you know what you want accurate tracking
quality materials optimal weight extra
buttons and ample rgb but there are
quite literally hundreds of gaming mice
on the market many of which tick all of
those boxes
so why the green flaccid
is everyone buying this one
i mean the fight is so one-sided it's
gotten to the point where this is not
just the top seller on amazon but
logitech even made themselves their own
little custom award to commemorate that
they make the top selling gaming mouse
on the freaking planet i mean how can a
product line that was first announced at
pax 2014
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gaming mice have been around for over
two decades at this point starting with
the razer boom slang all the way back in
1999 razer all the way it was available
with either 1000 or 2000 dpi or dots per
inch sensitivity with the 1k version
costing 70 us dollars and the 2k model
costing a crisp benjamin but in spite of
the outrageous price it was so
successful
that it launched razer into the publicly
traded behemoth that it is today
though that's not really that surprising
i mean gamers have always been hungry
for any way to get an edge over their
opponents and seeing razer's success
more companies obviously were going to
follow suit logitech's first attempt
also came in 1999 the wingman but in
retrospect its weird shape and lack of a
scroll wheel are probably why logitech
acts like it never existed
logitech's g series though released in
2005 was their first serious power move
they featured much better ergonomics
extras like side buttons or adjustable
weights and perhaps most importantly no
balls the g series also marked
logitech's first salvo in what would be
a never-ending marketing war to create
the highest sensitivity gaming mouse
over the next nine years logitech and
their competitors used a combination of
optical and laser sensors with logitech
even building one mouse with an
accelerometer in it to go from a
practical 2000 dpi all the way to 12 000
dpi in the g502 proteus core the distant
ancestor of the world's most popular
mouse today
now that 2014 model wasn't identical but
it features many of the key elements
that we still love about the current
iteration including a braided cable 11
remappable buttons extra weights and a
logitech signature toggleable free
spinning scroll wheel but the engineers
weren't done our cursors must move
faster so four years later using the
all-new hero sensor the g502 hero was
born it was basically the same as before
except it could reach a staggering 16
000 dpi or that is to say at least it
used to reach 16 000 dpi thanks to a
recent firmware update it can actually
be pushed even further to 25
600 dpi that is a lot of dots per inch
now we love logitech mice around here
you'll find more than a few mx masters
kicking around at our workstations and
most of us i think are using their
gaming mice at home so it wasn't a huge
surprise when we saw their name in the
number one spot but with at least 10
different designs featuring that same
hero sensor why is this ancient body the
king let's start with a look through
some of the 26 000 ratings for this
mouse on amazon
eighty-two percent of users give it five
stars for an average of four point seven
with most reviewers pointing to the
comfort of the design the ease of access
to all the programmable buttons the
sensor and surprisingly the customizable
weights now this has been a feature for
years starting with the g5 in 2005 and
in an age where going lighter and
lighter is typically preferred we were
surprised to see so many current
reviewers mentioning the weights i mean
personally i'm on to the g pro super
light at this point so i can hardly
imagine loading up the already chunky
g502 to its 139 gram capacity but then
again i also don't really lift so
another positive is most people seem to
feel like the software is pretty okay
and i guess i feel the same from
changing the rgb to programming the
buttons to creating dpi profiles setting
up and using ghub is pretty solid
especially with a wired mouse like this
one where you basically just plug it in
and it works and it is comfortable with
petite gamers like me able to switch
between a palm or a claw grip and more
generously endowed gamers probably
preferring a straight claw grip
with that being said many of the
complaints about the mouse from the 4
star or lower reviews are valid it is a
little on the small side some of the
buttons can be a touch too easy to press
looking at you g's 4 5 7 and 8. and
while the thumb support wing feels good
to some it feels absolutely awful to
others the scroll wheel can also end up
feeling too stiff when it's locked and
too free when it's unlocked which is
really hard to properly convey without
letting you actually try scrolling with
it yourself but trust me they've got a
point
something that surprised us was the
handful of complaints about it being too
much
but i guess that's kind of fair enough i
mean not everyone needs so many bells
and whistles or
25 600 dpi for that matter for lulls by
the way we did crank it up all the way
to the limit to try it out and
instantly backed off to somewhere in the
1200 to 3000 range it should be noted
though that just because we're not using
that extra sensitivity on the slider
that doesn't mean it's necessarily going
to waste because it can contribute to
additional accuracy but whether those
improvements are meaningful at this
point is another conversation the weight
was another factor with most unsatisfied
buyers complaining about how heavy it is
fun fact though we did find one outlier
who thought the mouse was too light okay
then
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crucial issue that stuck out for most if
not all of the one and two star reviews
though was switch failure primarily
double clicking and click and dragging
conveniently enough we just so happened
to have a torn down g502 that our
creator warehouse engineers were
analyzing to find out what's so good and
bad about it and as it turns out
logitech is using switches in this thing
that aren't really meant for modern
mouse designs the omron
d2fc-f-7n switches
used to work fine in older models that
ran at a higher voltage and current but
japanese omron d2f-01fs
work better for the mice of today thanks
to their more robust build quality now
you can replace the stock switches
entirely and there are a few tutorial
videos on youtube to help you but the
reality is the average user isn't going
to bother they're going to log a
complaint ask for a refund and probably
buy a different mouse
so with that damage to their brand on
the line why is logitech trying to save
a buck on one of their most popular
products ah well that brings us to the
price a decent new gaming mouse used to
set you back between about 80 to 120 us
dollars more if you wanted something
wireless or with niche features the g502
hero it's 50 bucks on logitech's website
just 40 on amazon and we even found the
se variant which appears to be just a
different color for 35
on best buy i mean even at the official
price of 80 which you can still pay if
you really want the kda skin version for
some reason it's reasonably competitive
so getting it for less than half of that
feels like a heck of a bargain i can
understand why logitech might have
wanted to cost it down to hit that price
point and besides when something is
affordable people tend to be a lot more
forgiving of minor grievances like
having to rma it perhaps or the lack of
a finger channel on the right click or a
bit of extra heft
i mean within logitech's own product
stack there are really only two wired
competitors both of them priced a little
higher the pro and the g600 the g600 is
labeled as the mmo mouse and it's pretty
clear why it's got 20 programmable
buttons for basically every macro you
could ever need while still being
comfortable and as for the pro well many
of you might be attracted to its
symmetrical shape hero sensor 6
programmable buttons on-board memory
profiles and extra rgb
if you like the look and feel of the pro
but you want to save a bit of money and
you don't need 25 000 dpi then the
cheaper g203 prodigy might be the mouse
for you as for if you want something
wireless well the price does jump
substantially of course you don't have
to stick with logitech to hit this price
point a quick look reveals plenty of
other options in the 30 to 50 dollar
range many from reputable brands you can
get a razer death outer essential for 24
at the time of filming but even at
regular price it's down to 50 bucks and
the viper mini ultra light is just 40.
28 on sale right now the red dragon m801
is 50 evga's x15 mmo mouse is also 50
and the steelseries rival 3 is 30. we're
gonna have all of these listed in our
affiliate links down below i mean sure
most of these don't have quite the same
robust feature set often sporting fewer
programmable buttons or lower maximum
dpis but like we mentioned before many
of you don't actually need let alone
want something so
extra
if you want to spend even less money
there are some interesting products from
brands we've never heard of now i
certainly can't vouch for them but hey
competition is good right 16 for a mouse
with seven programmable buttons a high
pulling rate up to 7200 dpi and rgb
it's not a lot to lose if you feel like
taking a chance and that one is
downright expensive compared to this bad
boy
but coming back to the g502 hero at this
price we can honestly say that we do
recommend it it's got unparalleled
tracking good software and it's backed
by logitech's legendary support but it
also might be worth expanding your
horizons a little guys you don't have to
all buy the same mouse the razer
vasilisk x hyperspeed wireless was only
35 at the time of filming and corsair's
night sword rgb well a little more
expensive at 60 on sale is a great
choice if you're looking for something
similar to the 502 but you prefer the
corsair ecosystem whatever route you go
with though it's still probably better
than the amazon basics pc programmable
gaming mouse 65 for this thing looks
like amazon didn't get the memo gaming
mice are really affordable now you know
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