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MikeAqua

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#312312 5-Apr-2024 16:04
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I travel a lot for work.  I use my laptop (W11) at home, at work and while on the road.  I have USB-C docks at home (integrated into monitor) and work (stand-alone).  However, I've noticed the wireless dongles perform poorly when plugged into a USB-C dock.

 

At the moment I have mouse and keyboard at home and work and another mouse for the road (I try to avoid using the trackpad)

 

I'd like to simplify. 

 

I've tried just having one mouse and taking with me wherever I go.  I've proven I'm too forgetful for that.  At the moment each mouse and keyboard have a different wireless dongle and I try to leave that in the appropriate office.

 

In an ideal world I'd have one dongle that would connect to all three mice and both keyboards.  I I'd appreciate any suggestions to that end or any alternate poor-memory-tolerant solutions.

 

I also use a BT headset 4 - 6 hours per day, so I need a solution that doesn't displace the headset.

 

 





Mike


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  #3214703 5-Apr-2024 16:06
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A wired mouse, preferably hot-glued into the USB port? 😛





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MikeAqua

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  #3214707 5-Apr-2024 16:16
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Gurezaemon:

 

A wired mouse, preferably hot-glued into the USB port? 😛

 

 

I did think about that but wouldn't fit in my laptop bag and I prefer wireless.





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  #3214721 5-Apr-2024 16:54
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One of these and the matching HW? 

 





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  #3214802 5-Apr-2024 21:12
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I use a logipop mouse and k380 Bluetooth switching keyboard that connect to 3 devices each.

The software allows automatic switching between devices as well which is actually pretty handy if you’re working on 3 different devices with 3 different screens next to each other. You just wiggle the mouse right, left, right again at the screen edge and it just moves to the next device (after allowing the option in the rather detailed settings with many shortcuts and actions available.

The k380 holds an iPad and iPhone comfortably in the accessory slot, but not if you have a case, which is annoying.

No dongles, and it seems to work better with Bluetooth v4 and up. V3 is hit and miss and some older devices just nope out and refuse to recognize them at all.

But overall quite happy with both and fit comfortably alongside my laptop.

I’ll never buy a dongle one again. Always lose or mix them up.

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