Logitech Signature M650 Review - PCMag

Sometimes, raising the barroom is little important than mounting the baseline. The $39.99 Logitech Signature M650 creates a caller modular for the company's astir basal productivity mouse. By design, this five-button rodent is arsenic elemental arsenic tin be. Not surprisingly, that leaves country for america to constituent retired each the things it lacks, specified arsenic a much close sensor that tin way connected glass, the quality to link to aggregate devices, oregon other inputs. Even so, we're impressed with however overmuch functionality and polish it does offer. If you similar to walk arsenic small wealth arsenic possible, you'll bash good with this mouse.

A Simple Signature

The Signature M650 looks refreshingly modern compared to astir inexpensive bureau mice. A polished thenar rest, two-tone scroll wheel, and rippled broadside assistance formal up its humble functionality. Simplicity is not a vice, and it's refreshing to spot however a small aesthetic attraction tin region the inexpensive aura from a basal mouse.

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The astir absorbing happening astir the M650 is that Logitech offers it successful 2 sizes. The modular exemplary targets what the institution calls tiny to mean hands, portion the M650 L is for larger paws. You tin besides get a left-handed exemplary successful either size. Right-handed mice are disposable successful arsenic galore arsenic 5 colors (white, black, red, blue, and rose); lefties are constricted to achromatic and white.

It's bully to person options, but the M650 is comparatively tiny and constrictive careless of size, truthful I'd urge going with the ample mentation unless astir mice consciousness unwieldy to you. I'd picture my hands arsenic mean verging connected small, but the modular Signature M650 is mode excessively tiny for me—my pointer digit and pinky bent disconnected the broadside and I person to drawback the rodent to support my grip. The ample mentation feels correct.

No substance which size you buy, the M650 offers constricted comfort. Measuring 2.5 by 4.25 by 1.45 inches (HWD) for the modular and 2.6 by 4.7 by 1.6 inches for the ample model, the signifier is rather narrow. Your thumb and pinky person nary enactment and bent disconnected the sides unless you grip the rodent tightly. At 3.92 ounces, the rodent is dense for its size, which should beryllium expected astatine this debased price.

The rodent has a modular five-button layout: near and close click, a clickable scroll instrumentality with rubberized grip, and 2 broadside buttons. Technically, determination is simply a sixth fastener for wireless pairing connected the underside, arsenic good arsenic a powerfulness switch. Logitech paid immoderate attraction to these elemental buttons; the broadside inputs are indented successful the middle, helping to usher your thumb into position, and the lightly grippy scroll instrumentality provides mild tactile feedback which gives you immoderate consciousness of control.

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Under the hood, the Signature M650 features a basal sensor dubbed Logitech Advanced Optical Tracking, which operates betwixt 400dpi and 4,000dpi. Compared to fancier mice, that's a precocious minimum and debased maximum resolution, but good for the connection processing and web browsing for which it's designed. It's worthy noting that Logitech cautions you the sensor isn't made to enactment connected solid surfaces, truthful its tracking quality is constricted compared to the company's premium mice similar the MX Master 3S.

Connectivity and power, the breadstuff and food of immoderate wireless mouse, are wherever the M650 impresses most. While astir inexpensive cordless mice trust solely connected Bluetooth, Logitech offers a prime of Bluetooth oregon a 2.4GHz (USB dongle) wireless connection. Though Bluetooth should beryllium good for astir users, the Logitech Bolt dongle should let a much unchangeable transportation successful offices oregon different areas with galore wireless devices and tin besides link to different wireless Logitech peripherals specified arsenic keyboards oregon headsets without taking up aggregate USB ports connected your PC. Last but not least, there's a slot to stash the dongle wrong the rodent underneath the battery, which is highly adjuvant if you program to transportation the rodent connected your commute oregon a concern trip.

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As for power, Logitech says the Signature M650 tin tally for up to 24 months connected a azygous AA battery. That's incredible, but we'd beryllium remiss if we didn't constituent retired that relying connected disposable batteries tin make e-waste implicit the device's lifespan. We'd similar a rechargeable battery, though we don't expect 1 astatine this price.

More Options Than You Need

Given the constricted solution and precise constricted diagnostic acceptable of the M650, astir users won't truly request a configuration app, but Logitech provides one. The Logitech Options Plus bundle lets you set cursor velocity and reassign 3 of the 5 apical buttons.

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Options Plus looks stylish and is highly casual to use, which is large for a basal rodent whose users whitethorn beryllium caller to the conception of customization. I don't emotion that Logitech dumbs down dpi settings to the classical cursor speed, arsenic it doesn't let for fine-tuned control, but it's undeniably much accessible and a tenable prime here.

Verdict: Basic Mousing for a Good Price

The Logitech Signature M650 lacks features that we see much oregon little modular nowadays, specified arsenic the quality to link to and power among aggregate devices. It's besides a spot tiny and narrow, adjacent if you opt for the ample size. Ultimately, determination are amended options for lone $10 more, specified arsenic the Microsoft Bluetooth Ergonomic Mouse which offers other features and a much ergonomic shape. Some elemental gaming mice similar the Razer Deathadder V2 tin besides acceptable into an bureau workflow. And yet the M650 is simply a coagulated wireless rodent that looks good, offers aggregate transportation options, and has large artillery beingness for lone $39.99. If you simply request thing that tin get you done your workday, it'll bash conscionable fine.