Logitech MX Master 3S

King Of Productivity

- Kenny Yeo

I make no secret of the fact that I adore the MX Master 3. I called it “peerless” and that’s something that is still true today. But, three years is a long time in the tech world, so Logitech has gone and made it even better.

The MX Master 3S is different in two key ways. The first is that it has quieter left and right mouse buttons. Logitech calls it Quiet Clicks and claims the new mouse buttons produce 90% less noise. I can’t confirm if the MX Master 3S is really 90% quieter but it is noticeably quieter than its predecessor.

Impressively, Logitech managed to dampen out almost all of the click noise without sacrificing much in the way of tactility. Often, quiet or silent versions of switches can feel mushy or vague and less tactile and precise, but the MX Master 3S retains almost all of the tactility of its noisier predecessor. Obviously, the mouse buttons feel softer and more damped, but it retains a pronounced point at which clicks register. To my fingers, the overall sensation is also more rounded – more Topre, less Cherry MX.

The other big change is the sensor. It’s now a higher resolution 8,000 DPI unit, which doubles its predecessor. Perhaps more crucially, it continues to work on various surfaces – I tested it on wood, glass, metal, and even fabric.