Hands On With MX Everything
Much ado has been made of Logitech’s latest peripherals and their incredibly poppy colours designed for live streaming gamers in mind, but what of the working professional who just wants to get the job done with the best of the best? Enter the MX Master Series; reserved colour schemes and solid build quality prevails in this range.
I got my hands on both the new full sized MX Mechanical keyboard as well as the latest MX Master S3 wireless mouse to match. For someone who spends their entire life typing and gaming, it was surprising that it’s taken me this long to get a mechanical keyboard. There are two options for the MX Mechanical, standard and mini, with the mini dropping off the num pad on the right to make a more travel friendly design. There are also three keystyles to choose from, depending on exactly how you like your clicks and travel times; Tactile Quiet, Linear, and Clicky, for when you want to deafen your friends via Discord.
The actual feel of the keyboard is solid. It has that perfect “this feels valuable” weight, which is just the cherry on top. Three standard keys act as Bluetooth pairing modes. Switching between paired devices is as simple as holding down the appropriate key. Icons spanning the function keys match perfectly with iPad controls. This meant I was able to control my iPad Pro entirely via the keyboard. The icons and their applications were just that clear from the get-go, and makes the workflow just that little bit quicker, which I wasn’t expecting at all. Battery life is 15 days with the use of the backlight or up to 10 months with the light turned off.
The MX Master S3 mouse is the latest iteration in the series, which has been the packhorse of premium workplace mice for a while now. It does everything you want it too, and it feels good in the process. A wing on the left hand side gives an ergonomic place for your thumb to rest. We actually use an older version of this bad boy at home to combat my wife’s RSI, which this design has helped to mitigate. Two programmable buttons and a scroll well are placed by the thumb in addition to the regular central wheel.
The main buttons have found that perfect balance of actuation and soft feel, which Logitech themselves are very proud of touting tactile feel with 90% less sound, which is exactly what they’ve delivered. Other tech specs include 8,000 DPI optical sensor and battery life of 70 days, or 3 hours from a single minute of charge via USB-C.
Both come with quick connect dongles but there’s nothing stopping you from connecting via regular Bluetooth in a pinch.
If you’re in the market for a solid set of wireless peripherals, then you can’t go wrong with anything that has “MX” on the box.
