OptiWind Mouse - When Anything but a Fan in Your Hand Won't Do

November 27th, 2007

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Some companies put more sensitive laser sensors into their mice, or change the grip from the standard smooth plastic to something that wicks away sweat, then market the whole thing to gamers for about fifty dollars more than you'd pay for a five-button unit you'd use for web browsing or writing documents. But GTECH, they don't want to follow the herd, because they're innovators - or they had a lot of cooling fans lying around the warehouse - and so they introduce the USB OptiWind Mouse! $22.00 at Brando gets you an 800 DPI optical mouse with an LED-lit switch-activated fan that blows air into your sweaty palm, turning a loose grip into one that stays cool and dry while you work.

Cool hands are all well and good, but if you're sweating enough to need a fan blowing on your palms, we have to wonder whether or not that sweat will start dripping into the mouse's vents, and fry the electronics inside.

Filed under USB Mice & Trackballs

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