Logitech MX 518 Optical Gaming Mouse

First off, the mouse comes in the sort of plastic packaging you'd expect from a mouse - nothing special, but then it wasn't awful either. Of particular note, it was relatively easy to get into (unlike some other packaging I have come across!) When I bought this mouse a few years ago it was meant to be a 'premium' mouse - and was about £40 (although now it's more like £20). The top part (with that weird mercury like effect) is plastic, and the sides are all rubber. This is a nice combination, as I find I don't get sweaty hands whilst using it, yet it doesn't slip through my hand. The mouse is ergonomically shaped to fit your hand, and I have to ...  Read the complete review

When I got my first PC back in the mists of time, it was in the days just before scroll wheel mice were becoming common. The mouse I had was a bog standard Microsoft 2 button ball mouse (no optical mice back then), and it did me fine, that was until I tried a mouse with a scroll wheel at university. it was a revelation, no more having to click on scroll bars and drag things about in what always seemed like a very unresponsive and annoying way. I had to have one. Being fairly skint at the the time I was a bit limited and eventually plumped for what was essentially the same bog standard microsoft mouse I had but with a scroll wheel. For such a minor addition, ...  Read the complete review