MX Master

I love the Logitech MX Master mouse. It's just such a comfortable mouse to use. For many years I have used a Logitech wireless mouse, from the early noughties with an MX900. I had a VX Nano from 2007 for many years until it finally gave up on me. I swapped it for an MX Anywhere but that developed a fault just outside of warranty and having spent a lot of money on it I was put off from Logitech for a while. I went through a succession of Tecknet mice that were a direct copy of the VX Nano. They were great, and much cheaper than Logitech's original, but they also rarely lasted longer than a year. My wife uses a 10-year old Logitech MX Revolution mouse, which she adores but I have never felt quite comfortable with, but when I saw a Black Friday deal for the MX Master I looked a little closer at Logitech once again. And, I'm glad that I did. Although I've always preferred smaller mice, the MX Master feels great. It's a bigger mouse than I'm used to but it feel really comfortable to use for long periods of time. The bottons are in the right place for my fingers and thumbs, although the forward/back buttons by my thumb just need an extra moment's thought to make sure you're pressing the right one. Battery life has been excellent so far and I have had no issues with connecting it to multiple sources. Which leads me to its real party trick. I work from home on my company laptop, and have my own personal laptop next to it. I also have an iPad Air Gen 3. This one Logitech mouse has the ability to control all three of those devices with nothing more than a press of a button underneath. As it connects by Bluetooth to both laptops and tablet their is no issue with having to swap dongles around. It works very nicely...although my only criticism is that you have to turn over the mouse to press the button. It takes the flashyness away some what not being able to glide effortlessly from one device to another. The button being placed on top would have remedied that. Overall though, it's been a fantastic mouse to use. It's on offer enough to be able to pick up a good deal on it. There are also newer versions of it, but from what I can gather you're just paying for very minor improvements that the vast majority wouldn't notice.

I love this mouse. I needed to replace my ageing Microsoft ergonomic mouse that I'd had for about 15 years. I was worried this wouldn't be quite as comfortable, especially without the benefit of seeing/holding it before purchase. But, I was really pleasantly surprised by how great and comfortable it feels. The fact that it's rechargeable is a great benefit, but could be a downside - I imagine it won't last me as long as the last one... but I love all the controls, and especially that it works with up to three machines, including both Mac and PC. I use this on both my work PC and my personal MacBook - one press of the button, and I'm switched over to the other machine. Awesome. I have charged it once since I got it - it was already half charged when it arrived. I can't remember exactly how long it took to fully charge, but it's certainly never inconvenienced me work-wise. It claims it can run for an hour on just 3 minutes of charge. So if you're desperate to get it charged up, you can get going again by the time you've made a cup of tea! It has a handy battery light indicator which lights up when you use it for the first time in a while (not sure how long the 'while' is), so you can keep an eye on it. Easy USB charging - I reckon if you just charge it off your computer USB once a month or two, you'd never have to worry about battery power. Has a really nice weight to it - not light, but not overly heavy either. Ultra-fast scrolling is also pretty cool - and very useful to engage that manually for a Mac.

I purchased a MX master 2s but the product review is bringing me to this page for the original mx master Bought September 2021, still going strong as of 01-09-2024 I was sick of buying gaming mice which never seemed to last beyond a year, decided to roll with one of these as a replacement to see if they would last longer, (they do!) I've bought a second one as back-up, and will probably buy another 1 or 2 more to shelve I like it so much Pros - cheap, cheerful, durable, easy to disassemble, 2 torx screws visible on the underside of the mouse, 4 more philips screws are hidden under the teflon feet, these feet can be re-used if they are pried up Decent amount of rebindable buttons, I like the side mouse buttons, and the veritical scroll wheel toggle, I did not use the horizontal scroll wheel much nor the thumb button on the rubber grip, , this thumb button defaults to windows virtual desktops but that can also be bound to something else in the logitech options+ app so it's nice to have Cons - it's definitely not as "precise" as some of the gaming mice I have used but it is not advertised for gaming, (corsair m65 line), it can still be used for all types of gaming, this would only be a problem if you're into the competitive scene in fps, For casual play and other genres it's absolutely fine, not to paint this as a huge issue mind you I play fps all the time on it but I'm a casual player Tip: the mx master 2s regularly goes on sale for 39-45 pounds, keep an eye out for a sale, I see it being listed for 60+ at current ~Craig

I’m upgrading from a SteelSeries WoW Cataclysm Mouse, which was a wired MMO mouse, since I don't play games or even MMO’s anymore and it was starting to become faulty i thought i’d upgrade, and i figured i’d upgrade to a wireless mouse since the technology has come a long way in the past few years. (Included photo next to my old mouse) And oh boy it has come a very long way, i remember my first wireless mouse was a dell one, and i remember playing games on it was so bad, you could see and feel the input lag, and that mouse honestly put me off wireless peripherals forever, but I heard a lot of good stuff about the technology logitech uses in their mouses so it bought back some hope for me, and this mouse has solidified that hope in concrete because it's amazing and you honestly can’t even tell it's wireless. I got this one over the other wireless mice they have because it is more feature rich and looks more comfortable in the hand, it has a scroll wheel on the side, which to be honest would be useless for most people, but for me it helps because i draw in photoshop and it's good for scrolling sideways across the canvas, the only downside to the scroll wheel on the side is that the back and forward side buttons are in a very awkward position and difficult to press ,and they are small and close together so you find yourself hitting either the wrong one or both, now this doesn’t bother me too much as I don't use them often, but I imagine it's something you can very easily get used too. Like i said earlier, you can’t even tell it's a wireless mouse, it's so responsive and there is no lag at all, not that the human eye can see anyway, if you recorded it and put it in super slow mo then you could probably see, but if you want to play FPS games you totally can and would have no disadvantage against people playing with wired mouse. Also, I should mention the scroll wheel has two modes, and i find it hard to explain but I will try my best, one mode is like a traditional mouse wheel scroll where you keep feeling tactile bumps as you’re scrolling, and the other removes the feedback and makes it so you can spin the wheel like you’re spinning a prize wheel, it goes insanely fast, i don’t see an application where this would be useful, but I did see someone say it would be good for scrolling long word documents but you can just slick on the side where you want to be so in my opinion that wouldn’t be a very good use case, but hey ho you might find that super useful, i just don’t Overall this is just a great wireless mouse and I really recommend it, it's got a great price, the build quality is amazing, the battery life is amazing, ive been using it for 5 days now (About 8 hours a day) and it's still on full bars! And as i mentioned earlier the only downside I can see if the side buttons being small and awkward. 10/10 Highly Recommended. If you found this review informative or helpful please mark it as such, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you - Brandon

This mouse is truly a pleasure to use - as long as you're right-handed! The free-wheel scroll wheel is a revelation for someone who's work involves scrolling through long pages of computer code all day, just give it a strong flick and it instantly unlocks from the usual "notches" to free-wheeling, speeding up / down whole pages in no time. Also I wasn't expecting the gesture button to be as useful as it is! Default settings are press it down to show all applications open to allow quick switching between applications (same as pressing "Windows Key & Tab" in Windows), but hold it down and drag mouse down to minimise everything and show desktop (there are also pre-configured gestures for left, right and up). All the defaults are useful, but using the downloaded software you can configure all the buttons and gestures to do nearly anything! What a revelation! The thumb wheel feels quality, there is a little resistance to it since it feels quite nicely heavy, but I think this gives greater control. Unfortunately I don't have to scroll sideways too often, but if you do you should find it very satisfying to use! All in all it's a very comfy mouse for people like me with slightly larger hands, although I don't know how well smaller-handed people would get on with it! It is the largest mouse I'v ever owned. I do love the thumb rest (including the gesture button) and the way the whole mouse (the usual 2 mouse buttons at least) slants down to the right like most good ergonomic mice. My only gripe is that there is nowhere to rest your ring and little fingers if you use your first and middle fingers to operate the usual 2 mouse buttons! They just have to kind of dangle down by the side, ever so slightly uncomfortably. If you use your middle finger to operate the scroll wheel and your right-hand ring finger to operate the right mouse button it is more comfortable, but I would have liked a dint or something to rest my ring and little fingers. Considering the quality and all of the other benefits of this mouse the complaint is a relatively minor one, but one that stops me giving it the full 5 stars. All in all it's a pleasure to use and if you've only ever used cheapish mice before you will almost certainly not regret upgrading to this beast!

I've had this month for nearly two years and use it every day at work, so this is definitely a long term review of the product rather than some reviewers who review a product as soon as they've opened the box. First up, it's up to you whether you like the styling but personally I love the bronze secondary colour of the mouse which makes it stand out compared to most mouses which use silver or grey. It's got a nice rubbery feel so feels nice in the hand and size-wise, it is a large mouse so it's very much a palm grip. To be honest, you don't even 'grip' it as such, more rest your hand on it. It's got your usual left and right mouse buttons, a vertical scroll wheel between them then next to the thumb rest is a horizontal thumb wheel, two buttons (back/forward) and the thumb rest actually clicks down as a 'gesture' button. Behind the vertical mouse wheel button is a small button which switches between ratchet and smooth scrolling. Connectivity is via the small USB 'unifying' receiver which is the same as many other Logitech mice, so if you have one already you can reuse that or use them on different computers if you plan to travel with the mouse. Alternatively you can use Bluetooth but it needs to be a specific version (I think 4?); my old laptop wouldn't connect to it but my current laptop does. You can also use a micro USB cable which is also how you charge the mouse. One nice feature of the mouse, which you may not find useful, is that you can connect the mouse to 3 different machines and switch between them via a small button on the bottom of the mouse. Pairing is as simple as holding this button down until the led indicator flashes, then it is in pairing mode. The mouse can be programmed using the Logitech Options software. The vertical mouse wheel can automatically switch between ratchet and smooth scroll mode if scrolling fast enough and the sensitivity of switch can be set in Options. Other buttons such as the back and forwards buttons, horizontal scroll and the gesture button (clicking it, or holding it down and moving the mouse in different directions) can all be customised to do different things, from basic tasks to keyboard commands. Not only this, but they can be set up to be global settings and then have specific settings for individual applications, so for example you could have the horizontal scroll button to scroll through tabs in Chrome. A lot of these things can be a bit niche but the ability to program the mouse so much is nice to have - I have a program where the horizontal scroll by default zoomed in and out, so I was able to turn it off for that specific program. The mouse has a built-in battery and as I mentioned before, charges via a micro-usb cable. The battery lasts a long time, I work 9-5 five days a week and I would estimate it needs charging once a month, if not less frequently. You get an alert on the screen to say when the battery is 'critical' (5%). I can get another day out of it until it dies and needs recharging. Charging takes very little time (an hour perhaps) and you can continue to use it while it's charging. I wanted this mouse because I wanted an ergonomic, wireless mouse and I've loved the look of the previous Logitech mouse which this is the successor of but never bought one. This mouse really has been a positive change to my working environment - I am a software developer so the automatic smooth scroll feature can help to fly through thousands of lines of code quickly. The programmability is excellent so I can get it to do certain tasks which save small amounts of time. Overall, it doesn't feel like it hinders my workflow, which a lot of cheaper mice can do. There's no poor battery life for a wireless mouse, messing about repairing because it's decided it doesn't want to connect for some reason and it barely feels like you're holding anything.

At the Amazon special offer price I bought this mouse for it represents decent value for money, albeit there are perfectly usable mice at a third or less of the special price. However, it's really, really comfortable! It's hard to get a mouse with a proper thumb rest (for right-handers) which saves my thumb dragging on the mouse mat. Ideally I'd like more 'pinky-finger' support on the other side of the mouse but you can't have everything! So, a lovely shape in my medium size hands. The buttons all have a nice 'quality' feel and sound. The wheel has an 'adaptive scroll' feature - i.e. it spins freely if you move it quickly or otherwise clicks conventionally. I don't generally move the wheel quickly enough to trigger the free spinning. There is a fair amount of material on the internet about the physical operation going on inside the mouse when free spinning in instigated (and how it can get stuck in this mode). I'd happily do without 'adaptive scroll' and have a simpler, conventional clicking wheel. But I cannot complain whilst it's working perfectly on my mouse. And it does have a 2 year manufacturer's guarantee, if push comes to shove. I didn't bother installing the Logitech software on my Windows 10 Pro machine as it is just bloat-ware. Windows 10 recognised the mouse and installed drivers automatically anyway. All buttons and wheels work just fine, including the sideways scrolling wheel and the thumb rest button. I have run this mouse for 8 hours every weekday for around 5 weeks. It's on all day and I switch it off overnight using the button on the bottom of the mouse. It came with 2 bars of charge and I have only needed to recharge it once during the 5 weeks. As I write this, it's on 2 bars again. So no complaints on battery life. So, overall, a great rodent and a keeper!

This is my second version of this mouse - I had previously owned and used what I think was the original MX Master (it came with a docking station) and this version is a nice upgrade from that. Ergonomics Ergonomically, these mice are excellent - The shape is slightly more refined on this version that my previous one and felt odd to start with but it fits my hand very well (obviously only suitable for a right hander unfortunately). May not be totally suitable if you have smaller hands - perhaps something like the Logitech M720 Triathlon Wireless Mouse might be a better fit. There is an alternative mouse available for those that are really looking for ergonomics - Logitech MX Ergo Advanced Wireless Trackball/Mouse for PC, Mac and Windows Buttons The selection of available buttons is quite amazing and can be customised nicely through the software to carry out common tasks, navigate in your browser or launch apps etc. A nice feature for power users, but in general I only use a couple of the buttons and have most turned off (there's that many!) Software The provided Logitech Options software is so much better than the original MX Master software with my previous mouse. I'm using a Mac and I've had no compatibility issues - I'm sure it's the same on Windows. The level of customisation is great as can be seen in the attached image. Charging / Battery One of the problems with the original MX Master was that it came with a dock for charging, so when it was charging you couldn't use the mouse... Logitech have solved this is subsequent versions with a simple USB connection at the front of the mouse, so when charging it basically turns into a wired mouse and you can continue to use it - nice and simple. The battery life is excellent - in the 6 months I've owned this mouse I've only had to charge it twice and it gets significant use 9 to 5:30 Monday to Friday. There's a nice 3 light indicator to show you the battery level whenever you turn the mouse on (I leave mine on all the time and the battery does not run down) Overall an excellent mouse and highly recommended.