Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse (Black)

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 19 reviews
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• 1 stars

  Lousy product. Unergonomic and crappy precision.

  by lztan on June 2, 2011

  Pros: - Looks good
  - Nice rubbery touch
  - Magnetic strip to "stick" USB receiver to a nice touch

  Cons: - Lousy touch scroller, imprecise and unpredictable
  - Extremely bad ergonomics
  - Wobbling mouse pointer makes it impossible to work with as an artist or a gamer
  - Loses Wireless connection all the time

  Summary: I have nothing but scorn for this lousy piece of engineering. The mouse looks sleek and cool, and is a good gadget to show off if you're into stuff ...

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  Summary: I have nothing but scorn for this lousy piece of engineering. The mouse looks sleek and cool, and is a good gadget to show off if you're into stuff like that. The magnetic surface to stick the USB receiver to is a very creative touch. I am all for wireless mice that allows you to "package" all needed peripherals into one single unit for ease of carry.
  
  Looks wise, it's pretty good. It looks stunning and the soft rubbery arc feels great to the touch. Snapping it into and out of the arc position is also well done, and like I said, can be a good way to impress your tech friends.
  
  So what went wrong?
  
  Firstly, the touch scroller's precision is about as accurate as trying to hit an ant with an ICBM. I've had instances where I was forced to click on the scrollbar on screen to scroll because the touch scroller was inconsistent. No amount of tweaking can get it to work properly.
  
  Next, the arc of the mouse, with the empty space underneath it, is an extremely unergonomic design. I had to reach all the way around the underneath of the arc to keep a firm grip on the mouse, and sometimes downward pressure on it will cause the mouse pointer to wobble.
  
  Speaking of wobbling, I tried using this with games, and I have a monster machine to keep my 3D FPS games running smoothly. Three hours later, I walked away with an extreme case of vertigo because of mouse-induced stuttering. To proof my theory correct, I switched to a Logitech wireless, and the stutters were gone, and I was finally hitting things that I'm aiming at. A session in Adobe Photoshop also turned my beautiful website prototype into some hellish misaligned ******** only my clients can come up with and routinely insist on when I design them websites.
  
  This is a horrible piece of engineering. I am currently saving up for yet another mice, and I don't even think I can sell this one off because everybody in the marketplace that I hang out in have a universal hatred for this stupid mouse.
  
  It probably has some use in a museum or displayed in a glass casing for come twisted microsoft collector, but for practical use it's about as practical as using snow to build a campfire in summer in the middle of a desert noon.

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• 9 stars

  Spectacular design

  by arthurpjohnson on January 8, 2011

  Pros: 1. It's a visual stunner -- so beautifully designed, it should be in MoMA.
  2. Unlike Apple's Magic Mouse, the Arc Touch is comfortable and responsive. A pleasure to use.
  3. The center stripe gives tactile feedback, which is fun and practical too.

  Cons: 1. I wish it were just a tad larger, but could say the same of most mice designed for mobile use.
  2. As noted elsewhere, sometimes the stripe hiccups. If Microsoft fixes this in a driver update, as I expect they will, I'll give it the full 5 stars.

  Summary: All in all, a real winner. I love it. Sometimes I'll put it aside in favor of my previous favorite, but I always find myself coming back to this ...

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  Summary: All in all, a real winner. I love it. Sometimes I'll put it aside in favor of my previous favorite, but I always find myself coming back to this one. If you like to have good-looking stuff on your desktop, go for it.

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• 5 stars

  Great look & design, not so great connectivity!

  by random_h3r0 on January 10, 2013

  Pros: Design & look if amazing.

  Cons: I'm in the middle of a work project and it stops functioning. To get it back working again all I have to do is bend it back and forth (turn off & back on) I have yet to find a solution to this issue & just keep it funcioning without any problems.

• 1 stars

  Museum piece! Nothing for use!

  by myzinman on March 2, 2012

  Pros: Great looks!
  Spreads Jealousy In Friends!
  Creative

  Cons: Bad design
  Difficult to grip
  Continued Disorientation
  Its **** if you use a mouse!
  For show off " Cool gadget"

  Summary: Girls Buy it...
  Guys dont be girls!

  Summary: Girls Buy it...
  Guys dont be girls!

• 1 stars

  Lets make it easy for others: NOT RECOMMENDED

  by 0100Khan on January 5, 2012

  Pros: Great design
  Looks Great
  Work on Glassy and Rough surface
  Good Range

  Cons: Expensive
  Missing Clicks
  Missing Scrolls
  Grip is not like Traditional Mouse

  Summary: At first it looks like Mouse of the Year, the design and idea is great but not the replacement for Traditional Mouse. Honestly I had the worst experience with this ...

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  Summary: At first it looks like Mouse of the Year, the design and idea is great but not the replacement for Traditional Mouse. Honestly I had the worst experience with this MS Product; Missing Scrolls and Clicks. Require to ON and OFF the mouse again and aging to make it work and in the end I returned and changed it with Logitech v470.
  
  A very big no to this Mouse. It is just a wastage of Money.

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• 9 stars

  Love this Mouse!

  by LBOYD1968 on October 5, 2011

  Pros: Sleek and Cool design. Small and portable.

  Cons: Not Bluetooth capable, must use usb

  Summary: Would recommended this to everyone .

  Summary: Would recommended this to everyone .

• 8 stars

  Gives a new meaning to awesome!

  by RonOfPaul on September 19, 2011

  Pros: The design is flawless.
  The feeling is great.
  Excellent for traveling.
  A nice show-off piece to friends.(:P)

  Cons: I love this mouse but having to turn it off and on isn't my idea of woo.
  (then again, this is more-so for travelers than everyday users.)

  Summary: Overall, this mouse is stunning both technologically and visually. A must-buy! :)

  Summary: Overall, this mouse is stunning both technologically and visually. A must-buy! :)

• 9 stars

  Sexiest mouse around!

  by brian1966 on September 9, 2011

  Pros: Beautiful design. Responsive. Very portable.

  Cons: User experience not as fluid as a normal mouse.

  Summary: I love this mouse.

  Summary: I love this mouse.

• 4 stars

  Good enough for a F3A (fast-following first attempt)

  by AnEndUser on June 5, 2011

  Pros: Manufacturing quality
  Industrial Design
  Blue Track

  Cons: Limited to USB adapter
  No navigational gesture support
  Physical On/Off switching

  Summary: Just grabbed one at Costco today for $39.95. Once I got it out of the box (which was a struggle with the Costco OOBE), I was Happy to see ...

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  Summary: Just grabbed one at Costco today for $39.95. Once I got it out of the box (which was a struggle with the Costco OOBE), I was Happy to see the Blue Track logo. Yea, ToEbG (tracks on everything but glass)!
  
  I was disappointed to discover that I would be giving up a precious USB port forever to its nano adapter. Still not clear what happens if I ever misplace one of those dinky-dongles and hope to pair my not-lost-mouse with something else.
  
  Too bad it shuts down when you squash it. Makes sense functionally, but feels like a miss for me in the fidget-factor/delighter dimension. I could have whiled away many a meeting (while actually paying attention) if I could have dissipated nervous energy quietly going boing-boing-boing with my spiffy flattening/arcing mouse.
  
  A real shame (to me) that there currently seems to be no support for navigational gestures. I am completely dependent on browser and shell navigation through side buttons. Arc Touch apparently supports none of these. The only workflows I see for doing this are; mousing over to browser navigation, or right-click/select from a context menu, both are weak and clunky alternatives when once accustomed to doing this with a thumb-twitch.
  
  It seems like this could have been handled with some sort of gross-movement vocabulary (a la Sensiva Symbol Commander). At least, unlike the "smash-off" feature, this isn't hard-baked into the physical device, so this could be addressed in software. There might be hope that they're prioritizing it, or I suppose I could try to find a third-party solution
  
  As much as I don't use most of the features of my MSFT Presenter Mouse 8000 (there's a whole other post there), at least it pairs with the native Bluetooth radio in my laptop and is has side buttons. It will remain my primary pointing-device mobile stuff as a corridor/road warrior, which is probably an indicator that I am not within the lifestyle target for Arc Touch anyway... Never mind, ignore everything I just wrote.

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• 8 stars

  very intuitive mouse that will set you back some

  by on May 27, 2011

  Pros: Ease of use
  mobility
  look
  functionality

  Cons: Comfort
  Price

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