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you know what you want accurate tracking quality materials optimal weight extra

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buttons and ample RGB but there are quite literally hundreds of gaming mice

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on the market many of which take all of those boxes so why the green

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fled is everyone buying this one I mean

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the fight is so one-sided it's gotten to the point where this is not just the top

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seller on Amazon but Logitech even made themselves their own little custom award

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to commemorate that they make the top selling gaming mouse on the freaking

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planet I mean how can a product line that was first announced at PS

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2014 still hold that Crown can't be that

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people who use

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it gaming mice have been around for over two decades at this point starting with

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the Razer booms slang all the way back in 1999 razor all the way it was

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available with either 1,000 or 2,000 DPI

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or dots per inch sensitivity with the 1K version costing $70 and the 2K model

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costing a crisp Benjamin but in spite of the outrageous price it was so

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successful that it launched Razer into the publicly traded Behemoth that it is

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today though that's not really that

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surprising I mean Gamers have always been hungry for any way to get an edge

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over their opponents and seeing razer's success more companies obviously were

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going to follow suit logitech's first attempt also came in 1999 the wingman

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but in retrospect its weird shape and lack of a scroll wheel are probably why

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Logitech acts like it never existed logitech's G Series though released in

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2005 was their first serious power move

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they featured much better ergonomics extras like side buttons or adjustable

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weights and perhaps most importantly no

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balls the G Series also marked logitech's first Salvo in what would be

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a NeverEnding marketing War to create the highest sensitivity gaming mouse

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over the next 9 years Logitech and their competitors used a combination of

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optical and Laser sensors with Logitech even building one mouse with an

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accelerometer in it to go from a practical 2,000 DPI all the way to

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12,000 DPI in the g502 Proteus core the

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distant ancestor of the world's most popular Mouse today now that 2014 model

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wasn't identical but it features many of the key elements that we still love

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about the current iteration including a braided cable 11 remappable buttons

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buttons extra weights and a Logitech signature toggleable free spinning

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scroll wheel but the engineers weren't done our cursors must move faster so

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four years later using the allnew hero sensor the g502 hero was born it was

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basically the same as before except it could reach a staggering 16,000 DPI or

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that is to say at least it used to reach 16,000 DPI thanks to a recent firmware

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update it can actually be pushed even further to 25,00 ,600 DPI that is a lot

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of dots per inch now we love Logitech

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mice around here you'll find more than a few MX Masters kicking around at our

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workstations and most of us I think are using their gaming mice at home so it

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wasn't a huge surprise when we saw their name in the number one spot but with at

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least 10 different designs featuring that same hero sensor why is this

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ancient body the king let's start with a look through some of the 26,000 ratings

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for this mouse on Amazon 82% of users

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give it five stars for an average of 4.7

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with most reviewers pointing to the comfort of the design the ease of access

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to all the programmable buttons the sensor and surprisingly the customizable

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weights now this has been a feature for years starting with the G5 in 2005 and

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in an age where going lighter and lighter is typically preferred we were

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surprised to see so many current reviewers mentioning the weights I mean

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personally Al I'm on to the G Pro super light at this point so I can hardly

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imagine loading up the already chunky g502 to its 139 G capacity but then

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again I also don't really lift so another positive is most people seem

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to feel like the software is pretty okay and I guess I feel the same from

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changing the RGB to programming the buttons to creating DPI profiles setting

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up and using ghub is pretty solid and

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especially with a Wired Mouse like this one where you basically just plug it in

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and it works and it is comfortable with

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petite Gamers like me able to switch between a palm or a claw grip and more

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generously endowed Gamers probably preferring a straight claw grip with

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that being said many of the complaints about the mouse from the fourstar or

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lower reviews are valid it is a little

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on the small side some of the buttons can be a touch too easy to press looking

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at ug's 4 5 7 and 8 and while the thumb

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support Wing feels good to some it feels absolutely awful to others the scroll

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wheel can also end up feeling too stiff when it's locked and Too free when it's

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unlocked which is really hard to properly convey without letting you

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actually try scrolling with it yourself but trust me they've got a point

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something that surprised us was the handful of complaints about it being too

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much but I guess that's kind of fair

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enough I mean not everyone needs so many bells and whistles or 25,600 DPI for

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that matter for lws by the way we did Crank It Up all all the way to the limit

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to try it out and instantly backed off to somewhere in the 1200 to 3,000 range

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it should be noted though that just because we're not using that extra sensitivity on the slider that doesn't

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mean it's necessarily going to waste because it can contribute to additional

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accuracy but whether those improvements are meaningful at this point is another

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conversation the weight was another factor with most unsatisfied buyers

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complaining about how heavy it is fun fact though we did find one outlier who

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thought the mouse was too light okay then suit yourself and while you're at

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most crucial issue that stuck out for most if not all of the one and two star

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reviews though was switch failure primarily double clicking and click and

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dragging conveniently enough we just so happened to have a torn down g502 that

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our creator Warehouse Engineers were analyzing to find out what's so good and

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bad about it and as it turns out Logitech is using switches in this thing

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that aren't really meant for modern Mouse designs the rron D2 fc- f-7

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switches used to work fine in older models that ran at higher voltage and

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current but Japanese rron d2f d01 FS

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would work better for the mice of today thanks to their more robust build

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quality now you can replace the stock switches entirely and there are a few

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tutorial videos on YouTube to help you but the reality is the average user

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isn't going to bother they're going to log a complaint ask for a refund and

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probably buy a different Mouse so with that damage to their brand on the line

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why is Logitech trying to save a buck on one of their most popular products ah

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well that brings us to the price a decent new gaming mouse used to set you

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back between about 80 to $120 more if you wanted something

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Wireless or with Niche features the g502 hero it's 50 bucks on logitech's website

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just $40 on Amazon and we even found the SE variant which appears to be just a

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different color for $35 on Best Buy I

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mean even at the official price of $80 which you can still pay if you really

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want the KDA skin version for some reason it's reasonably competitive so

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getting it for less than half of that feels like a heck of a bargain I can

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understand why Logitech might have wanted to cost it down to hit that price

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point and besides when something is Affordable people tend to be a lot more

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forgiving of minor grievances like having to RMA it perhaps or the lack of

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a finger channel on the right click or a bit of extra heft I mean within

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logitech's own product stack there are really only two wired competitors both

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of them priced a little higher the pro and the g600 the g600 is labeled as the

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MMO Mouse and it's pretty clear why it's got 20 programmable buttons for

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basically every macro you could ever need while still being comfortable and

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as for the pro well many of you might be attracted to its symmetrical shape hero

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sensor six programmable buttons onboard memory profiles and extra RGB if you if

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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

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cheaper G23 Prodigy might be the mouse for you as for if you want something

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Wireless well the price does jump substantially of course you don't have

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to stick with Logitech to hit this price point a quick look reveals plenty of

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other options in the $30 to $50 range many from reputable Brands you can get a

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razor Death Adder essential for $24 at the time of filming but even at regular

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price it's down to 50 bucks and the Viper Mini ultral light is just $40 28

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on sale right now the red dragon m801 is 50 evga's X15 MMO Mouse is also 50 and

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the steel series rival 3 is 30 we're going to have all of these listed in our

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affiliate links down below I mean sure most of these don't have quite the same

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robust feature set often supporting fewer programmable buttons or lower

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maximum dpis but like we mentioned before many of you don't actually need

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let alone want something so extra if you

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want to spend even less money there are some interesting products from Brands

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we've never heard of now I certainly can't vouch for them but hey competition

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is good right $16 for a mouse with seven

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programmable buttons a high pulling rate up to 7200 DPI and RGB it's not a lot to

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lose if you feel like taking a chance and that one is downright expensive

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compared to this bad boy but coming back

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to the g502 hero at this price we can honestly say that we do recommend it

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it's got unparalleled tracking good good software and it's backed by logitech's

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legendary support but it also might be worth expanding your horizons a little

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guys we don't have to all buy the same Mouse the Razer vasilisk X hypers speed

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Wireless was only $35 at the time of filming and Corsair's nights sword RGB

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while a little more expensive at $60 on sale is a great choice if you're looking

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for something similar to the 502 but you prefer the corer ecosystem whatever

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route you go with though it's still probably better than the Amazon Basics

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PC Pro programmable gaming mouse $65 for

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this thing looks like Amazon didn't get the memo gaming mice are really

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