I have been using an Apple Mighty Mouse with my Mac for nearly a year and a half now, so it’s about time I weighed in with an opinion on this stylish pointer. In general, Apple makes great products. Their computers are top notch, as are most of their gadgets. The Mighty Mouse however, falls short.
The Mighty Mouse is not a terrible device. It has a handful of nice features. Ultimately though, I will pick up a different pointing device when my Mighty Mouse bites the dust.
Mighty Mouse: The Good
The Mighty Mouse operates wirelessly via BlueTooth, which is great. I haven’t used a wired mouse in years, and have no intentions of going back to the tethered world. I have never had connection problems.
The Mighty Mouse’s battery life is great. Buying or charging batteries is not a problem, since they go dead very infrequently. Even when BlueTooth reports low juice, my Mighty Mouse is usually good for another week or two.
Predictably, the Might Mouse is very accurate. That is to be expected in a laser mouse, though.
Might Mouse: The Bad
In my eyes, the Mighty Mouse’s deal breaker is its ergonomics. My hands are probably larger than average (although not by much), and the mighty mouse is entirely too small in the palm of my hand. I also feel as if its pill-shaped design is the wrong shape for a human hand. My hand should not fit over a mouse — a mouse should fit into my hand.
The 360-degree scroll wheel works as it should, but it just feels wrong to me. It is entirely to small… it just rubs my index finger the wrong way. I never use it.
My biggest Mighty Mouse pet peeve is the fact that this little device is a magnet for grime. Both the mouse’s casing and the 360 degree scroll wheel do a great job of collecting oil from my hands and fingers. The oil that gets into the scroll wheel has a habit of causing it to malfunction.
Suggested Improvements
One of my favorite mice is the Logitech MX Laser Cordless series. Most of the features I would like to see in the Mighty Mouse are present in the Logitech MX Laser models: a larger, full-bodied mouse that fills the palm of my hand, a bigger scroll wheel, and a more comfortable casing that is not as prone to collecting oil and gunk. The large, contoured design of the Logitech MX Laser even features a small resting area for the thumb.
