Surely the Asda Tech (real name) 4-in-1 Gaming Kit would have the answers.

Early impressions were pleasantly decent.

Worries began brewing, however, when I went to plug everything in.

The contents of the Asda Tech 4-in-1 Gaming Kit - a mouse, keyboard, headset and mousemat - arranged on a desk.

And once they went on their first real gaming duty, the keyboard in particular proved perfectly adequate.

The mouse, though?

If Asda still did a Smart Price range, this would have been a Smart Price mouse.

The Asda Tech gaming headset, hung on the edge of a monitor.

You lie, DPI switch.

The headset, despite the ropey build quality of its own, did at least reveal some bright spots.

Just one problem: it sounded pants.

A side view of the Asda Tech gaming mouse.

Utter, frayed, unwashed Y-fronts.

The mousemat is a mousemat.

But theyre not good.

A screenshot of the Asda Tech app for customising Asda Tech mice.

And yet, the problem with supermarket-brand peripherals does seem limited to the execution, not the concept.

They just, uh, shouldnt be these ones.

The Asda Tech 4-in-1 Gaming Kit’s mouse, mousemat, keyboard and headset on a desk.