Digital Home Thoughts: Review of Logitech Harmony 525 Universal Remote

"Logitech has a range of more accessble universal remotes under its Harmony brand and the 525 is its most affordable unit yet. It sports quite a different look to the other remotes in the range, but despite its price it's arguably the smartest of the lot. Certainly it looks eye catching lying on the coffee table. When you pick it up it has a good weight in the hand and is balanced well by the battery compartment at the base, which contains four AAA batteries. A set is already housed inside the unit and a spare set is included too, which is generous. The inexpensive nature of the product is only apparent once you start pressing some of the buttons, most of which are soft and spongy. Some are better, notably the direction control in the middle and perhaps most crucially, the volume and channel changing controls. "



A nice review of the Logitech Harmony 525. I have not seen the device in person myself but it certainly looks cool in the screenshots. It clearly doesn't suffer from the lack of tactile feedback problem of the Kameleon One-For-All 8RF Universal Remote Control that I had reviewed some time back. I have generally been very happy with most Logitech products (keyboards, mice, cameras, etc) but have never used their remotes. What do you guys think of Logitech remotes?