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1.0 out of 5 starsAbout the same as 6 years ago, I'd still avoid
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2021
Another update 1.5 years in
Along with the double click issue, I now also have the holding click not working issue, so the clicker on this sucker is apparently nearing its end. Sometimes can't drag a window or content as it stops the click press. You can know you have this issue because the mouse has a click sound both when pressed and depressed, so if it stops dragging and then you release the click, you hear the sound. What a waste. Good while it worked. No more expensive Logitech stuff for me.
Updated: Less than a year in
I finally started experiencing the dreaded double click when single clicking. It happens just enough to cause me grief at times. Definitely my last Logitech mouse as they seem very prone to this. After spending $$ on the mouse and wireless pad, this mouse ended up costing a good chunk to not even last a year. I do like the comfort with the wireless. Buyer beware.
Updated: 5 months later
While this mouse is about the same as all Logitech mice I've ever owned (more than I can recall), it ends up about the same as every one of them. It is extremely prone to gathering crude on the bottom side of the mouse. More so than any others I've owned (Razer, Steel, several other brands). It is as if they think the underside of the mouse should be pretty, with different designs and indents. My cat likes to use my mouse pad as her resting spot and dogs are flying around with plenty of hair in the breeze. I think about all of it collects under this mouse better than my air purifier. I'm constantly having to clean it since it grabs everything due to poor underside smoothness. Maybe if I used it in a sterile environment?
Otherwise, the charging, along with Logitech's charge pad, has been working great. It stays charged between 85 and 95%. I worked around the changing DPI when the mouse sleeps by setting up an offline profile on the mouse that matched my normal DPI usage. Then turned off the offline mode. It appears that when the mouse sleeps, it defaults to the offline DPI, so you get that pause of difference each time you start using the mouse.
Probably my last attempt with Logitech. I'll probably try replacing the feet and maybe just smearing some silicon across the bottom parts to see if I can reduce it's pickup of hair and stuff.
Original:
I've owned too many Logitech mice to count over the years - other G502 models, G500 and on. For many years, the G500 was my go to. I think they stopped making it because, well, you apparently just have to keep changing things so you can market something different. At any rate, my last G502 Proteus suffered the same fate of many mice today where the clicker stopped functioning correctly, which of course kind of defeats the purpose of the mouse. This G502 Lightspeed is basically the same mouse as far as I can tell. Maybe a little better tracking, although I never had issues with mice that did half what the advertised tracking is today on these.
I had switched over and tried Razor, Steel and a few other with little to no success. They were either made of cheap parts (plastic/glue that eventually smudged all over) or had similar click issue. Since no company seems capable of producing quality products in 2021, I went back to Logitech.
If you like a bigger size mouse that has weight to it, this is your mouse. After trying other mice that were smaller and 2/3 of less the weight of this mouse, I realized that long term use of a small, light mouse isn't for me. My hand would cramp and my forearm would ache. I also missed the thumb holder of all things.
There are still some flaws in the design of this mouse. I don't know what kind of thumb you should be born with to use all the buttons correctly. If you palm the mouse, you need a thumb long as a finger to easily reach the front thumb buttons. If you claw grip, you need to bend your thumb backwards since you're over shooting the back buttons. You get used to shifting your hand around on it, although it makes for awkward motion and unsteady handling of the mouse when you're trying to be precise. The other buttons are about what you'd expect - feel the same as any other Logitech mouse I've owned.
The mouse wheel is a mixed bag. I like the grip they used on it as other mice often have some texture that doesn't feel that good for the finger. You can switch from free spin to the notched spin where you get tactical feel as you scroll. The free spin is nice, although it's a little too free. I thought I remembered prior versions not being as loose. In any software where you could go scroll happy, the free spin may spin when you don't expect it to or you can accidentally spin a bit as you reposition your fingers for that dang thumb button. I've ended up keep the tactical feel spin set, which is ok.
Given it's a wireless mouse, I opted for the PowerPlay wireless pad to go with it. The downside, if you like a really heavy mouse, is that in order to work with PowerPlay, you have to take the weights out for the charging battery. That seems like yet another big oversight. I personally don't need the weights in it, so it didn't bother me one way or the other.
Without PowerPlay and the lights turned off, I was getting around 60 to 80 hours of charge. Kind of an odd range, although I'm guessing it just depended on how long it sat there in sleep mode when I wasn't using it. With the LEDs turned on, that dropped down closer to 30 to 40 hours. That's still pretty good. I'm not sure why you have lights on a mouse to begin with because, well, your hand is generally on it and you can't see those lights. I guess if you want fancy lights when you're not at your desk, it works ok.
With PowerPlay, the mouse stays charged and I seem to stay somewhere between 80 and 90% charge almost always. It appears to drain down and then charge up a bit to not wear out the battery. The two devices together are exactly what I was hoping for - a wireless mouse that didn't have a cord dragging around and a charger that didn't require me to remember to charge up every time I turned around. I'd highly recommend the pad to go with this.
One fault I've had with most Logitech and other brands is the textured grips and especially the multiple designs on the bottom of the mice. All those indentations are dirt magnets. Sure, they look nice. Maybe they add to the handling of the mouse in some small degree. Maybe it looks nicer than a smooth, plain surface. I'd gladly trade whatever advantages for a completely smooth, easy to clean mouse though. My cat thinks my mouse pad is a bed and the mouse itself a pillow, so I constantly have hair and just whatever body oils come off my hands onto the mouse over time. Cleaning is such a pain and when any hair or residue gets on the under side of the mouse, you'll notice it tracking oddly. I'm not a slob by any means - I'd have issues here regardless of wild vermin roaming the house.
Lastly is the software. Everything you have anymore wants to install some crap in your system tray. And from what I can tell, that software is what reminds your mouse what DPI you have it set to. So while the software works ok and I've not crashed or seen any issues out of it, the one thing that I have noticed is that the mouse goes to sleep after a few minutes and soon as you start moving it instantly wakes up. There is a bit of lag between when the mouse wakes and the software sees it back alive. So the mouse is working instantly, although the DPI of the mouse is the factory default and not the custom setting. So there's this short bit of time where your DPI isn't what you think it is. Once the software realizes the mouse is awake, it tells it to change and things are good once again. Just annoying that they don't appear to save the settings on the mouse itself. Setup is a bit confusing at times with all the options, so I could have missed it.
Overall, the mouse works just like I expected. I was a little disappointed that this was almost a clone to the mouse I owned 5 or 6 years, although I like that mouse a lot, so that's ok. I'm pretty sure the wheel may be a little bit of downgrade and the sound of the clicks is a bit loud compared to some. It is very comfortable though and it felt like coming home after a couple days use. Being wireless, I'm about as happy as I could probably be, so I'd recommend this mouse to anyone looking for a wireless, heavier side, large mouse.
