Best Wireless Mouse 2024: Productivity, Portability, and Comfort

The best wireless mice combine heavily-researched ergonomics and finely-tuned productivity improvements to give you a tool that makes you more efficient and feels like a natural extension of your arm. 

Productivity mice are different from gaming mice. Gaming mice tend to prioritize speed (latency), accuracy, and weight — and while you don't want a productivity mouse that's noticeably laggy, you don't need to be overly concerned about these things. But there are plenty of other factors to consider in a productivity mouse, such as overall comfort, multi-device control, built-in Bluetooth, speedy scroll wheels (and tilt wheels), and solid battery life. 

If you're looking to improve your game, check out our list of best gaming mice. And if you're serious about decluttering, pair the perfect pointer with one of the best wireless keyboards and one of the best wireless headsets for ultimate freedom. 

The quick list

The Best Wireless Mouse You Can Buy Today

Best Wireless Mouse for Most

The Logitech MX Master 3S is worth every penny if you make use of all its features. The MX Master 3S combines a comfortable, sculpted design with useful productivity features such as an electromagnetic scroll wheel, a separate, side-scrolling thumb wheel, and a ton of customization options. It can also use Logi Flow through the Logi Options+ software, which lets you switch connections seamlessly between three different devices by simply moving your cursor to the edge of a screen — and it can even carry clipboard contents to the next device.

The MX Master 3S's electromagnetic scroll wheel is one of its most impressive features: It lets you toggle between a smooth, free-scrolling feel or a notched scrolling feel with the press of a button — or automatically, based on how fast you spin it. It's perfect for quickly scrolling through long documents and then switching over to more precise tasks where you need that ratcheted precision. The mouse also has a second thumb wheel on the left side that lets you perform tasks such as zooming in and out of documents, scrolling horizontally in spreadsheets, and raising and lowering your system volume.

The mouse has six configurable buttons (seven, including the clickable scroll wheel), which you can set up to perform different tasks based on the app you're using, through the Logi Options+ software. Logi Options+ tracks what app you're currently using and automatically switches the mouse's profile to match. For example, you can set up the mouse's side buttons to perform the forward/back functions when you're using a web browser, but set them to act as PgUp/PgDn buttons when you're in a word processor. 

The MX Master 3S has two noticeable improvements over its predecessor, the MX Master 3: an upgraded sensor that goes up to 8,000 DPI (twice the MX Master 3's 4,000 DPI), and quieter switches in the main left/right click buttons. 

Read: Logitech MX Master 3S Review 

Best Wireless Ergonomic Mouse

The Logitech Lift is an ergonomic wireless mouse designed for users with small- to medium-sized hands — it’s not for everyone, but it’s nice to see an option for users who might not find the larger Logitech MX Vertical comfortable to use. The Lift also comes in both right-handed and left-handed versions, making it one of the only ergonomic mouse options for left-handed users (though while the right-handed version comes in pink, white, and graphite, the left-handed version only comes in the latter). 

The Lift has a vertical design, which puts your hand at an “optimal” 57-degree angle — also known as the “handshake angle.” This angle is more natural than the typical horizontal angle mice normally have, but this design does lift your hand away from your desk. If you’re used to a regular mouse, it may take you some time to get used to this new position (and you may never get used to it, especially if you work with very precise movements — it’s harder to be precise when your hand is further from the desk). 

The Lift is a productivity mouse; it works with Logitech’s Logi Options+ software and includes Logitech’s productivity features such as Logi Flow, which lets you switch between three different PCs. Logi Flow isn’t perfect — there’s a small delay between devices, but it’s an excellent feature for people who switch between a laptop and a desktop, or a laptop and a tablet. 

The Lift's vertical design makes it less-than-ideal for precision tasks, such as gaming — gamers who want an ergonomic mouse should check out the incredibly comfortable Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro. 

Read: Logitech Lift Review 

Best Budget Vertical Mouse

The Lenovo Go Wireless Mouse is a cheaper take on the vertical mouse layout than the Logitech Lift and the Logitech MX Vertical, with a price that ranges from $30 - $50 depending on sales (which Lenovo frequently has). Despite this, it’s got a strong luxury feel thanks to the comfortable, stylish cork side finish, and it also has many of the Lift's and MX Vertical's strengths.

These include the natural, 57-degree "handshake position" angle and the six programmable buttons (one less than you'll find on the MX Vertical). The Go Wireless mouse also features three programmable DPI steps (800 - 2,400), which you can cycle through using the DPI switch button. The Lenovo Go Wireless mouse has a battery life of up to 18 months via one AA battery. 

The main drawback is the Go Wireless' side button placement. Instead of being in the divot where your thumb rests — like it is on the MX Vertical — the side buttons are instead located on the mouse's top edge. You'll have to strain your thumb to reach them, which throws a wrench in the mouse's otherwise strong ergonomics. 

Best Premium Productivity

Often, gaming gear is a cheap way to get your hands on a mouse with professional-level features. Razer is known mainly for its gaming peripherals, but it's also been dabbling in the productivity sphere by taking some of those gaming features and translating them into a line specifically for productivity.

The Razer Pro Click Mini is the second productivity-focused pointer from Razer, and it features quieter switches and a smaller footprint than its predecessor. Unlike other productivity-focused mice, it’s also got a decently high max DPI (12,000) and polling rate (1,000 Hz), seven programmable buttons, and low-latency 2.4GHz wireless connectivity. It also has five onboard memory profiles and fully remappable buttons — including the 4-way tilt wheel, which ahs both infinite and ratcheted scrolling modes. 

That makes this an especially powerful contender for the office — it's versatile, highly responsive, and totally customizable. Plus, its sleek gray and white chassis keep it from looking too much like a gaming mouse.

It’s a bit of a shame that it uses AA batteries instead of just being rechargeable, especially since those batteries do make it a touch heavier. But with a purported 465 hours of battery life over 2.4GHz wireless and 725 hours over Bluetooth, it’s easy to just stuff this in your bag and forget about it for months on end.

Read: Razer Pro Click Mini review 

Best Budget Mouse

What is a 'best mouse,' anyway? Don’t you just need a way to point your cursor without too much delay and without hurting your hands? If this sounds like you, the Logitech M510 will be your new best friend. Its no-frills design makes it one of the most inexpensive mice on this list at just $20, while its low-latency 2.4GHz wireless connectivity means it has virtually zero lag. It sports a comfortable, ambidextrous body that should fit nicely into most hands, and its two side buttons are accessible across palm, claw, and fingertip grip styles.  

The M510 works with Logi Options+, where you can set the DPI (up to 1,000), swap the left and right mouse buttons, and otherwise remap the mouse's five buttons. Remap assignment options include keystrokes, functions, and even a "gesture" toggle that works with mouse movement to open up even more mappable actions. Logi Options+ also lets you set application-specific mouse profiles, so the mouse's buttons can function differently depending on which app you're using at the moment. Logi Options+ isn't unique to the M510, but it's good to know that Logitech's productivity features are still accessible, even for the brand's most basic mice.

Speaking of basic, this mouse glides well with its four rubber feet and is powered by two AA batteries (up to 24 months of battery life). It weighs 4.48 ounces (127g), making it relatively easy to lift and travel with. All around, it's a great starter mouse — though its ambidextrous design leaves it with a somewhat underdeveloped thumb rest (and it doesn't have some of the fancier features, such as an infinite scroll wheel). 

Best Small Mouse

The Microsoft Modern Mobile Mouse is a thin little credit card of a pointer that presumes that the most comfortable form factor for a mouse is to have as little mouse in your hand as possible. This makes it great for travel and style, especially with its 8 available colors and Bluetooth connectivity. At 2.75 ounces (78g) with batteries installed, it’s easy to carry around with you. At the same time, its sleek rectangular exterior makes it difficult for certain grip types to handle it, and it doesn’t come with extra buttons or too much configurability.

With just a left button, a right button and a clickable scroll wheel (non-tilt), this mouse isn’t meant for more than basic work. The scroll wheel’s push-in button can be remapped to input a key combination, open the screen snipping tool or even input a macro, but that’s the most advanced usability you’ll get out of this mouse. Otherwise, all its software will let you do is swap the left and right click, change how fast the wheel scrolls (and in which direction) and adjust your DPI.

The max DPI is higher on this mouse than what you’ll find on other productivity focused entries, though. The minimum DPI is 400 and the maximum is 1800, which means you’ll be able to easily track your cursor across all sorts of resolutions and monitor sizes. 

There’s no doubt that the mouse’s lightweight nature lends it a certain level of comfort, as it doesn’t take much force to use, although it can feel bulky in the hands thanks to its rectangular shape. That’s a bit odd given how small the mouse is, and it doesn’t help that palm grip users don’t have much of a body to rest their palms on.

Still, this is a good mouse for Bluetooth devices, casual use, travel and those who prefer lightweight and small accessories that stay out of the way. It also looks good. But its functions are limited, and it’s not the most comfortable for all types of users.

Best Travel-sized Ergonomic Mouse

The Microsoft Arc Mouse is a more ergonomic take on the Microsoft Modern Mobile Mouse that nonetheless loses some functionality in the pursuit of greater comfort. It feels great in the hands, so much so that it might convince you to abandon a claw grip for a palm grip instead. However, its hair-trigger button (which doesn't physically distinguish between left/right click zones) and its lack of scroll wheel means it's not for everyone.

At $80, the Arc Mouse is more than three times the cost of the Modern Mobile Mouse, but is still affordable compared to other ergonomic mice on this list. It also carries over some of the benefits of the Modern Mobile Mouse — an uncomplicated, lightweight body, multiple color options, and easy portability (it can bend flat to fit into bags with no issue). 

It's also got the same weaknesses as the Modern Mobile Mouse — and then some. Most noticeable and egregious is the lack of a scroll wheel or separate left and right click buttons. Taking the Modern Mobile Mouse’s lack of buttons a little further, the Arc Mouse opts to have one clickable touchpad for its input. Clicking the left side works as a left click and clicking the right side works like a right click (although you can swap these), while an optional three-finger-click option can serve as either a middle click or a keyboard combination of your choice. This can take some getting used to at first, as you find where the boundaries between the different options are, but it generally works. 

Instead of a scroll wheel, the mouse wants you to flick your finger to scroll. This results in stilted scrolling that requires a lot of extraneous flicks, even on the highest sensitivity setting. Not only do you lose precision with this, but you also lose comfort, which goes against the point of the mouse.

Also a little disappointing is that bending the mouse flat also turns it off, so you can’t use it in this shape if you prefer. Further, the mouse is not built for fingertip or claw grippers. 

Some people will love this mouse, either as a main pointer or as a backup while traveling. It's a niche pick, but so are most ergonomic mice.

Best Trackball Mouse

The Logitech Ergo M575 Mouse is the hero your strained wrists have been waiting for. With it, you won’t need to move them at all. Just lay your hand on your mouse once, and you’re all set for eight hours straight without needing to move it again (aside from getting up to go to the bathroom). Of course, your thumb will be getting a workout the whole time.

That’s because this mouse uses a trackball to move the cursor. It’s not a new approach, but at $50 and with 2.4GHz and Bluetooth support, the Ergo M575 is more advanced than what you would have gotten in the ‘90s.

Using it will take some practice, of course, but it feels like a dream in your hand. It completely eliminates strain from repetitive motions, and the wide body perfectly contorts to my hand shape. Again, it does require my thumb to do a lot of movement, but if there’s anything decades of gaming has taught me, it’s that my thumbs are pretty resilient when it comes to carpal tunnel syndrome. The rest of my hand, not so much.

Of course, speaking of gaming, not being able to move the mouse’s body itself does come with some struggles. For instance, while this isn’t our best gaming mouse list, let’s not kid ourselves. You’re probably not constantly swapping between a gaming and work mouse with your home setup. If you were hoping to use this mouse to moonlight in games, think again. While its trackball can reach a DPI of up to 2000, it’s harder to do controlled flicks or steady tracking with it. Not common use cases on the job, but very common in games.

Clicking-and-dragging also takes some rewiring at first, as I’m not used to using both my thumb and my index finger when doing so. It took a bit of thought to remember to let go of my index finger when I was done dragging, but not my thumb. Similarly, it can be hard to precisely highlight text with a trackball.

Most of these issues, aside from the mouse not being well-suited to games, are easy enough to fix with practice. And once you do, your wrists will thank you. Your desk might thank you too. While the M575 is a bulky mouse, it also paradoxically has a small footprint because you don’t need to move it when using it. It doesn’t even need a mousepad, making it great for people with small desks or keyboard trays.

Like the Logitech M510, the M575 is compatible with the Logitech Options software, which lets you remap its three extra buttons, check battery level, swap the left/right click and adjust DPI. The customization on offer here is fairly robust, and allows you to set a button to open programs, control media, enter certain key combinations and the like. Plus, you can set the mouse to use different settings depending on which program you have open.

If you like trackball mice, this is one of the best modern options available.

Best Mouse for Multiple Devices

At first glance, the Logitech Triathlon M720 mouse doesn’t appear to offer much for its $40 price that the more basic, $20 Logitech M510 mouse doesn’t already have. It’s got one extra button hidden away in its left thumb rest, which itself is more prominent than the thumb rest on the M510, plus a switch hidden under the scroll wheel that swaps it between ratcheted and smooth scrolling. But it’s also got one other additional, non-remappable button on its side with a “123” printed next to it. This button is where you’ll find the Triathlon’s unique use case, which is its ability to pair with up to 3 computers at once and swap between them on the fly either with that button or through Logitech Flow.

Logitech Flow is a unique piece of software that allows the Triathlon to easily treat multiple computers like one desktop simply by moving the cursor between their displays. This lets you copy and paste images and files easily, or even just use a laptop as a secondary or tertiary monitor without hassle. Think of it like a software solution for a KVM. All you have to do is pair the Triathlon to each of the PCs you want to use and make sure Logitech Options is installed on each.

In practice, it works almost flawlessly, plus you can add a Logitech keyboard into the mix if you have one. The only major issue is with connectivity standard limitations. To connect to a device, the M720 needs either Bluetooth or a Logitech Unifying Receiver. Since it only comes with a single unifying receiver, you can’t have all of your devices using 2.4 GHz unless you buy individual receivers separately. There’s no issue with connecting multiple Bluetooth devices, however, nor did I have a problem connecting one device via 2.4 GHz and one via Bluetooth.

Less of an issue is that a device’s mouse cursor does not disappear when you move your mouse off of it, which can be mildly annoying if you’re using a laptop as a secondary display.

If you need to quickly move files across devices or just simply do not own a secondary monitor but do have a laptop, Logitech Flow can be a boon to your productivity. But if all you need to do is connect a single mouse to multiple devices and swap between them on the fly, other Logitech mice can also do that.

Take the Ergo M575, which has both 2.4 GHz and Bluetooth compatibility. I easily connected the M575 to one device via 2.4 GHz and one device via Bluetooth, then swapped between them on the fly via the button on the bottom of the mouse that changes the M575’s connectivity standard. It’s a more hack-y solution, and requires you to turn the mouse over every time you want to swap devices rather than using an easy side button, but it does take away one of the Triathlon’s unique strengths.

Nonetheless, the Triathlon is still inexpensive compared to mice like the Ergo M575, and is a good choice if you’re just getting a Logitech productivity mouse and need to use it across multiple devices. It’s comfortable in the hand across all grip styles, easily remappable via the robust Logitech Options software and has access to an always-satisfying smooth scroll wheel.

How We Test Wireless Mice

Wireless productivity mice are as much about convenience, comfort, and usability as they are about performance. First, we inspect the build quality of each mouse, as well as its size, weight, and attention to ergonomics. For comfort, we also consider button placement and scroll wheel style/stiffness. 

We then spent a couple of weeks with each mouse, using it for both productivity and gaming tasks if possible. We test each mouse on a variety of typical surfaces (wood, laminate, metal, glass), as well as on unusual surfaces (carpet, upholstery, pets...) to see how adaptable it is. We test how well the mouse connects to multiple devices and how well it switches between those devices on the fly. 

We take a look at any included software and test each mouse's productivity features (such as Logitech's Logi+ Options), but we also test each mouse with no software installed to see how well it performs as a plug-and-play device. We look at how customizable the mouse is via its software, including how granular the DPI settings are and whether there are any gaming-related features, such as a higher polling rate. We test battery life on both 2.4GHz (if applicable) and Bluetooth, and inspect any accessories it comes with (e.g. battery, charging cable). If it comes with a 2.4GHz wireless dongle, we look for dongle storage. 

Tips for Picking the Best Wireless Mouse

• Shape and comfort: An excellent wireless mouse will feel like a natural extension of your arm — not like a clunky, cheap-feeling hunk of plastic that hinders productivity — but comfort is very subjective. Consider how you hold your mouse to determine where you'll want more (or less) height or width. 
• Bluetooth vs. 2.4GHz wireless: Some wireless mice connect via Bluetooth, while others connect via 2.4GHz wireless using a USB-A (or USB-C) dongle — and some mice offer both. If you're only going to use your mouse with one PC, consider one that connects via 2.4GHz wireless, especially if you're going to game on the side — you'll get a reliable, lag-free connection this way. If you have more than one device to connect to, a Bluetooth connection will let you connect to multiple devices and switch between them — some even let you switch without manually pressing a profile-switch button. 
• Rechargeability: Mice running on AA or AAA batteries are usually cheaper than their rechargeable rivals, and usually last longer — months, or even years. But they're heavier and less convenient to travel with. 

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