Logitech M510 Wireless Mouse – Graphite

Use this brand of mouse for some times already. Battery life is great. Smooth mouse control. Very easy to set up and works well.

The Logitech M510 wireless mouse is a very comfortable and smoothly performing mouse. It is a full size mouse that nicely fills up the palm of the hand. The weight of the mouse is “just right”. The mouse body is symmetrical so that will be equally comfortable for left or right handed people.

The mouse movement and scroll wheel work perfectly smoothly with no jump or jitter. The mouse optical performance is very robust on poor surfaces. It works equally well on a mousepad, a bare table, on a pants leg, back of a book, even the palm of the hand. It tracks perfectly on almost any surface (which many other mouse brands have trouble with).

These mice use the Logitech “Unifying” USB mini receiver which can support up to six Logitech devices by itself. If you have a Logitech mouse, keyboard, trackball, etc… they can all operate from the same receiver (saves using up USB ports). Be aware that the unifying receiver ONLY works with Logitech products and that it is NOT Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Logitech products can be “paired” with the unifying receiver in Windows and MAC (of course) and also in Linux by using the software package called “solaar” (free, open source). The mouse comes pre-paired to the receiver, so it works “out of the box”. If you want to add (up to 5 more devices), you have to pair them yourself.

The battery life is awesome. Because I hate leaking batteries, I always use AA lithium cells for everything (including the mouse). My first old Logitech MS-510 mouse that I purchased over three years ago is still working fine on the FIRST batteries that I installed in it (two AA lithium). Since I use it on my desktop the mouse power switch is always left on. It must consume practically no power when not being used.

If you use the mouse with a laptop or need to move it from computer to computer, the little unifying receiver can be stored inside the mouse (in a little USB sized slot next to the batteries) to avoid losing it.

What follows is some technical information that you can skip if you don’t care.

Construction: This mouse is very nicely engineered and can be completely disassembled by removing two little screws inside the battery compartment. No screws hide under the teflon slider pads, so those don’t get damaged if you take the mouse apart. Every component then can be removed simply by sliding or snapping it out. Why take it apart? See next.

My personal feeling is that the left and right mouse buttons are too light (i.e. press too easily). The buttons are no lighter than other mice, I just prefer them a bit tighter. To change this, I replace the two little microswitches with Omron Series D2F-01 parts that have a 150 gf actuation force. It takes about twice the pressure to click these switches as compared to the originals. To replace them is super simple: Just unsolder the originals and solder the new ones in place. If you forget which way they go in, the orientation is printed on the PC board.

The side “scroll” buttons already use heavier pressure microswitches, so I don’t change these. The “middle button” (pressing the scroll wheel) and the left/right scroll switches (rock the scroll wheel left or right) are a different type of switch that also do not need changing.

If you disassemble the mouse, be aware that the little plastic slider for the power switch will be free to fall out when the mouse PC board is removed. If you don’t know this, it’s possible for the slider to silently fall out, never to be seen again.

I won’t tell you HOW to unsolder and resolder the button microswitches, because if you don’t know how, you shouldn’t be doing jt in the first place (or get an electronics-knowledgable friend to help). And, of course opening and modifying the mouse will void the warranty!

I will give you one important hint: Because the mouse was assembled using RoHS compliant lead free solder, the microswitch solder joints should first be RE-SOLDERED with leaded solder before sucking or wicking the joints clean. This is done to “alloy” the high temperature lead free solder into more manageable leaded solder to avoid burning/ruining the (single sided) PC board.

Good luck! This mouse (hacked or not) gets 5 stars and both thumbs up. It works flawlessly, it’s comfortable, battery life is amazing and the price is good (even better when it’s sometimes on sale). Grab one!

I and several people at my workplace use this mouse, and so far have had no issues. It’s a great value, and performs well on different surfaces. It’s not as nice as some much more expensive models, but for the price I think it’s very hard to beat. I would like a smooth free spinning mouse wheel to get through large spreadsheets faster, but other than that, I don’t notice anything about the mouse daily. And that in my mind is a compliment for something that is used every day. It just works, all day every day. The battery life is insane, but I have the usb sensor plugged in very close to where the mouse sits, so that may one reason why. The bottom of the mouse has nice sized pads, so no issues with them wearing down too quickly and making it not slide. It is not heavy, but not too light either. It feels right in between the heavy and super lightweight mice I have used before. The size is like that too, right in between tiny and large mice. I’m sure the size and weight are designed to accommodate most people, and I would say it does. The forward and back buttons are easy to hit, while not being subject to accidental presses. The accuracy seems just fine for office work, but I have not used this for gaming. I do think it would probably work fine for that as well, as I can notice no lag in general use. I hope this helps

This is very quiet in my opinion. Has a left click, right click, middle click, 2 side buttons, scroll up and down and use of scroll to move left and right. The scroll button is louder than the left and right, but is easy to press. Ergonomics is good and grip feels good in your hand. Scrolling is great with line by line or fast depending on your finger speed. I will say it takes a little getting used to the noise when you compare it to zero noise with Magic Mouse, but that’s like comparing ICE car to EV. I measured and my hand is 7.5″ so I got the S/M. It hooked up to my iMac instantly with no issues. I bought it because I used VMWare Fusion to play my Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb game. I had 2 issues with the Magic Mouse on that. One was getting to the bag of stuff with the scroll wheel. You can’t do that with the Magic Mouse and it’s almost essential. Two was trying to target precisely especially with the Kraken under water. That was the same as the Magic Mouse so no improvement. I believe it is the VMWare Fusion thing, virtual windows, or something else other than the mouse. There are no issues with accidental or ghost clicks. Movement is smooth and precision is excellent. I don’t know if this is a thing, but I like the weight of the mouse – not too light, not too heavy. I highly recommend this mouse and am glad I paid the extra money to get a name brand Logitech.