BondClip travel mouse review: the clip‑on mouse that stops living at the bottom of your bag

REVIEW – I’m always hunting for the perfect travel mouse. My laptop bag is cramped, my water bottle has a habit of leaking, and my mouse usually ends up buried at the bottom under cables and chargers.

The BondClip takes a different approach: it’s a wireless travel mouse that clips to the side of your laptop or tablet, so it rides with your screen instead of rattling around in your bag. After a month of flights and coffee shop sessions, here’s how it actually handled travel, weight, and day-to-day use.

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Price: $49.00 on Kickstarter (Super early bird)
Where to buy: BondArch (Campaign will appear on Kickstarter in January 2026)

What is it?

It’s a wireless travel mouse that clips to your laptop or tablet so you don’t have to root around in your bag trying to find it.

What’s included?

• BondClip mouse
• USB-C to USB-C charging cable
• USB-A 2.4 GHz dongle
• User documentation

Tech specs

• Weight: 72 g (2.5 oz)
• Dimensions: 110.6 × 60 × 36.2 mm
• Materials: Aluminum alloy, PC, silicone
• Connectivity: 2.4 GHz dongle + Bluetooth 5.4
• Battery: 250 mAh rechargeable (USB-C), rated for ~130 hours
• DPI: 600 / 800 / 1200 / 1600 / 3600

Design and features

The BondClip’s main trick is its G-shaped body and silicone pad that let it clip securely to a laptop or tablet. That keeps it off the bottom of your bag, away from leaks and crumbs, and makes it much harder to lose.

It’s rechargeable over USB-C, supports both 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth 5.4, and offers adjustable DPI. I left it on the default settings and never had tracking issues. BondArch rates it for about 130 hours of use per charge.

I spent a month working with the BondClip and liked having the mouse right there on the laptop instead of digging for it. It looks sculptural and cool, and the big buttons and scroll wheel feel familiar, but it did take a while to get used to having less support under my palm – you’re resting on a strip of metal, not a full shell.

I was hopeful the BondClip would save space in my bag, and in a way it does since it rides on the laptop instead of lying on the bottom. It isn’t dramatically smaller than the mouse that came with my laptop – it just uses the open space where it clips – but the real difference is in weight and build quality.

The BondClip weighs 70 g (2.5 oz). My laptop’s bundled mouse is 84 g (2.9 oz), and my usual travel mouse, the Logitech MX Anywhere, is 104 g (3.6 oz). If you’re sensitive to bag weight – I get neck pain if I overpack – those grams add up, and the BondClip feels much more solid than the cheap plastic bundled mouse.

Final thoughts

I review a lot of gear, and most of it eventually ends up on eBay because it doesn’t quite fit my travel routine. The BondClip is one I’ll keep using. It does its job, keeps my mouse off the bottom of my bag, and shaves a bit of weight without feeling flimsy.

What I like about the BondClip

• Clips to the side of my laptop so it doesn’t live at the bottom of my bag
• Lighter than my bundled and travel mice, but feels more solid
• Dual-mode connectivity (2.4 GHz dongle + Bluetooth) and USB-C rechargeable
• Battery life long enough that I didn’t worry about it on trips

What needs to be improved?

• Palm support takes some getting used to; not ideal if you prefer full-size mice
• Kickstarter timing – not available until January 2026, so you can’t buy it yet

Price: $49
Where to buy: BondArch (Campaign will appear on Kickstarter in January 2026)
Source: The sample of this product was provided for free by BondArch. BondArch did not have a final say on the review and did not preview the review before it was published.

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