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I've been using the 2S for a while and just bought the MX 3 because I needed an extra mouse. They managed to improve an already near-perfect mouse. I just love
by cmer 7y ago
I've been using the 2S for a while and just bought the MX 3 because I needed an extra mouse.
They managed to improve an already near-perfect mouse. I just love the 3. Probably not worth ditching your 2S for, but nonetheless, a superb upgrade. I always felt the thumb buttons were awkward on the 2S and that has been rectified. The magnetic wheel is also really nice to use.
- nwah1 7y agoYes, the thumb buttons seem much better. USB-C is an upgrade. Only thing that is missing is a wireless charging. Some competitors use Qi charging or a special mousepad, so there's never a need to plug it in. In 2010, Logitech released a solar-powered keyboard called the K750. Now that batteries and PV cells are improving, and low energy wireless technology is improving, I bet this would be less terrible. Also in 2010, RCA invented an "Airenergy" device that could harvest ambient wifi signals for use as a power source. I imagine some combination of the above technologies could eliminate cables from peripherals entirely.
- jandrese 7y agoThe power density on WiFi is minuscule. FCC Regulations mean you can transmit at a max of 300mW only, and the power you receive is affected by the Inverse Square Law on top of that, so total delivered power to your device is fractions of a mW unless your wireless router is right next to the router. Even then the entire process tends to be rather inefficient on top of that so the math probably doesn't work out. The Qi mousepad makes a lot more sense.
- jagger27 7y agoWell a mouse is likely next to a couple of client devices (phone, laptop, smart watch) that each have their own radio. Maybe it adds up?
- brokenmachine 7y agoIt doesn't. The transmit time is packet switched between devices.
- hinkley 7y ago> FCC Regulations mean you can transmit at a max of 300mW only Is that new? When I was originally playing with dd-wrt I was under the impression that 100 was the limit, discovered my AP was defaulting to something like 70mW, and would allow you to go higher.
- jandrese 7y agoYou might be right. My memory is from several years ago when I was working with some possibly dubious long range outdoor radios.
- hinkley 7y agoThe funny thing is that they don't seem to care about the directionality of the signal. You fire 120mW in a sphere and they have opinions. Narrow 100mW down to a (double) cone or a disc? No problemo. Makes no goddamned sense to me.
- stetrain 7y agoLogitech does have a wireless charging mousepad system but it's currently limited to their gaming series mice. https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mouse-pads/powerplay-wireless-charging.html https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mouse-pads/p...
- jakobegger 7y agoI've been waiting for Qi charging as well! I love my original MX Master, but it really annoys me when I have to deal with that charging cable. USB-C might be a marginal improvement, but I' love to be able to just put the mouse on my Qi pad when I leave the office...
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoOne thing you could do is buy a magnetic break-away USB cable like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Ant-i-Product-Compatible-Micro-USB/dp/B07GWLF4GR https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Ant-i-Product-Compatible-Micr... I have those on my wireless mice/keyboards, and game controllers.
- hinkley 7y agoGenerator in the mouse wheel and under the left click button.
- Aaron_Putnam 7y agoThe problem I have with the 2S is that the button clicks are really noisy - I had to swap out to another mouse in my office, since the noise was just too great.
- arvinsim 7y agoWhere I from, the Master 3 is twice the price of the Master 2S. Would you say that it is worth it to still buy the 2S?
- cmer 7y agoIf money is an issue, I'd definitely get the 2S over the 3.