If you spend most of your (working) days with a mouse in your hand, this can just lead to annoying RSI complaints. You would prefer to avoid such a mouse arm and a vertical mouse such as the new Logitech Lìft is a smart choice. You can read how you like this ergonomic mouse in this Logitech Lift review.
Logitech Elevator
Price €79.99
Colors Black, White, Pink
Also left-handed Yes (black version only)
Number of buttons 6
Maximum DPI 4000
Connection Bluetooth or USB receiver
Dimensions 71 x 70 x 108mm
Weight 125 grams
Battery 2 years on AA battery
Website www.logitech.com/nl
8 Score 80 
- Pros
- Ergonomic shape
- silent click
- Long battery life
- Useful software
- Negatives
- Only black version is also left-handed
- Less suitable for large hands (19+ cm)
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A vertical mouse definitely takes some getting used to, because you feel like clicking sideways instead of pressing down. But soon you don’t want anything else, because you immediately feel that your muscles are relieved. Your hand rests in its natural position on the mouse and you will notice that not only in your wrist and forearm, but up to and including your shoulder. It’s no different with the Logitech Lift. The mouse has a 57-degree inclination to fit seamlessly into your palm.
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The Lift is intended for small to medium-sized hands, up to a maximum of 19 cm. Now the hand of this editor turns out to be exactly 19 cm, but that is actually a bit too big for the Lift. For this kind of coal shovel, Logitech recommends its 2018 MX Vertical mouse. There are just some differences between the two. Mainly that there is no left-handed version of the MX Vertical, but there is of the Lift. At least the black version. The white and pink Elevator are right-handed only.
Long breath and silent clicking
Another difference is that the MX Vertical is rechargeable and lasts four weeks on its internal Li-Po battery. The Lift uses a replaceable AA battery and lasts no less than two years. What also stands out in a positive sense is the silent click. Compared to, for example, the vertical Evoluent D mouse we normally use, the mouse buttons make a noticeably muffled sound. Nice if you also take the mouse with you to the office.
Incidentally, the Lift is also perfectly suitable for at home and on the road, because you can connect it to three different devices. If such a device does not have Bluetooth on board, you can also connect it to the USB receiver. In total, the mouse has six buttons and what each click does can be customized in the accompanying software. You do need the right program, and that takes a bit of searching.
Find the right software
The Lift doesn’t show up in the Logitech G Hub software (which we already had on our system because of a paired gaming keyboard) nor in the Logitech Options software (which we needed for yet another wireless mini keyboard from this brand. ).
New, Logitech Options+ is what you’re looking for. That software is currently in beta but will eventually replace the earlier Options program, so there is no longer any confusion about this.
Installing and pairing the mouse is hassle-free and the software offers a high degree of customizability. In addition to settings such as pointer speed and reverse scrolling or not, each button can be assigned a different action.
The nice thing is that this can differ per program. The preset profiles for, among others, the Chrome browser and Microsoft Teams help with this, so that in the latter, for example, you can quickly mute your microphone with a click of one of the buttons under your thumb.
Go with the Flow
The most advanced feature of the program is called Flow, which makes it possible to use the Lift (or any other supported Logitech mouse) on two or more devices at the same time. Very useful if, for example, you have a laptop running next to your desktop PC and want to use the same mouse on it without pressing the switch button every time.
Even transferring files between the two devices in this way is an option, by right-clicking copying them on one PC and pasting them on the other. This works as long as both computers are connected to the same network.
You have to settle for a slight delay when moving the cursor between the two screens. As a result, we sometimes lose the mouse pointer. It works just a little less smoothly than you are used to working on multiple monitors.
Conclusion
The Logitech Lift is a versatile mouse that fits comfortably in your hand, clicks silently and can easily be connected to multiple devices. You can also use it for a very long time on a single AA battery. A disadvantage is that people with larger hands cannot take advantage of it.
Hopefully a Large version of the Lift will come out one day, especially since the alternative (the MX Vertical) isn’t for left-handers. Apart from that, the Lift is definitely recommended; your arm muscles will thank you.
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