Product Description

Smarter, faster, and fully-loaded, the MX™ Revolution gives you powerful new controls that will streamline the way you work. Logitech's innovative MicroGear™ Precision Scroll Wheel lets you fly through long documents at hyperspeed, or switch to precise click-to-click scrolling for navigating lists, slides, and image collections. Toggle between open documents with the convenient Quick-Flip thumb wheel, or search the Web by highlighting a word or phrase and pressing the Search button.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1952 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Logitech
• Model: 931689-0120
• Released on: 2007-01-27
• Platform: Mac OS X
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .71 pounds

Features

• Logitech MX Revolution Mouse Optical Cordless Rechargeable SmartShift Ref 931689 0120

Manufacturer's Description
Smarter, faster, and fully-loaded, the MX Revolution gives you powerful new controls that will streamline the way you work. Logitech's innovative MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel lets you fly through long documents at hyperspeed, or switch to precise click-to-click scrolling for navigating lists, slides, and image collections. Toggle between open documents with the convenient Quick-Flip thumb wheel, or search the Web by highlighting a word or phrase and pressing the Search button.

Customer Reviews

Weird but mostly wonderful. The non-replaceable battery really worries me though
This is a very strange beast when you remove it from the box - I got it as a 'wireless mouse upgrade' on my work PC and didn't know it would be an MX Revolution. Initial impressions were it should be in a display cabinet not on a computer. But put your right hand over it and it feels very comfortable (most left handers probably have no chance). The rubberised microgear metal scroll wheel is great - it actually weighs a perfectly balanced 14g I believe, so that one flick and it spins effortlessly, scrolling down large pages in a trice - it's so easy to control, plus it rocks side to side giving two more switches. It's possible that on a very slow computer the 'freewheel' mode Microgear wheel might run away with itself, if used too quickly, and overshoot while the PC tries to keep up. There's a hint of this with my new Intel quad core PC, although in this freewheel mode the wheel will go as fast back up, as down.

The Revolution's standard left/right mouse buttons have just the right resistance and the far left twin thumb buttons are very useful as previous and next page. Most buttons have a few program options and the main wheel doubles as the 'third' main mouse button when pushed down - although it's noticeably less refined when used like this and may accidently go to it's side rocker switch as well [e.g. when manually changing Microgear modes from freewheel to ratchet you could simultaneously jump pages as well, which isn't that endearing]. Otherwise mouse build quality, response and accuracy is excellent - fine for shooter games, and the 20 feet range from the USB dongle is good (its wireless not bluetooth and it sits near my wireless router with no problems). I am a keen gamer, and with my fast Quad core + NVidia 8800 (XP not Vista) gaming machine I get no mouse problems at all with games like Supreme Commander, Doom3 and Quake 4 - in fact it was the USB lead snagging that lead me to dump my MS Intellimouse. It's likely that a wired gaming mouse would be a better choice than the Revolution MX if you only ever play games though, as a 'freewheel' mode Microgear wheel isn't that useful when gaming, except perhaps as the zoom in Supreme Commander [it tends to whizz too fast on weapon selection etc...]. I can live with this, as the non-vibrating Microgear [freewheel mode] mousewheel has eliminated RSI at the base of my index finger [I live on PCs at work and home] - in fact I'd never buy a mouse without it for that reason alone. Plus my Revolution MX mouse has now relocated as a 'work' mouse, so it's never used for gaming anyway [I use a similarly Microgear enabled Logitech MX 620 for home gaming instead, with a physically switched ratchet/freewheel mode Microgear wheel].

The Logitech wireless link refreshes 2x faster than other makes and is supposedly as fast as USB wired. Plus the recharge LEDs look cool [Note: the mouse charging cradle requires a 13A socket]. The only ergonomic thing I don't care for is the switch wheel just by the thumb, it slides through and selects other minimised windows, but using it often pushes the mouse a jot and you can click on the wrong window - this click-wheel also gets in the way of resting your thumb in the comfortable groove. Plus the USB dongle is solid and sticks 1.5 inches out of the port, easy to smash off and others have said Logitech won't sell you a new one if you break it (it's a whole new mouse set only I believe). Fortunately my little USB transmitter slips into a USB port tucked up behind my monitor and so its well out of the way - but a little blob on a USB lead would be better for many others (you could use a cheap USB extension lead).

With my very cheap Logitech 650 mouse I get tingling in my fingers using its wheel, but this vanishes using the Revolutions great microgear scroll wheel - and you can whizz about documents & web pages with ease (the wheel does automatically go to a standard precise, but finger vibrating, `rachet-click' on some occasions, e.g in Word). The MicroGear freewheeel/ratchet mode can be manually swapped between using a wheel-click as well, if programmed to do so via SetPoint. Plus this MX mouse glides over my rough polished wood desk whereas the cheap 650 seems to stick fast in comparison. So this mouse is overall a massive hit with me so far, and I can recommend it.

The only downside, and I think it's a biggy, is that the li-ion battery isn't user replaceable and I can't even find a way on-line to get Logitech to replace the battery when it fails (it's supposed to last 3 years). The mouse looks great on it's very classy recharger cradle though. But I really wish this MX Revolution mouse had user replaceable AA batteries (that's all that's inside it anyway), even if they were rechargeable - otherwise at some point it is going to be a real pain, and some report recharge cycles falling from the initial 7 days to daily within months of use). That said I only recharge the mouse when the cute LEDs say critical battery level, and the internal batteries are holding up as good as new 7 months on [lasting over a week between charges].

I really want this mouse at home, but the non-replaceable internal battery problem has put me off - so I bought the cheaper but microgear enabled Logitech MX 620 Wireless Laser Mouse from Amazon instead, simply as it runs on standard replaceable AA batteries - and they last a year anyway. Plus it gets rid of the thumb switch wheel I don't care for, loses the mains recharge cradle, and has a five year warranty to this MX's three year one (that battery again perhaps?). The 'freewheel' Microgear mode is selected by a physical switch on the MX 620, rather than being 'automatic' with this MX Revolution, which I prefer as I only ever want 'freewheel' mode - although my son [12] always switches it the other way [it gives him the choice I suppose]. However the Logitech MX 620 mouse is nowhere near as classy in look or feel as this MX Revolution, although granted it is over £20 cheaper.

Logitech MX Revloution
Where do I start? If anyone has had a logitech mouse you'll know it's all about comfort. This mouse is a perfect upgrade its really, really comfortable. I just opened it and it had fully charged within 2 hours. It connected straight away I didn't need to do anything apart from switch the mouse on.

As for some previous comments... The on off button does not seem to catch my desk. The scrollers are not in the way at all. The software is very easy to use you can change what every button does. The scroller on the top of the mouse is soo clever. you can set it so in some programs it acts in the normal way and feels rough in a way (normal) and in others it scrolls like a roller (smooth and fast).

The bit on the bottom of the mouse (that sticks out) provides superb support for your thumb. The ergonomics of this mouse are superb but I cannot see a left handed person using this mouse. For anyone worried about the laser I cannot see anything when I lift the mouse up. Also, the battery lights on the front (to indicate battry life yet) are very clear and very useful, the lights go out when the mouse is not in action (possibly to save battery power).

I've been using this mouse a lot for graphic design this morning from 10:30 and up till now the battery life is still showing 3 of 3 bars.

ONCE AGAIN THIS MOUSE IS SO COMFORTABLE ITS UNREAL AND IT LOOKS...WELL YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES.

Blimin Excellent buy I wouldn't care if it was £80+ lovely mouse, congratulations Logitech.

Now that's what I call a mouse!
After having used a Mac Mighty Mouse for quite a few years, I decided I should look for something a bit more comfortable, bearing in mind how long I sit at my Mac, and also find something that maybe saved some clicking and moving work....well, the MX revolution is it.

Set up perfectly first time with my Mac using the Logitech Control Centre software (make sure you get the latest version from the Logitech site, as the CD with the mouse will be an older version probably).

The mouse is very comfortable to use, for me anyway, and the thumb rest on the right hand side is a nice change from most mice....but be aware this mouse will only suit right handers....sorry lefties, you are going to have to miss out.

Configuration....WOW, thats where this mouse comes into its own, with at least 12 different clicks, rolls or presses you can make this do what you want. I have the usual click and double click, plus a button to close any open app, really handy on a mac as you dont have the red close icon in the top right as windows users do, so this saves me selecting file and quit from menus every time. Also set up for volume up and volume down, show desktop and expose (a mac feature that shows all the open windows shrunk down at once so you can easily select the one you want. With highly customisable scrolling up and down, left and right its a breeze to navigate any large documents or pages.

Only improvement I can think of would to offer it as bluetooth, so you dont need to use up a USB port with its dongle...this is a desktop mouse, not for a notebook, and most desktop PC's and all Macs today have bluetooth.

So, 9.9 out of 10 Logitech, this is the Rolls Royce of mice, and is going to save me a lot of chasing around the screen with usual clicks. The Amazon price is really good too. Now, I just have to remember what all those buttons I have set up do........!