Mighty Mouse iSkins: Love It or Leave It?

GeekSugar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:00:49 PDT

I cringe when I think about how yucky my Mighty Mouse must be; we all worry about crumbs getting lodged inside our keyboards and its general nastiness. But especially if you're bad like me and eat at your desk, how gross is your mouse? It was probably a combo of coffee, bread, and grease that stopped my scroll wheel from functioning, come to think of it.

That, plus the fact that they are bold and bright and faaabulous, is why I'm into these Mighty Mouse ProTouch iSkins. For $20, a gel iSkin covers your mouse without inhibiting the scroll wheel and incorporates Microban technology to keep it less grody. What do you say?

Trials of the Dead Mighty Mouse Scroll Wheel

GeekSugar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:38 PDT

If you've gotten used to the joys of the Mighty Mouse scroll wheel, then you know how utterly annoying it is to go to scroll down a page and not have it work. I mean, where am I without a scroll wheel?! Back to the early '00s with the whole point, click, and drag thing, that's where. Since you can't get in there to find the cause for the breakdown or blockage, you'll probably assume it's time to replace it - but don't give up hope just yet. You might be able to save yourself a few bucks and try to bring the little guy back to life yourself.

I've done some legwork and attempted a number of cleaning methods to see which one worked the best. Test methods included pressing down on the wheel and scrolling, wiping down the wheel with cleaner, trying to smack whatever might be lodged in there loose by tapping the mouse on my desk, and spraying it with canned air. To see my verdicts,