Mick's World

A few months ago, upon purchasing a new PC, a bluetooth keyboard and mouse combo was part of my purchase. The one i chose was the Logitech MX 5000. I bought it because of the following features:

• Bluetooth
• Functioned as a bluetooth hub for other devices
• Having the display on the keyboard would be handy
• The mouse was rechargeable and nice shape, lots of buttons
• The keyboard is also a slim design

After using it for a while now, i’ve run into many issues regarding both the mouse and keyboard. Searching around i didn’t find many bad reviews. Well i’ve got a bad review of my own.

Recently the lot has been driving me up the wall. Here’s a list of typical things that will go wrong. The worst thing is that these issues will occur when right in the middle of coding or designing something when it’s require to be the most responsive.

1. Mouse lags and starts moving around the screen on it’s own accord
2. Keyboard disconnects
3. Keyboard won’t reconnect
4. Mouse loses all known responsiveness barely moving at all
5. Keyboard finally reconnects
6. Mouse buttons aren’t clicking on things
7. Any clicks that were made seem to all catch up at once causing havoc
8. Keyboard keys stop typing, though keyboard is connected
9. The keys catch up at once and type a mess

The thing is that these things all seem to happen together, though sometimes it will pick and choose which happen. Other things that happen are if the keyboard hasn’t been used for a few minutes it will double type the first letter. Rebooting the PC seems to be the only solution at times.

All of this is a major inconvenience when you’re in the middle of working on something. Therefore i’ve come to the conclusion that this bluetooth desktop is a load of garbage. If you’re thinking of buying one, i strongly suggest you consider something else. As soon as i’ve got enough money to purchase a new keyboard and mouse, it’ll be on the top of my priority list.

It’s built up to the stage of annoyance that i had to vent it.

Now that’s done, i can’t wait till these are released. I’ll buy one in an instant.