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Tech · Logitech · 2022

Logitech MX Mechanical

Mechanical switches inside an office keyboard, with Logitech's multi-device pairing intact.

Every board here is sold on exactly one feature — #3

Overall

8.0

out of 10

Axis scores

Tech is scored on these 5 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.

Logitech MX Mechanical — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars run from a shared zero baseline; longer is better. Logitech MX Mechanical: Performance 7.8, Value 7.4, Durability 8.2, Ease of use 8.8, Design 7.8.PerformanceLogitech MX Mechanical — Performance 7.8 out of 107.8ValueLogitech MX Mechanical — Value 7.4 out of 107.4DurabilityLogitech MX Mechanical — Durability 8.2 out of 108.2Ease of useLogitech MX Mechanical — Ease of use 8.8 out of 108.8DesignLogitech MX Mechanical — Design 7.8 out of 107.8Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better
  • Performance — How well it does the core job
  • Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
  • Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
  • Ease of use — Setup, daily operation, cleaning, maintenance
  • Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room

Specs

Layout
Full size or 75 percent Mini
Switches
Low-profile, not hot-swappable
Connection
Bluetooth and Logi Bolt
Battery
Backlight off extends it dramatically

As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.

Is it for you

Buy it if

  • Three machines on one desk and one keyboard between them
  • You want mechanical feel without mechanical height
  • Backlighting that reacts to your hands approaching

Skip it if

  • You intend to change switches later — these are soldered
  • You want the deep travel of a full-height board

Press one key and your typing moves to a different computer. Enthusiast boards do not attempt that. Logitech’s multi-device stack — Bolt receivers, Bluetooth, and Flow for cursor and clipboard sharing — is the most reliable implementation of it available, and on a desk with a work laptop and a personal machine it gets used constantly.

Low-profile switches put the board at roughly the height of a laptop keyboard while actuating like a mechanical one. Tactile, linear, and clicky variants are sold, and the choice is permanent because they are soldered.

Typing feel is good, not remarkable. Low-profile switches have less travel and a shallower bottom-out than full-height ones. People coming from a laptop find that natural; people coming from an enthusiast board find it thin.

Backlighting is proximity-activated. The board senses your hands approaching, illuminates before you touch it, then sleeps quickly afterward. That small trick meaningfully extends battery life, and with lighting off it runs into months.

The compromises are consistent with an office product. Nothing is user-serviceable, there is no hot-swap, and anything beyond default behavior depends on Logi Options+, software that is competent but resident and that occasionally requires reinstallation after operating system updates.

For a multi-machine desk, it remains the most practical mechanical keyboard available.

Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.