Hands-on: Microsoft Sculpt Bluetooth Mouse

Over in the hardware section of S1stage, people have recently taken to calling Logitech “poop.” The origin of this meme is kind of funny—one day some guy stormed in demanding mouse recommendations, laid out a whole pile of requirements, and then tacked on:

“Don’t recommend me Logitech. Logitech is poop.”

And the whole thread derailed instantly, filling up with congratulatory messages from all sorts of poop users. Honestly, as a die-hard poop loyalist, I still quite appreciate poop’s……………after-sales service.

For example, my M750’s middle button recently stopped working, so I hit up Logitech support, and they swapped it for a new one without a word, plus told me the warranty got extended by six months. This isn’t my first time sending in a poop mouse for repair—I’ve sent in the M905, G500S, and M705 too, and every time I got a no-hassle replacement and extended warranty. With that kind of peace of mind, combined with poop’s unique Unifying technology, I really can’t put poop down or let it go. That said, poop does have its limits—namely Bluetooth mice.

USB ports on a laptop are precious. Use a Unifying receiver and you’ve burned one; Bluetooth avoids that problem entirely. So I’d been on the lookout for a decent Bluetooth mouse. Decent, sure, but easier said than done—never mind 2.4G signal interference with Wi-Fi, the drift on Bluetooth mice alone is enough to give you a headache. I’ve used a few poop Bluetooth mice and they always had all sorts of problems: drift, disconnects, battery drain, etc., etc., to the point where I figured Bluetooth mice themselves were just a pile of shit.

So this time I tried Microsoft’s product, and I have to say, I found a new bright spot.

The Microsoft Sculpt Bluetooth Mouse, around 140 yuan, a bit cheaper than poop’s M555b and the newer M557B. When it arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to find this thing doesn’t drift at all! And the connection is smooth—no problems whatsoever since I started using it, same as 2.4G. I looked it up and it seems the Linux kernel has even patched support for this product; it performs just as well under Linux as under Windows. Battery life is a bit better than the M555b’s, too. The only downside is it’s a little big, but it’s flat enough to slip into a bag easily.

All in all, if you want to buy a Bluetooth mouse, try Microsoft’s, not poop’s.