Logitech G500 Programmable Gaming Mouse Review

When I had to find a new mouse to replace my old MX518, I had a hard time choosing between the G500 and a Razer Naga. I settled on the G500 only because I liked the idea of having a tiltable scroll-wheel. It’s been a few months now & I’m happy with my choice, this is a great mouse & does everything I wanted.

I play WoW a lot & specifically was interested in binding my strafe keys to the tilt-wheel. The mouse comes with software that lets you create profiles that activate on launching different programs, so you can have your mouse keys set up differently for games and web browsing. Honestly, the software is a little clunky to fiddle with but it does the job. Once in a while it doesn’t load the right profile upon launching my game and I have to restart my whole computer to make it work correctly, which is annoying but minor & doesn’t happen often enough to be a real issue.

The G500 is the same size & shape as the MX518, which is too big for my hand but I’ve been using it so long I’m used to it. The textures are great, the thumb buttons are perfectly placed, and the tilt-wheel works perfectly for my strafing once I programmed it. The free-scrolling option is pretty neat too, I like it. The one problem I did notice about the scroll-wheel, however, is that it is extremely difficult to middle-click something without having the wheel tilt. I thought I could do it if I were just super-careful but nope, it’s really hard especially when you’re playing a game. I had to unbind everything from the middle-click altogether so I wouldn’t accidentally strafe myself off a cliff.

In short, minor issues but overall great mouse, 5 months in & no serious complaints.

Product Feature

• Gaming-grade laser gives you precision at any speed
• Up to 27 grams of extra weight give you the feel you want in your hand
• Onboard memory lets you take your settings with you
• Dual mode scroll wheel provides click-to-click or hyper-fast scrolling
• On-the-fly adjustable DPI gives you the right level of precision for any game scenario. Mouse also comes with 10 programmable buttons

Logitech G500 Programmable Gaming Mouse Overview

The Logitech Gaming Mouse G500 is your weapon of choice for precision and control. Gaming-grade laser gives you game-changing precision at any hand speed (from 200 to 5700 dpi). Onboard memory lets you save and take your settings for your favorite title with you—no software required. Plus, weight tuning for personalized feel and control.

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Customer Reviews

couldn’t go back to optical – Jim – California USA
Pros: great response, feel, and ergonomics! The textured grip on the sides are very useful when lifting the mouse. The adjustable scrolling is a great feature. The included software is very easy to use and makes the DPI adjustment much more useful. I love that it doesn’t have huge glowing LEDs all over it like other gaming mice.

Cons: the thumb space guides a little too easily into the 3 small buttons on the left of the mouse. It’s a little disconcerting when lifting the mouse a lot, but not a huge deal. The left-side buttons are on the small side and the back button requires a bit of a reach. There are also no buttons on the right. I’m still not a fan of the strange pattern on top. All in all, these are fairly minor issues.

Other Thoughts: I was looking to upgrade from an optical to a laser mouse and bought the G500 based on a number of reviews. [...], but after going back to my old mouse for about 10 minutes, couldn’t pull the trigger. The G500 is now happily sitting on my mousepad. I’ve been using an old optical mouse, but have tried a couple Razer mice and didn’t like how light they were. The button clicks on those are also a little too sensitive for my tastes.

Sent mine back, Setpoint drvs awful in Windows 7 x64! – YetAnotherITGuy – Central Texas
Bought one of these to replace an old Logitech MX510. System is running Windows 7 Home Premioum x64. Guess What? Logitech Setpoint 6.15 will NOT allow you to map a primary button double click to the middle button of the mouse (the scroll wheel) when you have the primary and secondary buttons reversed in the Devices/Mouse OS configuration. Setpoint uses the function mapped to the PHYSICAL left button of the mouse for the double click which of course becomes a “menu” function if you swap left/right so the middle button winds up sending a double “menu” click (like that is of any use). DUH. Posted about it twice on the Logitech support forum — SILENCE. Oh, and Setpoint will also considerately reset the swap primary/secondary setting in Devices/Mouse back to unselected on exit from Setpoint, if you have had the audacity to actually tick it (how DARE you use one of their pointing products LEFT-HANDED? GASP!).

Folks — I know this is mainly a lefty issue, but this is BASIC driver functionality I am talking about, it’s not rocket science. Logitech doesn’t test their drivers, they just throw them out into the wild and let their customers be their STG.

Also — the stainless steel finish of this mouse will become severely tarnished within 2 days of owning the product. Right where your palm and fingers contact the finish. And no, it doesn’t matter if you have clean hands. Skin oils reacting with the steel finish. Looks pretty nasty.

On the positive side, the dual scroll wheel modes and left/right scrolling functions worked well (of limited applicability however, at least in my case or in any game I can think of).

Wound up sending mine back to Amazon for a refund (THANKS AMAZON YOU ROCK ON RETURNS) Bought a Logitech MX518 instead (which ALSO shares the double click issue, but I did find a fix for that via a free 32-bit 3rd-party app that hooks into the mouse API to intercept and re-map button presses).

Not for small hands – Su – PA, USA
I have many mice, but with this one, I notice my hand cramps up with just a short time using it. When I use my G9x, I have no problem. I think it is just the shape of this mouse, and the left and right click buttons seem to require a little more effort to press and hold. This may lead to hand fatigue.
I believe the problem is that this mouse is too long for my small hands, and with my thomb resting on the thumb button, my fingers do not the the left and right keys in the easiest to press spot. So if your glove size is 6-7, stay away from this and get the Logitech G9x instead or the Razor Orochi, both of which are smaller mice.

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