I used the G502x for the last two years and it was realy great and I didn't had any problem with the software, but i recently switched to the G Pro X Superlight 2 witch is far better for FPS games
rgb actually really matters a lot if you plan to color code a bunch of profiles. I have 6 profiles a swap between, without rgb it would be a massive pain to work with. Also this version of the mouse uses laser or something to initiate click which is supposed to be a massive improvement for longevity. I had two older models over the years and both always had issues with the left click not consistently registering even though it still felt nice and made a solid click. The new tech is supposed to solve that and so far it's held up for me. Also the pads on the bottom of the mouse were greatly improved. I forget what they are called but I know a bunch of mouse snobs also always complained about the pads because the old pads caused a lot of drag. It's something i thought was probably overblown and didn't matter all that much. But after getting this new one and testing side by side i can easily feel the difference and it makes the mouse feel even lighter and more responsive.
@@Cpt.Tripps the non plus version has a tiny indicator at the front above the mouse wheel however, I don't think you have control to map it to profile colors, only some preset colors for changing dpi, though I'm not 100% sure on this. Also Idk if that little light is rgb or just a few preset colors it can swap between. However, that little light is pretty difficult to see. It's at the front of the mouse and the curvature of the mouse itself makes it fairly hard to see from a normal sitting position. However, if you have your hand on the mouse there almost a 100% chance you will fully obscure that light from your view. So even if I'm wrong and that little light is fully controllable rgb it still wouldn't be ideal.
Thanks for your review! Recently was thinking about a mouse upgrade. I'm deciding between razer basilisk pro v3 and g502x wireless. But g502x doesnt have a bluetooth connectivity so it s no option for me anymore, since i use mac, and not a big fan of dongle life :D. My current mouse is Razer x Hyperspeed, im using it via bluetooth with mac m3, and dongled to my windows pc. Thus I can switch between these whenever I need portability with mac, or precision and high rates with PC. It is almost perfect but, it takes 30 seconds to reconnect to mac via bluetooth, each time after it awakes from sleep. This happens with mac only, and only with this model (cheap oem bluetooth models like rapoo work just fine both on macos and windows). It might be due to software issue on Apple's side. Im not sure but assume) So that's a bit frustrating. So if you happen to obtain this Basilisk pro v3, and check its bt connectivity with ARM based mac. That might help a lot!
The indented arrow symbols on the two main buttons is what killed it for me. I couldn't use the mouse without feeling irritated that there's something under my fingers. The soft plastics started degrading and melting in less that a year of usage. I just put it back in its box and got a X Pro Superlight. Which was a ripoff. Cheers Logitech.
You cannot even map a Double-Click to the extra buttons on the internal on-board memory and using the software in the background not only creates an unnecessary dependency that could also double as an extra point of failure, but also poses an issue when the mouse is entering some form a low energy state after being left alone for maybe half a minute, after which these software assigned buttons become unresponsive. You'll need to click about 5 or 6 times in order to these software assigned buttons.. "wake up" and work.. This is frustrating to no end, especially when the older G502 allowed you to assign such functions to the extra buttons. This is a major step backwards, just for the sake of forcing users to have Logitech's G-Hub software constantly running in the background. And even then, not letting you use your mouse properly..
g502 hero has a lot of buttons and yet I can't find a single one to which I could bind the middle mouse button. Especially in strategy games, this may be the most frequently used button because it is used to scroll the camera. The ones on the side require too much force and the ones on the top require placing your fingers in strange positions
I have middle click mapped top the big button on the left of the mouse. 100% the best spot in my option. The 3 buttons on the side a generally pretty easy to get used to clicking. The two on top take a bit more training time. For like a year I barely ever used them but I use them all the time now. It's just muscle memory and you'll learn faster if you map it to a commonly used key.
@@mattecrystal6403 I think that this mouse is designed mainly with a palm grip in mind, maybe even with 3 fingers on the top, and this makes it quite uncomfortable for me. Apart from that, I think it's a very good mouse.
@@mattecrystal6403 I think there is only one healthy way to use the finger grip in games that use a lot of the middle button when using this mouse. Bind this button to the top front button and then learn to hold three fingers at the top, including one in front of the mouse wheel or on the mouse wheel and be very careful not to accidentally rotate it
@@mattecrystal6403 I think it's a very niche mouse that is very difficult to use unless you use a palm grip with zero vertical mobility in the wrist. But because it looks very sporty, it became very popular. Not in e-sports of course
I used the G502x for the last two years and it was realy great and I didn't had any problem with the software, but i recently switched to the G Pro X Superlight 2 witch is far better for FPS games
Also we need to care about the longevity of the switch as well. I had 3 of the G603 that all of them had issue with the switch within a year.
Just got the x+LS for $105. They should’ve brought back illumination on the G
rgb actually really matters a lot if you plan to color code a bunch of profiles. I have 6 profiles a swap between, without rgb it would be a massive pain to work with. Also this version of the mouse uses laser or something to initiate click which is supposed to be a massive improvement for longevity. I had two older models over the years and both always had issues with the left click not consistently registering even though it still felt nice and made a solid click. The new tech is supposed to solve that and so far it's held up for me. Also the pads on the bottom of the mouse were greatly improved. I forget what they are called but I know a bunch of mouse snobs also always complained about the pads because the old pads caused a lot of drag. It's something i thought was probably overblown and didn't matter all that much. But after getting this new one and testing side by side i can easily feel the difference and it makes the mouse feel even lighter and more responsive.
I haven't though about the RGB in that way, you're right. Also good to know all that other stuff, thanks for telling us!
Doesn't the non Plus version have some RGB on it - like a logo? Wouldn't this be enough to differentiate profiles?
@@Cpt.Tripps the non plus version has a tiny indicator at the front above the mouse wheel however, I don't think you have control to map it to profile colors, only some preset colors for changing dpi, though I'm not 100% sure on this. Also Idk if that little light is rgb or just a few preset colors it can swap between.
However, that little light is pretty difficult to see. It's at the front of the mouse and the curvature of the mouse itself makes it fairly hard to see from a normal sitting position. However, if you have your hand on the mouse there almost a 100% chance you will fully obscure that light from your view. So even if I'm wrong and that little light is fully controllable rgb it still wouldn't be ideal.
Thanks for your review!
Recently was thinking about a mouse upgrade. I'm deciding between razer basilisk pro v3 and g502x wireless. But g502x doesnt have a bluetooth connectivity so it s no option for me anymore, since i use mac, and not a big fan of dongle life :D.
My current mouse is Razer x Hyperspeed, im using it via bluetooth with mac m3, and dongled to my windows pc. Thus I can switch between these whenever I need portability with mac, or precision and high rates with PC.
It is almost perfect but, it takes 30 seconds to reconnect to mac via bluetooth, each time after it awakes from sleep. This happens with mac only, and only with this model (cheap oem bluetooth models like rapoo work just fine both on macos and windows). It might be due to software issue on Apple's side. Im not sure but assume) So that's a bit frustrating.
So if you happen to obtain this Basilisk pro v3, and check its bt connectivity with ARM based mac. That might help a lot!
The indented arrow symbols on the two main buttons is what killed it for me.
I couldn't use the mouse without feeling irritated that there's something under my fingers.
The soft plastics started degrading and melting in less that a year of usage.
I just put it back in its box and got a X Pro Superlight. Which was a ripoff.
Cheers Logitech.
You cannot even map a Double-Click to the extra buttons on the internal on-board memory and using the software in the background not only creates an unnecessary dependency that could also double as an extra point of failure, but also poses an issue when the mouse is entering some form a low energy state after being left alone for maybe half a minute, after which these software assigned buttons become unresponsive. You'll need to click about 5 or 6 times in order to these software assigned buttons.. "wake up" and work.. This is frustrating to no end, especially when the older G502 allowed you to assign such functions to the extra buttons. This is a major step backwards, just for the sake of forcing users to have Logitech's G-Hub software constantly running in the background. And even then, not letting you use your mouse properly..
g502 hero has a lot of buttons and yet I can't find a single one to which I could bind the middle mouse button. Especially in strategy games, this may be the most frequently used button because it is used to scroll the camera. The ones on the side require too much force and the ones on the top require placing your fingers in strange positions
I have middle click mapped top the big button on the left of the mouse. 100% the best spot in my option. The 3 buttons on the side a generally pretty easy to get used to clicking. The two on top take a bit more training time. For like a year I barely ever used them but I use them all the time now. It's just muscle memory and you'll learn faster if you map it to a commonly used key.
@@mattecrystal6403 I think that this mouse is designed mainly with a palm grip in mind, maybe even with 3 fingers on the top, and this makes it quite uncomfortable for me. Apart from that, I think it's a very good mouse.
@@mattecrystal6403 I think there is only one healthy way to use the finger grip in games that use a lot of the middle button when using this mouse. Bind this button to the top front button and then learn to hold three fingers at the top, including one in front of the mouse wheel or on the mouse wheel and be very careful not to accidentally rotate it
@@mattecrystal6403
I think it's a very niche mouse that is very difficult to use unless you use a palm grip with zero vertical mobility in the wrist. But because it looks very sporty, it became very popular. Not in e-sports of course