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Product: Rocketfish Twister Mouse
Price: $39.99
Rating: 6.5/10.0
Pros: Great design, long battery life, rather comfortable
Cons: Features are nothing special, might be too small for some hands, weird shape for some
Overall: The mouse was good for me and it did its job to the fullest, what more could you ask for in a mouse beside a more natural shaped mouse.

Design - 8.0 - My first impression was of course, wow this is small because well it should be. The Twister mouse fits great in your hand and the ability to twist from a flat into a more curved, more ergonomically comfortable design has really impressed me. The sleek almost piano black finish feels good on the fingers. The mouse is equipped with a motion sensored scroll display in the middle, while the scroll has been around for a while I enjoy the new age design combating the now, older technology.

To contrast the outdated scroll wheel and in my opinion to breathe life back into a basic notebook mouse, the designers created a housing inside the mouse for its usb power. Having the mouse house its own power source saves time and makes your product ready to use whenver you are. The last great design concept is the special pouch it comes with to keep your mouse clean and safe.

Features - 5.0 - Rocketfish provides you with a program to install if you are interested in customizing the features of the mouse. You can change which mouse is your primary click. The program itself is not needed to utilize the mouse and I felt that there weren’t any special benefits of it. There was no real convenience added to the customizable features.

Performance - 6.5 - It works like a mouse should but that is no reason to give it an award. It works great and has long battery life which is pretty good for 2 AAA batteries. The laser does not skip and works great on most surfaces, it lacks performance on glass tables but I would bet most laser mouse products will share the same fate.

Overall - 6.5 - Rocketfish has done its job fine and well. They created a product that is strong as a whole rather than looked at as separate quantities, I’d like to strengthen this by saying that the features of the twistermouse alone can not sell this product however the total package makes for a perfect mini friend when working on your next project. I would reccommend it and I would like to thank the PR firm MS&L Digital for providing this product. It is important to note that Rocketfish did not send us this product.