Logitech VX Revolution Ergonomic Design Cordless 2.4 GHz Wireless Laser Mouse for Notebooks/Laptops/PCs with Hyper-Fast Scrolling
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Customer Review: Best Laptop Mouse Available
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a long time fan of Logitech products. They are often the first to innovate something neat or improve on another companies breakthrough in computer peripherials.
In my opinion, Logitech was the first company to impliment the laser mouse properly. The G7 was the perfect answer to age old problems with cordless optical/laser mice. First problem, to get better DPI resolution (sensitivity and accuracy of movement), the mouse had to burn lots of power. Using standard AA batteries, you'd burn up a set of 2 within 3 days. Using rechargeables you'd get 60% of that for a life and you'd often be stuck with dead batteries when you least expected it. The G7 adopted hot swappable battery packs, one charged while one was in use.. great idea!
This notebook mouse uses a single AA battery. Battery life seems pretty decent, its only consumed 1 of 3 bars after 3 weeks of use. The USB dongle (the little thing that plugs in to the computer) also appears to shut power off on the mouse when its docked into its handy storage compartment in the mouse body. This function is more of the standard on portable mice like this. Microsoft has been doing it for years as well as other makers. The mouse and transmitter seem to have a good deal of range on a new battery I was using this one at 20ft from the USB dongle receiver without a problem! One note, since this is a cordless device, other things that transmit in the frequency range might interfere with the mouse and cause functionality to drop. This happens with every cordless device though due to FCC rules in regards to conflicting frequency devices. So the closer the reciever is to the mouse, the better.
The real reasons to upgrade to this mouse
1. Portable Mouse with laser optics - Laser is important for portable applications for laptops/notebooks because laser mice have a far wider range of mousing surfaces they can read from. The only time i've really seen an issue is on untextured glass type surfaces. I'm sure if they switched to a narrower wavelength laser, it would perform a little better. In any case, laser is way more useful than standard LED optical type systems. Comes in handy if you're portable in various locations, you dont have to worry as much about bringing a mousepad as you do with LED type mice.
2. Scroll Wheel - I'll tell ya, if i had to go back in time 10 years i'd really miss the scroll wheel. But this new variant of it with the flywheel-like weighted scrolling control is just sheer genius. Give it a little flick and you're gliding right through multipage PDF docs or long Web Pages. With lightest touch of a finger to the wheel, it stops. Much more efficent and useful than all other mice out there. The clutch setting on it on the lightest level lets it spin freely, its really sensitive so you have to watch out if your using applications that the scroll whell control like power DVD, because by default the scroller causes it to Fast Forward or Rewind video. The easy remedy though is to turn up the clutch a little bit, it takes just a second to do. You can still tilt it right and left to make it do horizontal scroll, but it doesnt zing like the vertical. Maybe they should look at doing it with a little ball, course we end up back where we started with rollerball mice that accumulate dirt on the sensors and quit working.
So in summary.. its: cordless, laser, portable and it scrolls better than anything else out there. Its funny how transparent scrolling was until now. Its like having a 40 minute commute to work every day and then waking up one morning and theres a 200mph MagLev train that stops at your front door.
Customer Review: Like it so much, I own two.
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent mouse from Logitech.
I like this mouse so much I have two, one for the work laptop (Windows XP) and one for home use (Mac OS X).
There are some minor quibbles, which I note below, but the VX Revolution gives a great value for the price (especially when Logitech has a rebate going.)
Size.
The first thing to note about this mouse is its size. It's marketed as a "notebook mouse", and physically a bit smaller than a full-size desktop mouse. It seems quite a bit bigger (relatively) than mini or travel mice aimed at laptop users. I'm a 6ft tall male, and this mouse is just on the cusp of being too small; any smaller and I wouldn't care for it. If there's any doubt, test drive one in the store first.
Buttons.
This mouse has the standard 5 buttons (left, right, wheel-click/middle plus the back and forward buttons on the left side), and a couple extras.
Below the mouse wheel is the "Internet search button". By default (on Windows) this button finds the highlighted text in the active window and does a search on it in a browser. I don't find this useful in practice, and luckily you can remap the function of this (or any other) button. I usually keep it set to "Open Outlook".
On the right side, on top, above the back/forward buttons is the zoom slider. This slide is, for me, the biggest negative. It feels rough and looks cheap, and the sliding action is nowhere smooth enough to feel right in an application. I would have preferred a set of 3 clickable buttons (Volume -/+/Mute) as on the MX 610, but you can't have everything. I keep the slider mapped to increase/decrease volume, and don't use it for zooming.
Mouse Wheel.
The "Hyperscrolling" feature of the mouse wheel is a combination of mouse wheel mechanics and driver software that let you crank the sensitivity way up. The wheel supports a base speed and an acceleration, so if you scroll a little you move a little, but if you scroll faster you move a lot faster. It takes some tweaking the settings to get to a comfortable level.
Even better, there's a switch on the bottom of the mouse to change the wheel between free-scrolling and ratcheted operation. I prefer ratcheted, but the action in either mode is very nice, and never gummy.
Drivers.
On Windows I use the supplied SetPoint drivers, but I also install the 3rd part "UberOptions" package. UberOptions provides additional configuration files that allow you to map any mouse button to any SetPoint-supported function. (For whatever reason, out of the box SetPoint doesn't not allow certain functions to be applied to certain buttons.)
On OS X the supplied drivers are adequate, but I prefer using the 3rd party "USB Overdrive" software. USB Overdrive lets you set the mouse speed and acceleration far above what the Logitech drivers (or basic Apple drivers) allow, and let you remap button functions as well.
Misc.
The USB receiver for this mouse is smaller than a memory stick, and fits in a slot in the base of the mouse when not in use. Inserting the receiver into the mouse turns off the mouse, which was a neat touch. A button on the bottom of the mouse ejects the receiver, and turns the mouse on as well. The reception is the best I've had yet with a wireless mouse, and I never have any dropped clicks (except when the battery is almost low.) The mouse runs on a single AA battery, and lasts weeks at a time, depending on usage.
Customer Review: MOUSE KING
Summary: 5 Stars
The new Logitech mouse, VX Revolution, is by far the best I have owned. What's the big deal? How special can a mouse get? For one thing, this one has so much functionality and refines key features for the modern mouse. First of all, the scroll wheel on this mouse rocks. Rather than operating in staggered scrolling, this scroll wheel allows for more sensitive control - it isn't very resistant to momentum so with a little bit of force, you can scroll through a lot of screen space with one good motion. I think the scroll wheel is the best recent feature of new mice, and this scroll-wheel dominates all others. It somehow "senses" whether you need line-by-line scrolling or fast-scrolling, don't ask me how, and for the most part it works wonderfully. Also, the usual function of pressing the scroll wheel down (where you would get those up and down arrows on the screen, and then moving the mouse up or down scrolls up or down on the document) is rendered redundant by the dynamic nature of this mouse's scroll wheel. So replacing it is a really handy feature where pressing the scroll wheel effectively duplicates the effect of pressing Alt+tab (allowing you to switch through different windows very efficiently). In my work I often need to quickly cut-and-paste between different documents and this makes it very smooth and easy. Also useful are the zoom-in and zoom-out buttons on the mouse, for use with basically any software with zooming features - Adobe Acrobat for example, and IE - which is good because my eyes are horrible and a lot of newer webpages use quite small fonts. You can actually change the buttons features also, so you can make the zoom buttons do cut-and-paste (very handy) or other functions. There are also the Back and Forward buttons on the side of the mouse, which is handy as well. Perhaps best of all, there is an integrated search button on the mouse - if you highlight a word or a phrase, you can hit the search button and perform an immediate search through the search engine to which you've linked this feature. Very handy! Naturally I chose Google, and combined with the IE Google toolbar, you become a deadly searching MONSTROSITY! The mouse is super-comfortable in its ergonomics, and despite all its features, it feels _really_ small and loosely snug in your hand and all the buttons are located intuitively. Its contours are so nice you don't really even _hold_ the mouse - you just kind of rest your hand on it and when you move your hand, the mouse smoothly follows beneath. As to the connection, it's awesome. I previously had an infrared mouse that was vastly inferior to the laser-based interface with this device (it too was Logitech, actually). With a small USB connection, the signal transmits without a hitch. And it's almost stupid how far away from your computer you can sit and still move your cursor with the mouse! This actually comes in handy if you have your computer hooked up to your TV in any manner. You can sit on the couch, away from your desk, and control, fr'instance, your media center with the mouse on the side table or on a surface on your lap. Additionally, the unit only requires one AA battery rather than two, which is a big plus. Pretty crazy! I give the VX Revolution the highest recommendation possible for a mouse.Customer Review: Great Notebook Mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
It just works! It's a light, stylish, plug and play notebook mouse that I can take with me anywhere. The usb receiver is tiny and stows nicely inside the mouse for travel. I found the accuracy to be excellent. It should be more than adequate for most computer uses. I don't think you could call it a "gaming mouse" since the dpi is fixed and the response time is slower than a wired gaming mouse. However, I mostly play WOW. So, I don't need anything that indulgent anyway.
VX vs MX:
Battery -
Like the VX, the MX also has a nice, compact usb receiver. However, it uses a built in battery, which requires a set charging station. When the battery finally goes out, replacement may be an issue. Plus, that charging station is something else to carry around with you when you travel (ACK, wires!). Not a huge issue if you're not planning any LAN parties, or you just have a desktop that never leaves your room, but it's still lost deskspace. The tradeoff is that the MX has a MUCH longer battery life. Never tried it myself, but I've heard that the MX can literally go for months without a recharge depending on usage. The VX, by contrast, uses regular batteries that you can buy anywhere. I use rechargeable batteries in mine. Although, I honestly don't remember the last time I had to recharge them. I've heard people complain that they're worried it will go out while gaming, but honestly, there's a bright battery indicator light that comes on WELL before that. So, I don't care if you're too "hardcore" to look down while gaming, it's a non issue. In any case, the battery life on the VX is amazing. It really doesn't use very much power. A nice little bonus is an on/off switch built into the mouse. I've noticed other mouses (Microsoft) require you to pull the receiver out of the usb slot and stick it in the mouse to turn the unit off. I've always had problems with this as it will eventually wear out the usb connection. With the VX, I can leave the receiver plugged in and turn it off with the power button on the mouse. If I forget, the mouse will go into sleep mode anyway when it doesn't sense any motion. This isn't exactly a new feature. However, with the VX, you don't have that infuriating delay between shaking the mouse and the cursor responding when it's coming out of sleep mode. It's instant on, no lag. (Note: This can be deceptive, as I've had friends tell me their el cheapo mouse has the same feature for a lot less money. However, in many cases, it turns out there's no delay because their mouse never turns off in the first place. It's just always on, which saves no power whatsoever.)
Size -
The MX is much bigger. If deskspace is an issue for you, don't get the MX. The mouse itself is quite a bit larger than the VX, and you still have to put that charging station somewhere. The tradeoff is that the MX (to me) is much more impressive and stylish than the VX. It just has that WOW factor that screams expensive and completely unnecessary. Plus, those of you with larger hands will appreciate a larger mouse. For me, however, the added size, weight, and charging station makes it far too bulky for everyday use.
Hope that helps!
Customer Review: Good long lasting wireless mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought mine years ago, around Christmas on sale. I'm a gamer, I have tried a lot different mice: Logitech G5, Wolfking, Razor Habu and Orochi. Nothing floated my boat, as much as this mouse. As much of a pounding, abuse, and batteries I've given it, it still clicked, scrolled, and tracked like new. I gamed for 16 hours(or more) on my weekends with this. I never installed the software and I just used the default settings, and loved it. I may have not used it to it's fullest, though. Worked well in Win XP, Vista(Ugh, I know), Win 7, and Linux. It has never once double clicked on me(sign your mouse is about to die-I know).
Pro's:
It's small.
It's very portable.
Comfy to use for hours.
Withstands repeated clicking abuse.
Tracking is decent.
Lag is barely noticeable.
Crisp and authoritative scrolling and clicking. Even after a few years.
Logitech build quality is present. Very durable, and solid.
Dongle stores inside the mouse for travel.
Slight heft for it's size. Even with out the battery.
Con's:
It's small.
No case.
Eats batteries if your a power user.
Battery changes can be difficult.
Let me explain some of my cons first.
Small, if you have sausage fingers, or you can palm a basketball, this mouse may not be for you. The battery cover is a small, removable sliding panel. The strap to pull the battery out, can be a die hard b**** to grasp. I'm used to grasping small wiring, and small parts, and I really disliked battery changing on this. It's bearable, but a chore still.
No case, pouch, or nice velvet baggy comes with this. I've had some quality computer components come with nice velvet bags. This only comes in a box with paperwork instructions, software cd, dongle, and the mouse itself. Most laptop cases, and bags have pockets for mice anyway. Do you really have to double bag this?
Batteries. Yea big thing here. Aside from the chore of battery changing, this mouse will eat them if your a power user. I used mine on a gaming desktop environment, and fed it Duracells like candy. Fact: I swapped cases from a 1st revision Cooler Master 690, to an Antec 900, not for the fancy window, but for the top tray. Why? So I could keep a stash of fresh batteries handy. Well that was one reason... I know I spent more on batteries, than the cost of two of these. But I loved this mouse.
I would rate the mouse
5/5 quality
5/5 ergonomics
3.5/5 battery life
3/5 battery changing
5/5 durability
4.5/5 overall
This mouse seems discontinued now, and I hope Logitech has a replacement for it in the works.
The mouse I based my experiences on, it still alive and kicking to this day(after almost three years). I've decided to retire mine and give it to someone who could make use of it(beside laying around a shoe box with other mice).