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Pros & Cons

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Pros

This remote is almost life changing, especially with the cursor option that works flawlessly and is something that should be built into the shield remote. Since it uses an rf dongle, there is no latency (not that it matters for this type of product) o...  Read More

Full backlit keyboard with shift and alt. Backlight helps to see and comes on and off on its own to preserve battery life. This makes typing in a web address something you need a flashlight for which is silly for a backlit remote.

It uses gyro sensing to operate like a mouse on a computer screen. Alarm sensor for anyone approaching front or back gates.



Cons

The cursor jumps around on the screen, even when the device is resting on a table. If you want the cursor to go from the right side to the left, turn on the mouse, swipe your arm right to left. The plastic clips they use to hold the two sides together...  Read More

The remote didn't reliably work for me. After almost every single use, it is effectively useless.

The mx3 has a pretty good layout except for the programmable colored *. The rii mx8 has the worst layout of the three.

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Highlights

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Quality


Easy to use and setup works on my raspberry pi 4


Best one so far use it on my shield tv paired the volume control of sound bar with the 2 of 4 programmable buttons


I have an m8s pro and the remote i had for it was shaped like a game controller had a touchpad full keyboard and other function...  Read More


Since it uses an rf dongle there is no latency not that it matters for this type of product and no connection issues even when ...  Read More

Price


But all in all great product for the price


Very happy at the price and functionality


Rechargability would be desirable but it would just cost more


Well priced air mouse remote with cool features

Shipping


Amazon sent me a replacement as the first one that came was used and had no instructions

Packaging/appearance


Aside from the box being somewhat ripped

Competitiveness


It works fine and is much better than the cheaper similar controller that comes with so many cheap settop devices


Better than mx6 as this one is also light weight and found it functionally superior to others in the lowermid price range


I havent found a better remote for kodi

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  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 2417.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,606 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It also has a button to toggle the cursor functionality


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Full backlit keyboard with shift and alt


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bout this to use with a preowned android tv box i picked up


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was missing the original remote


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So far ive tested it with my android is lg stylo 5


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I does have a back light function but i did notice when i push that button while watching youtube on my firebox it activates the controls on the screen


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Aside from the box being somewhat ripped


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Plugged into my pc and my mac

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