A mouse with a built-in fan is likely to prove funny for some and a must-have for others--though the majority of people are likely to be dubious.  But does it mean the end for sticky palms?

It's been a long time since we tested a product that we liked nothing about.  With every new twist, we found disappointment, frustration and something else to get annoyed about.  We'll talk you through it.

Journal of a frustrated tester

1:31 pm: we opened the parcel, took out the mouse and came face-to-face with the bottom side of the mouse.  The first thing we noticed is that the feet are tiny!  That's a very poor start for a mouse designed for gamers.

1:32 pm: we took the mouse out.  Wow, it's heavy!  We put it on the scales and found it weighed 146 g.  That's too heavy for our liking, as it produces too much inertia when you're gaming, which is why we prefer mice that weigh around 100 g.

1:40 pm: we started the fan.  A very, very, very quiet sound is emitted, hardly a whisper, and it is effective at keeping your hand cool and dry when you lift it off the surface of the mouse.  The downside is that the mouse vibrates because of the movement of the fan blades.  We really don't see how using it for a game would be useful. 

2:30 pm: furious, we gave up our tests when we discovered how inaccurate this mouse really is.  We had stubbornly refused to believe what it said on the packaging, but we were wrong.  The mouse claimed a 'maximum speed' of 40'' per second, or around 1 m/s. That is quite simply dreadful.  As a bare minimum, just about any entry-level mouse will reach 1.5 m/s, and should ideally reach 4 m/s, like the recent Logitech G500.  With a promised speed of 1 m/s, all that you can say about this mouse is that it won't be able to keep up with any rapid movements.

We didn't even have to push it very far.  Even just trying to edit a photo in Photoshop left us tearing our hair out.  Back in the box it goes!