Microsoft Arc Touch mouse Office Ambidextrous RF Wireless BlueTrack 1000 DPI RVF-00050 Reviews
William - 3.5 out of 5 Reviewed on digitaltrends.com in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2017
While there are plenty of innovative wireless pointing devices available, few are as light, compact, interesting, and mobile as Microsoft's Arch Touch Bluetooth Mouse. It's designed primarily as an accessory for the company's Surface Book PCs (it's the sa...
+Ultra-thin, light, and compact, About half an inch thick when powered off, Easy to pair and use, Customizable buttons and scroll strip, Three-year warranty-Not quite as comfortable as most standard mice, Tapping scroll strip behavior finicky, No horizontal scrollingOnly if you're a traveler. If you don't like using a touch pad or poking a tablet screen with your finger, and you need something light and easy to carry around, the Arc Touch Bluetooth Mouse should serve you well. It's easy to pair, to use, and you don't...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2015
However, when my favourite Logitech gaming mouse died of old age, I went into John Lewis to buy a more appropriate rodent – the official one-button Apple Magic Mouse. Beautiful and smart as it is, I loathed it instantly – too fiddly, too low-slung – and w...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2011
If we don't get this out of the way from the off, then it's going to be the proverbial elephant in the room. The Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse is a notebook mouse. And it costs £70.Yep, you read it right. That's £70. For a mouse. We figure we may have los...
A quality mouse, with a price tag to match. It's a shameless luxury, though - and there's no way of getting away from that. ...
David - 3 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 February 2011
With the world gone touch mad, Microsoft has joined in with the Arc Touch. It features a scroll strip instead of a wheel to keep the overall profile of the mouse as thin as possible. The haptic feedback when using the strip was surprising responsive wh...
+Lays flat for easy storage and carrying; responsive touch scroll strip; tracks accurately on most surfaces-Micro receiver can easily be lost; buttons a bit stiff; no side buttons; poor ergonomics; priceyMicrosoft's Arc Touch is certainly an innovative mouse that mobile users will be attracted to, but, with this version at least, form has triumphed over function. Nonetheless, we hope the scroll strip finds its way into Microsoft's more traditional mouse d...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 04 February 2011
Mice designed to live on the move generally look it, and not in a good way.But not the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse, which has some clever ideas and a sleek black design. The most obvious is the shape: it's flat when not in use.Bending it into shape turns...
+Clever design; magnetic holder for adapter,-Expensive; uncomfortable in long periods of use,Some very clever engineering makes this a good travel mouse ...
Reviewer - 3 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 03 February 2011
The Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse is yet another innovative addition to the long-line of classic designs that the Microsoft Hardware group has blessed the world with over the years. The Arc Touch Mouse attempts to take style and function to a new level in ...
+Stunning design, Highly responsive-Not rock-solid stable, High price
Hugo - 3 out of 5 Reviewed on trustedreviews.com in the United Kingdom on 01 February 2011
The Arc Touch derives its name from its two main features. It should be obvious that the 'Arc' part of the moniker comes from the shape of the mouse. Although that's not entirely true, as the Arc Touch's piece de resistance is that it collapses flat makin...
+Bluetrack works on almost any surface, Compact design-Uncomfortable after a while, Expensive compared to alternatives, Folding ability isn't all that usefulThe Arc Touch isn't a terrible effort from Microsoft, but we're not convinced that it's a necessary one. It's more expensive and less comfortable to use than its alternatives and though the folding mechanism is clever, it doesn't really offer a tangible b...
Reviewer - 3 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2011
The Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse may not really be a rival to the Apple Magic Mouse: after all, they’re designed with different operating systems in mind, and the former sticks firmly with physical buttons. But they’re certainly both striking, and wor...
+how elevated the Arc Touch Mouse is, and it's comfortable to grip from on top with your fingers running underneathWe can’t fault the Microsoft Arc Touch mouse for its performance. It glides easily across surfaces, even grippy wooden tables, despite o-"Touch" scroll wheel has horrible feelLike the Magic Mouse, this is slightly more attractive than practical...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed on pocket-lint.com in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2010
Tweet Any consumer tech company worth its salt knows that it's all about touch-operation nowadays and that's why Apple unveiled its Magic Trackpad back in the summer of 2010 and Microsoft announced its Arc Touch Mouse not long afterwards, following a ...
+Compact, collapsible design, easy to use, fast to setup, compact USB device-Temperamental scrolling, slightly pricey, no side-buttons for thumbThe scrolling can be a tiny bit unresponsive, but the unique, lightweight design make this portable product a good option for those on the move...
Reviewer - 3 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 08 December 2010
You may have noticed that our Arc Touch Mouse has been customised with a green smiley face sticker. This came included with the product we were sent to test but isn't supplied as standard with Arc Touch Mice bought in the UK. To be honest though, you'r...
+Just 1.5 cm tall when laid flat / Nice design and finish, Plug & play with Windows, Linux and Mac, Tiny USB adapter is so small you can plug it in and forget it's there, BlueTrack sensor handles fast movement well, Flattening the mouse automatically -Sliders a bit to sticky, Virtual scroll wheel is good quality but just not accurate enough, Clicking feels too short and too hard, No side buttons, Nowhere to rest the thumbThe Arc Touch Mouse isn't without its faults, but its slim, folding design is really quite impressive and it'll be handy for users who are often on the move....
Reviewer - 3 out of 5 Reviewed on expertreviews.co.uk in the United Kingdom on 07 November 2010
The Arc Touch has an amazing design that's unlike any other mouse that we've reviewed before. About the size and shape of a mobile phone, it has two buttons at one end and a tapered body covered in grip-friendly rubber. In it's default state the mouse...
It's a stylish present for the geek that has everything, but it's not the most comfortable mouse we've used. ...
Reviewer - 4.5 out of 5 Reviewed on techadvisor.co.uk in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2010
Like the Apple Magic Mouse, Microsoft has added touch sensitivity to this mouse, along with haptic vibration feedback and a curiously arched construction that can really turn this mouse on Microsoft’s Arc wireless mouse was a big hit in 2008, and a g...
Portable, practical, good at its job and more desirable than a PC peripheral has any right to be, Microsoft’s Arc Touch wireless mouse is a superb wireless mouse. Yes, it’s expensive - not to mention a little unconventional for some tastes. But we rec...