cfaice Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Introduction I've been using Logitech mice for a few years now, and when they released a new range my initial thought was "how can they improve on the MX 1000 laser mouse?!". Well today I took the plunge and splashed out on this 'designer' mouse. The Setup As I already had the latest version of the Logitech SetPoint software installed, all I needed to do was inset the USB dongle into the PC and connect the charging base station to the power adapter. All as easy as pie! I launched the SetPoint software and the MX Revolution was already select, and wow are their loads of settings to play with. Because I'm a bit tight on time, I will save talking you through all the settings, and instead attach all the screen shots of the software so you can see for yourself. What's New? Scroll Wheel - At last a scroll wheel I like. This time it doesn't just do line by line scrolling, but if you want it to it will scroll as far and as fast as you can flick it! (with one quick flick, I was able to get it to scroll 9,881 lines in excel). Although this seems a bit over kill, it does make scrolling up and down at Neowin a lot quicker! Alt Tab Replacement - The thumb wheel does a very good job, and unlike its free spinning brother, this wheel is sprung loaded to return it to the centre after you have pushed it forward or pulled it back with your thumb. You can press the wheel in to call up the alt tab menu, or just push it forward / pull it back. The first time I personally saw this feature was with my MX 1000, but I never used it. Now it is located right next to my thumb I can see myself using this more often. Search - A nice little button on top of the mouse allows one click search functionality. You can set this so it either pulls up the Windows search dialog, or my personal favourite, take you to a search engine of your choice. Battery Life - I've only had this a day, and one thing I've noticed in the SetPoint software is that at 100% charge it calculates it will last for 15 days. I'm a bit optimistic over this seeing as my MX1000 required a charge every few days, but reading other reviews show that it can last up to 7 days. Cost - Please Sit Down Now you can get a mouse for ?5, this will do the basic tasks. You could buy a wireless mouse for ?25 and get a nice scroll wheel. Now you can take out a mortgage and buy the MX Revolution with a RRP of ?80! Luckily PC World have a collect in store price of ?52, this saves you a good bit of money but it is still expensiveOverall Now what you have to remember, although this mouse costs more than some keyboard and mice bundles cost altogether, you are getting a superb product. Build quality is excellent, it looks great, and it feels nice. At the end of the day you get what you pay for and after all, you will be using this one piece of equipment more so than any other while operating your computer. Go on, splash out on yourself!Images - Feel free to click them to make larger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 8, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 8, 2006 good review, i had a chance to try this at a local best buy, and despite the new scroll wheel and grip, i didnt like the scroll wheel lookalike thing on the thumb location, it just didnt feel right, perhaps it could take time to get use to, other than that its an awsome mouse, industry leader, the mx1000 feels way obsolete now (maybe not) anyways have good use with your revolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Very nice :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I have got my dad this mouse for xmas and i really want one :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 I have this mouse, Logitech sent me one for free because my MX-1000 was faulty. It's absolutely Fantastic!! :D -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Green Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Very nice review i wish i had gone wireless and goten this instead i bought a cheaper MX 518 ahh well tll do me for nearly a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yeah looks good. The only thing is I wish this and more specifically the VX version were bluetooth. With many laptops now having built in bluetooth it sort of makes sense that at least in the laptop version you use that so as to not waste a usb port and needing to plug that into your laptop every time. For those without they could throw in a bluetooth dongle. Also makes sense since so many products dont share the wireless dongles and inevitable people end up with a few of them. But yes, this is one mouse that I am looking at getting sometime. I have the MX1000 and the middle mouse is too stiff nowdays. The only thing is I want a new keyboard, ideally in the dinovo range and atm the Edge is far too expensive but the older models ship with an MX1000 so I dont want to fork out for that AND a mouse. Hopefully they put this in a bundle with one of their higher end keyboard soon seeing as the MX1000 took a few months to find its way to the dinovo set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aperture Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Instead of posting a new thread I'll put my photographs in here to co-incide with your review & pictures C M F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfaice Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 Excellent pictures. I would have taken close up's myself, but my digicam isnt up to the job anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Green Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah brilliant photo's and is that the 20" Dell or 24" im looking at hopefgully being able to afford the 24" and the MX revoution as its a brilliant and fantastically looking mouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aperture Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah brilliant photo's and is that the 20" Dell or 24" im looking at hopefgully being able to afford the 24" and the MX revoution as its a brilliant and fantastically looking mouse! It's 20" fantastic monitor! Few more pics (sorry if they're different resolutions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I'm gonna take a guess and say 20" :) -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Green Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ahh there great photo's and it quite a small mouse becuase of teh size compared to the Chocolate ery nice i wonder if i can ebay it. What camera do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aperture Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ahh there great photo's and it quite a small mouse becuase of teh size compared to the Chocolate ery nice i wonder if i can ebay it. What camera do you have? It's a Canon EOS 20D, 18-55 stock lens or 50mm f/1.8 fixed lens and a 580EX Flashgun. Nice set up :rofl: And the mouse, it really isn't that small! The only gripe I have with it, is I find it too heavy. Although I've gone from a diamondback (which is supremely light) so I suppose there's room for me to get used to it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Green Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah im on a MX 518 at the moment and i want to go wireless and i love this mouse it looks so good. Ye that is a nice set up im getting a FujiFilm S9500 that should be alright :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APH-Alex Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Woah C M F, I love your PSP. It's White!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightburn Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 If you find it frustrating that you can't fully customize the mx revolution with the setpoint software.(bad logitech! spank, spank) Download uberOptions for setpoint. It will unlock keystroke options for the thumb wheel, etc. http://www.mstarmetro.net/~rlowens/uberOptions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aperture Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 If you find it frustrating that you can't fully customize the mx revolution with the setpoint software.(bad logitech! spank, spank) Download uberOptions for setpoint. It will unlock keystroke options for the thumb wheel, etc. http://www.mstarmetro.net/~rlowens/uberOptions/ LEGEND! :) I've wondered if there was something like this, much appreciated bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah those uberoptions are AWESOME :D I have my thumb-wheel set to Vista's Flip3D :D -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfaice Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Nice white PSP :) I also have a Dell, 24" :D I have set my MX to ultra sensitive so I can get the mouse from one side of the screen to the other with minimal movement :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatShamanGT Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 The box looks very interesting o.O Does it just flip open and then theres a plastic cover covering the mouse and the rest of the peripherals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merter Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I want one of these badly, maybe once the price drops a tad more, since i just splahed out on a G5 :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Geek Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have tried the mx1000 the g7 and the mx revolution and they are all nice mice the mx1000 felt heavy but I got use to it and missed it when I got the g7 and g7's battery life was not as good but it had 2 of them one in the charger one in the mouse at all times the revolution is nice but after getting use to having 2 batterys I'm not sure I will get use to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilotX Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Unfortunatly a blue tooth mouse is out of reach for me, since they don't work with my KVM switch, Although I could hook a second mouse up to the KVM, it would defeat the purpose of having the rocking mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatShamanGT Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I got one and it owns, the best thing about it is the fact that it lasts really long. I've used it 24 hours straight and it hasn't died a single time yet, so when I go to sleep I can just put it on the charger port (yea I went on a business trip and used it the whole time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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