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Here is the promised review for the 2P Slim Mouse which I won from a John Chow contest last week. It arrived at my house in only 2 business days from across the country! I guess he can shell out the extra couple bucks for Xpresspost since he makes over $10,000 a month on just his blog alone. First of all, I apologize for the picture/video/audio quality since all I have with me is my camera phone!

The Slim Mouse and Accessories
The mouse came in a very nicely designed box. Inside was the mouse itself, along with a nice “leather” case and a slim and small but usable mouse pad. Also, there was an instruction manual that was invaluable in figuring how to assemble the mouse! To my surprise, John Chow had signed the mouse; he mentioned in his e-mail to me that he had signed it but I thought he was referring to the shipment package. I’m not sure how I feel about this; on one hand, it makes it a nice souvenir item but on the other hand I think it kind of degrades the value of the mouse… until John Chow becomes a Hollywood celebrity!

First Impressions
My first impression of the mouse was that it was very sturdy despite its thickness. The build construction is metal which gives it a nice weight and doesn’t feel cheap at all. It took me a couple minutes to figure out how to transform the mouse into its working form factor but after practicing a few times, it was fairly easy and can be done in about 10 seconds. Disassembling it on the other hand takes a bit more work since you have to wind up the cord but should not take more than 30 seconds. Frankly, I was expecting something much harder after reading TheTechZone’s review of the mouse. Here’s a video of me assembling/transforming the mouse:

False Advertising!
Furthermore, the mouse really lives up to its name — it’s thin! Afterall, the makers claimed that it could fit inside a PCMCIA slot. Unfortunately, I found out that was only half true. The mouse does fit into the PCMCIA slot but it doesn’t go in completely. About 3/4 of an inch sticks out much like a wireless card and there isn’t a latch to secure it in place once inside the slot. I wouldn’t carry around the mouse inside my laptop’s PCMCIA slot, which is why it came with its own carrying case I guess.

Comfort
It really isn’t too uncomfortable using the mouse, perhaps because I have rather small hands but I used it for a couple hours without too much trouble. The scroll wheel is fairly sensitive but works great and the mouse buttons give a solid tactile response. The optical tracker gives off a bright white light as opposed to typical red or invisible lights. It had no trouble tracking on any surfaces I had handy but I didn’t get a chance to test it on glass.

Conclusion
All in all, this is a very well-built mouse with an ingenious design. However, because it doesn’t fit into my PC Card slot like I had expected — it would still be an external device I would have to carry. In which case, I’d much rather stick with my Logitech V500 Notebook mouse.

Now I have to decide what I want to do with this. Keep it and use it from time to time, or give it away in a contest? Maybe I’ll use it as the next gift in my linkback promotion! Or does anyone want to trade this for their Mogo mouse?

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