I Need a Long Range Wireless Mouse...

[Slottr]

Im in need of a long range mouse, with a range of at least 10 ft, longest being 15ft and a pricetag under $50 CAD

 

Thanks!

 

[elkenrod]

Are you using the mouse in the same room that the receiver is located?

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Basically all of logitech's mice have insane range. I just tested my logitech M510 that I "found" in best buy's recycling bin (with the factory batteries!) and it seems perfectly happy at 15+ feet with the receiver behind a steel monitor chassis

[Slottr]

45 minutes ago, elkenrod said:

Are you using the mouse in the same room that the receiver is located?

 

Yeah I would be, but my couch is sat around 10-15 ft away from the PC.

 

23 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Basically all of logitech's mice have insane range. I just tested my logitech M510 that I "found" in best buy's recycling bin (with the factory batteries!) and it seems perfectly happy at 15+ feet with the receiver behind a steel monitor chassis

Alright i'll take a look at logitechs lineup, thanks!

[You_are_a_cunt]

As far as I'm aware, most wireless mice have a maximum range of ~10m or ~30feet

To improve range (and reliability), you'll probably want to use front panel USBs, wo avoid signal degradation

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

As far as I'm aware, most wireless mice have a maximum range of ~10m or ~30feet

To improve range (and reliability), you'll probably want to use front panel USBs, wo avoid signal degradation

Alright good to know. I picked up a crappy cheap HP wireless one and its probably the worst thing I've ever used lol

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Alright good to know. I picked up a crappy cheap HP wireless one and its probably the worst thing I've ever used lol

HP is evil by default.

 

I had a cheapo Gigabyte one that worked fine at quite a range (until the receiver decided to commit suicide in my laptop)

My Steelseries WoW MMO <insert 2km of name here> works up to like 20 feet (may work at a higher range but no actual way to test it)

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, revsilverspine said:

HP is evil by default.

 

I had a cheapo Gigabyte one that worked fine at quite a range (until the receiver decided to commit suicide in my laptop)

My Steelseries WoW MMO <insert 2km of name here> works up to like 20 feet (may work at a higher range but no actual way to test it)

Yeah no doubt HP is evil haha, So ill take a look at both Logitech and steelseries. Thanks!

[You_are_a_cunt]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Yeah no doubt HP is evil haha, So ill take a look at both Logitech and steelseries. Thanks!

I don't really recommend the WoW MMO mouse (plus, it's out of the budget by about double). I'm having issues with the left click switch and a friend has issues with the scroll wheel.

Logitech's line-up is your best bet, tbh

[Slottr]

3 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

I don't really recommend the WoW MMO mouse (plus, it's out of the budget by about double). I'm having issues with the left click switch and a friend has issues with the scroll wheel.

Logitech's line-up is your best bet, tbh

Alright logitech it is! Thanks again

[iamdarkyoshi]

33 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Alright logitech it is! Thanks again

Look for the ones that use the little tiny reciever which is made of black plastic with an orange spotty thing on it. Its their unifying reciever (loose it and another one from something else will work just as well)

 

I had an older logitech mouse with a massive reciever and it SERIOUSLY had a range of only 12in. It came with a USB extention lead too... As far as I am aware, those old ones aren't sold anymore.

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Look for the ones that use the little tiny reciever which is made of black plastic with an orange spotty thing on it. Its their unifying reciever (loose it and another one from something else will work just as well)

 

I had an older logitech mouse with a massive reciever and it SERIOUSLY had a range of only 12in. It came with a USB extention lead too... As far as I am aware, those old ones aren't sold anymore.

I actually have a wireless logitech keyboard already for that PC, and it has the BEST range, so going with them I wouldnt have any problems with.

 

My dad still uses one of those old ones, and good god.. watching him struggle even after telling him to spend 10$ and upgrade is probably one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed.