Wireless Keyboard & Mouse 15' range

Looking for a standard mouse, and hopefully under $100 (gyration street price starts at over $150)

They don't mention distance.

crazijoe - do you mean buy a wireless transmitter/receiver and connect K+M to it? If so, one you suggest?

I do not think the range is 5 meters.

Standard wireless keyboard/mouse have a transmitter/reciver that plugs into a usb port. You could get a 10' usb extension cable and place the transmitter/receiver in a different location so the signal can reach the keyboard/mouse.

Nobody's answered your comment about distance for the logitech cordless desktop products.  The answer is a LOT less then you're looking for.  They're designed to literally be a cordless DESKTOP.  With the receiver on the desktop or very close to it.   I don't off-the-cuff know what Logitech's stated specs are, but I do know these do not work reliably for more than 5-7 feet.

That's actually by design -- so you can have multiple cordless desktops in close proximity without interference.  And they work well in this configuration -- I have two Logitech cordless units in my study (on my desk and on a built-in corner desk) about 8 feet apart and there is NO interference.  I'm sure mine are on alternate channels -- but I've seen cubicle-based businesses with dozens of these units in cubicles, and they get no interference.

However ... back to your problem.    The Logitech units would work well IF you can run a USB extension cable to the receiver, and preferably place the receiver within a few feet of the keyboard/mouse (it works fine "under" a table mounted velcro'd to the tabletop).   Of course, the length of the USB extension cord might require an active extender.

The BEST solution absolutely blows away your budget :) :)  --- but it's a REALLY nice product (I've seen/felt/touched)  http://www.gyration.com/ultraprosuite.htm  (~ $250 "on the street")

A REASONABLE alternative, with a 30' range, is http://www.gyration.com/go24airsuite.htm
This can be bought "on the street" for under $100.  (well, I couldn't find it -- but its predecessor model is here: http://www.buy.com/prod/Gyration_Ultra_Cordless_Optical_Suite_Keyboard_88_keys_mouse/q/loc/101/10336561.html)

By the way:  The Media Center keyboard/mouse that Callandor referred to might be a good compromise -- it uses the longer-range RF components of the UltraPro series, but a less expensive keyboard & a "mouse" that's part remote-control (this might not be acceptable, depending on what you're using this for).   See the details at:  http://www.gyration.com/mcrsuite.htm   (or buy it at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823172001&ATT=Keyboards&CMP=OTC-P12ice5can)

My company uses the LX 700 from Logitec (as suggested by tim_gui above) in our main conference room with no problems.  It has a 30 foot range from the mouse charging station and works really well.  It uses Bluetooth (which as a 30 foot range) so you shouldn't have any problems.  

lol  Sorry, we got it over a year ago.  Bad memory. :-)  It was a Logitech MX for Bluetooth combo.  Man, I was way off on that one eh?

Well, not really ... you did point out that Bluetooth devices will do the trick; but not at the price point of an LX700 :)

garycase,
<<The Logitech units would work well IF you can run a USB extension cable to the receiver, and preferably place the receiver within a few feet of the keyboard/mouse (it works fine "under" a table mounted velcro'd to the tabletop).   Of course, the length of the USB extension cord might require an active extender>>

Didn't I suggest this already???

Clearly you did - I wasn't suggesting otherwise.   Your quote was in the midst of a discussion of ALL of the options, including both those already proposed and a few additional ones I was suggesting.   You also did NOT point out that for the length of the likely USB extension necessary it would probably be necessary to use an active extender instead of a simple extension cable.

garycase,
<<You also did NOT point out that for the length of the likely USB extension necessary it would probably be necessary to use an active extender instead of a simple extension cable.>>

Given a USB cable is good to about 14-15 feet, this is the reason I had suggested a 10' cable. Add the length of the cable already on the transmitter/receiver and It should be good without an active extender. Since USB has been around for 7 or so years, I would have assumed that maximum USB cable length was common knowledge.

The problem trying to solve is messing about with cabling in different rooms. So adding cable to extend distance is a good idea, just not right for our situation.

I had rather assumed that was the case.   I think your best options (assuming you don't want to stretch your budget and go with the "BEST" option I suggested earlier, which really is the best solution) are:

(1)  the "REASONABLE" alternative (Gyration Ultra) I suggested in my earlier post  ($91.99)

(2)  the Logitech MX5000 bluetooth desktop from my 3:13pm post ($125)

or

(3)  the Gyration Media Center suggested by Callandor with a purchase link in my summary post at 2:00pm post ($158)

Mediapilot Keyboard. Works up to 30' for under $100

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=100&pcount=&Product_Id=196807