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- eMadman
What is it? A wireless desktop mouse by Logitech.
What did it cost you? $120 Canadian approximately 4 months ago from a local PC store.
How long have you owned it? Since November or December of 2006.
PROS
- ERGONOMICS It's a Logitech mouse, so it already fulfills my requirements of being comfortable in the hands. It's teardrop shape and deliberate thumbrest are perfect even in my skinny hands with huge fingers.
- BATTERY LIFE I generally don't bother to turn it off at night, but the mouse typically lasts me a bit over a week before I start getting concerned about the battery dying. Even then, I generally have a day or so before it goes red and starts giving me warnings in Windows. Besides that, the battery guage in Windows doesn't give an accurate reading. I find that it's off the estimated remaining life by 3-4 days.
- SCROLL WHEEL - This scroll wheel is the reason I bought this thing. I kid you not, the wheel easily makes this mouse worth buying over most of the other ones I've seen. I was about to get a 2000dpi laser mouse for about $20 less until I experienced this thing. It clicks normally at slow speeds, but you can whip the wheel up or down and it enters a free-spin mode with very little friction. It's fantastic for scrolling through long documents. You can also customize the wheel to go into free-spin mode or ratched only or whatever setup you want based on program. It also has a side scrolling feature which is great, but slightly limited. This is due to the fact that you simply can't speed up or slow down your side scrolling without changing the default value either for Windows or the specific program.
- EXTRA BUTTONS For the most part, they're well positioned. My favourite of them is the scroll-wheel type button on the left side of the mouse. It's default purpose is for switching between windows, but can be customized based on the program. In Vista, the eye candy provided by using this in conjunction with the 3D window switching is lovely. In Photoshop, I use this wheel for zooming in/out of documents. The mouse also has a standard forward/backward buttons for web browsing. There's also a search button just below the primary scroll wheel. Hit it and it'll call up the search engine of your choosing. It's nice, but too easy to hit when you quickly put your hand onto the mouse.
- CUSTOMIZABILITY - This is one of the key selling points of the mouse. Every button can be repurposed to your needs through the Logitech software.
- WIRELESS No cords, reasonable range.
- TRACKING It glides smoothely and works wonderfully on the black steel slab that I use for my mousepad (and yes, I know that black surfaces drain the battery faster)
- BUILD QUALITY - It's a logitech mouse. To put it simply, the thing is built like a rock. It's nice and heavy in my hands and all the buttons give a nice tactile response. My old MS mouse felt like a child's toy in comparison.
- WIRELESS - The reciever is great, but due to the position it sits in below my desk and the fact that I use a steel mousepad above it, the range suffers. I had to take the USB extension cable that came with my laptop mouse to relocate the reciever above the desk. It also sucks that the reciever isn't integrated into the charger.
- CHARGER - In my opinion, the charger isn't built as solidly as the mouse is. It also draws power from the wall rather than through the USB... oh, and it doesn't have a built-in reciever/transmitter.
- SOFTWARE The remapping software is a touch tricky to use in the beginning since things like the game detection and application settings aren't explained as well as I would have liked.
- PRICE - It is down to $100 Canadian now at the computer stores, but it's still expensive for a mouse.
Conclusion: This is a solidly built mouse with the greatest scroll wheel ever invented. The only significant drawback to it is the premium price tag.
Link: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/p...crid=2676,contentid=12134&ad=revolution_mxupp
