Logitech VX Revolution Review

Software

I’m using this mouse in Windows Vista. I’m glad to say Logitech has its stuff together and has a functioning piece of software for their mouse. Logitech’s SetPoint utility is divided into two main tabs (My Mouse and Tools) of which My Mouse is the main focus for options and settings.

Under My Mouse, you have multiple tabs on the left, which allows the user to modify the buttons, movement, some basic game settings, zoom, the scroll wheel and check the battery life.

Under button settings, you can create mouse profiles for different applications. For example, by default the middle click causes Vista’s Flip 3D to appear. In Firefox, I’m used to using the middle click to open or close tabs. When Flip 3D started popping up, I went into SetPoint, added a Firefox profile, and set the middle click to be the Middle Button action as opposed to ‘Document Flip’. There’s a whole range of actions you can set your buttons to do – you can even create keyboard macros for buttons to perform – and with 10 different button states, there’s a lot of customizability. I personally like controlling my music player with mouse buttons and the zoom toggle.

The battery meter’s not very accurate, at least not at first for my usage pattern. I’ve the mouse quite heavily, in the range of 8 hours a day on average. Starting with a 100% charged battery, the estimate was for 110 days of battery life. However, after about a week, that estimate had already dropped down to 90 days with 85% remaining. After using it on a more regular (but heavy) basis, it’s down to 55% with 24 days remaining. You should expect 1.5 to 2 months of battery life with moderately heavy use. This is pretty impressive given it runs on a single AA battery.

Conclusion

Barring the possibility that 802.11 wireless networks interfere with this mouse, the VX Revolution is almost the perfect laptop mouse for me. Everything from its not-too-small size, to good performance, to storable wireless dongle, this mouse exudes quality and good design. Perhaps the only thing able to best is the recently launched VX Nano, with its ultra-small wireless adapter, or a Bluetooth version that forgoes the need for a wireless dongle at all.

I’ve been through a heck of a lot of mice but I’ve been most impressed (from a non-gaming point of view) with the VX Revolution. I look forward to analyzing the MX Revolution when the replacement for my MX900 arrives.