Logitech launches new MX Master mouse

Yeah will wait too see the youtube videos, been considering this or the G602 also wonder if this mx master will be good for gaming, it says its more in line for business/office.
 
I've got two MX Revolution mice that I've had for absolutely years and I'm yet to find another Logitech mouse that has the same sort of scroll-wheel that automatically shifts between click and free-spin mode depending on how fast you scroll is.

Looking at the specs of this new mouse, I'm a little unclear as to whether it has the same type of scroll-wheel or not. Does anyone know?

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Nice review via that youtube link

I wish we got to hear the actual click and noise of the buttons though, but it looks nice think they used that plastic buttons and plastic rubber type grip on the sides looks good for a wireless mouse.
 
Beautiful mouse with some fantastic extra benefits over the MX Revolution.

I love the thumb scroll wheel, it has the perfect stiffness to it that makes it satisfying to roll on the odd occasion you need to. The traditional noise/response of the mouse wheel getting locked into ratchet mode is back, except now you don't have to press the button to initiate it if you use smart scroll. ka-thunk!

The ability to connect to 3 machines is perfect as I need to connect it to 2 already (and am desperately trying to find a 3rd :D) My only gripe here is that I can't remap the button to cycle the hardware to anywhere else (thumb resting button ideally). I often work on both laptop and pc in the evenings, this would be amazing. As it is I have to pick it up, turn it over and cycle the button through the 3 options quite regularly during a session. Not a huge gripe and it is certainly an improvement over the previous gen.

The gesture button is much better than I thought. I am always snapping apps to the left or right hand side of the screen, and the default thumb-left/right-direction is to do just that. You can of course reprogram this to a large variety of seemingly intuitive actions which had me torn initially, but I think it is good out of the box.

LMB and RMB are perfect. They have great travel distance and reassuring feedback. As long as the double click issue from the first gen mx doesn't resurface I'll be happy.

My major gripe is that compared to the last gen MX, it doesn't quite have the same resting position for your hand. I have a claw grip and while it was easy pinching the MX Rev between thumb and pinky/index, this requires a slightly flatter grip. I would advise comparing both side by side if you can before committing.

I was worried that I just threw £80 down the drain for superfluous improvements due to fanboyism, but overall I would say this is absolutely worth an upgrade from the last gen mx (even if some readjustment in grip is required).
 
mrochester said:
Looking at the specs of this new mouse, I'm a little unclear as to whether it has the same type of scroll-wheel or not. Does anyone know?
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It does, says on the website that it automatically changes modes. I quite miss that mode from my MX Revolution also, it never occurs to me to press the button on my MX Performance to change it manually.
 
Well now that my rather old Performance MX has recently developed a dislike to right clicking (:(), I guess I'm going to have to throw some serious cash at the Master.
 
Since it is a wireless mouse, it also comes with rechargable 500mAh battery that should last up to 40 days on a single full charge, according to Logitech, and uses a standard micro-USB cable for recharging.
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Only a 500mAh battery :(
 
I quite fancied picking this up over my G700s as I'm not a fan of the shape. But for some reason Logitech have decided to remove all application based settings from their new Logitech Options software, so it's a bit useless if you wanted a specific profile for certain games.

I might try to find one to demo though, as if it's a better shape that might win me over.
 
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