For many people, wireless mice have become the standard for computer interaction, especially in more mobile situations. There are thousands of choices vying for your wireless dollar, ranging from under $20 to well over $100. Many are specifically tailored to certain niches — like the best gaming mice. But which are the best?
Out of the hundreds of mice we’ve tested, the Logitech MX Master 2S meets and beats most users’ needs. But, if you need something a bit more niche you can’t go wrong with any of the picks below. Take a look to find more details!
The best wireless mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S
Building on the sterling legacy of its predecessor, the MX Master 2S is a sublime wireless mouse that offers great accuracy, comfort, and features. With a sensitivity that can be adjusted in 50 dots-per-inch (DPI) increments, from 200 all the way up to 4,000, it has support for fans of all sensitivities and use styles.
Its 500 mAh rechargeable battery can last up to 70 days, so you won’t need to worry about running out of juice anytime soon, and it features fast recharging too. For those facing long days of mouse use ahead of them, Logitech has paid particular attention to the ergonomics of this device. There’s a reason it’s one of the top mice on our list of the best ergonomic mice too. It features great thumb and finger rests, with a shape that caters to different grip types and helps prevent repetitive strain injury and carpal tunnel.
One of the best features though is multi-device support. If you want to jump from laptop to desktop and back again, you can do it swiftly and easily with the MX Master 2S, as it can pair with up to three devices at once and switch between them at the touch of a button. With support for both Logitech’s unifying receiver and Bluetooth technology, you don’t even need to switch the wireless receiver over either.
The best minimalist mouse: Microsoft Surface Mouse
Although targeted toward Surface device owners who want a little more functionality than the standard touchpad offers, the Microsoft Surface Mouse is an equally capable wireless mouse on any other system you choose. It’s elegant, streamlined, ergonomic, and most importantly, lasts for as long as a year on a pair of AAA batteries.
Even though it’s a Microsoft product, the Surface Mouse is also compatible with MacOS and Android platforms, as well as Windows operating systems 10 and 8.1. It uses Microsoft’s own “BlueTrack” technology for the low-energy Bluetooth connection.
The mouse switches and scroll wheel are rated for thousands of hours of use and an enormous number of actions. It also ships out with a one-year warranty, so you’re covered if you face any short-term problems. There aren’t a lot of extra features on this slim model, but that’s the point of a minimalistic mouse!
The best gaming mouse: Logitech G Pro Hero
Logitech has a lot more competition in the gaming peripheral space than some of its other markets, but that doesn’t mean it’s not at the top of its game in this space. Its G Pro Hero is one of our favorite gaming rodents with good reason. It has a 1ms latency for its wireless connection, a 16,000 DPI optical sensor, and can track at up to 400-inches per second for high-speed gaming.
But even with all of that technology under the hood, it weighs in at less than three ounces, making it comfortable to use for all hand sizes, but not so lightweight that it’s easy to lose control of. Its ergonomic shape makes it supremely comfortable in our long gaming tests, and thanks to tweaks to its overall shape, there’s an accumulation of dirt and grime over time.
If you don’t like anything about the button mapping the mouse ships with, it has full support for Logitech’s programmable software, so you can remap any of the G Pro’s eight buttons to execute the exact commands you want. You can also tweak the polling rate and the RGB lighting of the G-Pro logo, then save it all to the mouse’s onboard memory for use on different systems.