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4.5 stars
"Absolutely the most comfortable thing my hand has ever graced."
Pros: Tons of buttons, great setpoint software customization, and an excellent scroll wheel make for a great experience.
Cons: The middle button click is hard to access without scrolling up or down on accident. Buttons sometimes won't configure properly in games.
Summary: To start off, I am a casual gamer (a few first person shooters) and mainly a web and desktop user. For those purposes, this mouse is absolutely perfect. I upgraded from an older Logitech two-button scroll mouse. The back, forward, and search keys are a must-have for any internet user and the scroll wheel eliminates any fatigue that the finger might feel in surfing through long documents or web pages.
The mouse uses two accompanying AA batteries, which adds a comfortable weight to the device. The batteries also last forever (one year to be exact), so there is no worry in having to deal with recharging batteries, recharging stations and all that extra clutter.
The mouse has four, polytetraflouride I believe, feet that are unbelievably smooth and long lasting. Also on the bottom are a power button, the laser, and a switch to change the setting of the scroll wheel.
The scroll wheel feels like spinning an Abec 7 bearing in both the free-spin mode and the click-to-click mode, though obviously more choppy in the latter. The wheel moves effortlessly but with precision in scrolling up and down. In scrolling in side-to-side or clicking the middle button can be slightly more difficult. Because the wheel is made to spin frictionlessly, it is difficult to press down with out scrolling down since the hand is at an angle to the wheel. I was able to solve this quite easily, though, by using the second segment of my finger instead of the tip of my index. The grip on the scroll wheels helps a ton, a definite plus.
Wireless range is good. It works flawlessly from the other side of my room, which is about 20 feet in length. No interference from my wireless Netgear WG311 card.
Setup was simple. I plugged the USB device in and turned on the mouse. Windows XP recognized and installed the standard human interface device and I was ready to use my mouse in a cinch. I stopped by the Logitech website and downloaded the latest compatible Setpoint software to test out. After installing successfully, I began testing its capabilities. I soon found it to be highly customizable. Every program that is launched on the user's computer can be customized with certain key functionality. So in one program, the left click can do the copy function and in another program the left click can be the cut function. Very convenient and intuitive. The problem has arisen with games and is the only negative I have found so far with this mouse. I opened Call of Duty 4 and upon clicking the center button, which I programmed to use as a document flip button as well as the look-down-the-sight button, the game quickly minimized and brought up the document flip window, without zooming down the sight of the gun. I reopened the Setpoint software and checked on the option to detect games. This only affected the search button, which was convenient but not what I wanted. I have yet to find a solution to this problem.
Overall, I absolutely love this mouse. It eliminated all the wire and drag from my previous corded mouse, and it is amazingly comfortable. The mouse is oddly not very popular compared to the MX and the VX revolution even though it shares all the same features except a zoom toggle in the case of the VX and an extra scroll wheel in the case of the MX. A definite recommendation. The mouse does what it is supposed to and nothing less. This is the first product review I have written and that is why. A very polished product.
Definitely buy one if you have the chance. I managed to snag one from Sam's Choice for $30.00.
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Logitech MX 620 Cordless Laser Mouse:
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