cheapest place for a mouse 30 September 2005 at 4:49PM in Techie Stuff 15 replies 588 views

helen21_2

Daughters gone through that many mouses it's unbelievable, so any ideas where to get cheapest mouse, but not the ones with balls underneath
And no pet shop jokes please :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Thanks in advance

davels

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=11450216754&action=UFNQcm9kdWN0U2VhcmNoUmVzdWx0cw==&order=ASC&order_col=sell_price

Cheapest one there... £1.59... surely unbeatable... that one is out of stock admittedly, but the others for less than a fiver (even with flashing lights!!) has to be good

-davels-

Edinburghlass_2

Or try Tesco and Asda instore

CIS

Try your local computer store, basic mouse approx £3.00

helen21_2

Can someone please tell me what a ball-less one is called please!

chodges84

A Ball-Less mouse is called an 'Optical Mouse', and the light underneath tracks movement rather than a ball.

helen21_2

chodges84 wrote:

A Ball-Less mouse is called an 'Optical Mouse', and the light underneath tracks movement rather than a ball.

thanks for that, it's just the ones with a ball in my daughter seems to knacker! Will an optical mouse be better?

chodges84

I personally prefer optical mice, but my last one died, as it was a cordless, and I didn't take very good care of the little blighter. Leaving the batteries in when they arn out, and haveing them leak all over the mouse was the final nail in the coffin.

Anyway, optical are better, I am using a Ball one, as I needed one urgently, and we sell them at work for £2.99, and I cot it at cost price, which is about £1.20.

I will get another optical, as it doesn't get clogged up with 'gunk'.

Edinburghlass_2

The type with the ball in get dirty and thats what knackers them, you can take the base off, take the ball out and clean the inside with a cotton bud but for the price of an optical mouse nowadays you are as well going with one of them

helen21_2

Edinburghlass wrote:

The type with the ball in get dirty and thats what knackers them, you can take the base off, take the ball out and clean the inside with a cotton bud but for the price of an optical mouse nowadays you are as well going with one of them

Yeah done all that but me think it's gone to mouse heaven. So a couple of quid should cover it for an optical one?

chodges84

A few quid should do you. There are some funky looking ones going on ebay now;

http://search.ebay.co.uk/mouse-optical_W0QQfcclZ1QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1

Most of which are below a fiver.