iHome FastTrack Laser Mouse (Red)

by iHome

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 3.2 x 1.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001QXDN0Y
• Item model number: IH-M126LR
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

A 1600 dpi high performance laser sensor glides smoothly across your desktop surface. The laser mouse works on most surfaces such as wood grain, frosted gloss and others than optical mice cannot work on.A comfortable ergonomic design allows you to work or play in complete comfort. The cursor speed button allows you to adjust the speed of the mouse's cursor making the laser mouse ideal for gaming, graphic design and everyday use.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent, inexpensive laser mouse, May 4, 2009

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K. Anderson (Long Island, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a decent laser mouse for a good price. I was a little wary at first because I had never heard of iHome before. Also there was not one customer review for any of their mice when I bought it, but I'd figured I'd give it a shot. It fit all criteria I was looking for:

- laser

- ergonomic shape and not too small

- wired

- no extra buttons all over the place that I never use

- good price

This mouse is dark metallic red and black and the scroll wheel is lit with a red light. I must say it looks pretty sharp. The scroll wheel feels great thankfully: quiet, easy to scroll and easy to click. It does not side click. At first I almost bought the Logitech MX-400 but people were complaining that the scroll wheel was way too hard to click. There are none of those side-buttons on this mouse which I'm glad because I never use them. There is a small button called DPI above the scroll wheel that speeds up the pointer. I'm never going to use it. The ergonomic shape is decent, not perfect. It won't fit as good with people with bigger hands, but there are very few affordable mice who fit the bigger hands crowd. If you have big hands it's possible you won't be overly thrilled with this mouse. It does have decent size to it though don't get me wrong, unlike all those tiny mice on the market today. Average sized hands people should be fine.

It doesn't come with any software, but I haven't bought a wired mouse in years, maybe they don't come with software I don't remember. I used Windows mouse settings to make adjustments to sensitivity and things like that. The pointer moves across the page accurately, better than optical.

I was expecting it to be cheap looking because of the price but the build quality is good and looks good, however here is my one complaint and why it gets 3.5 stars not 4: this mouse is as light as a feather. It's almost like it's not there. The lightness makes it feel kind of cheap. I'm going to have to get used to it because my previous mouse was a big and heavy wireless Kensington. If you're used to a heavy mouse with batteries be prepared for something very light, it might bother you, but maybe you'll actually like that it's light. Personally it does bother me a little bit, but I'm getting used to it and maybe it's better this way because it's less stress on the wrist. Overall though it's a decent, basic, laser mouse, without all the bells and whistles, and worth the price.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleased with IHome, August 6, 2009

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David E. Hall "DanaBeth" (MS, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iHome FastTrack Laser Mouse (Red) (Personal Computers)

Ihome Mice - Wired Red Fast Track Laser Mouse

I have used a Logitech mouse for the past 6 years until it literally fell apart. I purchased the IHome fast track laser mouse because it was pretty. I didn't expect great service from it because of it's low price but I was pleasantly surprised. Although there are not a lot of optionss, it fits comfortably in my hand and tracks very accurately. I will have to wait to see how well it stands up to my constant use. So far, I love it.

Dana Beth Hall

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cheapest ($) gaming mouse available, April 8, 2010

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Omar Soliman (NM, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iHome FastTrack Laser Mouse (Red) (Personal Computers)

Very nice, however contains DPI button which switches mouse sensitivity; this is also triggered by clicking the Left and Right buttons at the same time, which is sometimes done in video games. There is no way to disable this feature and their customer support hung up on me when I asked about it. Be warned.