welspo Wireless USB Handheld Finger Trackball(Black) Mouse with Laser Pointer

I use this with my plex server running on a RPi5 for when I’m off grid and want to watch plex in local mode. Regular remotes don’t work with the plex web front end and they no longer support the plex player on raspian but this works great. When I have my internet running I use Roku but without internet, local mode with this remote is great.

Used it for a few hours and trackball stopped working entirely. Laser and left/right buttons still work, checked battery with multimeter to ensure it was recieving enough power, tried uninstalling/reinstalling/updating windows drivers.Beyond being a piece of junk, I also give the concept a 1star because I had difficulty figuring out a good use for it. I bought it for the living room TV, which would have worked OK had it not broken. However, I piloted it on my main PC and flipped through some games to see what felt best for just laying back and taking it easy and the best I could do was FTL. Even then, I had to use the keyboard for something. But I realize this is clearly not made for gaming.Overall, for the living room thing I think I'd prefer a keyboard/mouse combo device, otherwise you're picking up and putting down this stupid thing over and over whenever you want to type.

Takes some getting used to, but it meets the need for a PC hooked up to the TV as a video conferencing unit. Sometimes I had to click on the trigger multiple times to get it to activate the item. Not sure why. But I love the innovative solution that solved my mouse usability problem.

I needed a travel mouse for school work. I spend a significant amount of my day on the computer, which is new to me, so I was getting raw skin and wrist issues with my ergonomic mouse. I thought an air mouse might help, so I ordered this one to see how I liked it.I did have issues with the battery door, and have it taped down until I figure out a better hack.I've never owned a game console, so my use of joysticks and controllers is pretty limited. It has taken a bit of practice to get the manual dexterity figured out, but this thing is great when you get the hang of it.Currently I'm in week 2 of using it. I swap between a regular mouse and this one every day depending on the tasks I am doing. If I need to type frequently, the regular mouse is more task-swap friendly. If I'm editing, moving files, and 10 key (swap mouse hand to left), the air mouse is much more friendly for use, and allows the body comfort options of working from non-standard positions. I can stand, pace, sit at a desk, sit on a floor pillow or yoga mat, or recline with my laptop on a breakfast tray.It's a little big for my hands, so I'm figuring out a comfortable grip style. Having the laser pointer is nice for enticing the cat off my desk.

It has so much potential. I love it... when it works. I have a podcast and spend a ton of time editing and I wanted something I could use in my right hand alone while I program all my shortcut keys to be easily reached by my left hand. And... when it is working, this is a great solution, allowing me to easily edit without fussing with the touch pad or having to sit at a desk with a surface for a mouse (I prefer to sit on the couch or outside when I can). But... it disconnects randomly and it isn't always easy to get it to reconnect. I've never had a dongle connected device disconnect so frequently. I also wish it had a power light to tell me when it was turned on and even better if it would warn me that the battery is getting low. And the battery door is awful, it's so hard to get open and even harder to get to close (I just changed the battery and it took me a solid 4 minutes of fussing with the battery door to close it again). The battery life isn't super great since it only uses a single AAA battery. I'd love this in a rechargable version with a dongle that wasn't so prone to disconnecting. This is so close to being a great product but it's just not quite there yet. I find myself often falling back to my touch pad when it disconnects because I get frustrated when it won't stay connected and don't want to fidget with it anymore. I hope a better version is available soon that resolves these problems because this is exactly what I was looking for.