Kensington 72129 Pilot Mouse Optical Wireless 5-Button USB/PS2 Mouse (PC/Mac)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.8 x 3 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AFX1R
• Item model number: 72129
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #85,301 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 29, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Kensington 72129 Pilot Mouse Optical Wireless 5-Button USB/PS2 Mouse combines incredible comfort with exhilarating wireless performance. The Kensington 72129 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 not only gives you wireless freedom with up to a six-foot range, but Kensington's interference-free Quick RF wireless technology prevents annoying cursor hesitation to provide ultra-smooth movement and precise control. The Kensington 72129 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 72129 provides the convenience of four mouse buttons, with a fifth button-and-scroll-wheel combo. The wireless receiver on this Kensington optical mouse has a six-foot cord that connects via USB/PS2, so it 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 72129 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
The PilotMouse Optical Wireless features wireless connectivity, a refined shape and flexible rubber grips that put all 5 programmable buttons at your fingertips. The speed and pinpoint accuracy of Kensington's unique DiamondEye optical technology responds to even your fastest movements. And it works right out of the box - guaranteed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Battery Saving "Feature"?, February 22, 2005

By	E. Nobles (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just got this mouse, and I am very unhappy with it. Every time I stop moving it for even a fraction of a second, the cursor freezes up and I have to click a button to unfreeze it. This is particularly cumbersome online, when it seems like I'm always close enough to a link to be sent off somewhere I didn't want to go. I contacted Kensington. They said it was a "feature", and "should not be a problem because it saves battery life". So does throwing it away...

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tasteful design, but not quite there yet., December 16, 2003

By	Rick Van Hazel (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad tracking, January 28, 2005

By	August Jaenicke (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The tracking on this mouse was terrible. I tried multiple surfaces just to be thorough and every surface resulted in jumpy movement. It really comes down to something like a low sampling period. It claims to have high resolution, but I think in order to conserver power it samples at a lower frequency that a normal wired mouse. I am sending mine back. I just purchased a Logitech MX1000 laser wireless and the results are absolutely superb. It was 2x as much but comes with a charger/docking station and tracks better than any wired mouse I have used.