Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex Optical Gaming Mouse
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,657 words · ~8 min read
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in late 2014 logitech came out with the g 302 dateless prime mobile gaming mouse
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Linus was going to review it but seasons
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changed time passed by the weeks became the months became the Linus forgotten so
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a very short introduction to the Logitech G 302 day list prime and a more
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full review of the new G 303 dadless
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apex two mice that you might think look
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the same and well you'd be right but there are a few differences probably
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you'll find out after the intro
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so the idea behind the G 302 was to
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build a mouse that was ideal for dota and the lesser game League of Legends
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small and lightweight so you don't get fatigued moving your mouse back and
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forth with a very fast click to the minimized mouse mouth I meant mouse
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button travel distance and Logitech achieve that twice now I guess
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because the G 303 Daedalus apex is here
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it weighs a mere 87 grams without the
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cable about the same as the abysus or G 100's pre weight mod but it's not as
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light as the final mass 2015 74 grams
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the shape is a bit unusual and it's a
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lover hated characteristic the front and back tapers off pretty sharply and the
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angular back in middle leaves you with less contact surface than other mice if
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you have big hands you might find yourself a bit cramped but if you have
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small hands the sharp angles might cause some soreness keep in mind while this
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mouse has a symmetrical shape it is not ambidextrous this is a right-handed
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Mouse for right-handed people who primarily use a fingertip or claw grip
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as for the rest of the physical overview in spite of its featherweight class the
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G 303's build quality feels solid with none of the creaky plastic feel that is
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common on lesser mice there's a left and right mouse button in their expected
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positions logitech's been doing this a while so it would be hard for them to
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screw that up what they haven't been doing for a while is what logitech calls
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a metal spring button tensioning system which reduces pre-travel while a lot of
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high performance mice have a left right mouse button as part of the top shell
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the Daedalus has dedicated floating buttons which overall results in a very
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quick and light click that is pretty consistent regardless of where pressure
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is applied to the button although it's not so light that you accidentally shoot
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or stab teammates and spawn on Death
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Adder the scroll wheel has distinct notches that you can feel and offers
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only light resistance to actually rolling it this is good if you want to
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zoom in out really quickly but it does make very precise scroll actuations hard
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to achieve quickly pressing the scroll wheel is unfortunately affected by the
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light rolling resistance sometimes when I press down on the scroll wheel I'm
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liable to scroll up or down while I'm at it right below it is a dpi switch and
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finally two thumb buttons on the left side the thumb buttons have a short
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actuation although it does feel mushy once you do pass the actuation which is
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kind of disappointing after you feel the left and right mouse clicks that are
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just amazing so what is this mouse it
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seems a lot like the g3 oh - well the g3
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oh - Daedalus prime MOBA gaming mouse is for MOBA players as the name implies and
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the g3 o3 is for shooting people in the
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face but how do you take the same shell and optimize it for a different game
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type when you play an FPS especially Counter Strike global Offensive you have
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to make rather large mass movements since you're probably using a low dpi
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for that extra accuracy and I found that the rubber cable was a bit too
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inflexible and would give a small but annoying bit of resistance when I would
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move up or down and get close to my mass Bungie at high speeds like with flick
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shots I found that the G 302 was liable
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to lean to one side or another losing tracking as it only had mass feed at the
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top center and bottom the cloud9 csgo team apparently loved the weight and
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shape of the G 302 well except for nothing who still preferred the G 100's
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and where it has it that team solomid CS
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Team loved it too unfortunately the amo 10 sensor wasn't
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enough with a maximum tracking speed of about 120 inches per second or 3 meters per
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second it just couldn't keep up I know my flick shot regularly hits 4 meters
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per second and I don't I can't even imagine like cloud nine with hit
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probably higher they get paid for it well Logitech was listening and took
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this feedback from pro gamers and enthusiasts which resulted in the new G
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303 it looks and feels like the G 302
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with some tweaks for competitive FPS
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play the rubber cable was changed to a soft braided Abell and it seems flexible
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and durable enough it's a bit thicker and heavier than the cable on the Roccat
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Kone pure military so sometimes I do find it dragging while the KPM cable
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stays off my best pad on the bottom they've added two mouse feet on the
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sides to give it a bit more stability when making high-speed movements finally
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and most importantly they swapped out the AM 0/10 sensor and replaced it with
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a BMW 3366 sensor previously only seen in
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Logitech's flagship g502 making the G
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303 capable of tracking at speeds in excess of 300 inches per second or 7.6
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m/s more than double the amo 10 and the
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g3 o to double the 3310 sensor found in
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top gaming mice like the rival or counter military and even more from the
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DeathAdder chroma in my test I don't know if it can do seven point six meters
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per second but at the six that I would
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reach at the very fastest it did handle that perfectly the G 302 was rate for
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MOBAs now the G 303 is also perfect for FPS I'll be it at a higher price point
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of $69.99 is it worth the upgrade from the G 302 if you find your cable gets in
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the way or you can't really do your noscope 360s because it just doesn't
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keep up well the G 303 is an upgrade but
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as with all mice comfort is important and if the odd shape of the Daedalus
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doesn't fit and it doesn't fit so the G
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303 is a small lightweight mouse with a flagship sensor that pretty much beats
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out every other sensor the left and right click action is fantastic and now
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with the flexible cable it won't get in the way of your flick shots the shape
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might offend some but if you can handle it the G 303 is definitely a mouse ready
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