Logitech MX Air Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse

List Price: $202.11 Discount Price: $129.88

Features:

• Bulk/Retail - Retail
• Connectivity - Cordless
• Button Count - 8 buttons
• Buttons -- 8

Customer Reviews:

Great for when a desktop mouse is not practical [Posted on 2008-07-07]
It looks great, it's light, feels great, but it is not perfect. I have not had the re-centering problem many others have written about. But the mouse does feel to me that it is made of cheep plastic, though it works fine and nothing has broke. And it took me a while to get use to it ... heck I am still getting use to it and immediately grab my normal mouse for those hours when I am able. I do like the fact that all the buttons light up.

I have to spend almost half of my day in bed hooked up to machines and this air mouse comes in handy since I am stuck in place and cannot reach the computer. I found it best for using it to listen too my music or watch movies on the computer. But I never use it when I am to remove the wires and raise myself high enough to use a normal mouse. Now lets see if Logitech can get a keyboard to operate with an air mouse...

Now it can function as a normal mouse, but I really miss the side buttons like my Logitech MX-700 has. I maintain a website and a couple of blogs and spend the rest of my time in a web browser, so being able to have access to the sides of my mouse to move forward/back are critical and very convenient

But it does as it claims; it functions well as an "in the air" mouse solution. I do not know how long the charge last, I used it for hours to watch movies and surf and when I placed it in the charger it had not even used half of its charge.

Feels like the beta version of the next big thing in mice -- and I mean that in a very good way! [Posted on 2008-07-09]
Logitech's new air mouse is a fantastic little device -- and to use it feels like getting in on the first generation of the wave of the future, when mice become more like wands and are completely liberated from the table.

While this is an excellent step forward, and worth having if you are in front of the computer more than a few hours in the day, it is not quite ready to be the new best thing.

Part of the problem -- but part of what makes this so versatile -- is that the Logitech folks didn't want to make the leap to a wand but made this into a hybrid mouse/air mouse. The optimal shape and button placement for one function is not optimal for the other.

As a mouse it works great -- it has left and right click, a touch scroll and four programmable buttons. It fits nicely into the hand and is very responsive on the ground. Some optical mice seem to zone out here and there on the desk but this one catches my every move.

As a wand it still has a lot going for it. It takes some time to get the hang of it, and you have to get it centered and adjusted for your speed -- but once you do it can point and click all over the place and subtle hand movements can lead to high precision pointing. The buttons are programmed for many standard functions -- back, play/pause, select and volume -- and can be reprogrammed to do almost anything you could do with a few key strokes.

What is really cool is that there are some unique wand functions -- that work like magic. Hold down the volume button and swing the mouse to the left and the volume goes down, swing to the right and the volume goes up - and you can program it so that up is up and down is down if you prefer. Hold down the play/pause button and "twirl" the air mouse clockwise and it will advance to the next song (in iTunes) or next chapter (in a movie) or "forward" to the next webpage (if you have a browser open); twirl counterclockwise and it goes back. I wish there was a way to set this so that it always controlled songs in iTunes -- since I'd like to be able to do that when I'm browsing, but unfortunately they don't give that option. It only works in whatever program is currently on top.

The difficulty is that the buttons are placed where they'd be easy to reach for someone whose hand is on top of the mouse -- when it is sitting on the table. When you are holding it, your fingers reach around the mouse and you have to contort them a bit and sometimes adjust how the mouse sits in your hand to get your fingers to reach all of the buttons. I've found that it works pretty well if I hold it sideways, with my palm on the bottom and my fingers reaching around to touch the left click button and my thumb on the right click button -- but it wasn't really designed and shaped to make that kind of holding natural. It is really shaped like a table mouse and the air features feel like bonuses but not like they are the primary functionality of this piece.

I'd like to see a next generation air mouse that really made the leap -- allowing users to use it on the table as a mouse if they prefer, but obviously designed for use in the air. In other words, I'd like to see the next generation be a wand and only secondarily a mouse rather than a mouse that tries to fly but only manages to get partly off of the ground. Having said that, I really like this mouse and will use it exclusively until that next generation thing comes around.

George Jetson is Jealous! [Posted on 2008-07-15]
First of all, I must say that I have become such a huge fan of Logitech through the years. Over a decade ago (that's like 30 years in web time!) I had this little Connectix camera ball (QuickCam) on my monitor that shot black and white images and became the biggest perv-sensation through CU-SeeMe... and then Logitech comes along, takes over, and things have just been getting better and better. They have set the standard of what computers and the internet is all about. Ironically I was a product tester for Connectix in about 1994, so I've been following them for a long time.

In recent months, I have been amazed at the QuickCam 9000, the beauty and function of remote controls and their Harmony series, and my favorite ... Squeezebox Duet Network Music System ... seriously rocks!

Now we have the MX Air Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse... something we are just taking too much for granted at what this is doing. It's not just a mouse, it's a freakin' light saber. Setup was easy, the usb and mouse connect immediately. I already have a Logitech cordless mouse and keyboard set. But that has now moved to the old computer. This being rechargeable is very key, no batteries, long "air" time, and cool looking in the charging dock etc. The photo makes it look rather long and big, but it's actually standard if not thinner, light and feels great holding it. At first, I had it on the desk like a normal mouse, and it's completely great like that, but when you lift it, it then becomes mind-blowing in it's "air" state. It's motion sensitive and at first I was afraid of how to hold it, and wondering if I am blocking something on it, or what to point to etc.. but then I just held it the way I wanted to, and pointed at the screen without hesitation, and noticed we were getting along just fine. You are teaching yourself how to use it, how to click, pick up, highlight etc in a matter of minutes. It's essentially a remote control, and you can do everything a normal mouse can do, just in the air. It really is quite fun and makes many things much easier. Imagine the possibilities on all those "tube" like sites! There's a play and pause button, and .... well.. you have no idea what you are missing!

On a more serious note, this is definitely a perfect tool for office presentations. If you surf in a group with a projection or large screen, this serves as your pointer. Only difference is that you are actually performing the functions instead of referring to them and getting in the way.

This is laser technology at it's finest. The movements you make are spot on, and you adjust as the mouse adjusts to you. The learning curve here is to simply to let go of the standard limitations, and be free to move around the web in comfort and ease. There is certainly something better coming in the future, and I am sure it will be from Logitech.

This is the future, here, now, and worth every penny tomorrow.

Very good once you get used to it. [Posted on 2008-07-15]
This is a very good device once you get used to using it in the air. I personally think it excels for use in presentations. I have yet to use it to play multimedia or video games, so I'll leave those reviews up to others.

Set up is a breeze, and it worked on my Vista laptop without a hitch. As a desktop mouse, it's OK, but I have others that I use that are more responsive.

You're going to want to change some of the settings - particularly the scrolling feature. As other reviewers have mentioned - it's way too fast.

I do find the device comfortable and it has a slick design. It's definitely a "hey check out my cool new tech-toy" thing.

Once you've spent a week or so with it, using it in the air becomes second nature.

Great mouse [Posted on 2008-07-21]
I really like this mouse. It is unique and fun to use. At first I found it difficult to use it like a pointer or remote, but with some practice, I really like it. I like the scrolling action, you just have to move your finger over the buttons. Very light and easy to install. It can also be used like a regular mouse. Great quality, works well. I highly recommend.

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