Logitech Cordless Desktop LX310 Laser
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Customer Review: Logitech losing logic?
Summary: 3 Stars
Having enjoyed Logitech keyboards and mice for well over a decade, and continuing to specify and install them in the corporate setting, I have to wonder what may have happened to their design principles as shown by the current keyboard offerings. The LX310 is a perfect example.
Please understand - the LX310 is fine - if you need full-size keys in a slightly limited space (it's not compact), if you don't do a lot of page navigation (the 2-column Insert/Home/PageUp key setup is workable but non-intuitive), if you don't use the real function keys (The F1-12 keys are marginalized on the LX-310) and if you like to hear your keys when you type.
If you prefer full-size function keys, logical (standard, 3-column) page navigation key arrangement, a standard-size mouse and a little quietude from your keys when you type, the LX310 is not your input partner.
Further, a close review of Logitech's current wireless and wired offerings drove me to replace my newly-dead motherboard with one that accommodates my old (PS/2) Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical Mouse and Keyboard (LCFO)- because NO new Logitech keyboards - AT ANY PRICE - are as well-designed as that one.
While I'm a bit embarrassed to be ranting, Logitech used to be well-known for enabling the most creative and ergonomically-savvy design teams to savage competitors with uniquely obvious ingenuity in easy-to-use keyboards. Not one of their current keyboards offers anything close to the ease of use and wealth of utility brought by the LCFO - great touch, quiet keys, utility keys identifiable by shape, truly one-touch volume control, left-side screen scrolling - the list goes on. It's enough to drive one to Microsoft! I'm glad I have two LCFOs - and relieved that they're still available.
All Logitech had to do was to shrink the lateral footprint a smidgeon; instead, Logitech's design management shrank the value. I'm still giving the LX310 three stars, because it is adequate for modest needs.
Again, my apologies for complaining, Logitech - you've done so well before; now that you've got the media controller stabilized, it's high time to regain the keyboard/mouse sector.
Customer Review: Very limited range
Summary: 1 Stars
When I bought this, it seemed to be a perfect solution with such good reviews.
But boy what a disappointment -- the range for it to work in my living room is strictly limited to 6.5 feet, not one foot longer. This is always the case when I use the mouse on my glass coffee table(with mouse pad). The range becomes a bit longer if I move the mouse onto other surface or change to a different height, but that doesn't help me.
My guess is, its 27 MHz radio signal is very susceptible to the interference emitted from my 50 inches projection TV and/or home theater system, lacking the ability of adjusting signal strength makes this problem a show stopper.
It seems I need a 2.4GHz product (Logitech MX1100, Wave Pro, etc).
Customer Review: A complete waste of my time
Summary: 1 Stars
While many people may be happy with this product, I found it a totally useless waste. I do extensive work on Adobe Audition audio editing software, and in that program I rely on the mouse's autoscroll to precisely move in the audio waveform. Well, the Logitech mouse included with this package does not work in autoscroll in Audition, even after updating to the newest drivers. While it autoscrolls perfectly in Word, for example, it fails to do so in Audition. Some Logitech software will allow you to program mouse functions specific to an application, that is not the case here as the option is not available. Logitech tech support was a joke, with a suggestion to assign autoscroll to the center button as a solution (I made it clear in my question that I had done that, and the problem was application specific, something not the case with Microsoft's product). My wired Microsoft optical mouse has Intellipoint software that not only autoscrolls by default in Audition, but includes a custom option to set buttons specific to the application of your choice. I was looking for a wireless desktop package and thought Logitech would be the right move, I was wrong. I'll stick with Microsoft. If you're an Audition user, be forewarned, this Logitech product is not for you.
Adding a few point a day later....
I called Logitech this time and explained the situation, though I was not at the desktop with the unit at the time. Tech support said if I highlight the middle button I should be able to select "1a" and choose a program to associate to the mouse. Not so, there simply is no "1a" visible. I had told them it was an LX7 mouse, since that is what the software described it as, although on the mouse itself all I could find was "310." I wondered if this is a clone or "dumbed down" version not allowing the selection of an application to associate with the mouse. I never got a real answer. Once at the desktop itself I tried calling Logitech. I reached someone who said all tech reps were busy and for me to leave a number for them to call me back (yeah, sure they will), or to call back the next day. HA! By then I will have returned the product and vowed never to buy Logitech again.
I did get a response from a user on a tech forum related to the ap I was working with. He suggested not to install any drivers, but to use the standard XP drivers. Well, if I did that and did not install the "Setpoint" drivers with Logitech, then I would have no way to assign functions to the keyboard's special keys. Now I would be forced to have bought something and have to cripple its functions to make something else work. I don't think so. It's out of my life now, and should be out of yours, too, if you have needs similar to mine as to functionality.
Customer Review: OK
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to install, don't care for some of the features like the volume control on the keyboard (rather have it on the PC screen). The mouse is a little jumpy. Good working keyboard for the price.Customer Review: Great product! Easy use.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought Logitech Cordless Desktop LX310 Laser because it was much cheaper than the Dell equivalent or Microsoft. I got it refurbished for about twenty dollars.
It's easy to install and to use. You do not have to do a full install, but the full install doesn't take up a large amount of space.
The mouse and the keyboard do not have to be easily aimed at the signal receptor. Also the receptor doesn't have to be visible for the signal to reach.
It works great. I highly highly recommend it.