WEBVTT 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:10.520 Oh, hold it. Run that back. 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:10.520 Sector G6. There. Zoom in. 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:17.760 Whoa. There. Freeze that. What is it? 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:23.920 Enhance. Enhance. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:26.560 Look at his wrist. It's uh 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:30.560 Nobody walks with their arms pronated like that. 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:35.200 It's ergonomics 101, Jim. My god. If we can get an ergonomic 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:40.000 Logitech vertical mouse to him, he might just have a fighting chance before 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:44.239 before what? Well, before he develops a repetitive 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:47.640 strain injury and gets fired, 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:03.440 Logitech's MX series of flagship mice, 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:10.080 including the fullfeatured MXM 2S, travel friendly MX Anywhere 2S, and MX 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:14.159 Erggo for track ball enthusiasts. now 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:16.960 has a new addition to the mischief. That 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:21.200 the mischief? Really? A group of mice is called a mischief? Well, you learn 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:27.520 something every day. Okay. Anyway, it's the MX Vertical, Logitech's first 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:32.000 vertical mouse. Now, the idea behind vertical mice, which have been around 00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:36.560 for an eye on 20 years now, is to maximize comfort and avoid carpal tunnel 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:42.240 syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries that can be caused by lying 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:45.280 your hand flat for long periods of time. 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:47.680 This is known as pronation and actually 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:52.880 causes your two forearm bones, the radius and the ulna, to scissor, which 00:01:50.479 --> 00:01:58.079 can pinch the tissue inside the forearm, increasing pressure in the carpal 00:01:54.479 --> 00:02:00.799 tunnel. It can also inflame tendons. So, 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:05.520 yes, that's right, folks. Going prone sometimes hurts more than it helps. Now, 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:11.200 the MX Verticals design mitigates this by putting your hand in more of a 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:13.520 natural handshake position of 57 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:19.040 degrees, which is higher than the MX Erggo's optional tilt, but still less 00:02:16.239 --> 00:02:23.680 than the 90°, which in theory would give you enhanced unccissoring, but then 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:28.879 would also introduce new problems because instead of driving mouse clicks 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:32.959 down towards the desk, they'd be going sideways where there's nothing to push 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:37.920 against. So, you just push your mouse away. I mean, you'd probably end up with an injury from squeezing the mouse 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:43.040 constantly to try to hold it still instead of being able to relax, which is 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:48.640 what the vertical's angle and wide thumb pad do allow for. Okay, so your 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:54.319 armbbones are aligned and all that, but what is this thing like to use? 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:56.800 Honestly, quite a bit weirder than I 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:00.480 thought. And there's definitely a bit of a learning curve before you can point 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:05.680 with the degree of accuracy that you're probably used to because you have to 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:08.640 learn to move your ARM on a totally 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:13.360 different axis. Now, on a normal mouse, most of us execute big movements by 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:17.920 pivoting from the elbow or from the shoulder and then fine movements by 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:22.959 moving the wrist sideways a little bit like this. But while this does offer a 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:28.480 lot of precision, it's actually an unhealthy movement with another fancy 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:30.560 name, ulner deviation. But with the 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:36.400 vertical, you actually do your fine movements like this, which becomes 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:40.879 second nature after a week or two, except for an unexpected problem that 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:45.599 James, who I immediately unloaded this thing to when it arrived, ran into, 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:50.799 which was a frustrating increase in what we're calling fake clicks. where you go 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:55.120 to click on something and nothing happens 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:59.439 causing you to have to click again. So, it took me a couple of goes to figure 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:03.200 out why it wasn't registering sometimes. And it turns out that whether it's some 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:06.319 combination of the vertical position or maybe the difference in fine motor 00:04:04.959 --> 00:04:12.080 control between moving your hand like this versus like this. But basically, 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:16.639 what's going on is that it's really easy to inadvertently click before you've 00:04:14.239 --> 00:04:20.400 actually stopped moving the mouse. And if you look closely, you can actually 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:25.840 see that the mouse is basically registering a tiny micro drag instead of 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:29.680 a discrete click. Now, it's possible that the main factor in all this is just 00:04:27.840 --> 00:04:34.080 that we have so much practice using horizontal like regular mice and that 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:39.280 this could be a complete non-issue over time. Uh or it's possible that you don't 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:43.440 experience this issue at all and it's just a James thing. But all we can do is 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:47.680 tell you our experiences and this is what I experienced. So, there it is. One 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:52.800 thing we expect to be agreeable to everyone, though, is the MX Verticals 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:55.360 looks. Despite Logitech's obvious focus 00:04:52.800 --> 00:05:02.000 on ergonomics, the mouse itself still manages to look, frankly, like a work of 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:05.840 art. It looks like a sea shell or a or a 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:08.479 sailboat or like a a sick jump. But even 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:12.800 seemingly design focused decisions here often have practical elements to them. 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:18.320 So, the soft touch rubber top, for example, is accented with these vertical 00:05:15.520 --> 00:05:23.039 ribs that play with the light more than the graphite color otherwise would, but 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:27.120 also give it a pleasing grippy texture in the hand, so you can't accidentally 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:32.080 slip. Unfortunately, this mouse doesn't exist in a vacuum, and comparison is the 00:05:29.840 --> 00:05:37.600 thief of joy. So, when we bring other mice into the picture, the MX Vertical 00:05:34.960 --> 00:05:42.720 loses some of its luster. Even though the MX Vertical is lightweight and 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:47.600 advertised as having the elevated performance of the MX series, and even 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:52.240 though it has forward and back buttons, a DPI selector that goes up to 4,000 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:56.720 DPI, and left and right buttons that are rated to 10 million clicks, it still 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:01.440 feels like it got a little shafted in terms of features compared to its 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:07.600 siblings. So, despite demanding the same $99 price, the Vertical has the fewest 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:12.800 programmable buttons. It lacks a horizontal scroll wheel and gesture 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:15.520 control and dark field tracking for use 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:19.680 on highly reflective surfaces. And while I understand that the angle of the mouse 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:24.160 might have restricted Logitech from putting one of their awesome hyper 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:30.880 scrolling wheels on here, I feel like at least a tilt wheel probably wasn't too 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:34.880 much to ask. Honestly, other than ergonomics, the only thing about this 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:39.680 mouse that makes it stand out against the others in the lineup is the fact 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.759 that it uses USB type-C. So, you get the 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:45.360 reversability and the improvements to durability. Not to mention that it will 00:06:43.840 --> 00:06:50.960 be handy to be able to use the same cable to charge your laptop, your 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:52.319 Android phone, and your mouse. But James 00:06:50.960 --> 00:06:57.680 and I actually had a pretty good debate about this when we were going through this. You could make the argument that 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:02.800 some of those missing features that we mentioned before would be more important 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:04.560 to many users than the type of USB port. 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:10.479 In spite of all of that criticism, though, I can't think of any reason to 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:12.639 hate this mouse. Even if it was clearly 00:07:10.479 --> 00:07:17.840 built for folks with medium to large hands, uh the forward button is a bit of 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:22.800 a a top shelf in the kitchen kind of experience for a smaller person like me. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:26.960 It is expensive, but it's a high quality right-handed mouse with modern Logitech 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:31.680 benefits like dual connectivity via radio and Bluetooth, flow across 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:35.360 multiple machines, and this neat graphical DPI selector, which 00:07:33.599 --> 00:07:40.240 unfortunately didn't work until I installed Logitech's options software. 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:44.880 So, so if you're looking for a vertical mouse to help you prevent or recover 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:49.120 from a repetitive strain injury and you don't mind spending three to five times 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:54.400 as much as the competitive offerings in exchange for the Logitech Pedigree, then 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:58.639 we can easily recommend it. 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