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A full-size hand on a ten-dollar mouse, from a brand with a name to lose

Acer 2.4GHz Wireless Mouse

The larger of the two budget wireless mice here: Acer builds this one for medium to large hands, where the TECKNET beside it is a compact travel shape. Six buttons, three DPI steps to 1600, a USB-A receiver that stows in the battery bay, and an indicator light that tells you both the DPI level and when the cells are nearly out. It sleeps after ten idle minutes and wakes on a click, which is how it stretches the battery.

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Pros

  • ✓ Sized for medium to large hands, and the listing says so plainly — the TECKNET in this subcategory is a compact shape, so between them there is a size that fits
  • ✓ Six buttons including forward and back, which is the pair that actually changes how fast you move through files and browser tabs
  • ✓ An indicator light that doubles as a gauge: one flash for 800 DPI, two for 1200, three for 1600, and a steady red flash below 10% battery
  • ✓ Sleeps after ten idle minutes and wakes on a click rather than on movement, which Acer credits for the battery life — the receiver lives in the battery bay so it travels with the mouse
  • ✓ Plug and play over 2.4GHz to about 32 feet with no driver, and the buttons and scroll wheel are rated to 10 million clicks
  • ✓ 4.4★ across 6,717 ratings and a top-ten seller in Amazon's Computer Mice
  • ✓ Acer is a real manufacturer with a warranty operation behind it, which is not true of most things at this price

Cons

  • – The side buttons do not work on macOS, stated in the listing's own note. That removes the forward and back pair, which is most of the reason to pick a six-button mouse — on a Mac this is a three-button mouse
  • – Click-to-wake is a trade, not a free win: after ten idle minutes the first two or three clicks go into waking it rather than into whatever you were clicking on
  • – 1600 DPI is the ceiling. On a 1440p screen like the ProArt or the Samsung in this catalogue that means noticeably more desk movement to cross the display, and the TECKNET beside it goes to 2600
  • – USB-A receiver only, with no Bluetooth. A laptop with only USB-C ports needs an adapter, and the receiver then holds a port for good
  • – AAA batteries are not in the box, and the listing also asks you to peel a film off the underside before first use — two small setup steps that arrive as surprises
  • – Seven colours share this listing, so the 6,717 ratings describe the model rather than the one you order
  • – It is a conventional mouse. If you came to this subcategory for the wrist-neutral posture, the TECKNET vertical here is the one that provides it and this is not
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Acer 2.4GHz Wireless Mouse

A full-size hand on a ten-dollar mouse, from a brand with a name to lose

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