Friday, July 3rd, 2009...12:32 am
Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks Mouse laser 5 button s wireless RF USB wireless receiver
Simplify life on the road with the ultra-portable Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks. It’s always ready for use, thanks to the world’s smallest USB receiver. Plug it into your notebook’s USB port just once, and then forget about it.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Mighty Mouse
When my Microsoft mouse finally died, I purchased this mouse with a lot of skepticism. All of those doubts were put to rest after I downloaded the updated software and made a few user-preferred changes. There are a lot of positive reviews about this mouse so I’ll summarize the features I really like. The desktop software tells exactly how many days of power remains on the batteries, in addition to the LED light on the mouse. On my first day it promised to run for about 187 days on (2) AAA batteries. So far I’ve used this mouse exclusively at home with my laptop in a docking station. I use my computer almost everyday for at least 6-8 hours. I leave it powered on all the time and have kept a very close eye on its power consumption. After nearly 3 months, I have 157 days of power remaining. Which means not only is the power gauge accurate but the automatic “standby” mode in the mouse is working properly.
The receiver (dongle) is small enough to leave plugged-in the laptop, so I do. Another reviewer said that the mouse turned off when they removed the battery cover while the transmitter was still on – that didn’t happen to me – happily, the mouse stayed on. The receiver has a storage slot located underneath the battery cover.
All of the buttons work wonderfully and are easy to re-program using the software. Although I have long fingers, my thumb couldn’t reach the “forward & back” thumb-buttons. Instead, I use my index finger. In doing so, I found that the “back” button is raised just enough to feel the change between it and the “forward” button – without having to look at it. The laser tracks accurately on all surfaces and is actually better than my previous mouse, which was sensitive to colored surfaces. The carrying case is sturdy with good material.
Installation and set-up was easy. I did it (plus downloaded the software update) without reading the instructions. Changing the button functions to suit my preferences was also very easy and intuitive by using the software. Everything was done on a Windows XP system and not my MAC or VISTA. Anyone that uses a MAC knows that a 5-button mouse is 4 too many. So, I’ll probably program those buttons to do something else – when that time comes.
I’m very satisfied with this mouse and have thrown away the box, which is a sure sign that it’s a keeper! By the way, this mouse was nearly half-the-price of my previous one and 3% of the basic price of my laptop. The only way I won’t buy it again is if no one is selling it.
5 Stars Good Things Come in Small Packages! 
Or at least in this case they do. Overall I think that it’s a wonderful product with one of the best (and coolest) features that I’ve ever seen for a notebook computer…a NANO receiver!!!! Now in this day in age where we throw around all kinds of ‘cool’ names to make up suckers, I mean consumers, purchase things that we probably don’t need, THIS IS AWESOME! Why? I can now place this TINY wireless receiver in the back of my laptop and literally forget about it. I’m able to (almost) throw my laptop in my Swiss Gear backpack and not worry about such things as “Did I remove the receiver?” and others to ensure that you don’t snap it off of your laptop. Still worried about loosing the receiver or in some other way damage it? When you’re finished on your notebook (or computer) you can actually store the receiver IN the mouse!
As far as the actual mouse, it is a little smaller than I’d prefer, but I’m not using it to game with. It does (as Logitech usually does) include a lot of options to configure the mouse with software wise and features all of the standard mouse options like tilt-wheel and others. The “find” button to me is rather useless so I changed it to act like the middle mouse button (this you can do in the software) BUT if you’d prefer it will perform searches on selected text on your favorite search engine or some other random tasks. Battery life has been great so far, easy on and off functions, I don’t have to worry about it turning on in my backpack. Another nice feature is that it also comes with an actually higher quality case to carry it. This mouse is also VERY smooth. For some reason, the way that they designed the bottom enables it to glide along almost any surface much better than any other mouse that I’ve tried.
Overall, I think it’s a wonderful product that is built exceptionally well as well as great styling thrown in the mix. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants an attractive, smooth mouse that will be PERFECT for traveling!
- Jason
Multi Room Music Systems
