Logitech V470

As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve taken a bit of time about getting my workplace set-up just so. One of the key elements of any PC setup is obviously the mouse, and the only must-have feature on my list was that it had to be wireless, in order to avoid wire clutter, and it had to be bluetooth, so as I could make use of the E6400’s integrated bluetooth and avoid having a dongle hanging out the side.

Unfortunately, the market isn’t exactly saturated with bluetooth mice. Microsoft have a handful of bluetooth mice, none of which are exactly easy to get hold of, and Logitech are the same. In fact, one of the few bluetooth mice that I could actually find was the Logitech V470. I also considered one of the Microsoft laptop ones, but I don’t really like the idea of a mouse being smaller than usual purely for portability – how much room are you actually saving by having a slightly smaller mouse?

Anyway, the V470 was available and had some good reviews, so I took the plunge. So far it’s been by turns perfectly adequate and absolutely infuriating. Mostly it’s vey good, and if it could turn 95% of the time into 100% I’d recommend it without hesitation. Unfortunately (for it and me) it can’t, and so about 5% of the time it inexplicably refuses to connect until it’s been restarted 3 or 4 times. Why this is, I’ve no idea, and it’s one of those faults that’s so intermittent that I just know I’ll never get around to fixing it, and can’t possibly justify sending it back.

Asides from all that, it’s a vey good piece of kit; striking to look at, comfortable to use, nice and simple 3 button design and with a tilt-scrolling wheel to boot. It’s quite precise, perfectly adequate for any gaming bar the twitchiest of twitch shooters, and all-round very appealing. But for the niggle, highly recommended.