Customer Reviews

Logitech iFeel Mouse

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I have been using the Ifeel mouse for over a year now. Even without the vibrations, this is the best mouse I ever owned.
I have Microsoft Intellimouse and my office and Logitech Ifeel at home. They are both excellent optical mice (no ball on the bottom). I prefer the Logitech Ifeel because it seems a little more accurate and comfortable when I am clicking a lot of things quickly.

The vibrations seem kind of cute at first but you quickly get to like the feeling of your screen. I have come to depend of the tactile feel of my screen. I guess its almost subconcious.

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I had a few problems with the Logitech installation sofwtare.
I was using an old serial port mouse to install the new USB mouse and ended up with no mouse for a while during the installation.

Rememebr the Ifeel model requires a free USB port and does not work with Windows 95.

When I heard about this mouse I was thinking "why would you want a vibrating mouse" then I bought one. Let me tell you this, it has been one of my best buys of this year. The mouse gives a whole new feel to web, emails, gaming....oh did I mention gaming? The only gripe I had about it is, my hand is alittle to large for the normal size mouse, but most wont have any problems. Go buy, its a great hardware add-on.

This is a great mouse. The optical mouse works great and is a huge improvement over the ones with a ball. It takes some time getting used to the feel bit of the mouse, but now I would never go back. You can feel buttons and hyperlinks. If you drag stuff, you feel the weight, scrollbars are feelable, this is great. However, the use of this is limited, and depending on the software you use. I edit a lot of graphics, and I would have loved it if I could feel it when I draw a line and I cross another. I would like to be able to feel my drawings, and that will only happen when the maker of my graphics editor builds this in. Installation on win2000 did not go right. As soon as the Imersion Desktop loaded on startup my mousecursor frose. After numerous in and de installations it appears to work now. As usual with logitech you get a lot of paper in the box, but no sensible installation instructions and no supportphonenumber (in Europe). For this the 4 stars.

The iFeel mouse from logitech is a excelent concept, some people think in this mouse and says "Just another widget for game players..." Hey!, thats no true, this mouse can be a good help for people with dificult to see the pointer position, you can just FEEL when it is over an icon, link, button, etc. And maybe in a closer future WEB PAGES in BRAILLE, yeah it will be cool for a lot of peoples. But in other hand this mouse is cool for playing too, you can have a better experience about what you are doing in a game with this, i am using it with Black & White, and it is just great. you can feel whn you pick up something, when U go out of your influence, etc. What? You are not a gamer, and you have not problem with your vision? Well this mouse give a new perspective to web developer, cuz you can program pages more interactives, people won't just use their sight and ear, they will use their feel too. Ummm, not a gamer, not problems with your vision, not a developer? Hey, then i just have to say that it is a new technology to try, it is realy good, and when you FEEL the experience you will like this mouse.

This mouse is excellent. I'd give it 6 stars if that was an option. It is made by Logitech so it is a very comfortable mouse in the palm of your hand. It's also optical so you don't need to worry about it wearing out or the mouse ball getting all full of gunk. The red light underneath makes a great temporary flashlight if you dropped something while using the computer in the dark.

I know the real reason for getting this mouse though is the "force-feedback". It's not the same as a force-feedback joystick since it can't push your hand in a particular direction since it has no wheel or anything to push, but it does feel like you are touching stuff when you use it. The feel is customizable and the different feeling themes really do feel like what they say, ie, metallic, or spongy, or slimy... I made up the last one. The other two are really cool and there are more I don't remember.

The mouse is also working with new games that are out like Black and White and others. In Black and White you can feel the trees and grass and rocks as your hand moves over them. It is way cool. I'd definitely recommend this mouse, especially since it is USB and you can even leave in your old mouse and switch between them if you have to have a mouse ball mouse.

You should get this mouse, even if you are replacing a brand-new mouse ball mouse. It is really cool and it works on pretty much any surface, although my hand wasn't really flat enough... The back of my hand worked though.

I bought this mouse over 7 years ago now, and it still works perfectly. Although I rarely use the vibrate function anymore, it is a fun feature. The mouse is solid, not to heavy, not too light - very high quality. I have no plans of replacing this mouse anytime soon.

For the price, this would be a great deal even WITHOUT the vibrate function.

I am writing this as a mouse only. I bought this mouse in 2000. I played with the iFeel features when I first bought it and was intrigued but honestly I never really thought it was worth the setup and in the end I would have wasted hours making it vibrate just so on this button or that button. This mouse deserves the high rating though because as I mentioned I bought this in 2000! I still have it. I have used it on all Windows versions from 98 to Win7 beta, several flavors of Linux, Gentoo, Slackware, and Fedora to name a few, and even on a Mac with OSX. It has never failed and is as precise as when I got it. It has been a nice piece of hardware and has outlasted more computers and software installs than I can count. Worth every penny of the $39.99 I paid for it all those years ago.

This is an awesome mouse, I've been using it for almost 3 years and now and I can't see myself using anything else. I wish Logitech would incorporate the iFeel technology in some of their newer mice as well. This isn't something you really need in a mouse, but it makes it seem as if you're interacting with the web page or your computer, you can "feel" the links or icons. At first it does feel kind of weird, but once you get used to it, you can't go back to a regular mouse.

Picked up an iFeel mouse off e-bay out of curiousity. You can find them well priced on there.

This is my first optical mouse, and seems to be a decent one at that. The "iFeel" part is actually pretty cool, although I really do not see a reason for it. I can't think of any pro's or con's for having it. It works with a couple games (Black and White is neat with it) and it does let me be a little more accurate with clicking. Possibly a good tool for those with less than perfect sight?

It took some time to get it to work. Make sure you have the newest software if installing with XP.

Overall, if you need a new mouse, you can't beat this price for a great optical mouse. The motion part is just an added bonus--and it freaks people out who don't know what it is. A friend of mine searched the desk for 10 minutes seeking out the "roughness" under the mouse. Needless to say, the desk was clean ;-). Mouse was just set on "squeaky clean".

Pretty cool. Find one used or on e-bay. Try not to buy retail.

I read the comments on this item before I edited my own comment here (Christmas 2001). I think that other's people reviews are fair overall ... but be aware of the extremes. My experience of the product was this. Installation went smooth, but read the products' requirements (hardware and software) to see if your computer fits (it should, unless you haven't upgraded Hard & Soft. for a while). The optical mouse works great: 5 stars, no doubt about it. What I about the iFeel? It's cool, it helps productivity when using the computer, as I believe it is intended to. If you have very high expectations from this feature though, you could be deceived, when playing games for instance, because the product is not targeting specifically this segment of the market in my view. Certainly, it would be even better if the "iFeel" worked with graphics' programs but don't blame (yet) the manufacturer for that. This is a new product tapping the market: Logitech and Immersion are performing the test in the right way, I think. Now it's up to consumers to judge: should the response be positive, more is to come, I'm sure. At present, in my opinion, this is a nice mouse, a useful tool, and a cool gift.