Piranha 7653 Bluetooth Mouse Review

This product appeared in the 13 August 2020 Aktüel catalogue of A101 (a Turkish discount store chain; Aktüel is its weekly deals flyer) for 24.95 TL, and I bought it because of the low price. You can watch the video review I made on YouTube here:

The product looks nice on the outside. It also sits ergonomically in the hand for an everyday mouse. It weighs 48 grams without batteries and 70 grams with them — you could call it a light mouse. It runs on two AAA batteries, which don’t come in the box. There’s no USB receiver; it works over Bluetooth only. There’s no information about which Bluetooth version it uses, and so on.

The only thing inside is a sheet of paper explaining usage and warranty information. On first use, you apparently need to switch it off and on with the power button and then do the pairing. It shows up among Bluetooth devices under the name Piranha-7653, and to pair you just need to select it. From then on, if you want to connect it to a new device, you have to hold the DPI button down for 3 seconds.

The mouse has a scroll wheel and a middle button you use by pressing the wheel. But the middle button is very stiff and loud. The on/off switch on the bottom is hard to toggle even with a fingernail — I had to use a pin. To save battery I used to switch off my previous mice when I was done, but with this one that doesn’t look very feasible. I’ll add a note here about how long the batteries last with it constantly on like this.

The mouse’s shell probably belongs to another, previously designed product. There’s an empty, unused USB receiver compartment.

Pros: The price is right. For what you’d pay for a regular mouse anyway, you get a Bluetooth mouse. New computers have few USB ports as it is, so one of your USB ports stays free. When needed, you can also pair it with tablets, phones, smart TVs and similar devices. Nice design. Light.

Cons: The middle button is stiff. The clicks and so on give the impression that you’re not using a very, very good mouse. No USB receiver. The on/off button is really bad.

My notes after using it:

• Another friend who bought the product reported that his on/off button was fine. Apparently mine just had this problem.
• Turns out the device has a module from a company called Yichip inside.
• It uses a Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) connection. It may not connect to devices that don’t support Bluetooth LE; I haven’t had a chance to test that yet.
• There’s no battery level indicator feature.