Using two mice on same laptop with only one USB receiver

Question

I have a laptop that I use both at home and at work.

My goal is to have to carry only the laptop each time, so that I already bought a second charger.

I would like to have two wireless mice (one at home and another at work) but using the same USB receiver, because I have few usb ports...

So I thought of buying two identical wirelss mice, call them A and B, plug in the receiver of A into my laptop and leave it always there. USB receiver of mouse B would be left fully unused (potentially thrown away).

For sure mouse A will work, but will mouse B work?

Just to confirm: the two mice will never get close one to the other, since one is at work and the other at home...

I m thinking of (two) basic Logitech mice and I am using Win7.

Answer 1

I have purchased two Logitech M235 mice with Unifying receiver and they are paired to the same receiver and I can use the two mice simultaneously.

I have also purchased a non-Unifying Logitech M185 mouse that is paired with two Logitech Nano receivers and I can use the same mouse on two PCs simultaneously.

With non-Unifying Logitech peripherals, only the receiver store the pairing information so you can have the same non-Unifying mouse paired with two Logitech Nano receivers simultaneously (but you can't have two non-Unifying mice paired with one Logitech Nano receiver)

Logitech Unifying peripherals such as the M235 do store the pairing information, so when you pair to a new Logitech Unifying receiver, the peripheral device will no longer communicate with the old Unifying receiver. (so you can pair two Unifying mice with one Unifying receiver, but you can't have a Unifying mouse paired with two Unifying receivers)

Answer 2

This is possible by using Logitech mice in order to have it unified under one bluetooth connection on the same USB Logitech Unifying Receiver with other Logitech devices.

Actually you can connect up to 6 Logitech wireless devices (mice, keyboards, etc) on the same receiver.

ONE RECEIVER – 6 DEVICES

Connect up to 6 compatible keyboards and mice to one computer with a single Unifying receiver and forget the hassle of multiple USB receivers.

https://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/product/unifying-receiver-usb

Modern Logitech mice and keyboards all come with a Unifying Receiver.

This little dongle plugs into a USB port and can connect up to six Logitech devices to your system. Thus, if you want to use multiple keyboards or mice and they’re all Logitech, you can save a few USB ports [source]