Home > Consumer Reviews > Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse - Mouse - laser - 8 button(s) - wireless - RF - USB / PS/2 wireless receiver

After nearly 5 years heavy use my MX1000 has finally died. I bought it to replace a wired PS2 Logitech Mouseman - one of the earliest ergonomic mice, which I dearly loved.

I needed a wirless mouse and the MX1000 was about the only ergonomic wireless mouse about at the time. Sadly being the daddy of the Logitech range it was also the most expensive.

My first impressions were that it was big, heavy and not as ergonomic as the Mouseman but extremely fast and always accurate.

It's interesting that newer reviews find it cheap and light. At the time of its release this was not the case when comparing it to its rivals.

One thing not mentioned is that the caddy/receiver it comes with needs to connect to a mains power supply. The transformer which powers the caddy comes with about 2m of cable.

The caddy/receiver connects to your PC via a USB cable. However should you prefer to connect to the PS2 port of your motherboard a USB/PS2 converter is supplied.

Battery life in my experience is good. Initially I would get 3 to 4 days heavy use on a single charge and I was still getting 2 days out of it before it died.

The mains adaptor means that the mouse charges extremely quickly.

The only problem I did find was that sometimes resting the mouse in the caddy so that it would charge could be fiddly. If the contacts didn't meet then it would not charge. Although this did get worse over time it never took more than a few seconds to get it sitting correctly.

So, after my MX1000 died I resurrected my old Mouseman before deciding what state of the art monster of a mouse to buy next. However I was astonished to find that I now found it uncomfortable to use for long periods. Indeed on long gaming sessions I was starting to get cramp!!

The only way to relax my hand was to rest it on the dead carcass of my MX1000!!

Yep there was no doubt about it...after countless hours gaming, mouse and hand had become one.

So I write this article as the proud owner of a brand new MX1000. It feels the same as the old one (except maybe the wheel mechanism feels less solid) which is to say it is fast, reliable, accurate and for me comfortable.

For another five years all is once again right with the world!!! (Hopefully)


PS comfort is a very subjective issue and I would recommend you try out a mouse in a shop before purchasing.

The mouse is probably the most important peripheral attached to a PC bar the monitor. You use it all the time. Therefore it needs to be reliable, accurate, and do what you expect.

Ball mice move where and when you want them to. But they are tethered.

Cordless mice are great becasue of the freedom - BUT most have one terrible problem. They go to sleep.

Well the sleeping is not the problem it is the delay when waking up that is the real problem. They all have a small delay. Not enough to annoy someone using word but impossible to use for an artist using a paint package.

The good news is that this mouse has no perceptible dealy at all. Yes it goes to sleep, but it wakes so fast that there are no mismatches between hand movements and the cursor onthe screen.

It works well, keeps its charge and is smooth.

One point worth noting is that it may need a different type of mouse mat. the normal soft mats will offer tooo much resistance and make it harder to use. Some harder surfaces create drag too (oddly). I found that a wood or slightly roughened plastic surface worked best. Glides over. No inertia or start stop motion problems at all - all makes for better accuracy.

Marks out of 100? 95/100 It loses the 5 because as it does really need a special mouse mat to work at its best , for the price one should have been supplied.

From my experience of using this mouse for a few months, it seems great - very good design, feels wonderful, moves smoothly and tracks well on any surface I care to put it. Love the sideways scroll, and the extra buttons are pretty useful and well-placed. Some things you might want to consider before buying:

As mentioned below, it's almost impossible to hit the middle button. This has not been a problem for me, but if it would be a difficulty, don't buy this mouse.

On Mac OS X 10.3.9 the Control Centre crashes about every other day and the mouse's extra features drop off. It's easy to restart it (Quicksilver makes it a doddle) but it still shouldn't happen.

I have an iMac Intel 10.4.9 which came with a mighty mouse. I have been unhappy with the mighty mouse for a few reasons too long to go into here. I love the Logitech MX 1000 laser mouse because of the comfortable contours and of course, the cordless convenience. It charges very quickly and the charge lasts a long time. I am very pleased with this item and have just purchased one for my son.

I have two of these babies on two different machines, one with an old Mac G4 running OS9.22 (driven with Overdrive and not Logitech's own software) and the other in Mac OSX 10.47 (driven with Logitech's own 'Control Center' software. Works superbly on both systems. I would advise though if you buy a Laser mouse to ALSO buy a glass "Ice Mat" (buy direct from icemat.com in Denmark) for it to work on. Standard £5 mouse mats won't cut it with this technology; glass mats are the only things that work beautifully with it so I don't think N.Coper's 1-star Mac review above does it justice. He obviously got himself a "Friday afternoon" model! To completely contradict him, this mouse (in conjunction with an Ice Mat) is the ultimate buy. Apple's own so-called Mighty Mouse just doesn't cut it -- two buttons is the one thing the PC boys got right and Apple haven't. Buy it.