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What if I told you you could have a yellow retro-styled Vokswagen Beetle and a gaming mouse in your Amazon basket a full three weeks before Prime Day? What if I told you they were both the same thing, and only a little over ten bucks?
That's what I stumbled upon this morning, checking out the new 'early Prime Day deals' tab that popped up on my Amazon homepage. Now that it's taking up permanent residence in my brain, I need to share it with yours.
What we have here is a 1600 DPI wireless mouse (impressively complete with a 2.4GHz receiver) powered up by two triple-A batteries. Those power cells slot underneath the removable roof, with your two main clicks sitting along the hood of the car. Listen, I never said it was an ergonomic design.
It's a neat gimmick for anyone looking to brighten up their desk with some novelty, but I don't think I have to tell you this isn't going to be one of the best gaming mice in your arsenal. It does have wheels, after all. Famously, the ratio of wheels to gaming mice should stand firm at 1:1.
I've had a peek and the reviews give us even more gold. One user notes a single complaint, "one of the headlights doesn't light up as bright as the other" - wait... the headlights light up?
The Elec Space Wireless Mouse is being sold by, you guessed it, Elec Space - an unknown retailer with a flair for cursing a setup with the bizarre. A quick look at its Amazon storefront reveals a heart-shaped rodent covered in sharp, jagged rhinestones, positioned upside down and wildly large in the frame of an AI marketing image. Classic.
Don't want your next CS2 run to leave you in bandages? How about the 'Cute Pig' selection? Yes, a squashed Babe with a worrying lack of feet and two ears for main clicks - that's what I've been missing. This is a Temu back door, is what I'm saying - don't expect something that's going to see you through gaming for the foreseeable future.
Car mouse will stay with me, though, as I'm tossing and turning in the wee hours dreaming of RSI and cramp. Maybe car mice are the way forward - as Herbie, Fully Loaded said back in 2005 "it only takes one person to blaze a trail."
1. Best overall: Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro
2. Best value: Razer Basilisk V3
3. Best budget: Logitech G203 Lightsync
4. Best wired: Endgame Gear OP1 8K
5. Best ambidextrous: Corsair M75 Wireless
6. Best lightweight: Corsair Sabre V2 Pro Ultralight
Serious deal hunters can get prepped for the summer sale with our guides to the best Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals and the best Prime Day PS5 deals on the horizon.
