Review: Ergonomic mouse Logitech MX Master 3 + Lift + MX Ergo S for WFH Office Workers

I am in the market for a new ergonomic mouse, to replace my dying Logitech MX Master 2. I also happen to be quite put out that many mouse makers either make very cute, pretty ones, or ugly ergonomic ones. There seems to be zero middle ground.

That said, the only brand that really makes a good ergonomic mouse that is affordable and somewhat attractive happens to be Logitech (they must have some good market researchers on the team, or young women because I am really impressed by the offerings).

Anyway, here are the ones I got and I must say, it was not a cut and dry immediate – YES THIS ONE – feeling. I actually very much liked all three of them but was only going to keep one, two at best.

LOGITECH MX MASTER 3 FOR MAC

The new and super improved MX Master 3S mouse, is this silicone rubber feel, and even comes in a light creamy grey colour (THANK GOODNESS IT IS NOT ONLY BLACK). But you need to shell out more for this grey colour as it is “for the Mac”. If you don’t care about colour, it is slightly cheaper in black.

I owned its predecessor, the Logitech MX Master 2, and in terms of feel, this mouse has seriously upgraded.

The old MX Master 2 feels like plastic and moves like plastic. It is clicky and it feels good in your hand, but sort of hard to move at time because it was so smooth.

This seems to be the mouse most favoured by men, based on my super casual, informal hours-of-watching-TikTok-videos-on-desk-setups research.

Men in general seem to REALLY like the MX Master 3. They like the grip on it, the way it curves to your hand, the light rubbery skin to the whole mouse along with little corrugated grips on the side that was missing on the MX 2S. I am able to grip the mouse a lot easier, and the buttons as well as the scrolling button feel and look top notch.

Compared to the MX Master 2, I agree 100% with their conclusions as well.

The scrolling button doesn’t feel light and plasticky, it feels solid and has a nice rolling feel, almost like it is on a rubberized / silicone track. The buttons also feel substantial, and it is very *aesthetic*, I must say.

Pros

• Feels substantial
• High quality
• Great scrolling button feel
• Quiet clicks for the buttons
• Side track scrolling functionality for your thumb along with buttons
• Rechargeable via USB-C
• Can use with multiple desktops with a switch of a button

CONS

• Not a vertical mouse, so you are still forcing your wrist to lay flat rather than on its side
• Still have to move your hand / arm around (no trackball option for the thumb)

LOGITECH LIFT

This is my first time really trying a vertical mouse, and I am honestly hooked. I thought I would have more of an issue using it or having a steep learning (unlearning?) curve from traditional mice, but there was almost none.

I found the Logitech Lift to be very light to slide around, the scrolling track feels very nice (but not as nice as the MX Master 3), and feels the most natural in terms of having my wrist be on its side rather than forced to be in an awkward, flat angle.

It also comes in white, pink (obviously my choice), and not just the standard black.

This is the mouse most favoured by women, in either this pretty pink colour way, or the white one.

They tend to rave about the comfortable position of the mouse, and how it is slightly smaller for your hand as a woman. I have to agree with them, as a woman, because this is the mouse that felt the best in terms of relative SIZE to my hand.

I didn’t twist my wrist at all to hold it, and it was a good size.

Unfortunately, the buttons feel light, plasticky and cheap, but then again, it is almost 30% cheaper than the other more higher-end mice. It could have done to charge a bit more, upgrade the scrolling track to feel more silicone-y and rubbery, and to skin the entire mouse in the entire dark pink rubber rather than just on the bottom half that your palm sits on.

Pros

• ONE fun colour… FINALLY
• Vertical mouse and the most natural position for my hand
• Great scrolling button feel
• Side button functionality for your thumbs
• Buttons are quiet
• Can use with multiple desktops with a switch of a button

CONS

• Still have to move your hand / arm around (no trackball option for the thumb)
• Buttons feel slightly cheaper to click on but it is a minuscule difference
• Uses AA battery instead of being rechargeable

LOGITECH MX ERGO S

This Logitech MX Ergo S mouse is the strangest mouse I have seen to date. Instead of moving your hand around, you would use your thumb to control the trackball.

The only difference in a Pro versions versus the Logitech Ergo MX S not-Pro version is the PRO one has a special stand to add an extra tilt to the side, to achieve a more vertical mouse. The one I got was NOT the Pro version. It just has a metal stand that lets you tilt more to the side.

I thought there would be another HUGE unlearning curve but oddly enough, as I type a ton on my phone, I got used to it pretty quickly. I will say that I am much slower on a trackpad than using my arm, but if I am working on office documents and not gaming in first person mode, I am fine (I am also not a gamer so that helps).

The only thing is I tend to want to tap on the trackball with my thumb to “select” or left-click on things, and that is not a feature. I appreciate them coming out with a colour other than black as well.

Unfortunately, the trackball doesn’t feel as smooth (and neither does the scrolling button, it feels like the old MX Master 2S if I am honest, plasticky and cheap), and the trackball is a bit grainy (?).

I can see this being incredibly annoying for gamers, or people who have massively wide screens and need to go from one end of a screen to the other.

The major advantage however, is I am NOT moving my shoulder and arms around, which is a huge difference already in tension and fatigue.

That said, I find the mouse extremely large, in proportion to my hand, and I feel it sitting on it quite awkwardly, as if I cannot get a grip on it (it needed a rubber skin as well, tbh). It feels a lot bigger, and is meant for a larger hand, to be frank.

 

I always feel like I can’t seem to get a grip on it, and my palm keeps slipping down. I suppose a mouse wrist rest would solve this, as I would be able to simple rest my wrist high enough so it just sits on the mouse, but for this price tag, I was expecting more.

Pros

• The Pro version has that 20 degree tilt, so it is almost like a vertical mouse (very very close)
• No more moving your whole shoulder or arm around to mouse – this is massive in terms of ergonomic mice
• One side button functionality for your thumb
• Extra buttons on the top you can program
• Buttons are quiet and nice to click on
• Can use with multiple desktops with a switch of a button
• Rechargeable on a USB-C

CONS

• Scrolling wheel is cheap and plasticky feeling
• Trackball is grainy and not as smooth
• Will take you forever to go from one edge of a screen to another with the trackball
• May fatigue your thumb

WHICH ONE DID I DECIDE ON?

Here is what they all look like side by side with my hand.

HAND FIT POSITION RANKING

• Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac
• Logitech Lift (Pink)
• My old Logitech MX Master 2S
• Logitech MX Ergo S

The reason being that the Logitech MX Ergo S is meant for a much larger paw than mine. I really found it difficult to feel like I was resting / gripping the mouse.

HAND / WRIST POSITION RANKING

The most comfortable hand position and wrist comfort was:

• Logitech Lift (Pink)
• Logitech MX Ergo S
• Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac
• My old Logitech MX Master 2S

The reason being that the lift really is a vertical mouse. My wrist was not strained or twisted, and it felt very natural.

The Ergo with the trackball came in next, because of its 20-degree tilt.

Then the others are just standard mice styles.

VERDICT?

As much as I LOVED the concept of the Ergo Pro S mouse, I passed on it because the scrolling feels beyond terrible, as well as the trackball feeling grainy.

I also used it for about 15 minutes and noticed a new pain in my thumb, even though I adjusted the pointer speed to be a lot faster so I wouldn’t have to tax my thumb scrolling as much.

That said, don’t let this deter you because SO MANY PEOPLE messaged me to tell me the Ergo Pro S was their dream mouse and they rage when they have to use a standard one. I did not have this same experience unfortunately, as my thumb started to hurt from the constant scrolling with the trackball.

I think this is a personal preference thing and perhaps you would have to try it yourself to determine if your thumb would be OK or not, when using this.

I ended up keeping the Logitech MX Master 3S for Mac mouse in grey for work – it just felt the best in terms of using it and the quality of the buttons.

I also kept the Logitech Lift (Pink) mouse as a light one for personal usage.

I don’t mouse as much when I use my computer for personal tasks (I type a lot more than I mouse), so the Lift will do just fine, and the MX Master 3S feels the best, and works the best for work when I need it for heavy mousing usage.