Logitech MX 518 – A High Performance Optical Gaming Metal Mouse

A good performing mouse is a must-have for those guys who are fond of gaming. Without a mouse that will give you an advantage, gaming will be put to waste and one cannot reach the aim for the highest peak. People at Logitech have attuned themselves to this need and produced the Logitech MX518 Gaming Grade Optical Mouse.

The Logitech MX 518 is a high performance optical gaming metal mouse that has the following features: ultra-high resolution, 1600-dpi MX optical engine that brings quick response similar to that of a lightning and a mirror-smooth tracking. Even without a software, this new mouse from Logitech gives you instantaneous on-the-fly sensitivity regulation allowing you to toggle without any effort from pixel-precise targeting to fast-twitch stepping up. Ensuring you to hit the highest point in performance, enjoyment and contentment despite extreme gaming is the shaped grip.

Logitech MX 518 is approximately 9.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches and weighs 15.2 ounces. It comes in two colors, black and silver and connects via USB.

The Logitech MX 518 moves smoothly. Its forward and back side buttons are quite tiny but they both work well. The two buttons located on the left side of the mouse are very useful which default to paging forward and backward in the web pages. Browsing through files and folders is with so much ease also because of the forward and back action of the buttons.

The scroll wheel is not so good compared with the MS Intellimouse 4, however. It is harder to roll and still clicks.

As indicated, MX518 is a gaming mouse, therefore it will work better for gaming and it does excel in this aspect. No matter how quickly I move the mouse, it still tracks. Any member of the family can use it as it fits middle and small sized fits. It is lightweight and shaped adequately to suit the cupped hand. Its cord is slim and a little hard unlike the others which are utterly flat. Downloading the drivers and the program is without trouble and worked well with Win XP as soon as you connect it in.

The Set Point software detects the MX518 and adds user.xml for the MX518 with its default settings. This is really good as it lets you to toggle back or you can use it in parallel to a G5 with no worries of missing any customization.

Both the MX518 and G5 are the same in size and shape except that slightly rougher in texture is the G5’s top and grip areas. MX 518 is slicker in both surfaces.

I admit that the G5 is the best mouse I ever had; nevertheless that does not mean MX518 is not. It is satisfactory and can very well be a good replacement for the G5. Apart from that, it is economical.

As I have been using the Logitech MX518 for quite some time, I know that it will be hard for me to surf the web using another kind of mouse as you I end up pressing the side for buttons (that are not present) in order to navigate.

Ergonomics-wise, the MX518 is definitely implausible, especially to a right-handed person like me.

So if you are planning to buy a new mouse, go look for the Logitech MX518 High Performance Optical Gaming Metal Mouse.