Bubba_Holtzkopf—August 20, 2008
ORIGINAL REVIEW AUGUST 28TH, 2008 Never in my life have I found such a fast accurate mouse, where so much thought went into the design process. In fact, this is not for all practical purposes a single mouse, but you could at least consider it two different mice. Why? Well, it has two grips, which have two totaly different feels. Combine that with a totally customizable unique weight balance system, and you have quite a few combinations of custom mice right out of the box. You will probably settle on just one or two, but never have the choices been so plentiful. Everything you get with this mouse is top notch, but you might expect that if you are willing to shell out this much for just a mouse. Sure, it might be the best mouse you've ever used. Sure, the feet glide, and the weight and grip combos are fancy, and the wheel can spin freely or spin in clicked steps, and macros and lights are customizable, but the real question is: is it worth the price? Well, that is something you have to decide on your own. Even if you are overpaying a bit, in my opinion, they have packaged it so well, and the performace is so great that it all seems like a good deal when all is said and done. It's better than your old mouse. Probably better than your friend's mouse. You ought to give it a try. NEW ADDITION 11/17/2008 This stupid mouse broke! At first, while playing Fallout 3 I thought, perhaps my character's agility is affecting how fast I can pull the trigger, and then suddenly, I realized, the left click button isn't working. Sometimes it would work, and sometimes not, and sometimes only when you pushed really hard at the very end of the button, and not where I normally pressed it at the end near the top of the mouse. This is SOOOOO frustrating paying such a whopping price for a really cool mouse which wore out after a few months with some fairly light gameplay. You might think, this guy broke it by pressing too hard. Pretty unlikely since I am NOT a hardcore gamer, and really have used it mainly for video editing. And, even if I did break it, imagine someone who plays FPS's every night and I would have a hard time imagining how anyone could AVOID breaking it. This may look nice, and it has great packaging and consumer appeal, but in the end, it is a cheap piece of crap. 01/08/09 In fairness to Logitech, they have a great return department. The warranty on my mouse covered a replacement, and I didn't even have to return the original. It makes you feel a little better to know that there is a reason you pay so much money for a mouse. It has a good warranty, and even if you might need to use it, you are at least getting your moneys worth. Read more
Customer—June 19, 2009
Pros: This mouse is pretty amazing in its feature set. The software works in Windows Vista 64. However I suggest going to the logitech site and downloading the latest version there for your OS. Once you download it you can set the functions of the various keys and the sensitivity of the laser, the sampling rate (the rate in which the mouse measures movement, from my understanding). You can also save and create profiles or change the color of the light. The amazing thing is once you set your preferences all that data is saved on the mouse itself! So say you set the side thumb buttons to increase or decrease the volume. You can now go to a different computer or OS and that button will perform the same function. Even in the OS that you installed the mouse software, you don't need the software running in the background to use your macros or switch profiles. Amazing! If you're worried that buying a high end mouse like this means another process in your process tree, don't. The pads on this thing are unbelievable smooth. Using it on a wood surface almost feels like gliding on the the table. I would imaging using this with some sort of ultra smooth mouse pad would be absolutely incredible. Cons: Of course the question is, given this price, do you really need all that functionality? Do you really need a mouse that can do 2000 dpi? Coming from a cheap wireless optical mouse I thought the idea of 2000 dpi was awesome. But once you tried it out I realized that it was simply overkill. It is way too sensitive. So i tried my settings with a maximum of 1800 and it was still too sensitive to play an fps with. Imagine turning the sensitivity bar in the options menu of your game to max. Finally I settled with a setting of 800 1000 1200 and 1600 dpi increments. Even then I constantly run it in 1000 dpi, while surfing or gaming. I only occasionally adjust it while playing a brand new game if the sensitivity isn't right. Of course the same effect can be accomplished much more cheaply via the sensitivity bar in the game's options menu. So basically don't let dpi be the selling point for this mouse, increasing dpi is just like increasing "sensitivity" in the options. Finally the high sampling rate might be another selling point. But again do you really need it? Frankly I couldn't for the life of me tell the difference between 1000 sampling rate and 1500. Also keep in mind that a higher sampling rate will require more processing power, taking away from game performance. As for comfort well I found that adding weight to it makes it travel less smooth. So the feature of being able to add weight to it is again unnecessary, for me at least, since I prefer the travel to be as smooth as possible. Final thoughts: Buy this only if you have $65 to burn and you really can't think of anyplace else to spend it (some surround sound headphones maybe). If you've been getting by with your trusty old mouse then save your money. I honestly don't think the features are necessary. If you might lose your job in the next 6 months but you really need a gaming mouse and are thinking about this or something that costs less, buy the one that costs less. I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes, its 1:03am and I don't feel like proof reading. Read more
technobi—May 9, 2008
The mouse itself works great. The pointer movement is more precise than any laser mouse I've used..very accurate. Still, I can't seem to get over a few minor problems. 1. For one, the 'precision click wheel' that they advertise as a key selling point was a big let down. I was expecting it to be 'precise' but the wheel barely clicks at all and feels very flimsy. In fact my old G5 has better clicking action. I feel duped. At first I thought the wheel may have been broken and exchanged it for a new one, but its still the same. 2. Then the switching to the free scroll mode is a good idea but the button is on the bottom of the mouse, how lame, you can't switch it on the fly. I'll just use the scrollbars thank you. 3. Another problem is the awkward placement of the forward side button. It's so close to the the back button and at such a bad angle that you have to be careful not to press the back button. It should be angled outward so it would be easier to press. Not very good ergonomics. 4. I also read a post that the middle wheel button was easy to press but it requires just as much pressure as the g5. The wheel is flat which can help with pressing the button, but this also makes the left and right wheel button not as easy to use because the wheel is much shorter. The left/right wheel buttons feel much better on the G5 when gaming. 5. The position of dpi button on the side doesn't feel right to me. I liked it better on the g5. 6. The new weight system isn't particularly a great idea either. Changing weights require you to 'open up' the mouse grip so its just a pain. For a mouse this expensive, you would expect better, especially when you can get the G5 for much less and work just a good. Read more
