As hard as I try, I can never truly love a touch pad. I grew up with keyboards and mice -- nothing can compare to the accuracy of a good mouse. Unfortunately, I cannot use my desktop everywhere; I use a laptop when on the go. To save my sanity, I usually pack a small mouse in my bag.
Sadly, a good mobile mouse can be hard to find. No worries though, as long as you look to Logitech, you can be guaranteed a great product. The company's mice are legendary. Today, it announces the MX Anywhere 2 Wireless Mobile Mouse. This diminutive pointing device looks like another winner.
"The MX Anywhere 2 is a high-productivity compact mouse that works on any surface, and allows effortless roaming around and switching between multiple devices. Designed to work anywhere you do, it is equipped with a Darkfield Laser Sensor that flawlessly tracks on any surface, including glass and high-gloss surfaces", says Logitech.
The manufacturer also says, "the sculpted, compact shape provides the comfort and control you need at work, at home or on the go, and it is optimized for both Windows and Mac computers. You can pair the mouse with up to three devices at once via Bluetooth Smart technology or the included Pico Unifying Receiver, plus with a touch of the Logitech Easy-Switch button you can switch between your devices. Its rechargeable battery lasts up to two months, and one minute of charging gives you up to two hours of usage".
Two hours of use out of one minute of charging? Holy productivity! Imagine you are working somewhere and the mouse runs out of juice. You can plug it in to charge, sing a song in your head, and voila -- hours of use. That is super amazing.
Also cool is that it can be paired with multiple devices. You could, for instance, pair it to an Android tablet and Windows laptop and switch between the two. This is super useful for people like me who dual-boot between Windows and Linux distros such as Ubuntu and Fedora.
If you don't want to use Bluetooth, don't worry; the MX Anywhere 2 Wireless Mobile Mouse also takes advantage of Logitech's unified USB receiver. This means you can connect multiple Logitech devices to the same receiver. This is great if you only have one free USB port.
The mouse has plenty of buttons, including thumb variants which can prove useful in gaming or just moving back and forward in a web browser.
My favorite feature, however, is the tilt scroll wheel. Fellow Excel fans will appreciate this when working in very wide spreadsheets.
The only apparent downside is the price -- $79 is a lot of money for a pointing device. With that said, if you use a mouse all the time, the price is certainly justified for all that it does. History has proven Logitech mice last a long time, so it may be the last mobile mouse you will need for a while.