Logitech MX Mechanical Mini review: a sensible keyboard for sensible people
If last year’s Logitech Pop Keys wireless mechanical keyboard was all style and no substance, then Logitech’s newly announced MX Mechanical keyboards are the polar opposite. These are aggressively functional keyboards with sensible feature sets, sensible designs, and sensible layouts.
That can make the $169.99 MX Mechanical and $149.99 MX Mechanical Mini seem like outliers in the world of mechanical keyboards, which often use flashy designs, RGB lighting, and colorful keycaps to grab your attention. But Logitech’s new keyboards are worth paying attention to because of their great battery life and a well-thought-out set of features that’ll make them a solid upgrade for anyone currently using a laptop-style membrane wireless keyboard.
8Verge Score
MX Mechanical Mini
$149.99
The Good
- Good battery life
- Pairs to three devices
- Sensible layout
The Bad
- USB receiver connectivity issues
- Non-remappable
- No customizability options
$150 at Amazon
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For this review, I’ve been using the MX Mechanical Mini, which uses a compact 75-percent layout similar to what’s found on most laptops alongside the company’s new MX Master 3S mouse. (Check out my review here.) The MX Mechanical, meanwhile, is larger and uses a full-size keyboard layout that includes a numpad. But, aside from their layouts, both keyboards are functionally very similar.
Any backlight color you want, so long as it’s white
The MX Mechanical Mini has a muted two-tone design that’s unlikely to attract too much attention. Around top, there’s a power switch and USB-C connection for charging, and underneath are a pair of flip-out feet to tilt the keyboard up at an 8-degree angle. It’s backlit, but only with plain white LEDs. Although you can customize how the LEDs flash, they’re not RGB and can’t illuminate your desk like a multicolored Christmas tree. Like some of Logitech’s previous keyboards, the MX Mechanical Mini has sensors to detect when your hands are nearby and turn on its backlight before you press a key — a neat feature if you’re reaching for the keyboard in a dimly lit room. It’s all very sensible and well thought out.
This is a low-profile keyboard, which means its switches are shorter, and there’s not as much travel as what you’d get from a full-height mechanical keyboard.
Personally, I prefer my mechanical switches to be full-height, but shorter switches like these are likely to feel more familiar if you’re used to typing on laptop-style scissor switches like those found on the other keyboards in Logitech’s Master series — like the MX Keys. The switches are manufactured by Kailh, and there’s a choice of tactile browns, clicky blues, and linear reds. My review sample had tactile brown switches.
The keyboard’s backlit but only in white.
There aren’t many options for customizability here. Unlike Keychron’s competing low-profile keyboard, the Keychron K3, the MX Mechanical Mini’s switches aren’t hot-swappable, which means you’ll have to get a soldering iron out if you want to replace them. And because they’re low-profile, a lot of the aftermarket keycaps on the market are unlikely to work with them. This really isn’t the keyboard for hobbyists to tinker with.
The Logitech MX Mechanical Mini supports both Windows and macOS (and is happy connecting to mobile iOS and Android devices as well).
If you’re connecting via Bluetooth, it’ll detect the operating system automatically and adjust its layout, but if you’re using its USB receiver, you’ll need to do this manually with a keyboard shortcut. There’s no choice of keycaps with either Windows or Mac symbols on them; they’re all printed on the same keys. It looks slightly messier, but Logitech’s priority is to minimize the amount of plastic that ships in each box. It’s another function-over-form decision Logitech made with the keyboard.
The MX Mechanical Mini can save up to three paired devices and switch between them with a keyboard shortcut. It can connect over Bluetooth but also comes with a USB-A Logitech Bolt receiver (which Logitech claims offers better security and lower latency). I had some latency issues with the receiver, which Logitech spokesperson Wendy Spander tells me can be caused by “cables and metal near the receiver.” Using a short USB extension cable completely fixed the issue, as did switching to Bluetooth, but it’s an annoying problem to have in the first place.
My unit came with low-profile Kailh brown switches.
Its low-profile design will be familiar to anyone who’s used to laptop keyboards.
Battery life is rated at 15 days with backlighting on and 10 months with it off. That’s a lot better than the Keychron K3, which offers 99 hours with its backlighting off or 34 hours with it on. After a week of daily work use, my battery life sat at 45 percent, which suggests my keyboard is going to run dry a little before the 15-day mark. The keyboard charges over USB-C, and its battery is technically replaceable when it eventually dies. The compartment is hidden beneath the sticker on its underside, though, for whatever reason, Logitech doesn’t recommend that owners carry out the repair at home. There’s no way to see the keyboard’s remaining battery life on the device itself; for that, you’ll need to head into Logitech’s Options Plus software.
Options Plus is Logitech’s latest companion software for its computer accessories./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23578024/jporter_220516_5225_0002.jpg)
At its most basic, it offers an at-a-glance view of the battery life of all your Logitech accessories, but it can also be used to customize how they work. You can’t remap every key, but you can change what the shortcut keys on the top row do as well as the all-important cluster above the arrow keys to the right. It strikes a nice mix of customizability and approachability, though it’s a shame that this remapping isn’t saved to the keyboard itself and disappears if you plug the keyboard into a computer without Options Plus installed.
The MX Mechanical Mini has a compact layout.
For my typing test, I put the $149.99 MX Mechanical Mini up against $74 Keychron’s K3. Logitech’s keyboard is a lot more expensive, but the form factors of the two keyboards are very similar, and I suspect they’ll appeal to a similar kind of typist. Logitech’s keyboard was the clear winner in terms of feel. It might not offer the same sublime typing feel as a premium keyboard like Keychron’s Q1, and its spacebar rattles a little, but it’s streets ahead of the comparatively mushy feeling of the K3.
It feels crisp and clean, and I can (and have) happily typed on it for hours.
Speaking of which, here’s a typing sound test:
Here’s what typing sounds like on the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini with brown switches:
Here’s what typing sounds like on the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini with brown switches(opens a new window)
I was also surprised by how flimsy Keychron’s keyboard feels in comparison to Logitech’s MX Mechanical Mini. Pick up Logitech’s keyboard, and it feels sturdy, refusing to flex if you try and bend it. It feels nice and durable in a way that Keychron’s (admittedly cheaper) keyboard just doesn’t. If you’re looking for where that extra $75 is going, a lot of it can be found here.
A sensible selection of keys on the right.
A USB-C port for charging and flip-up feel for changing its angle.
Logitech seems to have a very specific kind of mass market user in mind for its MX Mechanical keyboards. This isn’t a mechanical keyboard for enthusiasts who prize flashy designs, hot-swappable switches, and full customizability.
Instead, its low-profile design and sensible feature set make it seem like a more premium alternative to Logitech’s own MX Keys keyboards, which have the same layouts with laptop-style switches and are slightly cheaper at between $99.99 and $149.99 — or even Apple’s range of Magic keyboards, which start at $99.
The Logitech MX Mechanical Mini is a solid, sensible keyboard, with plenty of useful features to get the most out of it. But don’t expect it to offer the most premium typing feel around or offer the kinds of customizability that enthusiast mechanical keyboards are known for.
Photography by Jon Porter / The Verge
Agree to Continue: Logitech Options Plus
Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It’s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we started counting exactly how many times you have to hit “agree” to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don’t read and definitely can’t negotiate.
It’s perfectly possible to use Logitech’s mice and keyboards without its Options Plus companion software. But the software is essential if you want to customize your accessory.
Doing so requires you to agree to:
- Logitech’s End User License Agreement and Privacy Policy
There’s also an option to share diagnostics and usage data with Logitech. You can create a Logitech account to save and sync between computers, but it’s not compulsory.
That’s two mandatory agreements and two optional ones.
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Design
I’m a big fan of the full-size version of the Logitech MX Keys keyboard, so I was happy to see that Logitech makes a smaller version now as well. The MX Keys Mini drops the numeric keyboard and reconfigures the layout a bit, making the arrow keys smaller and shrinking the CTRL, FN, and other related keys, while keeping the letters and numbers at full size.
The keys are backlit and impressively light up as your hand approaches the keyboard, making it easy to see where your hands should “land” in a dark room. On the row of function keys are dedicated media and volume controls.
Performance
Like its larger sibling, the Logitich MX Keys Mini still has a satisfying feel when typing. It’s not “clicky” like a typical mechanical keyboard, but the keys do provide nice tactile feedback when pressed. I find the keyboard very comfortable for long typing and coding sessions.
Battery life seems to be very good as I’ve only had the keyboard for a few days, but I haven’t needed to recharge it yet, even with the backlight on.
Features
- Wireless: Oddly, there was no Logitech Unifying Receiver included with this keyboard (although the full size keyboard did include one). Therefore, your only option of connecting the keyboard is via Bluetooth. The USB-C port appears to be “charge only” as I was not able to use the keyboard via a wired connection.
- Backlighting: As mentioned earlier, the backlight seems to sense that your hand is approaching and lights up before you even touch a key. There is only a white LED backlight, so there is no option to change between different colors.
- Multiple machine support: There are 3 dedicated buttons for switching between devices. So you can pair the keyboard via Bluetooth to your laptop, phone and tablet and then switch between devices easily.
- Emoji key: Maybe one of my favorite new features, there is a dedicated key for emojis on the F7 key that allows you to easily bring up iOS’ Emoji keyboard.
- Screenshot key: There is also a dedicated screenshot key that invokes iOS’ screenshot function.
- Dictation key: There is also a key for voice dictation that invokes iOS’ dictation feature.
- USB-C Recharging: You can use the included USB-C to charge the keyboard, but not to connect it to your computer as a wired keyboard.
8.8Expert Score
Great
Overall, the Logitech MX Keys Mini keyboard is great for using your laptop in “clamshell” mode, or for connecting to your phone, tablet, or any device with Bluetooth keyboard support. The backlight feature works very well and the dedicated Emoji, screenshot, and dictation keys are very convenient. Unfortunately, a wireless USB adapter is not included with this version of the keyboard, so it will need a Bluetooth connection.
PROs
- Great feel while typing
- Dedicated Emoji key
- Backlight
CONs
- No USB dongle (Bluetooth only)
Headphones with microphone (headset) LOGITECH h210, wired, computer, 1.
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The LOGITECH h210 All-in-One Stereo Headset is perfect for web chatting, gaming, music and movies. The microphone’s noise canceling feature reduces background noise. The position of the microphone can be adjusted to achieve optimal sound quality.
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| Gaming headphones | no |
| Interface | 2 x 3.5 mm mini Jack |
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| Impedance headphones | 32 |
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| Mounting type | with headband |
| Connection type | wired |
| Packaging | Hanging plastic box |
| Color | black |
| Sensitivity (microphone) | 38 |
| Sensitivity (headphones) | 58 |
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Logitech Pro X Superlight vs Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini: What is the difference?
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56 points
Logitech Pro X Superlight
30 points
Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
€ 111
€ 26
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Logitech Pro X Superlight
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Why Logitech Pro X Superlight is better than the Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini?
- 5G higher maximum acceleration?
40G vs 35G - 100IPS higher max speed?
400IPS vs 300IPS - 17100 DPI higher max DPI?
25600 DPI vs 8500 DPI - Connection?
2. 4GHz wireless vs USB - Can be used while charging?
- Has a battery?
4GHz wireless vs USB Why is Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini better than Logitech Pro X Superlight?
- Has RGB backlight?
- 10.8mm lower?
114.2mm vs 125mm - 22.45% less case volume?
246.22cm³ vs 317.5cm³ - 7.5mm narrower?
56mm vs 63.5mm - 1 more programmable buttons?
6 vs 5 - 1 more buttons?
6 vs 5
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Price Comparison
Logitech Pro X Superlight
| Product 904 87 | Store | Price | |||
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Ga. ..Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus mit HERO 25K Sensor, Ultra-leicht mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Schwarz |
€111 | ||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus mit HERO 25K Sensor, Ultra-leicht mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Schwarz | €110 | ||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Ga… 25K Sensor, Ultra-leight mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Weiß | €109 | ||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus, Ultra-leicht 63g, HERO 25K Sensor, 25 .600 DPI, 5 programmierbare Tasten, lange Akkulaufzeit , integrierter Speicher, für E-Sport, PC/Mac – Magenta | €117 | ||||
Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gam. ..Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gaming Mouse black, USB (910- 005878 / 9Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gam…Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gaming Mouse black, USB (910-0058 78 / 910-005880 / Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gam…Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gaming Mouse black, USB (910-005878 / 910-005 880 / 910-005881) |
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| Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gaming Mouse black, USB (910-005878 / 910-005880 / 910-005881) | €113 | ||||
| Logitech® PRO X SUPERLIGHT Wireless Gami…Logitech® PRO X SUPERLIGHT Wireless Gaming Maus, schwarz | €120 PERLIGHT Wireless Gaming Maus , weiss | €123 | |||
Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
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Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini USB -Gaming-Maus. ..Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini-USB-Gaming-Maus: Optischer Sensor mit 8500 K DPI, 62 g leichtes Design, Chroma-RGB-Beleuchtung, 6 programmierbare Tasten, rutschfestes Griffband, Klassisches Schwarz |
€26 | ||
| Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini – Kabelgebunden…Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini – Kabelgebundene Gaming Maus mit rutschfestem Grip-Tape für PC / Mac (Ultraleicht, Speedflex – Cable, Sensor mit 8500 DPI, Chroma RGB Beleuchtung) Schwarz | €34 | ||
User Reviews
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Logitech Pro X Superlight
1 User Reviews 9 0003
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10.0 /10
1 User reviews 0.0 /10
0 User reviews
Features
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Games
10.0 /10
1 votes
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10.0 /10
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9.0 /10
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No reviews yet 002 1000Hz
The refresh rate (report rate) of the mouse. A higher refresh rate means the mouse is more responsive.
maximum speed
400IPS
300IPS
Maximum speed is measured in IPS (Inches Per Second). It represents the speed at which the mouse can move before it starts having tracking problems.
maximum acceleration
Maximum mouse acceleration. For games, higher acceleration may be desirable, especially for games that require fast movements (eg FPS games).
maximum DPI
25600 DPI
8500 DPI
DPI stands for dots per inch and represents the number of pixels that the cursor will move across the screen per inch of mouse movement. Higher DPI is more sensitive to mouse movement.
minimum DPI
100 DPI
100 DPI
DPI stands for dots per inch and represents the number of pixels that the cursor will move across the screen per inch of mouse movement.
Lower DPI is less sensitive to mouse movement.
has adjustable DPI
✔Logitech Pro X Superlight
✔Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
DPI stands for dots per inch and represents the number of pixels the cursor will move across the screen per inch of mouse movement. Adjustable DPI allows you to change the sensitivity of the mouse.
Buttons
Number of buttons
The more buttons on the device, the more complex the input information can be.
number of side buttons
Number of buttons that are side buttons.
number of programmable buttons
Programmable buttons can be assigned various functions, such as OS commands or actions in the game.
has a button to switch DPI
✔Logitech Pro X Superlight
✔Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
There is a dedicated button to switch DPI. It comes in handy if you want to adjust DPI on the fly (for example, when playing different types of games) without having to go into the software.
there is a button to switch saved profiles
✖Logitech Pro X Superlight
✖Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
There is a button to switch saved profiles.
Price Match
Logitech Pro X Superlight
| Product | Store | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Ga…Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus mit HERO 25K Sensor, Ultra-leicht mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Schwarz | €111 | ||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus mit HERO 25K Sensor, Ultra-leicht mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Schwarz | €110 | ||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Ga… 25K Sensor, Ultra-leight mit 63g, 5 programmierbare Tasten, 70 Stunden Akkulaufzeit, Zero Additive PTFE Feet, PC/Mac – Weiß | €109 | ||||
Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT kabellose Gaming-Maus, Ultra-leicht 63g, HERO 25K Sensor, 25 ./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22870161/mxkeysminihero.jpg) 600 DPI, 5 programmierbare Tasten, lange Akkulaufzeit , integrierter Speicher, für E-Sport, PC/Mac – Magenta |
€117 | ||||
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| Logitech G Pro X superlight wireless Gaming Mouse black, USB (910-005878 / 910-005880 / 910-005881) | €113 | ||||
| Logitech® PRO X SUPERLIGHT Wireless Gami…Logitech® PRO X SUPERLIGHT Wireless Gaming Maus, schwarz | €120 PERLIGHT Wireless Gaming Maus , weiss | €123 | |||
Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini
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€21
| Product | Store | Price | |
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Razer DeathAdder V2 Mini USB -Gaming-Maus.
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