Logitech G700 Question

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Brushy Bill

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Hey guys, I am curious and would like to get some input from people who have used the Logitech g500 and g700 mice. I currently bought a g500 and upon recieving it I found that the mouse wheel is extremely loose. Too much so for my liking. After hitting up google I found a lot of people have had this problem. Too much side to side slack in the wheel, left tilt click not registering, when pushing to get the down click on the wheel I get right tilt click most times, then in ratchet scroll mode the detents are so minor and light I can pretty much free scroll which in turn causes mis scrolls in games for weapon changes and what not. Other than the scroll wheel issues the mouse isn't bad. This coming from someone (me) who has been using a Deathadder for the last several years. Logitech support basically tells me that all g500's have a loose wheel like this and that they can replace it, but I would be getting the same thing in return.

So that brings me to where I am now, a whole week and a half later. I did some reading and research about the g700. I have yet to find anything or anyone complaining about this mouse and it's scroll wheel being loose. My worry is, that it will be since it has the same type wheel, with the ratchet and hyperscrolling free scroll mode. I have a friend who uses the Logitech MX which looks to be a similiar build and he claims his wheel is set in place nice and tight without any of the side to side slack I have in my g500. But I know no one who actually has a g700 and I live about an hour and a half to two hours(one way) away from any store that may have one on display, or even in the box for that matter, that I could check out.

Last night I ordered a g700, so while I wait for it I am curious about some of your experiences with this mouse in comparison to a g500 or just your experience with this mouse in general. How is it for gaming? How is the scroll wheel set in place, does it have any play from side to side? How are the detents (comparison with a g500 or deathadder would be the best for me)?. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

Brushy Bill
 
I've owned both and I can say that they both offer the same feel. If you shake it you can hear the mouse wheel shake on both. (or doing fast swiping movements)

And about the scroll wheel itself, on the g500 is just bare aluminum while the scroll wheel on the g700 is nickel plated. Out of the 3 G700s that I've owned all of them had flaking from the scrollwheel after a month, and one of the ones I have now has a flaking in the anti-sweat grip.

Other than that it is pretty good for gaming and is by far one of the best mice i've owned. The battery lasts about a good 2 days and you don't have to mess with a cable if you buy a pack of spare eneloops that'll take 2 seconds to switch out.
 
How are the detents in comparison? Do the G700's you've owned have a more pronounced detent or are they just as light and easy to skim through as the G500, when scrolling in ratcheting mode?
 
The G700 has a smoother scrolling wheel and requires less force. If you flick the scrolwheel hard enough it'll scroll several lines with no issue. The G500 on the other hand makes a louder noise and would stop almost immediately.
 
Oh wow, see my G500 will scroll through several pages with a light flick of the wheel. And I was actually hoping the G700 was a bit 'tighter' in the way that it may stop sooner. Well, maybe I'll be sending both these mice back here shortly. And going back to Razer or maybe checking out one of the Corsair M series mice. Was considering the MS Sidewinder X8 as well but I have friends who've used them and say they feel too much 'lag' in FPS games making the mouse a bad choice for me.

Thanks for your input.
 
---UPDATE---

I recieved my G700 today. I have to say, right off the bat this thing fit like a glove. I have never used a more comfortable mouse. It is almost like I've been using this thing a year already, it feels so comfortable and is so easy to get used to. Now that the comfort part is out of the way.

On to the comparison between the week and a half old G500 I just bought and this new G700 I have now. The scroll wheel on this G700 is perfect for me. the detents are much more pronounced than the G500 (I don't accidently scroll through a few detents when trying to just notch up one detent at a time). The scroll wheel also feels a lot better made, it sits in place like it should and doesn't wobble back and forth(side to side) like the G500 does. The whole mouse in general feels better made. The extra index finger button placements are in a much better position as well, making them much easier to reach and with a lot less effort. Even the thumb buttons, which I thought may take some time to get used to, are placed well and raised in a way that you can definately differentiate between them with relative ease.

Since I seem to be having a completely different experience than Agenesis, in terms of the mouse wheel feel, it kind of leads me to believe that the G500 I purchased is most likely defective. I'm not sure though, since that person was the only one to respond to my initial post. That being said I appreciate the feedback I did recieve and I am very pleased with this mouse.

I've been playing BF3, MW3, TF2, Sol Survivor(tower defense game), and Black Ops today. All without any wireless mouse lag. I would definately recommend this mouse to anyone looking for a decent wireless gaming mouse that won't break the bank. I payed around $65.00usd on Amazon and got free shipping. Can't beat that.
 
I got mine yesterday as well!

Only issues I've seen is very stiff USB cable, but with this mouse you only use it for charging since wireless is very stable and lag free :)

one driver related question

do you use it with "use os native drivers for pointer and speed acceleration" enabled or disabled?
 
alyjen said:
I got mine yesterday as well!

Only issues I've seen is very stiff USB cable, but with this mouse you only use it for charging since wireless is very stable and lag free :)

one driver related question

do you use it with "use os native drivers for pointer and speed acceleration" enabled or disabled?
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I disabled that myself. Also I bought a couple extra batteries and a charger, so I really don't even need the cable. But yeah I checked it out and I agree it is a little stiff. It's a good fail safe though. You should look into getting a charger and some batteries. I bought a Duracell Mini, which is an eight hour 'smart' charger. It has charging space for 2 batteries but will charge them independently. So you can have one fully charged battery in it and pop in a drained battery and get the drained battery charged without over charging the other. It also came with 2 batteries, the batteries say Duracell but are actually rebranded Eneloop exactly like the one that came with the mouse(I researched this). I payed 7.65 on Amazon for it. Some people may think 8 hours charging is too long, but for this mouse and having a total of 3 batteries to use, it's perfect and I highly recommend it.
 
I would agree with getting more/better batteries as well. I've got the G700 and I love it, but the battery life SUCKS.
 
The eneloop that come with it are some of the best you can get. It just drains so fast because you probably have the mouse set on 1000 polling rate. I got a solid 8 hours of gaming yesterday and still had one green light. Only had two out of the three green lights of battery charge when I started. I have my mouse set to 5200 dpi, 5 speed, 0 acceleration and 1000 polling rate. Today I've been gaming all day with the same settings but at 500 polling rate, I haven't seen any mouse lag and the battery life seems to be about the same. I need to test it out more though before I can say for sure, since I read that at 1000 polling it almost halves the battery.
 
oh, I'm not worried about charger, I own Pentax K200 camera with exterlan Flash both powered by regular AA batteries so I have like ~20 Eneloops and one awesome charger
http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC-700-Battery-Charger/dp/B000RSOV50 :D

another question thou

do you keep SetPoint running in background or just kill it right away after uploading settings to mouse and never lock at it again? I was never happy with this software (I owned diNovo and later diNovo laser for like 6 years) and with G700 right after I had it installed my Win7 started to act a bit unstable so I'm seriously thinking about at least removing it from start-up sequence
 
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Best wireless mouse ever. I played bf3 for 12 hours straight on one battery.
Battery life is not so bad once you set the profile. Set low polling when you are in windows and gaming mode when you are in games and that will really stretch the battery out.

I feel the battery indicator light is not accurate as the first two bars drain quickly while the last last forever before it hits red. I don't even use the cord. Have a bunch of eneloops and removed the battery cover off the mouse completely so popping in new batteries is fast.
 
alyjen said:
another question thou

do you keep SetPoint running in background or just kill it right away after uploading settings to mouse and never lock at it again? I was never happy with this software (I owned diNovo and later diNovo laser for like 6 years) and with G700 right after I had it installed my Win7 started to act a bit unstable so I'm seriously thinking about at least removing it from start-up sequence
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I keep Setpoint running, haven't experienced any issues.


ufot said:
Best wireless mouse ever. I played bf3 for 12 hours straight on one battery.
Battery life is not so bad once you set the profile. Set low polling when you are in windows and gaming mode when you are in games and that will really stretch the battery out.

I feel the battery indicator light is not accurate as the first two bars drain quickly while the last last forever before it hits red. I don't even use the cord. Have a bunch of eneloops and removed the battery cover off the mouse completely so popping in new batteries is fast.
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Good to know, I haven't been in the red yet, but was sort of wondering. Even though I had a friend tell me his Performance MX would run for several more hours after it hit the red.
 
I just got the g700 with a 50% discount coupon provided by Logitech because my mx revolution was out of warranty. I have to say coming from the G9X with extra wide grip, it feels different. Perhaps, I am use to the claw grip and not palm grip anymore. The G9x still feels better with the wide grip compared to the G700. G700 is great wireless, has more buttons, palm support vs claw with g9x, but still I have a tendency to fall back on my g9x for gaming in bf3. I use the G700 for work and portable computer =)
 
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