Presentation Clicker for PowerPoint, Wireless Remote Control with Red Laser

Why it's worth it

The CLIKBUTM does slide advance and a red laser, and that's about it. But it works on any machine you plug it into without installing anything, which makes it a great pick for students, borrowed classroom computers and a spare in your bag.

Nothing about the setup can go wrong. Plug the dongle into a USB-A port, press the connect button on the back, and the computer sees a keyboard. No drivers, no account, no app. When you're presenting on a shared lab machine or a client's laptop where you can't install software, that's not a nice-to-have — it's the whole reason to own this one.

It works with basically everything. The listing covers Windows going back many versions, plus macOS and Linux, and it drives PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, PDF viewers, Word and Excel. Slide advance sends the arrow keys, which every presentation app understands. There's nothing clever here to break.

From our review of 5 wireless presentation clickers, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +Nothing about the setup can go wrong
• +It works with basically everything
• +It's small enough to forget you packed it

What to know

• –No blank-screen button, and you'll feel it
• –The hardware feels like what it is