I love this mouse. I had the last generation of this mouse, but it was dying too frequently, maybe lasted two weeks with moderate use. So I bought this one since it has double the battery size and supposedly a 70 day battery life. It came 50% charged so we'll see how well it does.
Pros:
-Connectivity options to spare. With laptops losing ports it's nice to have bluetooth as a fall back, and when Windows 10 decides to act up and not accept the bluetooth input then it's nice to have the unifying receiver to work with. One thing to note, I don't know if this says it anywhere, but this is a Bluetooth 4.0LE device I know Logitech likes hiding behind some weird name like "Bluetooth Smart". I have BT 4.0 on my PC, and haven't tested to see if it works with older radios.
-It plays well with Android. Ever since my NotePro got lollipop (5.0), it stopped accepting mice inputs. Called Samsung and they tried to sell me on their microscopic $50 mouse. At least with this $50 you know you're getting great quality.
-Love that I can toggle between 3 devices.
Cons:
-Minor one is that the "Middle Click" is gone, that toggles the scroll wheel state from free to ratchet. As a result they added a button below the scroll wheel which by default is a gesture activation button, haven't tried it out. I just went into the software and changed it to middle click. The other annoying thing is that it's awkward to hit and not easily doable. I imagine if you have small hands, not an issue, but with my medium male hands, it's not great.
-The 2S did away with a "connect" button on the underside. The MX 2 has that button. I like that button since it makes setting up pairing easy and means there isn't an annoying button combo one has to remember when pairing since the power is tied to a toggle switch. Normally with like Bluetooth speakers and headphones, the power is a button and depending how long you press it it determines if it enters pairing mode. This being a switch removes that dual feature of the power button.
It feels the same and operates the same as the MX 2 before it. Haven't messed with the "Flow" feature, and will have to see if the battery can withstand my testing. I used to be a huge fan of M510 by them, but only having 3 mouse ports made it annoying having to sacrifice one for a mandatory unifying receiver. For me this mouse is the perfect size, for larger hands, can't say. The back of it juts so high that I think that's what helps make it fit better in multiple hand sizes. Good mouse, with all the buttons you could want for and okay enough software for extended customisation options. The only issue with Logitech Options is that it has a battery level indicator, but it's super vague and when you're charging the mouse it won't tell you how long until it's full. Won't even display charge level percentage. BT 3.0 was built with that option on offer to companies and it has been an option since 3.0, so 4.0 clearly has that feature and the mouse vaguely takes care of it by giving you vague responses and a near useless battery indicator. Percentage at least.
Note: Any future updates, revelations and what not will be listed in the comments since Amazon gets rather fickle when it comes to people updating reviews. Sometimes they don't accept the changes.
UPDATE: Battery Life Test
Claims: 70 days worth, but if you read the manual that's 70 days worth at 8hrs per day or 560hrs max total.
My Discover: Around 450hrs
My Setup and Use Case:
- April 6th got it and used it since then
- So about 30 days in, 20% battery life;
-30 days at 12hrs average use per day = 360.
- 20% = 1/5 left so 5-1= 4.
- 360/4 = 90; 90+360= 450 max projected life span
-I'm using a 3M mouse pad that is said to increase the battery life of optical mice by a max of 80%
-Connected via BlueTooth, not bad. Lasted more than a month, but far from the 70days or 560hrs max total. Maybe you can squeeze
more out of it if you use the Unifying receiver, I doubt it. Also this has the same battery size as the last generation mouse (500mA)
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth |
|---|---|
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 2 months |
