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I may be an old-school Luddite for it, but I've never understood the advantage of wireless peripherals beyond aesthetics. I want something slightly heavy that feels good in the hand, and I want to plug it in, have it just start working natively and not have to worry about extra drivers or a battery dying.
It would be one thing if there were a universal dongle that you just left plugged in, but all the ones I've encountered are proprietary and specific to the brand or model if not that specific mouse. So if you lose the thing, you now have basically a paperweight.
I had a Microsoft mouse once that was a good compromise in that it came with an optional USB c cable. It also didn't use a dongle and just operated via Bluetooth. It was heavy AF and had nice haptics on the scroll wheel. But, in true Microsoft fashion it was completely dead after 2 years of heavy daily use.
Agreed. I generally use wired mice, but recently went wireless. Wireless headsets otoh are much better than wired for not getting that cord in the way or tangled up. Downside to wireless isn’t so much the dongle, but the fact that many are going to proprietary batteries. That’s BS because if you can’t get a replacement it makes the device a throwaway.
FWIW the 903 works as a mouse via the dongle or via the USB charging cable, so that’s decent.
The headset stuff I 100% agree with. Unless I'm going to be stationary and listen to music very intentionally. There is a noticeable hit to audio quality over bt (if your files are HQ enough)