Logitech V550 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks

by Logitech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 2 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DJ7Y2O
• Item model number: 910-000695
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Color: Silver/Gray

From the Manufacturer

Now You Have One Less Thing to Carry When you need to grab your laptop and take it to another room or into a meeting, just slide your V550 Nano onto its dock and go. The Clip-and-Go dock makes it easy to attach your mouse to your laptop, and because the wireless nano-receiver is so small, you can leave it plugged into your laptop all the time. With the V550 Nano, you can keep one hand free to grab that all-important cup of coffee.

Key Features

Clip-and-Go Dock That Lets You Snap Your Mouse Onto Your Laptop Now you have one less thing to carry around your home or office. The Clip-and-Go dock attaches easily to your laptop, so when you're ready to move, just clip your mouse onto the dock and go. And the mouse turns off automatically when attached, helping save battery life.

Extra-Long Battery Life (Up to 18 Months) and Low-Battery Indicator Advanced battery management technologies mean that batteries will last up to 18 months. That's a year and a half before you need to change batteries. And the convenient LED battery level indicator notifies you when batteries are low.

Plug-and-Forget Nano-Receiver That's So Small, It Stays in Your Laptop The wireless nano-receiver is small enough to stay in your laptop and even when you pack your laptop away--so it's easy to just plug the receiver in and forget about it.

Hyper-Fast Scrolling for Flying through Documents and Web Pages The hyper-fast scroll wheel lets you fly through documents and Web pages in just seconds. One spin and you'll never go back to an ordinary scroll wheel.

Advanced 2.4 GHz Cordless Technology for More Robust, Reliable Performance Logitech's new 2.4 GHz cordless wireless technology gives you more robust, more reliable performance than previous-generation technologies and with virtually no delays or drop-outs.

Superior Laser Precision for Smoother Tracking on Virtually Any Surface Logitech's advanced laser technology works smoothly and effortlessly on virtually any surface, giving you a level of control many times more precise than an optical mouse.

What's in the Box

Package Contents

• Logitech V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks
• 2.4 GHz Plug-and-Forget Nano-Receive
• Two Clip-and-Go docks (silver and black)
• Two AA alkaline batteries
• Desktop USB extension stand
• Clip-and-Go dock storage box
• Two cleaning wipes
• Clip-and-Go dock removal tool
• Quick-Start Guide
• Three-year limited hardware warranty
• Full product support

System Requirements

• PC with Windows XP, Windows Vista or Macintosh computer with Mac OS X (10.3.9 or above)
• 1 available USB port

Product Description

Logitech V550 cordless laser mouse for notebooks, with a Clip-and-Go dock that lets you attach your mouse to your laptop, gives you one less thing to carry. The nano receiver is so small, it can stay in your laptop all the time, and advanced power management gives you up to 18 months of battery life.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars V550 vs VX nano, April 2, 2009

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penlight - See all my reviews

This review is from: Logitech V550 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (Personal Computers)

Many of you probably are deciding between the VX nano and this V550 for your notebook (or like me own a bunch of both). My overall preference is the VX nano even though it is more expensive, because it feels better in the hand and seems to have better built quality. Here are the differences:

VX nano:
- more curved back, fits my small hands better
- AAA batteries, still lasts forever
- more buttons on the left side (never really use them)
- slightly lighter
- compact and convenient battery door

V550:
- more flat back and slightly longer
- AA batteries, thus REALLY long life
- only one extra button below the scroll wheel
- slightly heavier
- the entire bottom casing pops off, is more plastic-y and i'm afraid i may snap it in half one of these days.
- has a stick-on button so you can hang this thing from various things like your laptop

Both have the awesome nano receiver, laser tracking, and storage of the nano receiver inside the mouse itself when not in use. Both are small and notebook sized. Both have a patented flywheel which changes type when you press it. Both have a light that indicates connection and battery low.

Your choice.

30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A notebook mouse that's not just for notebooks., September 17, 2008

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Boston Bean (Dorchester, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Logitech V550 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (Personal Computers)

I bought this model V550 in blue and gray (silver-like look), to replace my Logitech bluetooth mouse model V470, and my bluetooth Apple Mighty Mouse. The Apple mouse ended up having problems with the scroll ball that are well documented elsewhere by other reviewers. I liked the V470 bluetooth in white and silver. It was small, which I like, and a nice match with my 24 inch iMac computer and keyboard. It had no additional buttons, or switch application button for Expose', Dashboard, or Spaces. I found buttons on the side of any mouse to be uncomfortable to use any way. However, I hated waiting for it to wake up and connect with bluetooth. It seemed to take forever (maybe 8 to 10 seconds). If you didn't move the mouse for a time, it would automatically disconnect, and when you wanted to use it again, you had to wait for it to wake up again. So, I started to look for a replacement, and I found the Logitech V550 in blue (I'm a blue freak) and gray. It has about the same footprint as the V470, but height is a bit lower, which I really like. It doesn't have side buttons, a plus for me, but it does have an application button for Expose' Dashboard & Spaces. Scrolling side to side is accomplished by pushing the scroll wheel left or right. The scroll speed is adjustable from normal to super fast, by simply pushing down on the scroll wheel to set it for the speed you want. I find it great for my iTunes library that has over 6,000 songs listed....normal scrolling took forever. I bought this mouse from a third party, and paid about $10.00 more total (with S+H) than the out of stock price that Amazon was charging. The next day, they were back in stock at Amazon. Oh, well, I'm happy with my new mouse, and that's all that matters. Oh, the mini receiver is plugged into my apple keyboard, and is totally invisible to sight...it's underneath the keyboard and set in about 1/2 inch from the end. Really neat. Oh, and BTW, CNET's review of this mouse said they were unhappy that the mouse locked upwards on the peg, rather than downwards. They say that it's possible for the mouse to come loose. Well, my hands on usage, begs to differ with the review. Up, or down, the mouse solidly attaches to the peg. The possibility of it coming loose is highly unlikely.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An impressive, well-performing, feature-rich cordless mouse, February 28, 2009

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A. Dent "Aragorn" (Minas Anor, GD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (Silver/Blue) (Personal Computers)

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THE QUICK EVALUATION

The V550 offers the convenience of cordless mouse operation to any computer (laptop OR desktop) that can spare a USB port. It performs flawlessly on any solid surface I've tested it so far. Its size is a little smaller than what I would consider a 'regular' size mouse.

Other notable features include: quick and easy plug-and-play setup (no disk), 1 year+ claimed battery life, the ability to mount a hook on a laptop lid to dock the mouse, extended features and customization can be achieved by downloading and installing Logitech software.

If what you need is a cordless mouse, it can't get much better than this.

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THE EXTENDED EVALUATION

Contents:
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What you get is the mouse itself, the small receiver that plugs into a USB port, a customized USB extension wire that allows you to have the receiver on the desk if the mouse is used with a desktop computer, 2 AA batteries, a mouse docking kit so that the mouse can be carried with the laptop and a glossy, multiple-languages setup/troubleshooting/dock mounting-removing quick reference sheet. There's also a small tin case that includes the mouse dock mounting/removal kit.

Mechanics/ergonomics:
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As I stated above, the mouse is a bit smaller than 'normal' size. It feels smallish in my hands (I am 6'2") but it may feel just right to most users. Form-wise, it's as perfect as it can be for a 2-button/wheeled mouse.

A plastic overlay (the black part in the silver and black mouse) can be easily removed to allow for batteries insertion and, surprisingly, to allow for the storage of the small USB receiver inside the mouse body when not plugged into the computer.

The mouse is expected to turn itself off when 'on the hook'. I did not install the dock and I can't tell whether it would reliably turn itself back on when off the hook. For those like me who don't care about the docking option, there is an on/off button on the bottom of the mouse. A small LED shows when the mouse is on by turning itself on.

The scroll wheel should offer the capability of adjusting the scrolling speed. I confess that I could not tell the difference. The up/down scrolling seemed to be 'quick' before and after pressing down on the wheel.

I tested the wireless capabilities with the mouse up to 20 feet away from the computer and the mouse operated as expected. Given that the mouse communicates with the USB receiver through radio waves (line of sight not needed) it is not clear to me why the USB extension cord is provided.

Logitech is very proud for providing the ability to dock the mouse on a laptop's lid. I did not take advantage of this feature and I am not planning to do so in the future. If interested in this feature, I suggest that you check other reviews that discuss it.

Customization:
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I STRONGLY recommend that all who purchased this mouse goes to the Logitech site (it's Logitech dot com slash download) and install the SetPoint software. SetPoint adds A LOT of functionality. By the way, anyone can download the software - no need to actually have a mouse - so, if you want to see what you can do with your mouse before actually buying it, do install SetPoint and see what's available. Briefly, these are the advantages of SetPoint running on your computer - again, I am using the mouse on a Vista Enterprise laptop and some features may be specific to this operating system.

- Swap the 2 buttons
- The little button behind the scroll wheel that's inactive without SetPoint can be used to switch applications (see the image I posted for Vista), as a third button, zoom, auto-scroll, play/pause, mute, a specific keystroke assignment...
- Tilting the scroll wheel right/left would do left/right scroll by default but it can be set to back/forward, previous/next, cruise up/down, even to specific keystroke assignments. Oh, and these can be done for 'all apps' or specific settings can be applied to an expandable list of specific applications - i posted an image showing the buttons setup first screen.
- Mouse movement can be customized for speed, acceleration, pointer trails and so on.
- A special 'gaming' setup is available and there is a 'game detection' option that can be activated - see the image I posted, showing the 'gaming' setup screen.
- Scrolling can be customized for acceleration on the vertical and horizontal AND for specific applications, if desired.
- SetPoint can also show the battery charge level. Right now, it claims that my battery is going to last for another 547 days. We shall see.

One note for Vista users. Once installed, SetPoint does NOT run by simply clicking on it. To run it, you must right-click and pick 'run as administrator'.

Conclusion:
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This is a wireless mouse well-suited for either a laptop or a desktop computer. I am VERY happy with it and, in fact, I'm not the only one in our household who feels this way :) - it may end up with one of my kids, eventually. The positives for this mouse are:

- Trouble-free operation.
- Easy initial setup.
- Customizable and feature-rich.
- Well designed.

As far as 'concerns' - and they are not necessarily 'negatives':

- It should be understood that this is NOT a Bluetooth device. Not being a Bluetooth device makes the setup and moving from one computer to another a lot easier (no need for pairing) but the receiver WILL take over a USB port so one should be mindful of this.
- The USB receiver small size makes it convenient for using it with laptops but it also increases the risks that one might lose it. The 'storage inside the mouse' when not in use is 'a solution' and it may reduce the risks of losing it but not everyone may feel comfortable with taking their mouse apart repeatedly.
- The on/off button on the bottom of the mouse is an interesting solution but, I bet, I will not always remember to turn off my mouse after done with using it - in fact, I just realized that I've had the mouse on since this morning.
- I still don't understand the need for the USB extension chord but, it's just an extra. It does not hurt anything.

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Note: I do understand the need for the USB extension chord now. As esanta notes - see the third comment to this review - this is a good thing. If someone wants to use the mouse on a laptop AND on a desktop and the desktop's USB ports are located at the back of the desktop, the extension chord provides the convenience of easily moving the little radio receiver from the desktop to the laptop without having to crawl under the desk every time one wants to move it. This is VERY useful, absent a USB port multiplexer and it was very thoughtful of Logitech to provide it.
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Overall, this is a 4.75 star product that easily rounds up to a 5-star.

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