement or button presses where ignored, the receive LED did not light. The mouse can operate perfectly for long periods, but intermittent failures can happen any time. I've moved the receiver to 1 foot line-of-sight, with no improvement. Several times, it failed in such a way that I was able to press the mouse buttons repeatedly without response, but the scroll wheel worked correctly (indicating that the mouse was not asleep). I fully charged the batteries before first use (about 20 hours) and each night. I've tried running the mouse on a blank white sheet of paper, with no improvement. The manual indicates that lighter surfaces give better tracking performance. I have never experienced a single problem with the other wireless optical mouse I use, an old Logitech.
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Summary: GREAT!
Review: I own the discontinued model of this mouse (which I received as part of a rebate offer when I purchased my laptop), but am also ordering this one for my wife to use on her laptop. It looks as if the difference is that the dark color and silver color are reversed. I will see if there are other differences when I get the new one.
My experience is that the reviews are correct which state that the instructions could have been better, much better. However, once I figured out how to use it (with no help from the instructions) it has worked flawlessly. Remember that the NiMH batteries need to be charged before use. I plugged the USB receiver into the back of my laptop and use the mouse alone, occasionally placing it in the charging cradle to recharge. You can also plug the USB cord from the charging cradle into the USB port on the computer and then plug the USB receiver into the provided port on the charging cradle. I believe this allows the mouse to be recharged through the USB connection if there is not a 110 volt plug available.
Either the USB receiver is to be plugged into the computer, or the USB receiver is to be plugged into the charging cradle and then the cradle plugged into the USB port on the computer.
Look at the pictures on the web site.
I don't have the instructions in front of me, but seem to remember needing to push the black button on the bottom of the mouse to allow it to set the channel it is using with the receiver, which also has a small black button on the end of it.
The mouse goes to sleep on its own and wakes up by pressing on the thumb wheel. No need to turn it on and off. The NiMH batteries were provided with the unit. I think the instructions said the mouse would work 1-3 months per full charge on these betteries.
Also, I kind of like the flashing blue light. Kind of hi-tech. I even forgot it did this as I have the USB receiver plugged into my laptop in a rear port. I never see it.
Good product. I am now going to order one for my wife.
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Summary: Quite good, only small negatives.
Review: I'm a college student working exclusively off my laptop, so a separate mouse was almost a requisite for me, and I'm quite happy with this one. First, it's wireless, and second, it's got a recharger, which were the biggest sellers for me. It's range is actually well under-estimated. While giving presentations, I was able to stand at least 15 feet away (not the measly 6 advertised) and use the mouse to advance slides and such. Additionally, it is quite responsive, and the only delay occurs after the mouse has gone to 'sleep', which a simple mouse-click will fix. The recharger is great. It comes with a 1600 mAh battery which lasts a LONG time, even being a wireless optical mouse. It's never died on me, and I've gone over a week of consistent use without having any indication of it needing a charge, although because the charger doubles as a handy way to get it out of the way, I store it on the charger. I've just got the charging station sitting on my desk next to my laptop, and it takes up very little space.
The one downfall of this mouse is the fact that while carrying it around in my backpack (or for you businessmen, while in your briefcase or something), it will occasionally get bumped and click itself, bringing it out of its 'sleep' mode, which takes another few minutes to go back into, all the while draining the battery. A power switch would be nice. However, even with this, as I said, it's never died on me. Oh, and one other little annoyance... the side buttons, although they work great, are a little backwards with their default functions of 'back/forward page'. Oddly, 'forward' is the left button, and 'back' is the right one. Not a big deal, but I haven't figured out how to reverse this yet...
Overall, it's a well-performing and extremely convenient mouse. The rechargable battery and charging station guarantee battery power, and it's wireless/optical features make it extremely handy.
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Summary: Works fine for me.
Review: I've been using it for two weeks, on the original batteries.
It took a of practice bit to properly use the touch sensitive 'restart' pads, but now it nicely shuts itself down, and restarts on demand. Maybe those who complain did not read the fine print?
I use the on/off switch only a few times; just let the auto-powersave do its thing.
Yes, it took a few minutes to discover how to open the battery holder; better documentation or a picture would help here.
My main complaint is that occasionally the mouse will spontaneously emit a mouse scroll event, so the page i'm viewing will jump up/down a notch. Other than that, the mouse is responsive and accurate.
As for that annoying blue light: that's why god made duct tape...
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Summary: Only worked for a day
Review: Mine worked fine the first day, then my IBM ThinkPad simply did not seem to recognize when I plugged in the receiver to the USB port. The USB port works fine for other things.
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