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 take all of those boxes so why the green
fled 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 PS
2014 still hold that Crown can't be that
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it gaming mice have been around for over two decades at this point starting with
the Razer booms slang all the way back in 1999 razor all the way it was
available with either 1,000 or 2,000 DPI
or dots per inch sensitivity with the 1K version costing $70 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 NeverEnding marketing War to create the highest sensitivity gaming mouse
over the next 9 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 2,000 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
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 allnew 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 25,00 ,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 82% of users
give it five stars for an average of 4.7
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 Al 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 G 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 and
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 fourstar 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 ug'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 lws by the way we did Crank It Up all all the way to the limit
to try it out and instantly backed off to somewhere in the 1200 to 3,000 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 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
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 rron D2 fc- f-7
switches used to work fine in older models that ran at higher voltage and
current but Japanese rron d2f d01 FS
would 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 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 six programmable buttons onboard memory profiles and extra RGB if you 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 G23 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 range many from reputable Brands you can get a
razor Death Adder essential for $24 at the time of filming but even at regular
price it's down to 50 bucks and the Viper Mini ultral 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 steel series rival 3 is 30 we're going to 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 supporting 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 good software and it's backed by logitech's
legendary support but it also might be worth expanding your horizons a little
guys we don't have to all buy the same Mouse the Razer vasilisk X hypers speed
Wireless was only $35 at the time of filming and Corsair's nights sword RGB
while 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 corer ecosystem whatever
route you go with though it's still probably better than the Amazon Basics
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