Perixx PERIPAD-501 Wired USB Touchpad, Portable Trackpad for Laptop and Desktop User, Black, Small Size

I bought this as a first experiment with mouse alternatives, after seeing it mentioned on a YouTube review of the top 10 touchpads to buy. I read a lot of reviews here and elsewhere before finally buying this when the price dropped by almost £5. Plugging it into Win 7 (64bit) it took just a few moments to install the driver automatically, before being able to use the pad. I still had my mouse connected, and could swap between them without any problems. The basic functions such as one finger tap to select, double tap to open, and two finger tap for right menu all worked easily. Moving the pointer around the screen was also fairly easy, although the pad is quite small so you need to lift your finger off and reposition it to get all the way across the screen. If you were using the pad all the time, instead of a mouse you could alter the settings in Control Panel/Mouse to speed up pointer scrolling. The ability to zoom in and out of pdf documents and photos, using two fingers, like you would with Android mobile phones and tablets is quite appealing and works well. The ability to scroll through pdf documents or up and down photos and webpages is a little bit more hit and miss. There is a scrolling area on the right of the pad and using two fingers in that area is supposed to allow scrolling, but I found it was a bit intermittent and often presented the right click menu or simply moved the pointer around. After a little experimenting I discovered that this is not a device that is improved by pressing harder - far from it - the lighter I pressed on the right-hand side of the pad the better the scrolling worked! Overall, I think this is an interesting and useful alternative to the traditional mouse, with a few extra features such as zooming, that could be handy for many people. I am not about to switch over to it permanently, but I will probably use it for photo browsing and possibly more, depending on how well I can master the light touch needed for scrolling.

This product is a great value plug and play. No issue with it just never really used it much In the end, was for a project that i was working on but changed my plans.

Been using this product for about a year now. I use it for typical office applications but also for photo editing and illustration software. I am using it with windows 10 with no problems. In summary, it serves as a reliable and basic mouse alternative. It is responsive but can be intermittent if your fingers are damp. I like the physical, satisfying click buttons. It is nice to click and drag versus (double) tap and drag. This caters for both options and offers good zoom via pinch gesture. The downside for me is the hard wire. If this were wireless, I would be giving 5 stars.

I bought this unit because my wife does not like using the mouse on my desk top but likes the touch pad on her laptop. I plugged the Peripad 501 into a spare USB port and it configured itself and was immediately ready for use. It works just like its laptop cousin. The great thing is that I do not have to unplug the mouse so my wife and I can swap machines without any hassles. Well worth the money.

Been through two of these. The first lasted a month, the second five months. Cheaply made, breaks quickly.

I bought this when my laptop trackpad became faulty. An old laptop, that I just needed to use until I could replace which I now have. Honestly, it was not great. I replace it with a wireless mouse which was much better. It was not great to use, would move and the wire would annoy me. A bit of a waste of money for me.

First reactions were good but then it started to produce unperdictable reduction in window size, occasional cursor freezing and switching to multi pane task view whilst movng the cursor. There appear to be no software settings to control sensitivity. Haven't found a user group to find how common my experiences are.

using with xp, an old sim city 3000 game. This is better than a mouse because you dont need a platform to rest on like you do with a mouse, and it's not as bulky as a trackball. Perfect for me at least.

Works perfectly, on windows PC and I use it on my raspberry pi.

Mindere responsiviteit. Rammelt ook iets binnenin. Voor de rest doet wat het hoort te doen

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perfetto, lo s'infila nella porta USB e fa subito il suo dovere. Provandolo funziona anche l'altro cursore, quello del PC, contemporaneamente. Quando lo si vuole rimuovere non c'è null'altro da fare che staccarlo dalla porta USB, semplice. Io ho Windows 10 e l'ho acquistato perchè a volte, rarissime volte, quando il PC è sotto sforzo di CPU al 100% per delle conversioni video, Synaptics, che è il programma del cursore, si blocca e non resta che riavviare; ma con questo prodotto salvo il lavoro e lo porto a termine

Este producto funciona realmente bien bajo Windows y Linux Ubuntu (Xubuntu) El touchpad/panel táctil tiene buen tacto, y responde bien con los gestos de clic izquierdo de un toque, ampliar o deslizar para subir o bajar con ambos dedos y los botones fisicos izquierdo y derecho tienen buen recorrido y responden sin retraso. Lo único que no me funciona sobre Ubuntu (Xubuntu) es deslizar con un dedo desde la esquina derecha del touchpad/panel táctil para subir o bajar pero es un mal menor. Por necesidad este producto lo he colocado en un equipo con Windows Server de difícil acceso físico con pantalla y teclado de tamaño reducido y este ratón táctil sirve como perfecto sustituto a un ratón USB convencional. Puede que en un futuro necesite compra más de uno :)