PC Review Reviews Input Devices Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition

First of all, connectivity is quite easily the best I'm yet to witness from a wireless optical desktop. With signal quality easily checked up on via the installed software, you'll be hard pressed to get both your mouse and keyboard in a position where the signal differs from its highest optimum levels.

The mouse, while lacking the side buttons that most of the top of the range mice now come with, works as well as you could hope for. The scroll mouse can feel a touch difficult at first try, but a quick tweak of the sensitivity setting, and a better feel for the fact it lacks the ‘click' that most wheel's have will leave you scrolling through huge text documents and web pages with ease.

As for the keyboard, the biggest praise I can give is it fulfils, and practically forces you to make use of all the features mentioned above. Though utilising it as a simple keyboard (though one with fantastic comfort levels) is easily enough, the fact that each and every single one of those features can be used to make your PC time a thousand times easier is a big plus. The “My Favourites” keys in particular have proved to be a major time saver.

There's no denying that this is quite a wonderful desktop set. The mouse feels perfect when it comes to bog standard web browsing, and even hardcore online fragging in Counter Strike. The keyboard too offers a sense of comfort that very little seem able to bring to the table, the design itself (in this reviewers experience at least) bypassing the touches of cramp you can suffer after long periods of use. From a personal perspective, as a journalist I do spend a little too much time sat in front of a PC, and wrist strain has always come a little too swiftly. But since receiving and utilising this product 2 weeks ago, no such strain has been in evidence, even after alarmingly long periods of use.

Retailing at a mere £40-£50 online, you'd be hard pressed to find a more comfortable wireless optical desktop kit inside that price bracket. The comfort, combined with the stylish design, and the ease of use means that this piece of kit comes highly recommended indeed.