BAJEAL D2 Wired Optical Mouse

Corded, and at four dollars that is the point: nothing to charge, nothing to pair, no receiver to lose in a drawer. It goes into a USB port and it is a mouse, on any machine, for as long as the machine lasts.

BAJEAL spent the budget on the parts a hand actually touches. The shell is sandblasted matte so it does not get slippery in summer, the scroll wheel carries a textured anti-skid ring, and a gloss-against-matte split keeps it from looking like the cheapest thing on the desk. Three keys, optical tracking, 120 millimetres long and 110 grams — a plain business mouse for a second machine or the spare drawer.