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Logitech today announced its best gaming mouse yet, the Logitech® G900 Chaos Spectrum™. The new professional-grade wireless gaming mouse features industry-leading wireless technology, an advanced optical gaming sensor, a flexible ambidextrous design, customizable lighting, mechanical pivot button design and lightweight construction, for maximum performance and comfort over long gameplay sessions. The Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum delivers a lag-free wireless performance and long battery life that’s trusted by professional eSports gamers.
 
$150? Ohhhhh my. Maybe I'm getting to far out of the loop but that price is too rich for my blood for a mouse. Guess I'll still stick with my trusty G5 until it quits on me.
 
A review
Logitech unveils professional-grade G900 Chaos Spectrum wireless gaming mouse

Oh dang it. I thought this one would be my next mouse. Battery only lasts for 24 hours? So if you forget to charge it, you're screwed. I don't see how this would work for my HTPC. I can't sit next to the HTPC to use the mouse... How am I supposed to use it across the room if it's charging?? fail! If it had batteries you could swap out, I would be sold. Plus it requires TWO usb ports - one for connectivity and one just for charging. Ugh. Then, it's $150. fail... I was hoping to find a replacement for my Logitech G7. I guess I'll pass on this one :( I thought I had found one from Razer:

I bought the Razer Mamba Chroma wireless laser mouse. It was also pricey - $130 local. It had an awesome feel to it. By default, it comes with rainbow coloring... really?? If you want to do ANY customizing of the mouse (turn off rainbow or change optional mouse buttons), you have to sign up for an account! wtheck? epic fail! So, you have to register an email account with them (that they can sell to other companies for spam), plus now you have to remember yet another password and which email you used. Plus if you are somewhere without any internet connectivity, you can't change your settings... Epic fail. Next, the battery was lasting about 7 hours! Only 7!! So, if you fall asleep or forget to plug your mouse in every day, you are screwed. EPIC FAIL! I contacted Razer about these issues and they pretty much ignored me. I will not ever buy a Razer product until they get rid of the stupid email sign-up and make the battery last longer than less than a day. Whoever is responsible for product design at Razer isn't too bright... Sorry for the rant. I'm still on the hunt for a wireless mouse that holds a charge for more than a few days (or has swappable batteries like the G7). It needs to be squared and not flare out wildly like the G700's. My G7 isn't doing so well right now.
 
I was waiting to see what this mouse would be like, and no good for me :(

First is the wacked out price, and second no index finger buttons which I use heavily. So Roccat Tyon it will be for me I guess.
 
Until they make a wireless mouse than never needs its batteries changed (inductive charging, solar or whatever) I'm not buying one. That's the "feature" that I care about over all, the fact that wired mice are cheaper and still better in every other way is nice too. Although Logitech already makes a mouse that's perfect for me so I guess I can't complain. I'm using a Logitech G502 right now.
 
The review I read said that's is 24 hours of activity and there's a cable the charges and converts it to a wired mouse.

I don't like the ambidextrous design.

Yes, that is what I said. My HTPC is 10 feet away. How am I supposed to use the mouse if it's charging? I can't use a wired mouse. I thought that was the whole point of going wireless. I can swap batteries on my current G7. Or if the mouse lasted a week or more that would be fine because I would have enough warning if I forget to charge it one night. Only lasting 24 hrs is too often to have to recharge.
 
So in the middle of fast and furious gaming action, you can expect a "Please charge your mouse." message every day? This mouse has a lot to like but I think they included a few features too many. AA batteries are cheap and fast to swap. If you are in to rechargeables, one set can be charging while you are using the other set. Swap time is a minute or so, at least on my M310.

I do like the left-right swap feature as I took up left hand mousing years ago due to RSI pain in my right hand. So used to it now that right handed mousing seems odd.

I wonder if they brought back Middle Wheel = Double Click as a driver option or will you still have to manual edit the config file?
 
I have a mouse addiction so I'm sure I'll check this out but I do not like wireless mice that much. The G700 was great and all but when the battery died you were kinda screwed. Yeah you could plug in the cable and still use it but the supplied cable was as thick as a garden hose!

Maybe it's just me but I don't get the allure of wireless gaming mice. For mobile applications I get it but aren't most PC gamers sitting at their desk very near their tower? Is a wire in the way that much?

Like I said, I'm sure I'll check it out but not sure it'll replace my beloved G502 as "the greatest gaming mouse of all time".
 
I have a mouse addiction so I'm sure I'll check this out but I do not like wireless mice that much. The G700 was great and all but when the battery died you were kinda screwed. Yeah you could plug in the cable and still use it but the supplied cable was as thick as a garden hose!

Maybe it's just me but I don't get the allure of wireless gaming mice. For mobile applications I get it but aren't most PC gamers sitting at their desk very near their tower? Is a wire in the way that much?

Like I said, I'm sure I'll check it out but not sure it'll replace my beloved G502 as "the greatest gaming mouse of all time".

It doesn't really have anything to do with the wire being "in the way", it is the little bit of resistance the wire causes when moving the mouse. That resistance changes depending on the position of the cord and won't be 100% consistent no matter how light or little friction the cord has. Getting rid of that inconsistency is a big deal.
 
Been using a wired MX518 for almost a decade. Exactly what is wrong with a cord? That way you can be assured that its not getting any performance loss because someone started up some microwave popcorn.

Have this mouse with a cord, give me the money back on the difference of a battery, and I will think about buying it.

All you have to do to get rid of 99% of cable drag is to make a nice loose loop in front of the mouse. It can't be putting more than a few grams of force on the movement.
 
Been using a wired MX518 for almost a decade. Exactly what is wrong with a cord? That way you can be assured that its not getting any performance loss because someone started up some microwave popcorn.

Have this mouse with a cord, give me the money back on the difference of a battery, and I will think about buying it.

All you have to do to get rid of 99% of cable drag is to make a nice loose loop in front of the mouse. It can't be putting more than a few grams of force on the movement.


The last couple generations of Logitech gaming mice have had perfect wireless performance. Even their wireless gaming mice from 10 years ago were lag free with very rare cases of interference.

The whole point of this mouse is getting rid of the cord and all the inconsistant resistance it causes. Logitech already has a wired mouse with the same sensor for half the price. The small amount of resistance a cord causes might not seem like a big deal to you but it actually matters, and a normal person is more than capable of feeling the inconsistencies no matter what you do with the cord.
 
Yes, that is what I said. My HTPC is 10 feet away. How am I supposed to use the mouse if it's charging? I can't use a wired mouse. I thought that was the whole point of going wireless. I can swap batteries on my current G7. Or if the mouse lasted a week or more that would be fine because I would have enough warning if I forget to charge it one night. Only lasting 24 hrs is too often to have to recharge.

What part of "24 hours of activity" are you not understanding? Unless you're jerking the mouse around the entire time you're watching TV shows and movies, a single charge should last weeks.

If you're also gaming with your HTPC, then yeah, the charge won't last as long. But even then, just recharge it when not using the HTPC.
 
Bah, I've got a desk with one of those keyboard trays under the main part of the desk. Ghetto mod: Take a breadloaf tab an sticky it under the desk holding the cable, along with a bit of slack.

Wireless is never lag free, its why the current generation VR headsets are wired.

Besides, I've never used this particular main computer mouse off the mouse pad. A mouse pad that has not changed place in decades. I could see a wireless for a laptop, but for a main stationary gaming rig? Wired all the way (and at least 1000hz polling rate too)
 
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I don't want a better mouse than the G602, otherwise I may get banned from other servers for aiming too well.
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Wireless is never lag free
So many people believe in this false myth. Are there wireless mice that lag? Of course. Are there wireless mice that don't lag? Yep, and there have been for a long time.
Logitech even did an experiment where they had professional gamers test a wireless mouse, then a wireless mouse with a fake cord. The subjects said the wireless mouse lagged and wireless mouse with the fake cord didn't.
 
That's correct. The "lag" is just due to crappy electronics and is quite independent of the signal transmission medium.
 
As much as I'm not a big fan of wireless mice I have to agree that lag is not an issue at least on quality mice. My G700 is lag free. Maybe if you hooked up some high dollar measuring device that can measure down to the nanosecond you could find some but I've used one for years and never experienced any lag at all even when the battery was getting low. Now I'm sure the $25 Walmart wireless mice will lag but a $100 high end gaming mouse will be free from it.
 
Hope it's WAY better than the G700.

The G700 is fucking awesome...best wired/wireless gaming mouse I have used, and continue to use. Only thing that could be better IMO is battery life.

I'd love to see some of the G900 tech go into an updated G700 design. They claim this has 11 buttons but...where? The design of the G700 isn't ambi, but I love having the 4 side buttons + more where they are.

Also, $150 is nuts for a mouse regardless.
 
The G700 is fucking awesome...best wired/wireless gaming mouse I have used, and continue to use. Only thing that could be better IMO is battery life.

I'd love to see some of the G900 tech go into an updated G700 design. They claim this has 11 buttons but...where? The design of the G700 isn't ambi, but I love having the 4 side buttons + more where they are.

Also, $150 is nuts for a mouse regardless.

I don't disagree. My problem is the battery life is a GD disgrace. I just keep mine wired. I'm gonna see if anyone sells a higher capacity cell for it. I should have just stuck with the MX518.
 
Well it uses a AA rechargeable so whatever the highest mAh you can get for that I guess would be the best.

I use it wired when just browsing/casual use, and then take it off the battery for gaming. I've gamed for several hours straight and the battery gets pretty low but it's never crapped out on me while gaming, so I can't complain too much.

But I agree, if it's one thing I dislike about it, battery life would be it.
 
A review
Logitech unveils professional-grade G900 Chaos Spectrum wireless gaming mouse


Oh dang it. I thought this one would be my next mouse. Battery only lasts for 24 hours?
Yes, that is what I said. My HTPC is 10 feet away. How am I supposed to use the mouse if it's charging? I can't use a wired mouse. I thought that was the whole point of going wireless. I can swap batteries on my current G7. Or if the mouse lasted a week or more that would be fine because I would have enough warning if I forget to charge it one night. Only lasting 24 hrs is too often to have to recharge.
Stop quoting that 24 hour number if you don't even bother reading the very review you quoted in your first post.

review said:
Logitech says the mouse is good for up to 24 hours of continuous gameplay with the built-in lighting system enabled or 32 hours with the lights out.


It's 24 hours continuous usage with the gimmicky lights turned on. If you're a hardcore gamer, you might game that much in a week. To put that into perspective, that's 6, 4-hour long gaming sessions while the mouse is flashing like a rave party. You gain an additional 8 hours of continuous use if you turn off the gimmicky lights...so that would be 8, 4-hour long gaming sessions. You are also likely forgetting that the mice also go into a hibernate mode when not used, saving even more power. It would probably last weeks on a single charge under normal usage.

So unless you are one of those crazy asian guys who plays for days straight and dies soon after, this mouse's battery life will likely suffice for most people.

The rest of the critiques are valid. I do understand why you would want a swappable battery given your situation. If you aren't finding decent wireless mice with swappable batteries, you can always get a decent mouse that doesn't and keep a micro-usb phone charger plugged into an outlet near your couch. I do this with my setup and charge phone's, tablets, wireless keyboards, wireless xbox controllers, etc.
 
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I don't want a better mouse than the G602, otherwise I may get banned from other servers for aiming too well.
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Off-topic... if that 83.9% is hit rate? I would ban you for that also, and put it on you to prove you weren't doing anything suspect. Not saying you were but that's ridiculous when the average is between 20-30% for most guns except shotguns.
 
Off-topic... if that 83.9% is hit rate? I would ban you for that also, and put it on you to prove you weren't doing anything suspect. Not saying you were but that's ridiculous when the average is between 20-30% for most guns except shotguns.
I thought that percentage was estimating if I was cheating, basically saying 83.9% chance that I was hacking/cheating.
What happened is on one conquest map, we had all the checkpoints and had the other team stuck in their spawn area.
I was just sitting there with the MK11 Mod 0 with a 4x scope just headshotting anyone that came out between the wall and a blue cargo container.
I killed around 25-30 people in just a few minutes before I was kicked from the server. (probably killed the same few people over and over as they tried to snipe me when they respawned)
I appealed the ban on their forums and it was lifted a few hours later, since I wasn't cheating/hacking.
 
I've been using this mouse a few days and I agree it is the best gaming mouse out there. It probably isn't worth $150 to most people though.
 
I've been using this mouse a few days and I agree it is the best gaming mouse out there. It probably isn't worth $150 to most people though.
Gonna buy one by the end of this week. I just got a much bigger desk and I have to sit my PC on the floor next to it and a wired mouse just isn't going to cut it unless they make one that has a couple more feet of cord than my current g9x
 
IMO, a G700 (or G700S) with better battery life and a pinkie button is really all I could ask for. I miss those 3 and 4 button mice from the 90's.
 
IMO, a G700 (or G700S) with better battery life and a pinkie button is really all I could ask for. I miss those 3 and 4 button mice from the 90's.

I have a G700S, I didn't have a problem with battery life because I charged it whenever I slept, but my battery life with the G900 is around 3 times better than it was for the G700S. My biggest gripe about the G700 is the sensor placement. It is towards the front of the mouse instead of centered. I also don't like how heavy the G700 is, the G900 is much lighter.
 
As a lefty, I'd love one, but holy hell the price... it somehow costs more than my Corsair K70...
 
Mouse arrived. Overall, it's fairly nice, but because this mouse is larger than the G502, and the buttons are north of where they are on the G502, I tend to be clicking in the crevices rather than on the buttons. Just going to take some time to get use too.
 
Interesting mouse, but I went 180° with the G302 ultra-light mouse. I still use the G700 palm grip for work, and the tiny G302 with fingertip grip for gaming. The agility of that mouse is uncanny.

I have a G700S, I didn't have a problem with battery life because I charged it whenever I slept, but my battery life with the G900 is around 3 times better than it was for the G700S. My biggest gripe about the G700 is the sensor placement. It is towards the front of the mouse instead of centered. I also don't like how heavy the G700 is, the G900 is much lighter.

Those are my exact issues with the G700 for gaming as well; weight and that laser placement at the to of the mouse. 1 to 3 day battery I can live with.
 
Any wireless alternatives to this for claw/fingertip grip with the same (or more) number of programmable buttons?
 
I looked at this, thought it would be a good step up from my G700 - better battery, LED lighting, same wireless switching.....

But it looks like they followed the path of the Razer Naga and made it so you have to plug the charge cable into the wireless adapter, making it a complete hassle to switch to wireless? That and making it so the DPI buttons are tiny and below the scroll wheel instead of multifunction is kinda disappointing. Here's to hoping for another new revision of the G700 (that said, is it worth getting a G700S? I hate the design ethos of it but my middle-click died on my G700 recently
 
I looked at this, thought it would be a good step up from my G700 - better battery, LED lighting, same wireless switching.....

But it looks like they followed the path of the Razer Naga and made it so you have to plug the charge cable into the wireless adapter, making it a complete hassle to switch to wireless? That and making it so the DPI buttons are tiny and below the scroll wheel instead of multifunction is kinda disappointing. Here's to hoping for another new revision of the G700 (that said, is it worth getting a G700S? I hate the design ethos of it but my middle-click died on my G700 recently

You can use a separate usb slot or cord to plug the wireless adapter in if you want just like you do with the G700. It is just a micro usb cord with a micro to standard usb adapter with the mini wireless usb dongle plugged into it.


Going from a G700 to G700s isn't really much of a difference. The only thing that changed was the sensor which is slightly better.

The G900 has less buttons but the better sensor, sensor placement, better quality buttons, and much lighter weight make it easily better IMO. But it is $150.
 
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I gave up on wireless gaming mice for competitive play. I guess its fine for casual sessions but not if you want to win consistently in FPS games
 
If it were up to me (it obviously isn't), I'd have Logitech merge the G900 and G700 together. Give me the technical advantages of the G900 but with the grip and additional thumb buttons of the G700.
The G602 seems like a little bit of a meeting in the middle, although the number of shoulder buttons = a little overkill.
 
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