Mouse Reviews

The product works fine when using regular CRT type monitors but fails to provide adequate signal strength when using Flat Panel monitors. The 17" Flat Panel I tested was one provided with a Dell system. So, if you're hooking up 2 CRTs to a single system this product works very well. But if you're hooking up 2 Flat Panel monitors, it will not work. Belkin is aware of this but they don't put this fact in their advertising and marketing literature.

I picked this up for my optical mouse. I'd been using the mouse for over a year without a mouse pad and it had begun to scuff the top of my desk. I bought the 3M Precise Mousing Surface to avoid scratching my desk further.

The surface works ok but does not seem to be any more "precise" than my desk. It does protect my desktop, but this mouse pad occasionally slides across my desk when I'm moving the mouse. The mousing surface is thin which makes it relatively unobtrusive and makes up a bit for the fact that it moves sometimes. However, the colors/patterns that are available are not very attractive. Who wants a "puddle of water" on their desk, anyway?

All in all I'd say it is not a bad solution if you need to protect your desk or if your desk surface is reflective and can't be used with an optical mouse. However, I can't recommend it for general use.

This is a regular 3 button mouse with a wheel. The good thing about it is that it has the best rumble touchsense vibration ever!!! Pretty cool for certain games and software aplications because it let's you "feel" the screen, buttons, etc. It's kind of a Force Fed back thing. It is a nice change for people that use MSOffice a lot. It's also a good buy for gamer fanatics who want real rumble action in their mouse for games that support Force Feed back!!!!

Sorry, but i've seen several errors lately while looking for a nice keyboard set. You have the F8E815 # listed above which is 3.6pds; but this one says 5 pds! Also the download of the pdf
says FE83832#, so this is either the wrong pdf file for this,
or you've got the item wrong! cause there's no pic of the bundle.Someone should review this mistake and correct it i've
just ordered the real Belkin FE83815 and it says it's 3.6 pds shipping. You are selling the other Belkin set that's a two-tone
model-FE83832! Please correct this as people ordering this will
get a big surprise when it comes. sincerely shffl2bdwz,ma

I bought this baby a month or so ago. When I first got it, I was blown away! Finally, no more wrestling with tangled mouse cords! But the first time I had to change the batteries (which was much sooner than I expected), the battery connection wires inside the mouse got caught on the battery, and become dislodged. Its been loose ever since, and several times a week it will slip out of place, rendering my mouse completely useless unless I jiggle the batteries enough times that everything falls back into place. VERY frustrating for someone who spends 17+ hours a day at a computer! *When* its working, its a joy to use. But when its not, its a humungous hassle.

This is the second KVM switch I've owned. I was excited to have audio support. However, upon setup I found that audio response was very poor ~ next to no response from my subwoofer, and all low-end sound seemed to be filtered out. I emailed IOGEAR's support department and received the following response:
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Greetings,

Thank you for contacting us.

Subwoolfers are not supported by this KVM. It will only support a powered two speaker setup. We are changing the packaging to reflect this.

I apologize for any inconvenience.
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...very disappointing, as this not-so-minor detail is not mentioned anywhere on IOGEAR's website, not in the product brochure.

Aside from this drawback, the switch works as you'd expect. One minor gripe I have is that the hotkey sequence 'ctrl-alt-shift-#', where '#' corresponds to the computer you'd like to access, is kind of a pain. My previous KVM switch used a double-tap of the scroll lock key...which became second nature after using it for a while. I'm not sure why such a long hotkey combination is necessary. Granted, this is only a minor drawback. On the possitive side, setup was a no-brainer, and my Logitech wireless keyboards works perfectly (despite IOGEAR's warning that wireless keyboard and mice aren't fully supported).

Bottom line? If audio is important to you and you have more than two speakers, you'll definitely want to consider other options. If audio's not important, you may still be able to find a cheaper 4-port KVM swich which does not have audio integration.

A very nice improvement on their "studio" mouse which I liken to a sandal with buttons, the Pilot has a decent feel to it and actually looks kind of cool. The problem is that it still uses regular batteries. Rechargable is the way to go, plus you can boost the refresh rate of it so the location data is updated more often and accurately (for those gamers and photoshop people out there). They have to sacrifice DPI quality (how often and how fine movement data is transmitted) to save power on batteries. If they didnt, your AA's would last about 3 days.

Here's data I got from their website and my comments on each in brackets:

-Work without hesitation, delay or interference thanks to QuickRF™ wireless technology. (Could we stand it any other way? This is the standard in all cordless mice, not the exception.)

-Programmable buttons and award-winning MouseWorks® software reduce repetitive tasks to a single click. (I don't know about MAC's but in Windows, you can program any button to do whatever you want and that is without using vendor mouse software)

-Unique shape and design provide ultimate control and comfort for right-handed users. (sweet, as long as you're right handed)

-DiamondEye™ optical technology for unmatched acceleration control and ultra-high-speed tracking. (hmm, something i like)

-Four mouse buttons and scroll wheel, scroll wheel is also 5th button. (standard on all mice that cost over 5 bucks)

-Guaranteed to work right out of the box with PC and Mac. (Imagine if a company was to claim that they don't guarantee to work out of box? "Gee Maam, sorry.. we dont guarantee their all gonna work. Maybe you should buy another and try again."

-5-year warranty and free technical support. (nice)

Overall not too bad, but you can do better than this. I would like to recommend the Logitech MX700 instead of this. Look at em both side by side and see who copied who, as well as what was left out: On mouse low battery warning light, higher DPI rating, rechargability.

I bought this mouse in Canada, right before I flew out of the country. My laptop's touchoad and it's buttons are a little off the mark, and I wanted to be able to use my laptop in the plane back to The Netherlands.

At first glance, the mouse is ideal; It's optical, boosts a scrollwheel, and has a retractable cable. Also, it's extremely small, which makes it very easy to store in one's laptop carrying case.

However, the small size is also the mouse's disadvantage. I took the mouse to work today, and by now my hand is starting to hurt. I'm afraid that if I'd use this one day-in, day-out, I'll soon be left with RSI.

To sum things up: If you have a need for a non-cordless (i.e. in planes), small USB mouse that you will not use for very long periods of time, this is your mouse. For daily use though, I'd recommend getting a bigger version.

I bought the Micro Innovations 19K2004 Cyber Scroll Mouse hoping it would be Optical, but instead it was a track ball. ahh...If only the description stated it was a trackball...

This keyboard is the exact size as my Mac G4's keyboard. I even like the keys because even though they are soft touch you can fell them depressing. I always hated when you felt like you had to really press on soft touch keyboards because they had no "feeling".

The mouse is fine too except that I had to put it back together out of the box. It snapped back together but that seems odd. I am not going to use the mouse so I wasn't too concerned.

The keyboard has 3 buttons to control the computer. ON/OFF, SLEEP, and WAKE UP but it might as well not have them. I wonder if they are even attached to the keyboard or are just there for looks. It didn't come with any software. When I looked for a driver online it said that Windows would detect the keyboard and install the right driver. Not really, I had to do it manually myself. The buttons still don't work. Probably never will. Oh well, only $14.00.