Rapoo 6610 Dual-mode Optical Mouse

The Rapoo 6610 is a travel-sized optical mouse that has the distinguishing feature of supporting both Bluetooth 3.0 and a proprietary 2.4GHz wireless dongle. That’s its one and only distinguishing feature – it’s fortunate such a setup is rare, or this would be a remarkably short review.

Rapoo advertises compatibility with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Mac OS 10.4 and above. We found it worked fine on all of the above, and anything else we could find that accepted a USB-connected pointing device.

The included ‘nano receiver’ is tiny as its name suggests, and could easily be left plugged into a USB port on your laptop or Windows tablet. No drivers are required – the 6610 doesn’t come with a useless little CD you’ll end up throwing away with the packaging.

Simply plug in the receiver, turn the mouse on via a sliding switch on the bottom, and you’re up and running within a second or two.