| Great...but still not 100% perfect |
| I've been looking for desktop set to use with my laptop. I was thinking of an ordinary corded keyboard/mouse, RF or Bluetooth set. But with the attractive price of this MX3000 set, this is so tempting.
Connection:
This is not a Bluetooth so RF receiver is surely bigger than thumb-drive size, yet stylish design with 3 LEDs indicating cap lock, num lock and F-keys enhancement feature. Size of the receiver is not a big matter, you won't tend to carry laptop and keyboard around the house all the time anyway. Range?? I found that key board works best up to 4 feet before it fades at 5 feet. Mouse seems to work very well up to 8 feet before curser jumps around. But with this little laptop, 2 feet is far enough to see the screen. If you are not hooking the laptop up with on-the-wall huge plasma screen, you won't need farther range anyway.
Keyboard:
Nice, quiet, very solid build, plus `through holes' which implies that you could spill some coffee in and it will drain down its back. So many buttons with useful default shortcuts like zoom, scroll, side scroll, messenger, full-feature media control and many more. Don't like it? Reassign the function or disable it. Media control also works with freeware like WinAmp too. This is cool. Secured connection encrypts your data, this give you worry-free. I never have problem of echoing characters or lose control of the keys so far. Sleep mode does NOT delay the keyboard at all.
Mouse:
Nice MX600! It uses invisible infrared instead of red light but with the invisible intensity, you shouldn't look into its image sensor anyway. Mouse has about 20secs sleep timeout. There is less than half a second lag before it is reactivated. 60% of the time that scroll wheel can't reactivate it after a sleep. I personally thing this mouse has less accuracy than MS510 as I also own it too. But I'm not into a game business so this is still in a high satisfaction level.
Other things:
Very easy installation and device setup, very nice user interface. I found some bugs though... Many times I use zoom feature on the keyboard with MS Excel, it gets the runtime error when I close Excel program. It doesn't show up during the use and it doesn't give you a hard time losing your unsaved data anyway (already updated to the latest software). This is why I give only 4 stars although I love it pretty much.
Overall:
I would give 5 stars to the keyboard, 4 stars to the mouse due to some lag and its accuracy. But I would rate the whole set at 4 stars because of the runtime error in Excel which shouldn't happen at all.
| | Decent wireless keyboard and mouse set |
| I just set up my MX 3000 keyboard and mouse set today and here are my initial impressions.
The keyboard:
Pros:
- Very nice, quiet, big keys. The keyboard has a great feeling to it.
- Nice big delete key and no insert key!
- Lots of media keys.
- Volume dial moves volume in very small increments.
Cons:
- Very noticeable keyboard lag when I type quickly, which is only about 80wpm. This might be a problem for me eventually. For other owners who don't believe me, just mash your keyboard very quickly and suddenly stop. You'll see characters continue to appear after you stop.
- Backspace key is noticeably farther away than my old Logitech Elite keyboard. I have to stretch a bit to reach it.
- Arrow keys are slightly lower the rest of the keys.
- All of these issues may cause problems for touch typists.
The mouse:
Pros:
- Feels just as accurate as any of the other Logitech wireless mice that I've owned over the past couple of years.
- Lots of buttons to use.
- Supposedly has great battery life and no need to constantly charge or swap batteries.
Cons:
- The design is different from the MX-700, G5, G7 series of mice. The mouse provides less support at the base of my palm and thumb. Basically, only my fingers are resting on the mouse, the rest of my hand is arched above the mouse.
- The back of the mouse doesn't have any feet or skates so the mouse will tip backwards slightly when I pull back on the mouse.
Conclusion: As I finish up this review, I think I'm going to return this set to Amazon once again. The keyboard lagged as I typed out this review. The mouse wasn't very comfortable to use. It's definitely not performing up to my standards.
| | Long Battery Life along with some nice features |
| My last wireless mouse used up batteries rather quickly. I use my computer for about 10 hours a day and the MX-3000 mouse and keyboard are still going stong with original batteries after 7 weeks. The laser mouse seems very precise and the keyboard has a ton of cool features which I would use more if I didn't forget about them all the time. Overall, I'm happy with quality and value on the MX-3000.
| | Wicked and i can't see how you can go wrong! |
| I work in the electronics retail and i've used every one of the wireless keyboards from microstoft to US robotics to logitech. I'll even compare this one v.s. it's upgrade the MX5000. aside from the receiver that is a little larger than a usb adapter, i've had better range, sensitivity and more realistic performance with this one, and i only say that because other models if they lag will increase movement speed to (over)compensate, which is annoying. rockin system, rockin price, give it a try.
| | Good so far, still getting used to typing on the keyboard, the zero degree angle is different from my old board for sure. The mouse is comfortable and responsive.
Only issue so far was that the mouse forward and back buttons did not work in Firefox/Mozilla with the default settings, but it was easy to remedy. See --> http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com and search "firefox" for the steps to assign the buttons.
The keyboard is large, as expected with all the buttons, which I will never utilize. However, a few of them are handy for sure, especially at work for opening and managing various applications, and sound settings.
My only concern is the battery life, I hope they do last as long as people have said, I like how my MX700 at home plugs into the reciever to charge. Of course, with this one, there would not be an easy way to charge the keyboard.
P.S. The pictures seem to include an independent usb reciever, as like those used with laptop mice, but this is not included. The curved reciever is the only one. I assumed as much when I bought, but I thought I would let others know.
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