Hardware Bargains - Open Thine Wallet

[ld13]

Anyone know of a mouse that works 25m away from a PC over Bluetooth? I have a fcking impossible customer.

Logitech MK710? Combo kb+mouse, but it still claims 10m and is not bluetooth afaik - have seen one working quite a distance away from the receiver. Bit expensive though.

Personally I just get a USB extension cable and tend to stick the receiver on top of (or wherever it gets better signal). At home my receiver is on a 5m USB lead to avoid any issues.

 

[Dan C]

Anyone know of a mouse that works 25m away from a PC over Bluetooth? I have a fcking impossible customer.

25m .... that is too far.

Gonna have to get a class 1 dongle, not sure if it will work though.

https://www.amazon.com/Mini-USB-Bluetooth-4-0-Adapter/dp/B00FCK307I

 

[enerdude]

25m .... that is too far.

Gonna have to get a class 1 dongle, not sure if it will work though.

https://www.amazon.com/Mini-USB-Bluetooth-4-0-Adapter/dp/B00FCK307I

Yeah should work according to this superuser question

Only other mouse I could find that will work over blueotooth 4.0 or above is this but only has 70 foot (21m) range

 

[Dan C]

Yeah should work according to this superuser question

Only other mouse I could find that will work over blueotooth 4.0 or above is this but only has 70 foot (21m) range

R 2,550.00

 

[enerdude]

R 2,550.00

Yeah but really fancy mouse which can be used in the air with gestures and also voice commands, so bit of overkill

 

[Dan C]

Yeah but really fancy mouse which can be used in the air with gestures and also voice commands, so bit of overkill

Yeah an overkill.. but if that dongle will improve things, then it will be quite cool to have it for bluetooth speakers, headphones etc. when you braai or do gardening

 

[Chingha]

There is a way to use an android phone as a mouse IIRC. 25m WiFi connection is no problem

 

[Totempole]

Anyone know of a mouse that works 25m away from a PC over Bluetooth? I have a fcking impossible customer.

Does it specifically have to be bluetooth?

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Run an active usb cable, with the dongle at the end

 

[Hamish McPanji]

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[CamiKaze]

There is a way to use an android phone as a mouse IIRC. 25m WiFi connection is no problem

The idiot client does not want that. It for some odd reason MUST be a mouse... the mind boggles.

 

[CamiKaze]

Does it specifically have to be bluetooth?

No, it can be any wireless technology.

 

[CamiKaze]

.

This is a very good idea, however, will there be enough throughput as I know that USB cables start losing throughput after 5m.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

This is a very good idea, however, will there be enough throughput as I know that USB cables start losing throughput after 5m.

It's active, so it's powered externally. Normal usb cables are thinner and the spec is 5m based on the output of the usb port. This is different

 

[Speedster]

No, it can be any wireless technology.

In that case you're in luck. There are a number of long range mice on the market.

https://turbofuture.com/computers/the-best-long-range-wireless-mouse-2013-top-5-picks

 

[Hamish McPanji]

In that case you're in luck. There are a number of long range mice on the market.

https://turbofuture.com/computers/the-best-long-range-wireless-mouse-2013-top-5-picks

30 feet is less than 10m

 

[Speedster]

30 feet is less than 10m

Congratulations on performing an imperial to metric conversion, albeit a rather pointless one.

 

[briefcase]

Congratulations on performing an imperial to metric conversion, albeit a rather pointless one.

He wants it to work over 25m, smartass

 

[Speedster]

He wants it to work over 25m, smartass

Hence the long range mouse, smartass. 100 feet is 33 meters...

 

[briefcase]

Hence the long range mouse, smartass. 100 feet is 33 meters...

My apologies, I didn't know there was a 100 feet mouse in that article