Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse

[Oldie]

I'm in need of an upgrade, and this think looks just plain skippy:

It comes with the MX1000 mouse, which all agree is phenomenal. Everything on this make me want to buy it, but I've heard some really negative feedback as far as connectivity goes. I'd hate to sink $100+ on a KB+M, and not be happy with how it works. I really like the asthetics though, and several of the features, like the touchpad. So, if you've used one, what do you think?

 

[discochan]

I would go for it

 

[Geckotek]

Did you get it? How's it working out?

Currently, I'm debating the MX5000 and the diNovo Laser. My PC will primarily be an HTPC, but I will do some gaming. COD 2 is looking good. Any opinions?

 

[TRILLAZZ]

I'm coming out of a [H]ardForum retirement just to tell you not to do it. I have it and I wish I would have returned it, but never got around to it. The bluetooth connection is lost frequently, the keyboard will input multiple characters for one keystroke. It will go into a sleep mode and take far too long to respond. The forward and back buttons on the mouse won't work with Firefox. I could go on. Read the reviews at Newegg, almost all are negative, and I concur. I'm currently running it without running the Logitech software because it runs a lot more stable, but of course a lot of the functionality is lost.

 

[Oldie]

^^the truth....I forgot about this thread or I would have updated it. I'm a big logitech fan, but this combo sucks. Good ideas, but the implementation was awful. I had it for about a week, and returned it to bestbuy. I've used a lot of logitech combos, and they've all been great, but this thing just doesn't cut it.

Bascially, every feature is great, and I'd love to see it done right, but this thing just didn't work as advertised for me.

 

[Skirrow]

I have this combo and when it works its fantastic, but it has a flaw. The logitech bluetooth drivers are very poor in my experience.

I download game demos a lot and as you know, game demos have the tendency to crash you r system if they go wrong.

With the MX5000 i have noticed that the keyboard and mouse will not connect to the pc after a crash more often than not (about 60/40), and can only be fixed with a driver re-install which takes a few minutes. Bloody annoying. However, the windows bluetooth drivers never fail to connect to the keyboard and mouse but you loose the added functionaltiy of the extra buttons on both the mouse and keyboard.

I bought this setup to go with my brand new uber-machine. But in the 3 months i have had it, i have had to re-install the software numerous times.

While i wish i had stuck with my regular Logitech Media Keyboard and MS Explorer 3 mouse, i have to admit that when the MX500 setup is working properly it IS great.

I love the cordless approach, since my pc doubles as my media center/tv. But it can take upto an hour and a half to regain connectivity if things go wrong.

BTW, i have tried logitechs suggested method of regaining connectinity but it doesnt work if the software thinks the keyboard and mouse are already connected. i.e the software says everythings connected A-OK but the keyboard and mouse are unresponsve.

The windows drivers have NEVER let me down. They connect everytime without fail if setpoint is un-installed. But like i say, you lose the extra features of the keyboard and mouse.

The touch sensitive panel on the left hand side of the keyboard isnt particularly great.. touch sensitive? more like stab sensitive. Sometimes you have to really press down for it to register. Gives it a kinda ZX81 sort of feeling. Plus the media button on the touch sensitive panel is a bit too close to the escape and tilde key. I have pressed it accidentaly whilst exiting a menu screen in a game and had Zoom player spring to life. Luckily you can turn the button off.

Everything else is great about the keyboard. With the exception of the winamp functionaltiy. which is a bit poor. The LCD will display the track and total track time but not time left etc. only a bar graph gives you any idea of how long is remaining. Also half of the time it delay the track lenght wrong. Most of my MP3's, according to the keyboard are 0 seconds long.

Everything else works great. the mouse (an mx1000) never shows any lag, except for if its been out of use for 5 minutes. But in a game situation how often does that happen? what? well thats your fault for taking a huge dump mid game.

In summary, i wish i hadnt bought it, but when it works right i love it very much. Could i be more of a contradiction?