This $14 case is why my years-old gaming mouse nonetheless seems to be unboxed

My tech gear tends to get scuffed up as quickly as I get them. Not on function, after all—it simply occurs as they’re carried round in my bag. The shiny new veneer that offers them their freshly minted look disappears all too rapidly for my liking.

One instance: The aspect of my headset obtained grazed nearly instantly after I purchased it, and I scratched a line on my smartwatch’s face by carrying it in the identical sleeve as my laptop computer charger. Oops.

However there’s one piece of package that hasn’t been tarnished: my gaming mouse. Why not? As a result of I obtained this $14 mouse carrying case on the similar time and I’ve been utilizing it from the get-go.

This case (by a model referred to as Serounder) is manufactured from a light-weight materials with a tough outer shell coated by a woven cloth. Inside is a gentle, suede-like materials that feels good and tactile to the contact. The exhausting/gentle mixture jogs my memory of a violin case I had after I was youthful, and I get a equally satisfying feeling placing my mouse away after every use.

It’s good figuring out that my mouse is protected. It means my mouse, safely cocooned inside its case, is protected against drops, scratches, and strain placed on it by something that rubs up in opposition to it, rests on high of it, or presses into it inside my bag.

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To date, this case has proved its value many instances over, conserving my gaming mouse in pristine situation regardless of it being a number of years previous and having traveled with me on my day by day commute to work and on lengthy journeys to locations like San Francisco, New York, and Nashville. The veneer nonetheless seems to be new, the buttons work completely, and there’s none of that annoying grime that accumulates within the crevices after months of use.

I really purchased this mouse case off eBay, however the very same one is out there on Amazon. It’s designed to suit the Logitech MX Vertical, however it additionally matches my Razer Cobra Professional and I’m positive it’d match some other mouse of an analogous compact dimension and form—few mice are that completely different as to warrant their very own case, however you should definitely test the size before you purchase.