When buying, what do you use most as a source of information?
Personal friend
Professional reviews
User reviews
I use all of these equally

Brando Optical USB Mouse With 2 USB Port Hub
Manufacturer: Brando Article Options
Written by: Jacob Lumetta Email Print Buy Ask
Date posted: June 27th 2006 Email Article Print Article Find Cheapest Price Ask a question
Category: Reviews > PlugNPlay/USB

Page 1 of 2     Bookmark and Share

Back in April we reviewed a unique product from a company we had never heard of. The SADA/IDE to USB 2.0 conversion cable from Hong Kong based company Brando caught our attention so we gave it a try. After reviewing it we were quite pleased with the cable seeing as it worked as advertised with little hassle. The review eventually caught the attention of popular gadget blog Gizmodo. With a good first impression we decided to check out the rest of Brando's many USB products. Today we take a look at a rather simple gadget, a USB based mouse with two USB ports in the input USB hub. The mice come in two colors, red and black, and we will be looking at the red one for the review. The mouse comes packaged in a tiny blue cardboard box with a plastic window in the front giving a sneak peek of its contents.

Outside of the box we get a full look at the mouse, its cord winder and USB hub.

The mouse is extremely small as you can tell by the picture above and measures a tiny 75x37x25mm in size. Of course this small size is ideal for storing the mouse in a small location like a laptop bag pocket.

The cord winder is spring loaded but features 5 different lengths to which the cord can be extended. Similar to a roll down window blind, the cord can be locked by pulling the mouse outward and then slowly releasing it allowing it to lock into position. Above we see the mouse cord extended to the shortest length possible.

The bottom of the mouse is about a simple and clean as optical mice come. There are four white smooth plastic mouse feet that allows for easy gliding. In the center of the mouse we see the optical sensor.

The main reason we picked this mouse to review is pictured above. Being avid laptop users and having one of our precious USB ports always occupied by our wireless mouse receiver is what really turned us on to this mouse. On the side of the mouse's USB hub which plugs into the laptop are two additional USB ports. Not only do we not lose our USB port but we actually gain one, beautiful.


Talkback - what do you think?




»HIS Radeon HD 4670

»Promolocker customized USB Drives

»Brando MP4 Watch and Video Camera

»HIS HD 4830 IceQ 4 512MB GDDR3 PCIe Video Card

»Altec Lansing IM600 Portable Audio System for iPod


Wii Console
$251.99

PlayStation 3 Slim 120GB Console
$299.99

PlayStation 3 Slim 250GB Console
$425.99

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
$32.25

PSP-3000 PlayStation Portable System
$169.00

 
Our Friends - Tech Reviews | GideonTech | Metku | AllTheMods | OCModShop | Bona Fide Reviews | Rbmods | ThinkComputers | PCApex | TweakTown |