Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3000 Laser

My MX3000 has interference problems unless the base station is positioned directly next to the keyboard and mouse. A distance of more than 10cm results in missed keystrokes and "mind of its own" mouse movement... a big difference to the 5 meters or so claimed in Logitech literature.

It is also susceptible to interference from my Wacom Intuos graphics tablet. Placing this tablet within 1 meter of the MX600 mouse again results in "mind of its own" cursor movement.

Would rate a 9 out of 10 if it wasn't for the interference.

I will have had this setup for two years come this Christmas, and have replaced the batteries on my keyboard TWICE. That is insane. I use my computer at least a few hours per day, but the batteries never seem to go out on this.
The batteries on the mouse go out every 2-3 months (which is still amazing, to me), just two AA batteries.
The reception is great, I can use it from across the room with no problem. The only time I have issues with reception is about 3-4 weeks after the "Low Battery" light comes on.

One annoyance I have is that the Logitech software flashes "WARNING: MX600 BATTERY LEVEL CRITICAL" every now and then, with now real way to disable it, other than to shut down the software (at least as far as I've been able to figure out).

The keys are fairly noisy as well. Not horrible, but definitely not quiet keys.

One other quirk that I thought was strange was that this keyboard is LOADED with media buttons; It has My Docs, Pics, Vids, Music, E-Mail, Messenger, Messenger Status, Webcam, Calc, Sleep, Close, Back, Zoom, Mute, Volume, All the Media, Shuffle, Play/Pause, etc., buttons, but there is NO INTERNET BUTTON. Huh? Yeah, it seems completely weird to me that they left that off, but it's not that big of a deal. To be honest, I don't even use the media keys most of the time.

Another nice thing is that it has preprogrammed alternative options for the Function keys. If you use the F Mode, F1-F8 do various functions such as MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Back, Forward, Print, and Save. F9-F12 can be programmed to different functions (I guess you could use these as internet buttons, come to think of it).

I also like the buttons on the mouse. Right now, I have the side-to-side scroll wheel functions set to zoom in and out, the top buttons set to Volume +, Volume -, and Play/Pause, while the side buttons are set to Back and Middleclick.

All in all, I'd highly recommend it, I don't find many electronics that last me this long, most of them either wear out or just die after a while. Can't beat it for the price!

when i first bout this keboard i bought it with my reward zone point at the bestbuy. so i install the software and start useing it, very comfortable mouse too, but then one week later the mouse started to have a mind of its own. it keeped zooming in on all applicatrions, work, firefox, internet explorer, ect. so i just returned it for a new one. 2nd times a charm. i had this mouse for about 2 years know and havn't had a problem with this one. fyi get rechargeable batteries the lifespan can be different for every batter brand.