14 DAY TRIAL // Most people know better than to keep their PCs in chilly rooms, but winter is coming and might make such situations unavoidable for some. Sanko figured it could do something to assist.
We've seen quite a few mice in our time, some of them quite strange, like that model that could actually give massages.
What Sanko came up with isn't quite so peculiar, but it is, nonetheless, an unusual design, albeit under a very unimpressive name: USHOTM04.
At first glance, one might be tempted to think of the mouse as just a regular peripheral, albeit one with a backlit scroll wheel.
It is far from it though. The mouse integrates something quite unusual, though not altogether shocking for us after having seen gamepads with built-in palm ventilators.
Sanko figured that people's homes might get chilly during the winter, and since a body's extremities are most vulnerable to blood flow slowdown, some warmth was required to stave off pesky hand numbness and skin pallor.
Thus, the USHOTM04 mouse was given a built-in heater that keeps it warm and, by extension, warms one's hand as well. The coil can keep the heat at 35°C – 45°C.
The mouse might get a bit frustrating at times, since it can only heat one hand, unless people decide to do what the photo suggests and move it with both hands.
At any rate, the USB-connected mouse has four buttons, a cord of 1.4 meters and a DPI sensor with a sensitivity of 1600. All in all, the mouse is pretty basic, except for the heat coil.
Japanese customers can order Sanko's USHOTM04 heat-generating mouse for 1,480 Yen, which translates into $18.6 and 14.39 Euro, according to exchange rates. There was no specific mention of when availability will extend to other regions of the world, if it ever does.