Description
- Click more. Scroll more. Do more. Logitech Marathon Mouse M705 uses far less power than comparable wireless mice from other companies. That means you can go up to three full years between battery changes.
- Hyper-fast scrolling lets you fly through long documents and Web pages with a single spin of a nearly frictionless metal scroll wheel.
- The sculpted, right-hand shape guides your hand to a naturally comfortable position and places customizable control within your reach. Two thumb buttons lets you move quickly between Web pages.
- The tiny Logitech Unifying receiver stays in your laptop. There’s no need to unplug it when you move around, so there’s less worry of it being broken or lost. And you can easily add compatible wireless mice and keyboards to the same wireless receiver.
- Laser grade tracking delivers smooth, responsive, precise cursor control on surfaces that cause problems for standard optical mice, such as polished or wood-grain tables.
- NOTE: Receiver is present in the battery compartment
Ronald Calgary –
i compute on my laptop sitting on a sofa. The mouse is on my pants, the sofa fabric, the edge of the laptop. I became very frustrated with my dollar store optical mouse, that jittered all over the place. So i took the risk and the plunge on this laser mouse. Fabulously responsive on all surfaces, even the bottom of a transparent food storage container. I was a bit worried about the long term reliability, but it comes with a 3 year replacement warranty from Logitech, so i don’t care if the other reviews are correct and it breaks in 6 months. I have smallish hands for a man, but it fits fine, although it is larger than the $4 dollar store mouse. I wonder if some of the other negative reviewers knew that an add-in is necessary for Chrome and Firefox to make it run smoothly and accurately in those browsers. (which is now does).
The $49 price was a bit hard to swallow, but i am OK with the price now that i see how well it works.
Update: If the scrolling function is driving you mad by moving the page up on its own, reprogram the button behind the scroll bar to “copy”. You also need to install the smooth scrolling extension onto Chrome, but that is a separate issue.
Vincent Chung –
Beware when buying this mouse, they cut out a lot of the older features that made it special.
Scroll wheel is no longer metal, and the thumb button is removed as well.
Most annoying of all is the tilt scroll when using the scroll wheel does not have the same feel.
Darrell G. Shannon –
Having used Logitech products for years, when I saw (and felt) the absurdly poor quality of this mouse, I have a difficult time believing it is a legitimate Logitech product. The two mouse buttons are nothing more that petals of plastic hovering our in space above the contact switches underneath. As such, these plastic petals move loosely, both vertically and horizontally, without their contacting the switches below.
As such, the two petals of plastic (buttons, if you can call them that) can interfere with, and hang up on, each other as seen in my attached pictures. Even if they didn’t do this, the feel of the button travel is horrible. As you press on a button, it first travels a certain distance down before it even makes contact with its switch below. Once contact is finally made, button travel continues further until you actually click the switch below.
Use your imagination to picture the cheapest made, worst button action, mouse you believe to be manufactured and it is a fairly safe bet that this mouse is worse. Again, I seriously cannot believe that this mouse is a legitimate Logitech product. I cannot emphasize enough the degree to which you should steer clear of purchasing this item.
A. Fletcher –
So your M705 dies and you need a replacement. You like the M705 so you buy the same model. But guess what? Logitech still calls it the M705 but it’s a cheaply made version of the old one. And best of all not all the hardware buttons are included. No thumb button, no tilt buttons. What’s really cool is the software still lets you configure actions for these missing buttons. Buttons that are not even included in this “new” model. What a joke. Returned.
JohnD –
I’m very disappointed in this mouse, after reading many positive reviews and spending $55 CAD. First of all, when I opened the box, there was a scratch on the top of the mouse. Apparently they do not QC these very well before shipping them out. When I plugged it in, things seemed OK for a few minutes, until I noticed my finger was accidentally setting off the right mouse click every 30 seconds. It turns out the mouse buttons are much too sensitive, so they are easily set off by just moving the mouse. This is a fatal flaw that I’ve never experienced on any mouse, ever. Finally, the laser tracking in this is terrible. It’s not sensitive at all, and I have trouble honing in to click on the X to close window. I’m just about to order a new mouse and will be emailing Logitech about this faulty product as well.
Ydna –
(updated to make note about the scrolling)
I see a lot of negative reviews but I guess I’m not as discerning when it comes to mice. For desktop use, I tend to go with Razer since they’re a reliable company, but this logi works decent too. One thing I don’t like (a small complaint) is the “hyper-scroll” wheel is so stupidly touchy and smooth that it’s almost un-useable. Fortunately the mouse allows you to click a button and make it into a normal usable scroll wheel with a little click to it. So Logitech gives you a way to fix it but I just don’t get why you’d ever want a scroll that literally freewheels away on its own. It’s like they created a problem just to make a feature that fixes it.
As I said that’s a real nitpicky complaint, but it’s something I think about every time the hyperscroll button gets pushed accidentally.
Overall I like the mouse and would recommend it. It’s definitely not the lightest device out there, especially with 2 batteries, but the advantage is crazy long battery life so that’s good.
Marc Boissonneault –
I bought the M705 as a replacement mouse for a laptop. I have another M705 that I bought over 5 years before for a desktop computer. My old M705 still works great and is very comfortable. I was disappointed that the build quality in the newer M705 is not as good. The biggest problem was that the right mouse button was so sensitive that just resting my hand on the mouse while using it (the way one does when using a mouse) caused the right mouse button to be clicked opening up the right mouse button context menu. This happened all the time making the mouse unusable.
grayvard –
Finally had to replaced my M705 mouse that I have had for many years.
The new one works good, still one of the best in my opinion.
The differences between the two are obvious. though.
The new version is very noticeably lighter.
Makes me wonder if that is a good thing, only time will tell.
It is also a bit smaller, luckily not too much though. I have large hands and it still fits well.
Just not as well.
I’ve noticed, as many others have also, that Logitech is definitely getting cheaper with their products.
That’s too bad as they were always loved for superior workmanship in their price range.
I hope, in this case, that it doesn’t hurt the M705 mouse.
( I am going to take the older one apart, and clean the left switch that is intermittent.)
Frank –
I really love this mouse. Ergonomically it fits very well in your hand. Regular AA batteries or rechargeable can be used. It doesn’t shut down like some wireless mouses that keep forcing you to move the mouse to get it started. This can be a real pain if you are trying to read a document and it keeps shutting down on you. I returned one mouse for this reason. I have four Logitech M705 wireless mice and really don’t even look at anything else. I absolutely love my Logitech M705 mouse. I don’t do gaming so I can’t comment on that aspect.
Rob –
This is not the same as the “original M705”. It is version 2. If you never had the original, you may not care. The ergonomics are still great and it has a good weight to it.
If you are replacing an older “v1” M705, there are a few differences that, while minor, you may not like either. Picture shows one of the differences (new on the left, old on the right). Size is the same, it’s just the perspective that makes the new one look bigger. Differences are:
1 – the skates have changed. They are not as “smooth”. Also, there are 2 in the front instead of one long skate. These are definitely louder than the old version.
2 – the scroll wheel is louder. Not a huge deal and it may get quieter with time… But it was disappointing to spin.
3 – there is no button on the side panel where the thumb sits. This was a nice addition that came in handy when mapped.
This is still my favorite feeling mouse, and I plan on using this one until it does like my other (which suffered with the “ghost doubleclicks” at the end…) I will just miss the old features.
It is my own fault I didn’t look more closely at model numbers when purchasing, I shouldnt have assumed it stayed the same.