USB C wireless Mice?

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Andeh1

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7,172 posts

212 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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Just got a new Laptop for work, a Dell 5560....only to find it doesn't come with any USB A ports, only USB C.

No problems I thought, ill buy a USB C receiver for my favourite & fairly new Logitech mouse....only to find they don't sell any USB C wireless mice? They wont answer me why, only show a USB A to USB C adapter, which defeats the point of having a nice super slim USB A receiver that can be left plugged in 24/7.

USB C has been around for donkeys...so why would this be? Is there a technical, power, signal, receiver limitations or just Logitech laziness & cheapness? It has really annoyed me as my MX mouse wasn't cheap!!


essayer

9,475 posts

200 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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Do you need the dongle? My MX has bluetooth, presumably the laptop also does?

xeny

4,590 posts

84 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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Andeh1 said:
USB C has been around for donkeys...so why would this be? Is there a technical, power, signal, receiver limitations or just Logitech laziness & cheapness? It has really annoyed me as my MX mouse wasn't cheap!!
I could imagine antenna size issues. Certainly the full size MX Master mice have Bluetooth...

Honey Badger

354 posts

228 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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I've had an mx anywhere paired to my 5560 for the past year and it's been faultless so shouldn't be an issue binning the dongle. My laptop came with a Dell dongle to add USB A and HDMI if pairing isn't an option.

Kermit power

29,427 posts

219 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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essayer said:
Do you need the dongle? My MX has bluetooth, presumably the laptop also does?
This would be my thought. What are the chances of any laptop with USB-C ports not having Bluetooth, presumably unlike some older desktops that might only have USB-A and no Bluetooth?

Mr Pointy

11,688 posts

165 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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You could make your own, but it's not pretty:


jrb43

847 posts

261 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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Plenty of options at Jeff's shop (and presumably elsewhere). Such as this

parabolica

6,795 posts

190 months

Sunday 12th February 2023
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essayer said:
Do you need the dongle? My MX has bluetooth, presumably the laptop also does?
Other’s mileage may vary, but my Mx mouse and my Mx keyboard refused to connect via Bluetooth at the same time, almost like they were interfering with one another. However both are happy to connect and work via one dongle plugged into my USB A port.

But if OP has just one device to connect, bt would be my solution too.