- This is the most popular mouse ever
and at first glance,
it looks just like a normal gaming mouse.
But did you know,
this 115 gram mouse has been the number one choice
for gaming on Amazon for over eight years.
In a world where ultralight mice are considered
the creme de la creme.
Why is this mouse still the number one choice?
I tested this mouse out for myself for a week straight,
found the three biggest reasons people buy it.
And interviewed experts to see what all the fuss was about
and what I learned shocked me.
Now, when the G502 first arrived at my door,
I tore the mouse out of the box.
I expected to be blown away by all the hype they carried.
But to be honest, I was disappointed.
While it looked cool and futuristic,
it felt plastically and cheap.
And when compared to the sleek build
of the cheap Pro Super Light, it seems lackluster.
And it's heavy, like, really heavy.
Initially, I'm not that impressed,
but there must be something about this mouse
that makes it so wildly popular.
Now, I'm determined to get to the bottom of this.
First, I went to the beacon
of intellectual discussion, Twitter.
To figure out what you guys thought.
I heard a range of answers
such as the deven programmable buttons,
the infinite scroll wheel, and weirdly enough,
some people even love how heavy it is,
and that you can add weight.
But all those specific features aren't unique to this mouse.
There are several other mice with programmable buttons,
fancy scroll wheel, and addable weights.
I didn't feel like I was getting any closer
to the answer, and I needed to dig deeper.
Then, I made a wild discovery that changed everything.
I found an entire sub Reddit
based around the G502, called the G502 MasterRace.
This mouse has such a die hard fan group
that an entire community's sprung up around it.
Now, at Reddit, the beacon of intellectual discussion.
I can finally learn so much
about why people love it, it's just memes.
Memes about how people complain that the G502 is too heavy.
Okay so, I'm not gonna learn too much here,
but I did laugh a bit.
What confuses me the most,
it seems like the things that people hate about this mouse
like the heavy weight,
are the things that people who use the mouse hold most dear.
Ah, I'm getting really confused now.
I needed some true perspective.
So, I went to the true beacon of discussion.
Discord and reached out to a few of my friends
who have used it for almost a decade.
Why did you buy the G502 in the first place?
- When I was shopping around for a mouse,
probably like seven or eight years ago.
I looked at so many different ones
and the 502 was like all over Amazon
like the number one mouse.
- 'Cause I've had this mouse in some form,
for gosh maybe six or more years,
originally I had a razor MMO mouse
and that had too many buttons.
It was also very uncomfortable to my wrist
like it didn't fit my thumb very well.
And I tried a Logitech G502 in Best Buy
and was like, ooh, this feels nice.
And I bought it just the normal one.
- [Woman] But what's the most common thing you do
with your mouse?
- When I first started using it, I used it in Counterstrike.
Which now I use like a completely different type of mouse
like a very lightweight mouse like the G-pro wireless.
I liked all the buttons you could click
like 'cause you could like set all your key buttons
to different things.
But these days this things just turned
into my editing mouse for YouTube.
Mostly 'cause that the scroll has the infinite scroll,
it's really useful for YouTube.
- Obviously, it's subscribing to the switch
and click YouTube channel.
Of course, you know the Hipyo Tech YouTube channel
every other creator featured in this video.
- So, now that I've learned a few things
about why they love this mouse,
it's time for my own journey of exploration.
I used the mouse for an entire week
playing sweaty matches of Valorant
and used it for work and leisure.
At times, I hated it and at times I loved it.
And in those seven days of heavy use
and deep monk-like meditation,
I was able to divine the three biggest reasons
why people love this mouse so dang much.
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Number one, the weird optional features.
I just finished a few games of Valorant
with this mouse with all the weights.
And I just took them out mid game, 'cause it sucked.
It was so tiring and here they are.
It's just little bits.
I gotta say this mouse has some of the strangest features
that I have ever seen.
For example, the unlimited scroll wheel,
whether or not you actually use it, it's a weird feature.
Patrick used the mouse exclusively for video editing
due to how much he likes the scroll wheel.
I had some trouble while gaming.
In FBS games, I would accidentally switch weapons,
from the knife, to the pistol, to the gun, mid fight.
Which led to some costly mistakes.
I would also accidentally scroll while looking at websites.
And those issues add up over time
and get frustrating to deal with.
You can also press a button
and it won't do that anymore.
There are so many buttons,
that's one of the cool bits.
But I'm not a person that uses all these buttons.
I only use that click and that's about it.
When you have a feature like this,
it's a choice that you get to make
whether you use it or not.
And because you made the choice,
now you feel more of a sense of ownership over the mouse.
Yes, this is my mouse.
Like the weights on the back,
most people will never use the weights.
Are you using any of the additional weights?
- No, hold on, no, I checked.
- Found that with your aiming the lighter,
the mouse is the more you can use your fingertips to aim it.
I give the analogy sometimes of like holding a pencil.
You wouldn't hold a pencil like with a closed grip.
- But because you made that decision,
now you feel more attached to the mouse than ever.
But in the short time I've used this mouse,
I've made five to six decisions about how I like to use it.
With a normal mouse, you probably have two decisions,
DPI, and turn on or off.
So, I hereby have come up with a theory.
The more decisions you make with a product,
the stronger the sense of ownership
you feel over the product,
regardless of how strange
the decisions are in the first place.
Hence, wear this product has such a strong fan base.
Number two, the shape.
I think I've actually began to fall in love
with the shape, look at that thumb.
As I started using the mouse,
I slowly started to understand the appeal.
It has a wing on the left to let rest your thumb.
That gives it a Batman-like look and feel,
but it's more than that.
The shape at the time was different and new,
it was a wow factor.
If you're shopping at a store and you see a dozen mice
with the exact same design and then you start
to see the G502 with the wing,
you think, well that looks cool, then you buy it.
But the shape is also extremely functional
as well as stylish.
The hump in the back provides support for your entire hand.
It makes for a comfortable palm grip.
Instead of the aggressive grip that other mice force you to.
I think for the casual gamer,
you don't need an aggressive grip, but what do I know?
And number three, the price.
Out of all the reasons, this is purely the simplest.
At the start of this project,
I was really trying to figure out
why people love this mouse so much.
And I kept coming to the same answers over and over.
When I asked my brother and sister why they use the G502,
they said it wasn't expensive, that's it, it's pretty cheap.
I am finished using the logitech G502 lightspeed.
I've used it for seven days now
so I don't think this mouse is for me.
My siblings use this mouse,
my friends have all like used this mouse in the past.
But there's better options nowadays,
so I gotta say goodbye to G502.
You were good to me,
you're really popular, but you're not for me.