I told myself I will never pay more than $100 for a keyboard or a mouse. Christmas time came and I decided to splurge a bit. This is what I eventually bought. The Logitech MX Master S2, the granddaddy of computer mice! I bought it for one specific reason: THE SCROLLWHEEL.
The mouse
The Mouse itself is quite heavy and it took me a while to get used to it. It has some extremely cool buttons and features, but I am a simple guy and decided to buy it for only two reasons. It looks amazing and has a free-spin scroll wheel.
Let's share some of the cool features though.
It comes with the normal left and right click button, a thumb button (yep, you just press down on that thumb rest) a forward/back button and a sideways scroll (extremely useful in excel).
The coolest feature that I won't really be using is the ability to connect this mice and let it operate between computers. Yes at the same time. It's basically like a dual screen setup but instead of using just one computer it has software that let you drag your cursor over to another computer screen and work on that computer. You can also copy and paste files this way, so useful but not something I will be using.
The main feature and reason why I got this mouse is the free-spin scroll wheel.
What is a free-spin scroll wheel?
It lets you scroll in the normal click-click-click fashion OR it lets you just flick the mouse wheel and it just keeps on scrolling continuously. At first, I never thought I would use a feature but after working with a lot of excel sheets it started saving me sooooo much time.
Here is an example of how the free scroll works:
Let's look at a very practical example.
This might be annoying but hear me out.
Normal scrolling - scroll down normally, and see how long it takes to get to the bottom of this page...
Keep going!
Finger muscles workout 3000!
Total of twelve finger scrolls, about 3 seconds and a small finger workout.
This was not even that far to scroll. I have excel sheets with 500+ entries so it takes a lot longer.
With the new mouse, it is a simple flick and within a second I can be where I need to be. It takes some time getting used to but it really does save time if you work on excel sheets a lot!
The mouse cost me around $120 (here in South Korea) but I feel it is now a tool that I can not go without, my normal mouse at work really irritates me now. =P Now I feel I can not go without it and consider taking it to work since my work laptop has Bluetooth. Scared I forget it there and have to do admin at home. Going back to my normal mouse will be a nightmare!
Thanks for checking out my new mouse and ask away if you have any questions or even recommendations for cool gadgets to improve productivity!
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My mouse checking out your mouse checking our my mouse!
Haha, thanks that made me laugh! =)
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Luckily, I'm also an owner of a mouse with a free-spin scroll wheel.
So I still need to do my finger workout today!!1
I have only had it for about 2 weeks now and don't think I can go back to a normal mouse. So much faster! Love it, what mouse do you have?
I have the Logitech G502
Well I didn’t scroll I cheated and just click further down on the bar lol.
Wow, I’ve not seen one that weird looking in a while! Glad you are having fun with a new mouse and it fits your needs.
Still took you longer, =P
I really love it! Haha, how on earth do you always comment so fast! It's like you never sleep, =P
Hope you are doing good! I haven't been in my feed for ages... way behind on any kind of posts...
I will just stick to upvoting your comments =)
Ok past couple of weeks thanks in due part to SBD being so overpriced. Hard watching markets crash so hard like they are today looks like our overpriced SBD might be coming near to an end.
But hey I won $100 on a scratch off today so that’s something lol.
As far as sleep… I don’t get much of that.
Yeah the prices are bonkers! Messing with all my math...
$100 is a $100! Congrats! That's awesome! Ah sleep, that's that thing that normal people do right? I guess we are not super normal then. Get some rest!
Sleep seems to be something carefree people get a lot of. Rest of the world never gets enough. Rich people don’t tend to sleep till they retire and are to stressed. Poor people to worry about day to day costs to sleep.
Old people seem to sleep all day!
I rather do what I can while I still have energy. I can tell over years its getting harder and harder. I’ve stayed up for over 24 hours now and I’m just struggling so hard right now. 10 years ago It would have taken 3 days to feel like this…
Granted I also gave up caffeine a few years back so I’m sure that plays into it somewhat.
I can never give up caffeine!!
That doesn't sound very healthy though! You should get some rest! My mind tends to wonder and stress about things as soon as I hit the bed. Not rich though so I think that part doesn't count for me. =P
Oh how nice it would be to just keep a good sleeping schedule... Go sleep mate!
I hear you.. never wanted to pay more than $100 either until I found an ergonomic Evoluent mouse that solved the muscle issues in my arm.... hope it keeps going. Has been my true companion for more than 5 years now. Paid 140 euro back in the day but it was money well spent... enjoy the new toy!
This looks crazy! Really want to try it out, I spend a lot of my time in front of my pc using my mouse , wonder how long it took to get used to this. Might get something similar (cheaper one though) just to play around with. Pretty interesting =)
Feels weird for the first few minutes and I had to get used to 3rd click thingie... but all in all, it takes less than a day for it to feel natural. Not all ergonomic mousses are the same though so I got to try a few and this one felt right to me. Still, love it after all those years hehe. Not sure if it's good for gaming though.... due to time issues I stopped playing computer games a long time ago.
Haha it looks like a batmobilmouse :D
I have a very cool mouse too. It has a basic scroll, left and right button, forward button and thumb button. And if someone leaves a long blank page to scroll down I grab that little elevator (that's what we call it) on the right size and pull it down in 2 seconds. All with one mouse for 10 euro :p
Hahhahahaa! The little elevator! Loved that so much! Wait till I show you some sheets then that little elevator suddenly seems too little when you are in a hurry. =) It was pretty expensive but was also my Christmas present to myself so I try to not think about the price too much =P
You're so nice for commenting on this post. For that, I gave you a vote!
"... told myself I will never pay more than $100 for a keyboard or a mouse..." we all been there....
And OMG I hope you didn't take it apart and that was just an image from google or something...
In any case nice post, but no more sadistic finger workouts please :)
Yeah, it is now seen more as an investment in my productivity. Well worth it! Luckily that was a gif from giphy.com wouldn't dare taking it apart! Too scared I might break it =P
No more finger workouts =P
Thank you! ^.^
You sure made us scroll would have been easier if I wasn’t on my phone lol
My mouse has a scroll feature like yours and it’s so handy
I got a Corsair mouse and keyboard set not cheap but so good
Haha, I checked it today on my phone as well, not fun at all! The scroll is really handy and those seconds add up in a long computer session. =)
Corsair has some great products, never owned any but always check some reviews and they look amazing! What mouse do you have?
I forget the model now as o am out from home but it’s one of the gaming ones with programmable buttons which is handy fir photoshop and Lightroom use
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New tech! How fun!!!
Very fun indeed! =)
Looks much better than my spaceship though, ergonomic ... ok, but usability is crap!
Spaceship is the right word indeed! OMG! So big! Looks kind of comfy though...
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