Page 3 : The Scroll Wheel & Buttons, Gliding & Stability Performance
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The Scroll Wheel & Buttons
The Logitech MX Anywhere 2 comes with a scroll wheel that supports both vertical and horizontal scrolling. Pressing on the scroll wheel switches between two modes :
- a “hyperfast scrolling mode” – smooth and quiet scrolling but lacks tactile feedback, and
- a “click-to-click scrolling mode” – the typical ratcheted mode which precise but “noisy”.
There is a small middle button behind the scroll wheel that enables the Gestures feature, but only if the Logitech Options utility is installed. Right behind it is a small LED light that gives you an indication of its battery life. If the green light turns red, it means the MX Anywhere 2‘s battery is down to less than 20% of its capacity – an indication you should recharge the mouse.
The Logitech MX Anywhere 2 looks symmetrical but it’s not an ambidextrous mouse. It was definitely designed for the right-handed user, with the two side buttons on the left side and none on the right side. However, the two side buttons aren’t really all that useful – being used as Forward and Back buttons.
If you don’t mind living without the side buttons, the MX Anywhere 2 is symmetrical enough to use with your left hand. You just need to install the Logitech Options software to switch the left and right main buttons.
The base of the Logitech MX Anywhere 2 conceals its On/Off switch and a Connect button. There is also an Easy-Switch button with 3 small LED lights. The Connect button allows you to put the MX Anywhere 2 in pairing mode, while the Easy-Switch button allows you to pair up to 3 different devices with the MX Anywhere 2.
Gliding & Stability Performance
The Logitech MX Anywhere 2 is supported on its base by four average pads of what appears to be UHMWPE (Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene), also known as UPE.
The traditional PTFE (commonly known by its trade name of Teflon) is slicker and gives a smoother glide, but is also more expensive and less durable. It is also hard to differentiate the gliding performance of UPE against PTFE. So we are not surprised to see UPE being used in the MX Anywhere 2.
More importantly, the base of the MX Anywhere 2 was very stable. Nothing irritates me more than a mouse that “rocks”. It’s pointless for a mouse to use PTFE feet for a smoother glide if it’s so unstable that it rocks as you move it.
Page 4 : Logitech Options, Our Verdict
Why are you referring to 2.4GHz unifying receiver as wifi? Wifi is the popular name for IEEE 802.11(at least a,b,g,n,ac), which this mouse does not implement.
On another note, I’m dissapointed with Logitech that after showing off this tech with this mouse and it’s bigger brother, MX Masters, they released their 3rd multi-device bluetooth keyboard without including support for unifying receiver. That would make the keyboard usable in emergency PC situations (i.e. your portable NUC/HDMI stick malfunctions and you need pre-boot keyboard, but you are 300km from home).
You are correct, Mathew7. It would be inaccurate to call it WiFi even though it uses a similar 2.4 GHz band radio. It’s been corrected. Thanks for the feedback!
this mouse remind me of Roccat Pyra with it’s recharging “wired “mode.
Although Anywhere Mouse MX2 having plenty of interesting features, like dual wireless mode, gesture button, and convenient pairing up to 3 devices, I actually still prefer the 1st version which I’m using it now. The best feature of V1 is the sensor cover which double as on-off switch. It’s quite important for me as I always put my mouse in a heavily loaded laptop bag. It will help the sensor been damaged by others sharp thing on my bag.
Logitech also retain the same size for V2, as this design is really comfortable to hold.
Oh, that’s why I usually have a small padded bag to keep the mouse safe. Alternatively, I use the Cocoon Grid-It organizer.
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