HP 150 Wired Mouse, Model 240J6AA

I bought this mouse because it was super discounted and I trust the brand. The design is simple, elegant (boring as well) and professional; nothing fancy about it. 

 

Simple and intuitive, it doesn't need any set up, no plugging, no software, just your fingers. It works perfectly on paper, cardboard or any smooth surface as well as on my mouse pad. The scrolling is smooth and natural. Clicking sounds are average, so not a quiet mouse. 

 

Size is medium to small. Not as small as a travel mouse for example, but not as large as a gaming mouse or professional mice for people with large hands.  I have small hands and I find this mouse comfortable. See my photo side by side with a small mouse.

 

I like wired mice because they don't use batteries and are more environmentally friendly. The cable is long enough for my workstation setup, actually a bit too long. I wish the cable was retractable.

 

Perfect for my everyday use. In my case, I have it on my painting table, where the mouse will get splashes of acrylic paint and mediums. I would not get upset if the paint damages this mouse, to be honest, because of the price I paid for it.  

 

Good packaging with specs and booklet written in English, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese. 

So far, so good. I will update this review if needed.

Material is platicky but you cannot expect gold if you buy brass, right?

 

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Dell Wired Multimedia Keyboard, Black, 580-AHHG

I bought this in an emergency as part of my laptop keyboard stopped working. This is a great keyboard, lightweight, spacious and very pleasant to type on. I love it's wired as saves me from using batteries and the long cable allows me to position the board as far from my laptop as I want. Plug and use, no need to install anything. Drivers will self-install in a minute.  The board has a spacious layout and very pleasant soft keys, with all the functions that you expect from a complete work keyboard. Amazing value for money. 

UPDATE 3/5/24

I am still happy with this keyboard, but one of the keys started to malfunction and get stuck a few weeks after started using it. Gladly is just one of the numbers in the number keyboard, but I still can use it on the row above the main board area.

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Honey Bear Universal Laptop Charger AC Adapter

I got this set due to an emergency to fit it in with an old laptop I was using while my current computer was being repaired. The adapter is small and lightweight, therefore, easy to carry and move around. It has different tabs to click on to adjust the laptop voltage; this varies from laptop to laptop and from geographic areas, so the only thing I had to do is look at my laptop belly, check its voltage and click on the right adapter tab. My main concern before purchasing this set was, though, the plugging head that goes into the computer; however, luckily, the set comes with a varied selection of plugging heads and the one that fits my laptop was there. The only two criticisms I have is 1/ the small adapter tends to heat up a bit and 2/ the non detachable part of the cable is a bit too short. For the rest, this has been a life saver.

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Western Digital My Passport USB3.0 External Hard Drive, 2 TB, Black

This is a good-quality surprisingly-light USB portable drive that allows me to store 2 TB.

I have gazillion files in my computer, both of work and personal nature, plenty of photos included, so this is super handy to back up my files and, also, to save files that I don't want to have on my laptop because they consume too much hard drive space.

The drive comes with a short USB plug to plug it to my laptop but it's too short for a normal desktop computer. It comes very nicely packed in an inner plastic sturdy structure that I'm keeping to have the drive insulated.

No installation necessary. It took about 1 minute for the drive to set up itself in my computer. My computer came with a pop up window asking me to reformat it, but that's not necessary whatsoever and I think it came up because I tried to open the drive before the set-up was finished.

Transfers of large files is fast and reliable.

I wanted to buy this model in another colour, but really it is more than 10 dollars up, so this black one is still lovely and easily recognisable by the embossed lines on the top.

I have had, an still have, some other WD drives, and they're very good quality and have lasted me for years so I hope this does the same good job.

I will update the review in the future if necessary but, so far so good.

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