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P. Heath (UK) –

  

It’s amazing what a difference a really good mouse (and screen and keyboard) makes. The hardware is without doubt very well designed, smart and high quality. The metal scroll wheel is the best I have used (it feels like it is dampened on well oiled bearings and allows you to free spin it – great for those lengthy drop selection boxes).

The buttons are light but positive. The laser works very accurately and consistently on virtually any surface. The batteries go on for ever. The USB receiver is very small and neat (like a small memory stick) with more range than I could ever need.

I have fairly large hands and find most mice are slightly smaller than I would like. This one is a very ergonomic design that has a slightly longer length than most mice (including other Logitech) and seems to comfortably fit a broad range of hand sizes very well. It is right handed and far more comfortable than Microsoft’s newer ambidextrous – so fits no one designs.

Whatever problems previous reviews have had with the (older?) software, mine is working flawlessly (although I did change the browser backwards/forwards buttons using the Logitech software – as they were incorrectly set up by default). In OSX the software is simple and intuative and allows custom mapping of all the buttons.

I have used Microsoft mice for many years but realise now that they have fallen far behind their competition. I would choose this mouse again without hesitation.

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Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England) –

  

  

I have the [£50] Logitech MX Revolution at work (that elevates the PC mouse to an art form). This cheaper [£30] 620 MX mouse is clearly derived from the Revolution MX. Both share the rubberised Microgear metal scroll wheel. The Microgear wheel is great – it actually weighs a perfectly balanced 14g I believe, so that one flick and it spins effortlessly (with no clicking ratchet), scrolling down large pages in a trice – it’s so easy to control. The left/right buttons of this 620 MX mouse have a good feel, and the left twin thumb buttons are very useful as next and previous. Most buttons have a few program options and the main wheel doubles as the ‘third’ main mouse button – although it’s noticeably less refined when used like this. Hold down the wheel, rotate and you get zoom +/- instead of scroll. Rock the mouse wheel and there’s two more switches (although these always move the mouse a jot as well when you use them – so I set these to page back/forward for IE). There is also a strange switch to the far left of the left mouse button, which is surprisingly easy to click with the right index finger – but then I find it really hard to get back to the left mouse button and often click this other button in error. There’s also very little lag when the mouse wakes from it’s doze while you’ve been typing (although you can just spot it). The two supplied [Duracell] disposable alkaline AA batteries are supposed to last a year before needing replacing, and seven months on, my first set are working perfectly – with Setpoint describing their condition as ‘fair’.

The 620 MX mouse response and accuracy is excellent – seems 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). This wireless link refreshes 2x faster than other makes and is supposedly as fast as USB wired. The USB dongle is solid and sticks one inch 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). I use a rear port on a tower PC and so its well out of the way.

With my very cheap Logitech 650 mouse I get tingling in my fingers using its wheel, but this vanishes using the 620 MX’s great Microgear scroll wheel – and you can whizz about documents & web pages with ease. Unlike the Revolution MX (where the wheel automatically switches to a standard precise `rachet-click’) the 620 MX has a slider switch underneath so you can switch the ratchet on or off. I prefer the ratchet off (otherwise it just feels like a normal mouse wheel and there’s no fast spin up/down). I actually prefer the switch to the ‘auto’ mode of the revolution MX that jumps to ratchet click in programs like word whether you want it or not. That said my son always moves the switch to freewheel off (ratchet click on) – at least this mouse gives him the option I suppose. This 620 MX mouse, like the Revolution MX, glides over my rough polished wood desk whereas the cheap 650 seems to stick fast in comparison. The only minor downside of the microgear freewheel mode is occasionally the software runs away with itself and you are stuck watching pages whizzing past for 3 seconds or so, although you can quickly whizz back again when it eventually stops. 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.

I love my work MX Revolution mouse, so why did I buy the this 620 MX for home? The major downside, and I think it’s a biggy, with the MX Revolution is that its rechargeable 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). At some point it is going to be a real pain (and some report Revolution MX recharge cycles falling from the initial 7 days to daily within months of use). I really wanted that mouse at home, but the battery replacement problem alone has put me off – so I bought this cheaper but Microgear enabled Logitech MX 620 Wireless Laser Mouse from Amazon instead, simply as it runs on standard easily replaced twin AA batteries – and supposedly they last a year anyway. Plus the 620 MX gets rid of the thumb switch wheel I don’t really care for anyway, it loses the recharge cradle, and has a five year warranty to the Revolution MX’s three year one (that sealed in battery again perhaps?). And even more in it’s favour, the Logitech 620 MX is cheaper – although it is a shame that the Logitech MX revolution happens to be so much better looking and classier to use.

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Andrea Cattolico (London, UK) –

  

After a few years of Hell, my previous Creative wireless finally gave up, so I went back to Logitech! Had already three of them, corded/wireless/optical… all ecellent, solid and still running.
So I wanted again something reliable, precise, easy and comfy.
This MX620 beats hands down anything else on for the bucks. I went on lots, borrowed from friends and flatmates. Nothing can compete to this mouse in this class of price.

It works straight out of the box (Win Xp sp1 on Acer Aspire1450), no drivers, no hassle, bullett-proof signal strenght. On the hand is just a dream, button are located in the proper position, and the weight is just as perfect: not too light nor heavy. Feels solid.
And, oh, let’s talk about the scrolling wheel…. that rocks, it really rocks! And the switch at the bottom lets YOU decide what to do with it: cliks or no clicks? It’s always hyper-smooth in any way.

Am stoked with this mouse, am just thinking what I would miss if I had a Microsoft instead….!

Flaws?
Am looking for, but honestly I can’t really find…. maybe the on/off button could be on the side? A storage slot for the micro-receiver? (it can be stored in the battery compartment, in case you travel with it!)… nothing major, really.

Very good stuff, am loving it!

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