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The Basics121-ish grams WITHOUT optional weights installed. 3366 sensor. 20M omrons. RGB lighting. Went to a Best Buy to pick up the G903. Tried G903, did not like shape. Tried G502, liked. Left store, meditated upon previous dislike for ugly G502 “spaceship design.” Meditated upon adopting a mouse that seems to weight twice as much as my truck. Bought G502 online next day. Proceeded to enjoy.Why do a G502 review when the mouse has been around forever? Because it is still a relevant choice on the market, because I like going Nit-Noid on mice, because this mouse deserves the attention it gets, and because pleas need to be made to properly update a winning formula. Testing time prior to review was 19 days.The Good Very good for fingertip, that style feels good even with the heavy weight taken into consideration. Good materials. Quality rubber flanks with some nice patterning action going on. Excellent 3366 sensor, low LOD. Surface tuning option did seem to make a positive difference. Good clicks everywhere. Primary clicks are medium stiffness and manage to have excellent feedback without being terribly loud. Excellent thumb buttons, no travel or rattle issues. They are labeled, (nice little touch) and all have light actuation with good tactility. All buttons on the mouse are good, but I do think they would be better with a textured finish as found on the G203. Logitech has excellent software. Reliable, intuitive, functional albeit limited in the total number of bells and whistles available compared to a growing portion of the competition. The software enables use of the G-Shift option. Basically you can map your mouse to act as a “shift key” so that virtually all the other buttons on the mouse perform an additional function when pressed with the said shift key. Good sniper/extra buttons, I think they are conveniently placed for medium hands and work well. I immediately missed the extra functions when I swapped away from this mouse. Infinite scroll is a nice option. I didn’t know how much I would use it...until I ended up using it a lot. Another thing easily missed switching away from the mouse… Apparently durable scroll design. I have no intention of opening this mouse up, part of the reason for that is because there are a number of good teardown videos out there. One thing I learned from a teardown vid is that the regular scroll mode gets its tactility from a plastic arm in contact with the inside of the scroll wheel. That arrangement seems like it would be more durable than what you typically see in most mice. A tilt scroll option is not only present, it is easy to use with mercifully light actuation. Between the infinite scroll, extra buttons and tilt function, I found the G502 superb for word processing. I had backspace set to one side of the tilt scroll, and the “end” key mapped to the other. The additional index finger keys were mapped to copy and paste, just for fun. Between the G-Shift and switching profiles on the fly, you can quickly run into more options than you can quickly memorize.The Middling Decent looks in my opinion, but it took a while to get there. If you don’t like the looks, all you need to do is think of its functionality, you can stab someone or club them with this mouse. Many uses, such versatile.The Bad Scroll wheel is metal and not rubberized – it feels cold, often a little slick. Rubber should have been an update on the Spectrum model. The braided cord is what I would call moderate-stiff, definitely room for improvement. Scroll tactility is quite good, but rather clunky. Also, there is enough mass to the scroll wheel that you can overscroll easily in some situations. Scroll rattles, sometimes even in game. Not a huge distraction, minor gripe compared to the convenience of having infinite scroll available. Heavy weight means a lot more inertia for fast-paced FPS. This is an area where this really good all-rounder isn’t so well rounded. The weight means that picking it up is not completely transparent to your mind in-game, even after a week of use. It did go away eventually for me. This mouse is probably unusable for FPS for players who operate below 1000 DPI, even then it is not ideal. Okay for small palm and medium fingertip, but larger hands (18.5cm+) that try to palm will probably drag their pinky or feel annoyed trying to keep it off the mousepad. There is space for a passable claw grip, but the 502’s weight means you have to squeeze that much more with limited thumb surface area. This seems a good recipe for hand fatigue/discomfort over time. Scroll toggle button is useful, but would be better as the rearmost of the two buttons behind the scroll. Sure it makes a harder engineering problem, but that is why Logitech employs engineers. Rather narrow grip width caused some ring finger fatigue. I always thought of the G502 as a larger mouse, it actually isn’t as big as it looks. Making the mouse slightly wider with slight modifications would make it much more comfy and easier to pick up at the same time since more of fingers 4 and 5 would end up in contact with the side of the mouse. The right-side grip surface should flare out slightly more to right with same basic curvature. It would also be good to raise the height of the right side grip section by 2mm to be just slightly more similar to the G403. Forward of the scroll wheel on the right side (where the ring finger goes), the lip section should be flattened slightly to give more options to ring fingers. The primary click button was loose in the upward direction. On my copy, if the index finger is not perfectly dry, the mouse button adheres to it and gets pulled upward with the finger and results in a distracting rattle when the two go their separate ways. This was one of the most annoying issues with the mouse. Thankfully it was easily fixed. I put a piece of tape along the front seam of LMB, preventing it from traveling upward out of position. Failure to update and missed opportunities. The Proteus core was released some 3 years ago. The Spectrum is still on store shelves some two years after Logitech updated their G logo. Kinda advertises that it is an “old” mouse. Logitech isn’t putting 50m omrons on the mouse. Redundantly...no rubber scroll and no attempt at weight reduction with the Spectrum release. Makes me sad. Worse, the G900 weights 15 grams less and it is wireless. For the Spectrum update, Logitech simply added RGB to the logo and deleted some teal from the thumb rest. If it had been my company doing such a minor change, I would have simply updated the mouse and let people notice the fact there was a nice little production update.ConclusionDespite the fact this is an older design, the Proteus Spectrum is still a good design that holds up well in many areas. One of the best compliments I can give the G502 is that I’m not terribly tempted to go back to my G403, probably my fave mouse of all time - and that is coming from someone who, until recently, was looking for a 70 gram gaming mouse. Is the 502 ideal for FPS? Nope. But, it is still probably the best all-round mouse I’ve used. This mouse’s “honeymoon phase” lasted almost two weeks, an eternity for me. That’s part of why I kept using this mouse as long as I did – I didn’t want to move on. It’s not perfect, and there are several legitimate gripes. This mouse’s shortcoming are all the more painful because without them this mouse could have been A+ material so easily. That said, I look forward to using it a lot more. I hope we see a “G503” come out in a wired and wireless version. The wired version should retain the basic shape with all the buttons and be no more than 100g with adjustable weights, 110g for starters with the wireless version. I can dream.Bang for Buck Grade: A-

For almost 7 years I have had the same mouse, and this mouse has just been absolutely the best. You can add weight and deduct weight when you need it, it is pretty light without any weight and glides across most surfaces pretty well. Definitely get the Hero variety, same experience just a little better at the same price, I remember it being around 50$ for a used, but if you can get it cheaper do it. Worth the buy, the firmware is simple and allows really good choices for macro and dpi settings. I have a claw grip and can easily rest my fingers well on the mouse with lots of comfort. Also super durable, I've been on long trips and the wire is still really strong, just make sure that you are keeping the wire at a nice spot and its not constantly twisted in a tight area.

I'd like to start this by stating that I would have given it a 4.5 or even a 4.75 if I could (Amazon if you read this, please add this feature).I have used many mouses in the past, most notably(and most recently as this is a replacement mouse) the SteelSeries Rival. After the scroll wheel started to stick I decided it was time for a new mouse, plus with the new lighting feature I was excited to upgrade to the G502 (I also like new tech and am fortunate enough to be able to buy things like the G502 without too much harm done). I only received the mouse today, however, I have done about 8 hours of testing and have some stuff to say about it. (please note: I will update if my opinion changes or if any problems arise)-Build quality and packaging:The packaging is awesome, it even tells me the coefficient of friction... I love physics, and this being included is really awesome, thank you Logitech! :D (also it looks cool, not the nicest thing I've ever unboxed but it's still pretty good)As for the mouse itself I was pleasantly surprised by it's shape and construction quality. I felt the cheap manufacturing of even the rival but the G502 really gives me a new look at how a mouse I payed a rather large amount of money for "should" feel. Really good job, Logitech!-Feeling/Comfort:I am right handed, if you're left handed I can't imagine it'd be all that comfortable as such don't pay attention to this :(The first thing I thought when I got the mouse in my hands was it was cold and soft in all the right places... the sides have a simply fantastic matt finish, as such it's slightly cold to the touch and also very soft. Seemingly connecting the matt finish in a series of circuits(as you can see from looking at the pictures by logitech) is hard, cold plastic. The plastic really adds personality to the mouse, with it's very strong structure.The lay-out of the buttons is great because whether or not you touch them is completely up to you(as in resting position you're not going to touch any of the G-keys)The mouse wheel is simply orgasmic(sorry, but I'm in love), it's made out of I presume either stainless steel or something of that nature and feels really, really sturdy. When you move the wheel it has a very nice click feeling. This along with a very smooth "infinite" scrolling feature I can't think of a single thing wrong with it. Some people may say it's slippery, which I suppose it could be, but coming from the rival with it's rubber roller cover, putting a little extra force on the wheel is a small amount to pay for such a luxury feel.The adjustable weights are really well implemented, and offer a great deal of customization, both in changing the center of mass of the mouse and in changing it's frictional resistance. I personally just use the mouse without any weights as I got accustomed to the Rival's extremely light design. However having the option is a very nice touch.-SensorComing from the Rival all I really have to say is it feels very responsive and gives a lot of options for DPI adjustment. I have a 1440p monitor and prefer something around 5000dpi, however I have higher presets for things like flying or driving and then lower presets for sniping. At the presets I have after playing a couple hours of games I didn't experience any issues!Works very well in FPS games and I would assume in any other game (though if you only play RTS games don't spend 80$ on a mouse, but that's just my 2 cents)-FeaturesUnlike many other gamers I do not like to use the G-keys for anything other than DPI shifting and then back and forward for browsing. I don't use multiple profiles and use the "Shift" key sparingly, though I am using it more and more (it's only been a day!).HOWEVER, the mouse brings a LOT to the table. With more than just customizable G-keys. For example, the shift key being a new addition to my "used" features with it's very ergonomic implementation. Not to mention the fantastic "infinite scroll" feature, which is a really awesome tool to have, it's surprising how often it comes in handy. The features that I do use offer me more than enough to be happy with the mouse, in fact the only button I don't use is the profile switch key. Which, I've gotta say is really awesome! (that I don't have to use all of the keys to really enjoy the mouse)That said, the Logitech program, while being a bit wanky and laggy, offers a metric **** ton of customization; from a different profile per game along with the 3 customizable profiles to being able to change any and all the buttons to do whatever you feel necessary, the G502 delivers.-LightingSo having seen the spectrum on CES 2016 I was instantly hooked on the idea with a mouse that could fit in with my color scheme (green and black as I have a black widow keyboard [highly recommend this, btw]). However, I was disappointed by it's lackluster customize options, you can change the color and whether or not it breaths or shifts between colors. Not to mention the fact that the lighting is done rather poorly, with pretty dim lights it doesn't stand a chance against my keyboard, and then at the same time the lighting is not uniform across the logo. Which is something that is disappointing as the Rival accomplished this goal very well with nice, bright, lights (I forget whether or not the light intensity was customizable). It's for this reason that I deducted .25-.5 points as the whole bases of this upgrade(from core to spectrum, Logitech's upgrade, not mine) was for the new RGB lights and Logitech did a rather poor job of implementing it :(Conclusion:I would, as my opinion stands right now, recommend this mouse. I think it's definetely worth the 80$ if you have a use for it's features and or sensor. It's not perfect, but I give props to Logitech and whoever designed it for it's amazing feeling, that mouse wheel made me so happy it's astounding! Also the cable for the mouse is pretty short, Wish it could have been maybe 1-2 feet longer, but oh well.Thanks for reading, and good luck with your future mouse :Dnote: for those wondering I would rank the Rival below this, the G502 feels much better to me, and also a little more responsive.