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Review on πŸ’» Perixx PERIPAD-504 USB Touchpad: Large Size, Portable Trackpad for Desktop and Laptop Users by Michael Norwood

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Works well, but note that backward scrolling and edge wiping cannot be disabled

The touchpad itself works well. Scrolling, typing, clicking, etc. work well and accurately. However, it is very annoying that the two-finger scrolling from top to bottom and left to right is the opposite of regular touchpads on laptops. Normally, a two-finger swipe down moves the screen down, but with this touchpad, it scrolls the screen up! The same from left to right: the screen moves to the left when two fingers are moved to the right. It is also very annoying that there is no way to turn off edge scrolling. Edge swipe is usually disabled for touchpads, and you can easily disable it in touchscreen settings. However, this touchpad is not recognized as a touchpad or touchscreen by Win 10 (it is recognized as a regular keyboard), so there is no way to disable it. I ended up sticking a piece of tape to the edge of the touchpad to disable edge swiping. UPDATE: See this page for how to change the scrolling direction to fit a standard laptop: partitionwizard<dot>com/clone-disk/reverse-scrolling-win10<dot>html See bottom of page for instructions on how to Changing the registry. If you don't feel comfortable changing the registry, you're out of luck. So far, no way other than sticky tape has been found to disable edge wiping.

Pros
  • Sturdy surface
Cons
  • Some issues