how far do you have to take the mouse away? my boss laughed when I said a mile, she said they would be home before me.
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funny, that's what the couple on the nature trail down by the river said as they watched me release the latest catch! In my case that nature trail park is a few miles from our home. Pretty sure I don't have any repeat customers. Over 3 months in early spring we relocated 2 dozen to that nature trail. Now no mice. I think the trick is, to turn them loose somewhere they have food & shelter (other than your, or your neighbors homes).
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You do have to take them pretty far away. I go about a half mile and it seems to work.
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I took mine 6 miles.After catching about 50 mice and getting tired of wasting all that gas I bought kill traps and catch about 3 a day.
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I don't take them near that far. But if they don't want to cross a lot of open ground to get back (they don't like open ground) then they won't be back. And chances are a predator will nail them. I don't have a scientific test, but mice aren't dogs, and I seriously doubt that they will beat you home from a mile away. If you find out different, please let us all know.
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Enjoy your new mouse! I often use gaming mice for day-to-day stuff, including on my work PC where I don't do any gaming.
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The cord pulls out to two & a half feet (almost 3 feet) and locks, in place wherever you need it to. For me, it s the most comfortable mouse I've ever used. I use my laptop & have a small desk area and needed something less bulky that can travel with me plus is easy to use. This fits the bill.
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I just plug an extension cord into it , it work for my garage I don't see any mouse around .Good product .
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Not much room for a mouse, a few inches on either side dependiong on how big your computer is. I use with track pad on laptop
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So do I! I do have to move my laptop over to the left a bit, about 2-3 inches. Then I have all the room I need for my mouse. And you don't need a mousepad with today's mice. Just use the right side of the table.
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Thanks for the tip, my wife has bigger hands than me, and she has been looking for a large mouse, her hands ache from tiny ones.
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There is space for a mouse when the surface is adjusted to a flatter position, but I usually use the mouse on the table underneath the WorkEZ, or I pull the laptop down on the table. I mosty use the WorkEZ as a great way to cool down the laptop and to create tabletop space under the WorkEZ.
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Imagine that by asking me, a disgruntled customer, whether or not the mouse pad did anything that you would expect it to, and I said, the mouse pad does everything you expect it would and more. Such as get in the way because its far too big. You should run away screaming and buy another computer. Quick, run, I'm a gonner, but there's still time to save yourself.
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I did it in my office at work...you need enough that you won't bump into anything but not a whole lot.
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Don't know about Shake Away. CONTINUE to put those simple mice traps inside where ever you see activity. BG
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I'm lucky if I get it to work at 6 ft away but the USB is plugged directly into the back of the computer, and not into the extension. I have noticed though if I pull my keyboard out a bit or lay it on the ground or something close to where I'll be using the mouse I get a great deal more distance out of it. I assume this is because my keyboard is plugged directly next to the logitech receiver and is being used as an antennae of sorts.Don't get me wrong this is not a complaint at all, I rarely use the mouse away from my desk and love everything about this mouse.
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Actually I keep my mouse on the desk most of the time, but I also use a lap desk with my computer desk and use it there. It could also be used on the pull out shelf above the drawer if I didn't use it for my scratch paper. I didn't install the CD holders that were designed to be under the printer shelf.
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I have a track ball set up on it. But probably not enough room for a standard mouse to be moved aroubd
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Genius uses a USB node. I have used it up to 8 feet away from my computer. Would be great for presentations. It takes some practice to get used to the different mouse functions, but once you get used to the scrolling/air function you'll be ok.
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You're going to be pushing it. I mean, you probably can but it's going to be a tight little area to work in. Maybe if you had one of those miniature sized mice it would be better, but even then you'll be very tight one space. As per the dimensions, it's 22.4" wide, so it depends if you think you can work a mouse in a 3.5"-4" space.** EDIT ** - Sorry I didn't understand when you said you were using a 'trackball' mouse. I was thinking of the old school ball mice. If you don't need to move you a trackball mouse side to side much then yeah, you'd probably be fine.
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Just to answer your question and satisfy my own curiosity, I was able to take my mouse over 30' away from my desktop and still had a connection. Based on my experience, you should easily be good to go at 20'. One caveat, this mouse and the Setpoint software works well on my Win7 64 bit workstation but I can't get it to work with the Setpoint on my Win XP SP3 32 bit desktop. The mouse works well without the Setpoint software installed and still works with the Setpoint software installed but with the Setpoint installed the mouse won't hold the Setpoint settings on that machine. Still trying to figure out what the problem is so buyer beware. Just to answer your question and satisfy my own curiosity, I was able to take my mouse over 30' away from my desktop and still had a connection. Based on my experience, you should easily be good to go at 20'. One caveat, this mouse and the Setpoint software works well on my Win7 64 bit workstation but I can't get it to work with the Setpoint on my Win XP SP3 32 bit desktop. The mouse works well without the Setpoint software installed and still works with the Setpoint software installed but with the Setpoint installed the mouse won't hold the Setpoint settings on that machine. Still trying... » Read More Just to answer your question and satisfy my own curiosity, I was able to take my mouse over 30' away from my desktop and still had a connection. Based on my experience, you should easily be good to go at 20'. One caveat, this mouse and the Setpoint software works well on my Win7 64 bit workstation but I can't get it to work with the Setpoint on my Win XP SP3 32 bit desktop. The mouse works well without the Setpoint software installed and still works with the Setpoint software installed but with the Setpoint installed the mouse won't hold the Setpoint settings on that machine. Still trying to figure out what the problem is so buyer beware. « Show Less