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the original g502 proteus core from 2014

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was rgbified in 2016 and then got an

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upgrade to logitech's hero sensor in 2018

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but through all that time and certainly since the debut of the g903 lightspeed

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in 2017 g502 fans have been wondering

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when logitech would finally cut the cord

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on their favorite mouse

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and now that it's here there's really only one question

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has logitech left us any reason not to go wireless

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traditionally there have been three main reasons not to get a wireless mouse so

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let's start with the big one latency

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does the new wireless g502 introduce any

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extra delay between moving the mouse and

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seeing the response on the screen that is beyond what you'd get with the

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wired version because even a wire does have some latency

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now answering this question is a little tough for us because we don't have a

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warehouse full of the necessary scientific equipment to quantitatively

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measure mouse latency to the degree that we'd like

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what we can test however is whether or not the average gamer will be able to

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tell the difference so we unleashed our fiercest keyboard

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warriors on a high performance gaming rig outfitted with one wired g502 hero

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and one wireless g502 light speed that

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had been mocked up to appear wired

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both of our mice were configured to the same dpi and our subjects were

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instructed to focus on just one variable latency

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god that was embarrassing blame the mouse the mouse is the mouse okay so we

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have it here on a light speed well they're all hero oh this one for sure no

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i i wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you told me they were the same mouse

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i would believe you and i'm pretty sure even if we had like a 240hz display i

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would not be able to tell the difference all right just for some reason just

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something about it just feels nicer to me if you had to guess which one's which

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would you would it just be your guess like flipping a coin

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yeah i would have it would have been pure guess i don't i wouldn't have been able to

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tell the difference if i was going to make a call i guess it would have to be

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this one so that's the wireless map oh that's a wireless mouse and this is the wired one

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okay yeah thanks go you're wrong

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so then considering these test results the tournament-winning pro gamers who

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use logitech wireless mice and the more quantitative demos that we've seen from

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logitech themselves in the past we're convinced that there is in fact

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merit to logitech's claims that lightspeed's end-to-end optimized 2.4

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gigahertz connection is indistinguishable from a wired

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connection so let's move on because latency isn't

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everything another demerit against most wireless mice is

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weight a wireless mouse is required to carry an

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on-board battery making it heavier than its wired counterpart it's sort of

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by definition so if the g502 hero a mouse with the

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same shape size buttons and sensor tips

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the scales at 121 grams already

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then how much would we expect the light speed version to

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now you might think that that's a trick question and you're expecting me to tell

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you haha it's the same weight but no logitech has actually done us one

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better managing to make the wireless version seven grams lighter than its

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wired predecessors and this is while still managing up to 60 hours of

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gameplay on a single charge of its quick charging lithium ion battery

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furthermore it's power play compatible so if you get the wireless charging

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mouse pad you'll never have to think about charging at all

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so then how did they do that

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turns out with great difficulty see keeping the exact same exterior while

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redesigning all of the internals is likely the main reason that fans had to

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wait this long for this mouse because despite their near identical look

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apparently the only component that wasn't altered in some way was actually

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the slippy skates on the bottom of the mouse

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so while a typical mouse gets its structural integrity from the outer

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shell this one's walls had to be cut down to

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just 1.2 millimeters thick

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so then to maintain its rigidity logitech used a lightweight internal

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endoskeleton this is a similar design to what they use on the g-pro wireless

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then again borrowing from the g-pro wireless they added very subtle

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but appreciated mechanical spring button tensioning to the left and right clicks

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removing pre-travel and helping the button recover from a click faster and

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with more precision and even like this is crazy even the

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scroll wheel was altered it's lighter

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but it still manages to feel the same

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is there like yeah there's a there's a gap there's a gap in the middle

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so all right wait and latency are not issues but what

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about the third and final wireless woe

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price well unfortunately this is the g502

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light speeds gotcha moment because like the g903 and

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the g pro wireless this puppy is

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150 us dollars nearly double the price

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of its wired cousin which raises an important question

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if you're going to spend that much then is this the mouse that you want

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and that really depends because the thing is for many gamers even the new

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g502 with its 7 grams of weight shed is

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still way too heavy popular gaming mice from

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competitors like final mouse are much lighter along with being much cheaper

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and logitech themselves has the gpro wireless which is the same price but

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only 80 grams with that said if you love the shape of

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the g502 you need 11 programmable

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buttons and you can't live without a

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hyper fast scroll wheel then this could be the last mouse that

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you ever buy and who knows maybe you can recoup some

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