Kensington 72128 PilotMouse Optical Pro 5-button USB/PS2 Mouse for Right-Handed Users (PC/Mac)

by Kensington

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AFX1K
• Item model number: 72128
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kensington 72128 PilotMouse Optical Pro 5-button USB/PS2 Mouse for Right-Handed Users combines incredible comfort with exhilarating performance. The Kensington 72128 features a unique, ergonomically-designed shape that provides the ultimate comfort for right-handed users, as well as flexible rubber grips for a superior level of control. This mouse also features programmable buttons and MouseWorks software that reduce repetitive tasks to a single click. The speed and pinpoint accuracy of Kensington's DiamondEye optical technology allows it to respond to even your fastest movements with accurate tracking and precise guidance. With a sleek silver-and-black body complimented by black-rubber fin grips, this stylish mouse compliments any desktop. Easy to use, the Kensington 72128 provides the convenience of four mouse buttons, with a third button and scroll wheel combo. This Kensington optical mouse connects via USB/PS2 and is guaranteed to work right out of the box on both PCs and Macs, with long-lasting reliability that is backed by a five-year manufacturer's warranty and free technical support. The Kensington 72128 Optical Pro mouse has a six-foot cord, and requires a PC with Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP with USB port, a PC with Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP with PS/2 compatible mouse port, or a Macintosh with a USB port running OS X (10.1.5) or later.

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good mouse at a great price (despite minor flaws)!, December 26, 2005

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Stephen Siciliano "ctachme" (Traverse City, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kensington 72128 PilotMouse Optical Pro 5-button USB/PS2 Mouse for Right-Handed Users (PC/Mac) (Personal Computers)

I was shopping for a cheap mouse to replace an old three-button Microsoft mouse that no longer works, when I discovered this. For just $18, it was a deal I couldn't pass up: many mice with fewer buttons cost more than that!

I am certainly glad of my purchase. The two extra buttons on the side are a welcome addition to my workflow, and it's nice to be able to customize the buttons for each and every application (I use a Mac). The mouse is sized perfectly, and the buttons are pretty well placed (though the Back button is occasionally awkward to use).

That said, there are some minor flaws. First of all, there is no way to chord anything besides the L and R buttons and the Back and Forward buttons. This means I can't assign a task to the scrollwheel button and the right button. However, I think this is a software issue, not a problem with the mouse itself. Moreover, there is some kind of a barrier between the Back and Forward buttons, which means in order to chord you need two fingers, since this barrier prevent you from hitting both buttons at once. Other problems are that is is pickier about the surfaces it uses than the old mouse I had, and that there is the slightest lag between when I hit a button and when the computer knows, that wasn't present with other mice. This could just be a problem with my computer though.

Lastly, the "4-way scrolling" advertised on the box is not really 4-way scrolling: the scroll-wheel is solely one-dimensional. What the 4-way scrolling is referring to is that you can assign a button to swapping scrolling directions, meaning you can scroll up, hit a button, and scroll right. Nice, but not nearly as useful as true 4-way scrolling in other, more expensive mice.

Despite these problems though, the mouse is a GREAT bargain. Though not perfect, it is probably the best mouse that you could find at this price point.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, comfortable mouse, January 14, 2006

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mmcwatters "macdadi80" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kensington 72128 PilotMouse Optical Pro 5-button USB/PS2 Mouse for Right-Handed Users (PC/Mac) (Personal Computers)

I love this mouse. The rubber padding makes it comfortable to hold, and the programmability is excellent. The two buttons on the side for the thumb are helpful (on the Mac, I use them to control Exposé). It is plug-and-play on the Mac, but I highly recommend you install the excellent Mouseworks software for maximum programmability. It's very easy to program.

The other thing I like about this mouse is its size: it fits nicely in large hands. That's not to say it wouldn't work with small hands, but it doesn't feel small or flimsy, which I like. Plus, it looks nice.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David's done whacked Goliath again!, May 29, 2004

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"walzking2000" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington 72128 PilotMouse Optical Pro 5-button USB/PS2 Mouse for Right-Handed Users (PC/Mac) (Personal Computers)

For almost 25 years now the relatively tiny Kensington company, headquartered amongst the Big Boys in Silicon Valley, has been making the best trackballs --- input devices where the base of the device stays put and you move a ball with your finger/thumb to move the cursor around --- in the business.
But compared to behemoths like the big Swiss outfit Logitech and the galaxy-gobbling entity known as Microsoft, Kensington's had a hard time letting folks know its mice, wired and wireless, are as good as any being made these days.
Well, folks, let this 25-year veteran power-user of computer peripherals make it real plain and simple: Kensington's current crop of mice are as good --- AND as reasonably priced --- as any you're likely to find.
I bought this Pilotmouse Optical Pro to replace my much-loved Logitech MX500 (which had cost me nearly double in 2002 what the Kensington did in March of this year), primarily because its shape was so simliar to the MX500's that I knew it would be a comfy fit for my XXL mitts.
Well, friends, not only is the Kensington as comfy as the MX500, it equaled or surpassed the (admittedly superb) Logitech product in speed, accuracy, flexibility AND looks. This mouse can keep up with the MX500 in every game scenario you can think of --- Counterstrike, Call of Duty, Age of Empires, the Sims, I mean EVERY game scenario. And what's more, after epic all-night MMORPG sessions, my hand and wrist felt fresh as daisies.
I've read the other reviews here, and frankly I don't know what caused the negative experiences with this fine mouse that they encountered. All I have to say about that is this: For under $30 you will NEVER find a better-performing mouse than this one. Period.
Buy one, right now!