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well well well what do we have here a new wireless mouse from Logitech but this isn't your typical gaming mouse that comes with RGB lighting a high performance sensor or gaming looks that some people are fond of Logitech has their own division for those type of products and if my memory serves me well I think we've taken a look at most of their gaming products so if you're interested I'll leave links in the description down below this my friends is the new MX master 2s now you may recall the MX master mouse that was released a few years ago and as you can see the new model clearly resembles the old one in every matter at least from a physical standpoint but the new guy has a few tricks up its sleeves let's take a closer look right after this explore your future with the cosmos 2 case and celebrate 25 years of ambition that drives Coolermaster forward enjoy the familiar yet still forward-looking character of the frame with solid aluminum handles it may be the most physical you'll ever get with the computer case but it's all worth while or gets creative put any of the 13 storage options that encourage outside the box thinking meanwhile the curve temple glass panels on both sides ensures a lasting impression classically trained but still ready for anything the cool elastic cosmos - lets celebrate the past by building for the future ok so there's a lot to talk about this mouse let me kick things off with its price at $100 it should be considered as an investment for your daily computing tasks because it offers everything that an average consumer would need given its flagship status in Logitech's performance line up they've even covered users who are looking for a budget Wireless solution like this m5 90 for $40 the m7 20 Triathlon for 50 and a slightly toned-down version of the MX master the MX anywhere 2 s for $80 my first wireless mouse was this guy the performance MX by Logitech and I love using it ever since the time I bought it this months was organically perfect for everything ended back in the day I took it with me to school it was my daily driver for a few months when I started working for hardware connects producing videos but eventually Dmitriy shed his light on optical gaming mice and I switched over instantly but I think that would be a cool topic for another video if you still own one of these leave a comment down below describe your with it so far and I'm looking forward to those responses now coming back to the MX master 2's Logitech has maintained a similar design language from its predecessor the MX master to be more specific you get the same handcrafted design geared towards users who prefer a palm type grip I have large hands and I was comfortably able to wrap my palm around the body and here's a shot of it sitting next to the g4 3 as you can see they are similar in length so users with smaller hands won't have an issue reaching the two primary buttons the button layout hasn't changed whatsoever compared to the MX master you're getting the same 7 buttons in total including the primary left and right scroll wheel button the hyper fast scroll button that we'll go over shortly forward-backward button thumb scroll wheel and the gesture button under the thumb rest this has been integrated since the performance MX and they've included a lot of cool commands that users can take advantage of on both the MX master and the master 2's for example I've set it to expose my virtual desktops within windows but you can also assign media playback commands to it for instance play/pause gets activated when the button gets pressed holding that button while moving the mouse up or down adjust the volume respectively and doing the same from left to right skips or forwards your playlist that's hands down an amazing feature to have an Emmaus in my pain from a design perspective this is one of the best-looking wireless mouse I've seen so far it's elegant it's simple doesn't look aggressive and that means it should be able to fit in with your death setup especially if you're walking a minimal one obviously the convenience of being Wireless is a bonus for Mouse of this caliber and they made a few adjustments to the sensor to make it more appealing for users with multiple displays for instance the sensor can go all the way up to 4000 dpi versus 1600 on the previous model now that high sensitivity is still way overkill for my dual monitor setup because I'm more comfortable browsing around at the 1600 to 1800 dpi setting but like I said earlier people with three four or five screens can take advantage of the sensor really well now one of the main selling features with regards to any MX master mouse including the performance MX is the ability for it to track on virtually any given surface be it your furnished wooden floors paper carpets and even glass thanks to logitech's darkfield technology sensor tracks based on micron size particles which appears larger to the sensor and it calculates it precisely well the MX master 2's on the other hand comes with an infrared LED technology that comes with an optical lens so that basically means that the sensitivity is going to be a lot better compared to the previous generation now tracking for the most part felt similar between the two in my experience and that's partly due the cloth mousepad that I was using to test these when switching to rougher surfaces the difference is fairly obvious and then thanks to the highest sensitivity on the MX master 2's it's obviously nowhere closer to the responsiveness of my g4 3 and what I meant by that was that the pinpoint accuracy when playing games or even trying to select certain tools within premiere were noticeable but again you have to consider that the g4 3 sports a precisely tuned optical sensor that's superior among both MX master mice but if you're spending the majority of your time editing videos or doing a de productive tasks apart from gaming and I repeat apart from gaming the MX master 2s and the standard MX master should serve you really well the buttons on both these mice felt similar as well they exhibit great tactile feedback with excellent travel distance for actuation I love the signature hyper fast scroll wheel on both mice and the smart shift technology is a subtle but amazing implementation for instance when you enable the switcher through software the scroll wheel default itself to exhibit defined small steps like this but when you force your way through excel documents or a long webpages it automatically switches to the fast speed mode or the fast spin mode and I think that's pretty awesome so you don't have to hit the hyper fast Go button to enable that feature it's automatic and it works wonders I also loved using the horizontal scroll wheel when editing videos being able to scroll from side to side from your timeline in premiere or any other productive application is so beneficial and it could potentially save you a lot of time do note that it's just a scroll without click and it's not defined as the vertical scroll wheel but rather it's very smooth and pleasing to use with applications what got me the most where the forward and backward button placements on both the MX master and the 2's now I'm coming from the G 403 that has a fairly simple and larger button layout but the buttons on the 2's were a little too small for my taste and it wasn't a seamless experience switching between them on the other hand the gesture button right underneath the thumb rest is an excellent implementation on both models they work just as they should and Logitech has a handful of commands that can be assigned to this button so the user has full control of customization which is awesome moving on to battery life and it's another selling feature for the master 2s there's a 500 milliamp hour battery just like its predecessor and it's supposed to last for 70 days versus 40 on the MX master we were told by Logitech that they've implemented a few hardware and software optimizations to get that claim it charges via micro USB plus it supports fast charge this time so you'll be able to quickly charge it for a day of use in just three minutes and that's according to Logitech there's also a little battery indicator beside the thumb rest that activates when you turn on the unit the software only displays three bars and less depending on the remaining battery life but I would have preferred a percentage indicator perhaps a software update Logitech yeah now I still have to validate those claims because I've been using the master to ask for about a week now and it's still staying strong so I guess we'll have to see how it lasts in the long run but I'll make a follow-up video on that the fact that it lasts longer than my 3d a power-hungry g4 3 and not needing to recharge the master 2 as for a couple of months is so refreshing I wish Logitech implemented a USB type-c port for charging because it's slowly starting to becoming a standard now so perhaps we can expect that in the next revision the last thing to cover here is the software experience just like typical Logitech fashion it's a much simpler UI with basic controls and I like what they've done here you've greeted with a physical overview of the mouse where the user can assign commands to any of these 6 buttons the point in school tablets you adjust the sensitivity set directions with regards to scrolling both vertically and horizontally enable or disable the smart shift feature that I talked about earlier along with its sensitivity and a few more settings the lack of a visual indicator for dpi levels is a bit disappointing but I think I'm spoiled by reviewing tons of gaming minds now let's talk about Logitech flow feature because it's one of the most important selling points for the MX master 2's it's basically a cross computer control and file sharing system baked into the software and it only works with the master 2s so the regular MX master owners will be completely left out of the equation it's pretty simple to set up all you need to do is install logitech's option software on the desired computers of your choice and there's a limit of three in my case I was using the unified receiver to pair the mouse to my desktop and bluetooth on my laptop make sure that all the computers are connected to the same network as this feature heavily relies on both the network and the switching mode built into the mouse the software guides you really well to the setup process and after completion the mouse automatically switches cursor movements between computers by moving into the edge of the screen it's a seamless transition and works really well as you can see the user can arrange their screen orientation for those quick switches you can also copy and paste documents from one system to the other mind you that only works with the right-click functions on the mouse rather than the keyboard shortcuts because the mouse acts as a gateway in establishing that center point when communicating between systems transferring files depend on your network strength but overall I'm very impressed with this implementation the 2's does support both the Mac and PC platforms plus the dpi scaling shifts automatically when switching computers and I didn't experience any bugs so that's awesome now if you're not a fan of flow you can always disable that feature and use this button to switch between systems flow is just an automatic switcher but keep in mind that the copy and paste feature will be disabled it's time to take illumination seriously with vengence RGB ddr4 memory by Corsair with incredibly bright LEDs and uniform color spread add a touch of classic color that is fully software controllable and compatible with a wide variety of intel and AMD platforms more info in the description below alright so I think it's about time to gather my concluding thoughts on the MX master 2's from Logitech you see this mouse is intended for a different type of audience and gamers are certainly not a part of that you know people who work with a lot of numbers scrolling through Excel documents long PDFs and long webpages or basically anyone who values ergonomics should get the MX master 2s or even the MX master both of these are identical from a physical standpoint but the newer one is supposed to last a lot longer in a single charge it also comes with a higher dpi scaling and it's towards lobster-claw software so if you value that then this might be a great option and now price-wise the MX master can be picked up for around 70 dollars at least at the time of making this video but I would wait for the 2's to go on sale because that's likely going to happen given a logitech's history with sales on the MX master if you're looking for a smaller version of the MX master 2's the MX anywhere 2 s is a great option plus it comes with the same sensor as the master 2's and support for flow so that's awesome well that concludes this video I hope you enjoyed this comparison between the MX master 2s and the MX master what do you guys think of these mice for example do you value flow or just flow interests you at all leave a comment down below and I'll make sure to check them out I'm Ebro with hurricane X don't forget to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one