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My Logitech M705, which I have hated since the day I bought it, has finally decided that it will never snap again. I want a five-button mouse, preferably as close to the original Intellimouse Explorer as possible, so I bought this on eBay for $20 but it turns out to be too good to be true.

The blurb specifically states that the side buttons are programmable and a disk is provided to do that, but they are not and there is no disk.

Not having the side buttons I want when I want them is driving me nuts, but I don't actually use them in DataCad. Indeed the mouse works just fine in DataCad as it comes out-of-the-box. There is a resolution adjustment that I haven't bothered with. The buttons are good, and it is just such of a relief to have something that snaps properly.

I'm not familiar with that logo, what mouse is that?

It's a no-name, hence the picture, but I now understand that it is the best-selling mouse on Amazon. It is common on eBay.

It seems to be excellent for DataCad. The side buttons don't do anything, but that's better than doing something you don't want by accident. It uses a single AA and has auto power-off, which is not hard to get used to.

The supplier gave me a 50% refund and I get to keep the mouse.

Hi Nick,

I would suggest one of these:

https://www.pcgamingrace.com/products/glorious-model-o-wireless-matte-black

https://www.pcgamingrace.com/products/glorious-model-d-wireless-matte-black

The Model O - the first link - is an ambidextrous design, and the Model D is a right handed design.

I DO NOT recommend the Corsair Dark Core RGB if you are looking at wireless mice. The comfort and weight is nice and why I bought it but the battery life is horrible! I don't use any of the fancy lights at all and the thing needs to be charged at least once a week. It does support Qi charging which is nice, but I never remember to put it on the pad. My old Logitech G602 would last for months on a pair of AAs even on the high polling rate. . . . what the heck, I just dug out my old G602 and replaced my Corsair Dark Core.

I've been using the 5-button Kensington Pro-fit mouse or one of it's relatives for years....
I buy the hardwired USB kind just because I got tired of losing mice. The two side buttons are <left-click> and <back>. Nothing fancy. I keep a piece of copy paper or graph paper taped to the glass top of my desk for the laser-sensor. I found both laser mice and wheeled mice have problems on a clean glass surface...and I don't like mousepads.

Heh heh. I understand how he probably feels.
Not so long ago, you could get new scroll wheels for the original MS Intellimouse Explorer. That seems to be no longer the case, but it sure said a lot for the mouse.