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hey everyone this is Jimmy with Jim's review room a logitech for the last several years made one of the best non gaming mouses on the market the performance MX now it was introduced back in 2009 and six years later we finally have an update with the MX master now I've personally paid ninety nine dollars for this mouse as of this video but check the link in the video description for updated pricing and even before going into the details I'll admit there are some great things about this mouse but some things that's straight away from the original MX lineup so I'm here to help you make your purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review first and foremost to alleviate in a kind of confusion I'll be referring to my previous Mouse as the performance and the new Mouse here that we're reviewing today is the master and what makes the MX line of mice great is its size that's no exception to the ladder now I've been using the performance several ones now and it's absolutely been great by jumping to the master you'll feel it's just ever so slightly bigger more specifically where your ring and pinky finger sits is just more full in general in turn causing less of a cup and less fatigue to the hand around the mouse that is now if you like big mice this will feel better now on the other hand the thumb location is not as contour or curved as the performance and you'll notice this once you pick this up in addition the rubber-like material for grip other looks and gorgeous and modern on the master it's not as grippy and sticky as the previous Mouse now subtle differences that isn't bad in a sense but with the performance it honestly feels like you can control the mouse more with subtle movements from the thumb and fingers again because it's contoured grippy and with a master the movements are more controlled by their wrists and your entire palm now the master does offer a very subtle two millimeter increase in its heights as well offering in simplistic terms once again a feeling more full now with these very subtle differences even though I enjoy using a big mouse it did take roughly about four or five days to really get comfortable and get used to the size now as for the mouse buttons they offer F Liss yet very solid feedback with every press providing affirmation of a click of the scroll wheel which I loved on the MX lineup makes a return but this time offering variability in its speed a slight nudge offers click scrolling while a strong push or pull rotates the wheel freely enabling you to scroll through web pages or zooming in out of images very fast now you press the shift button here and this allows you to toggle a freely rotating wheel 100% of time now with the previous Mouse here it others spun freely or it clicked nothing in between now on the side of the mouse is a thumb wheel which absolutely feels refined and smooth with just enough resistance to make this feel like a luxury automobile in its factory setting it's utilized for horizontal scrolling but like all the other buttons and why people buy these more expensive Mouse's in general you can customize any button on this Mouse to have it perform other tasks and I'll show you in later in the video here about the software and what it can do but right next to the thumb wheel are your back in four buttons for going back and forth on webpages or what I have seen others do is allocate these as your copy and paste actions which for those in productivity environments or professions this makes work that much more fluid now one issue for me the buns are quite small and I have to pull my thumb back a bit just to reach these buttons unlike other mice where just how to slap my thumb up and press it's a small sacrifice for the awesome thumb scroll but it does take a little bit more effort and does take more time to get used to now the last button here I want to discuss is the gesture feature you can press this down once and this will open all your open applications for selection or option two here hold the gesture button down and then slide your mouse up down left or right and this can perform an action for you at its default settings for window users this will snap your open window either left or right here maximize the window or show and hide your desktop again this can be customized to other options as well but now going to the bottom of the mouse and this is where it's also very critical first thing to notice this is the first Mouse to offer Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to utilize Logitech unifying technology basically this one supplied USB adapter goes into your computer and you can pair several other Logitech products through this one connection saving other USB ports for other peripherals now as for connection my laptop is on one side of the house here and I walk through the other side about 40 linear feet and no connection was lost now of course you can utilize the supplied USB cable like a wired mouse instead and speaking of the USB cable here logitech claims up to 40 days of battery life from a full charge based on using this mouse six hours daily now the USB cord charges the mouse for use and from my testing in the last 10 days here the battery remaining indicator shows I've only used roughly 25% of the battery so far and keep in mind there are some days when I am working at home all day while there's other days I am out filming not utilizing the mouse but so far it does look very promising though as with my performance mouse although it's claimed to have up to one month of battery life in the real world and the same amount of usage over time by day 10 again with the performance MX Mouse I'm receiving an indication to recharge the mouse already the performance Mouse dies on average by day 13 or 14 for me so with the master you can see it's already doing much better but looking at the back again here and comparing to the performance there is no way to replace the battery if ever needed now this does utilize a lithium-ion polymer battery which we currently see in phones today but my only concern and only time will tell after so many charge cycles you would think the battery may become weaker or maybe not hold the charge after a while at least on the performance MX you have the option to replace the rechargeable battery with a new one and it lasted but here is now offering the option to connect this one Mouse with up to three other devices simultaneously switching between my laptop the desktop has been as quick as just pressing this button here and the last feature here is Logitech's dark fuel technology offering use on nearly any surface including transparent glass which works perfectly fine no mouse pad needed but before letting you go here I wanted to show quickly the Logitech options software that you can download from Logitech's website now in here as stated earlier you can customize these buttons and change your settings click on any button you're intending on changing of course then select what you wanted to do and that's basically it you can see the variety of options here that you can choose from to map your buttons now unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to customize the keys as in creating macros or a series of keyboard entries for one mouse button click so as for gamers like the performance Mouse here for faster paced precision games like first-person shooters or large-scale massive role-playing games that do require 100% customization this mouse unfortunately is not for you but as they did earlier the ergonomics are slightly better by being more full and having that higher arch but I wish the thumb rest curved just a bit more I love the thumb scroll but the back and four buttons compared to many other mice does take a bit more effort not to mention per Logitech's website here the master has five physical buttons to customize while the older performance Mouse features up to nine now this is debatable but I also prefer not necessarily a requirement here for an interchangeable battery and I'm sure you probably have experiences before with all the devices the battery does fail and it'll be nice to have peace of mind that I can replace the battery down the road but the biggest benefits and perks of considering the master here besides its size the connection of Bluetooth and the unifier the ability to have this work with other devices with just a press of a button the quick shortcuts and customizations on the mouse although it's similar to the performance here and the thumb and scroll wheel here are just excellent and last and not to be forgotten here the battery life performance looks much improved so in the end in my humble opinion here and still considered a very great Mouse but if you already have the performance MX like I do here stay where you are until the master dropped its price or if you're in the other situation here if you don't own a previous large Mouse and a large Mouse is your priority yes the master will fulfill those hands and the slight upgrades from the performance MX does add up to make this a worthy next generation Mouse for the coming years so how this video helped you in some way be sure to add me gems review room to your Facebook Twitter or Instagram accounts and you'll see me reviewing items before they even upload it and also behind the scenes of the work that I do thank you everyone for watching you guys take care and I'll see you in the next one bye