Logitech MX Anywhere 2S (old version)

I searched the internet for desktop mouse reviews and found most cool devices were for gaming and the reviews were mostly aimed at that. Even looking at the Logitech MX Anywhere 2S the reviews had a hint at gaming and not so much for multitasking. I took the plunge and purchased this mouse as I needed a portable mouse for multitasking at home and on the go. It turned out that this was my best mouse purchase in more than a decade. The multitasking feature "Flow" allows you to work with two or three computers by just dragging the mouse towards the edge of the screen only to end up on my laptop situated next to my desktop. Its amazing and I do not even need to flip the switch under the mouse to change my workstation. I would however need to flip that switch once I work with one computer only which is fine. Not only is this a great multitasking mouse it also has amazing battery life, even though I only tried it for a short period of time. The surface I use the mouse on is an old wooden table with a rugged surface and there is no issue with the connection and movement on the screen, flawless! The shape and buttons sit perfectly and I had no problem reaching everything. I do have large hands. If you are looking for a multitasking mouse on the go, get this one!

Whilst I didn't get the product off Amazon in the end, I thought i'd do a quick review for this mouse. I owned the old MX anywhere 1 mouse and it was stellar. It was comfortable and compact and lived off AA batteries. When I knew Logitech made a second generation, i knew I had to bite. Darkfield technology was what made the first generation so good - you could track the mouse on clear glass and it would still work (not like the oldschool mice of the past generation). These things, stand out. The MX Anywhere recharges using its own in built battery, and as such if you ran out of juice, you'd have to plug it in. fortunately you can find a cable and you can charge it whilst in use so there is no issue with break in usage. I have found the battery life to be above average for a mouse of its size. It connects well using the unifying receiver and you have to make sure you connect the two before use. The scroll wheel can be switched from smooth to notched, a great feature of the mouse to help with speedy or accurate scrolling. I use this with both my mac (connected via bluetooth) and my work laptop (connected via unifying receiver). Both work just as well. It has a button on the bottom that allows you to switch between the two laptops, which is super handy. I have also been able to customise what all the side and top buttons do. This is very handy when you want to change it to and from mac commands like launchpad and also being able to scroll back on a website to a prior page. A super mouse that will last for years, i'd give it more stars if i could. Fantastic product.

Really smooth & precise, really does work on almost any surface, comfortable, not too bulky, lots of configurable buttons. A really nice upgrade from the similarly priced apple magic mouse. On a mac you can configure all 7 buttons and the wheel to do a huge variety of things - although the default forward/back, side scrolling and mission control all work pretty well. The wheel can be made to be smooth or clicky by pressing it in. It's just a physical setting with no other effect that I can see. I set it smooth and will leave it like that forever. By default the square button on the top is configured as a gesture button, hold it down and move the mouse up/down/left or right to trigger different actions. Out of the box it's set to switch spaces left or right or open mission control etc - the same as the 3 finger gestures on the trackpad or 2 fingers on the magic-mouse. In practice this button is a little hard to reach and the gesture movements have to be really big so it's not perfect. (But then the gestures on the magic mouse were never that good either imo). I might forgo the side scrolling on the wheel and use that to to switch spaces instead. Logitech could make it perfect by making the gesture movements much smaller, and making the wheel into a press-able button (for gestures) instead of switching between clicky and smooth scrolling modes.