Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse

calendar Jan 25, 2013 · 2 min read · microsoft  ·
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A Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse turned up on my desk on Friday morning, this is my experience so far.

Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse
The mouse came packaged with a (brief) paper manual and license info and two Duracell AA batteries. The batteries fit into the base of the mouse easily, and give it some weight. The roundness, coupled with this weight give it a heavy-ish feel, although I’m not expecting to cash in my gym membership just yet.

I started setting up the mouse on my Dell Latitude E4310, using the built-in wireless but didn’t have any luck- I wasn’t sure whether this is down to the laptop or the mouse- but on using a USB Bluetooth dongle from Belkin I had success first time.

The mouse appears smooth and responsive, and the round design fits my hand better than expected. I have been using a wired generic Acer USB mouse at my desk or a Microsoft Arc Touch wireless one when on the move, so this is a different shape again but I didn’t have any difficulties adapting to it.

As with the other “Touch” mice in the Microsoft range the mouse wheel has been replaced with a flat panel which you just slide your finger along as if it was a wheel. Again, this is responsive as I’d expect, but I did find it necessary to download the “Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center” so I could turn down the volume of the “wheel rolling” action. The default volume is distracting both to me and my co-workers.

All in all first impressions are good. If you want a small wireless mouse then this does the job.