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Date Posted: March 20, 2002

There is a valley of plastic "teeth" to grip the mouse cord. The grip is fairly secure for the most part, but I found that if we moved the Bungee around too much, the cord would pop out. Up until I received the Bungee, I always thought the rods that secure the mouse cord were solid metal. As you can see in the picture above, they're actually coils.

The coils are flexible enough to twist and turn, and pretty much go with the flow of your mouse movements. They're certainly not stiff enough to restrict your movements. Any resistance was a non-factor in our gaming tests.

Assembly takes a couple minutes, and is pretty much foolproof. Simply clip the cord into the back, and slide it through the opening on the end.

When all is done, your mouse cord is officially off the table. I was a little concerned that the spring coils would interfere with the performance, so I fired up a game of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and tried out my circle strafing.

Going left....

...and going right. I'm happy to report that it all went well, and the cord doesn't seem to be restricted by the Bungee at all.

Final Words

The Mouse Bungee certainly works as advertised. It helps to organize the mouse cord tangles, and doesn't add any resistance to the cord at all. It's not really that expensive, and it'd look mighty fine sitting on your desk.

The question is, do you need it? If you already have a mouse cord clip, or if having a mouse cord on your desk top doesn't bother you, you can probably skip on the Bungee.

I stated before that the Bungee is a frivolous expense, and I still think it is. It does look nice, and keeps the mouse cord off the desk, but that's about it. It does make a nice conversation piece though, as the last LAN party I attended, some babe walked by and mentioned how cool it looked.

Well, actually, it was some short, long-haired, skinny dude that said it looked cool...

Cool Solutions, Inc.:

80%

Pros: Organizes mouse cord, easy to setup, and looks classy. Works as advertised.

Cons: Not as important as, let's say, more ram. Totally unnecessary to be really honest.

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