LOFREE Touch PBT Wireless Mouse

$55

~~$79.99~~

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LOFREE Touch PBT Wireless Mouse

Name: LOFREE Touch PBT Wireless Mouse
Brand: Lofree
SKU: lofree-touch-pbt-wireless-mouse
Price: 55 USD
Availability: PreOrder
Rating: 2.166667 (6 reviews)

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Product Description

While many of the mice we feature here on Drop fit the bill as “Mech Keys approved”, it’s rare that there’s a mouse that aims to merge the two worlds in quite such an intentional fashion. Enter the LOFREE Touch PBT Wireless Mouse Read More

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Atrus1212

Sep 26, 2023

Verified Buyer

Smaller than expected but still usable.

I see the other reviews mentioning they wish it was actually swappable. While that would be nice it was more of a looks I was going for. Decent battery life but smaller than expected almost too small for my hand but a good usable backup mouse or one to use when I’m connected to my tv and sitting on the couch.

Recommends this product? No

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MekugiAna

Sep 17, 2023

Verified Buyer

Love the options in this mouse

I love all the connectivity options on this mouse! It’ll never not be able to connect to your device one way or another. The mech-style left/right click are great and echo my Cherry MX Blue keyboard switches. No issues with the functional parts of the mouse. My only con is that it’s a little small in my large hands. If you’re used to a mouse that nuzzles into your palm you might find you’re manipulating it by you finger tips instead. Even so, It’s been fine for me and it’s been my daily driver since it arrived.

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Ispheria

Keyboard Club Member

Sep 10, 2023

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In addition to the other reviews problems, it just sounds and feels pretty bad

https://youtu.be/1WHZVDwvAIM

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A-n-k

Sep 6, 2023

Verified Buyer

Misleading and Not Returnable

Unfortunately I learned too late that this mouse was marketed in a misleading way, and because this is a third party product, I can’t even return it. I regret buying this from Drop. The buttons can NOT be swapped with regular keyboard keys; they have proprietary cutouts and you MUST use Lofree buttons. This really defeats the idea of the mouse and having the Cherry stems. I’m stuck with a “customizable” mouse that I can’t customize or return. Cool.

Also, this is a minor issue in comparison to the buttons not being swappable, but the color is totally off from what’s shown in photos. My mouse looks a lot more bright orangey/pink and doesn’t match with any of my retro beige colored accessories or keyboards. It’s hard to photograph to show this difference, but believe me, it’s a lot more noticeable in person.

For what it is, seems very overpriced for a basic mouse that doesn’t really deliver on the concept that it was promising.

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kieranrjc

Sep 6, 2023

Verified Buyer

do NOT buy from drop - misleadingly advertised a better product they should've made

tl;dr all of the pros are minor features, available on much cheaper, better mice, and all of the cons outweigh them. Past that it's an average mutli-device mouse, poor design choices, cheap construction, inflated price and poor accessory support. The only thing it really brings to the table is the little screen. If you're set on buying it and want the custom keys, do not buy it from drop, buy it from lofree. If it's out of stock, wait until it's not the mech keys problem I unfortunately bought this late at night on a whim at the thought of a cool idea. Later down the line I decided to look deeper into the product, and realised my mistake. (had unfortunately already gone to order) The feature of replacing the buttons with custom keycaps is an incorrect assumption, only as so far as they have to be very specifically tailored, ie bespoke to the mouse; specific shape (mousewheel spoke cutout, angled, with offset stems) and the dual stems on the left click are not a proper distance apart. they're also not a standard size (left is like 2.3u, right is like 1.8u birds eye). your only option is lofree's keys which are bespoke and not sold separately; only available with a mouse purchase. That's right, if you want to change the buttons, on the custom mech key button mouse, you'd have to buy a new mouse directly from them. this legitimately should not have been sold through drop without the options available for lofree's custom keycaps, especially given the misleading marketing, ESPECIALLY given the assumed point of buying this mouse, doubly especially since they don't even sell them separately. Even if you mod keycaps to fit the mouse, you won't be having a good time. When you realise this, it doesn't actually make sense for the buttons to have cherry style stems. Just a waste of development money, upping the already inflated cost. They could've made a product that allowed for so much more customisability, and even then made the production cheaper, as they wouldn't have had to custom mould their own buttons. As for the rest of the mouse, pros with caveats:

the buttons are a bit mushy/wobbly probably due to the stem style construction, but they click nicely.

This is the first mouse where i've had the thumb buttons be in the correct placement for my thumbs, and they also click satisfyingly

(I think the clicks are a matter of taste and most of it comes from the acoustics of the pbt body/hollow sections, some might not like it.)

on board dpi is nice, simple to set a custom dpi, but sometimes seems to reset at random, i use a custom 1200dpi mode and every now and then when i change mode/connect to charge, it'll jump to 4k by itself and i have to go and set it to custom again (dpi button's p unpleasant, and requires too many presses)

up to 3 devices is nice, 2 bt channels 1 2.4g with the usb dongle

usb dongle is magnetic and snaps into the mouse body nicely. bit difficult to get out without slapping it out or using a tool/long finger nails. Haven't had any connectivity issues with it but I haven't gone further than ~1m, with a desk in between mouse/front usb.

usb c is always nice, multi purpose usb c cable.

cons (most of which are pretty big compared to the pros):

for a mouse this expensive, the sensor, mousewheel, and feet all feel cheap regardless of marketing materials say.

Not sure if it's the sensor or connectivity or firmware but fast movement detection is pretty unstable. This is independent of surface, and mode.

lift off height is inconsistent and uncontrollable - pretty personal thing to measure, so mileage may vary.

the whole not actually being able to use custom keys except the few options they have available directly through lofree which do not appear to be sold separately from the mouse, nor are options supplied through drop

the mode selection/dpi selection buttons should be reversed, there's no need to have so much access to the DPI controls. If you want to change devices, you have to actually pick up the mouse, press the button on the bottom, then turn it over to make sure you've selected the correct device. Horrible workflow comparatively.

It's a very odd shape for such a small mouse. It's short, but tall, and the flat nose is counter intuitive for middle finger length. If you have big hands and a palm grip, this mouse will not work for you.

the dual stems on the left click seem to be weighted differently, so you have variable click pressure along the length of the button. Again, feels weird, not sure why this would be the case.

Recommends this product? No

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Jakewake52

Sep 6, 2023

Verified Buyer

Missleading advertising detracts from a decent mouse

For conext I mainly use a G502 Hero which is going to be my main bases for comparison here; I bought this being a fool and glancing over descriptions thinking this mouse was hotswappable switches which it is not- it only is hotswap keycaps which is also missleading as the caps used have cutouts in them to acomedate the mouse wheel- while technically some keycaps will work and all will if you have a dremal or the like I feel like if you go in fully knowing what this is (unlike me being a fool) you will enjoy this mouse a lot more Accessories include a soft grey braided USB-C cable. I like a heavier mouse and this has a fair weight to it, its a bit lighter than my fully weighted mouse with it feeling a tad palm heavy when lifted- the palm section I feel is also slightly small but this feels more aethetic focused and will depend more on the user's hand- this isnt helped by the thumb buttons being a bit far back and being quite short in comparison to what im used to, not unusably small or far back but needs getting used to levels of adjustment The Right side of the mouse has text printed on it that is never shown in any of the preview images shown in the overview which may be a dealbreaker for some There are 5 preset DPI options ranging from 800-4000 with a 6th custom mode for any incrament of 200 in that range The power swtich and connection option button are on the base of the mouse beside the sensor with a small insert for the 2.4g dongle which is held in magnetically The mouse has a light dappered texture on everything bar the thumb rest which may be offputting to some that like a smooth mouse The mouse wheel is a hard rubber with a smooth yet slightly clingy feel- similar to a good eraser or the ball in an older ball mouse The more open nature of the keycaps and scroll wheel lend the mouse to being louder than others by a small amount with left and right clicks having destinct differences in sound While not a bad mouse I feel like there are ones you can get for cheaper that offer more and arrive quicker- however if you want the mouse for the aesthetics (which I also did) and or are willing to buy replacement (or modify) keycaps to fit this I think you will enjoy what you get, but if you go in expecting "the last mouse you'll ever need" because of hotswapp switches you will be misslead

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