We first spotted the MotorMouse on the Dragons Den TV programme a couple of month ago. After the programme finished we hopped straight onto the internet and had a good peruse around their MotorMouse website.
Turns out they’ve not done too badly after Dragon James Caan came on board.
We talked to MotorMouse’s inventor and chief executive David Bailey (who’s a thoroughly nice chap by the way) at the latest MPH show at the NEC in Birmingham. Apparently after the programme aired they had 400 visits a second to their website. So many, in fact, that the server thought it was being attacked and shut down. That’s pretty good publicity eh.
So what attracted so many people to it though? We got hold of the wireless MotorMouse to take a closer look.
For starters the packaging it comes in is very well designed. The MotorMouse looks expensive and is presented in a fashion that will appeal to not just the everyday guy, but those high-flying business exec’s too and will look the part on any huge and intimidating solid mahogany or all glass and brushed aluminium desk.
We were surprised at the small £29.99 price tag, as the MotorMouse is a quality piece of kit. It’s very well built and looks (like a Porsche 911) and feels like it’s made of high quality materials. The left and right buttons on the bonnet ‘clunk’ nicely instead of making a cheap clicking noise. The centre scroll wheel is solid and doesn’t rattle about when being used. It’s a very comfortable object to use as it fits the natural curve of your hand nicely.
On that point, the MotorMouse is very easy to use as well. After taking it out of its packaging, which includes batteries, a tiny receiver, a soft carry-case and a mouse mat, you simply pop the boot of the car open, insert the batteries, plug the receiver (which also fits into the boot for carrying around) into your computer, click the left button on the mouse and you’re away. See, we told you it was easy.
One thing that really stood out to us was the way that you can control the sensitivity (how quick the arrow moves around your computers ’screen) of the mouse from it. Just click and hold the left and right buttons for 3 seconds, the front lights flash and that’s it. There’s three settings (400, 800 and 1600 DPI) and you can simply repeat this to get onto your required setting.
Batteries will last ages as the mouse goes into hibernation mode after just a short time when not being used and you can ‘wake’ it by clicking the left button. If the batteries are low, the MotorMouse lets you know by flashing its lights. Cool eh.
The only real negative point that we can make is that when we took the mouse mat out of the packaging, it has a fold in it and was nigh-on impossible to straighten out. This didn’t really hinder the performance of the mouse though so it’s not too bad.
MotorMouse also sell a handy USB charger for the batteries which might be worth buying as well.
Overall the MotorMouse is an excellent, well built and stylish product which should grace the desk of any true petrolhead.
The MotorMouse comes in Silver, Red, Black
