Prior to 2017 I wasn’t much of a wireless mouse fan. As I said, the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is Powerplay compatible, and that’s the reason I’ve waited two years for a wireless G502. I wouldn’t know though, because I haven’t run the G502 Lightspeed down from a full charge. Now we have a wireless mouse that can hit 60 hours on a single charge. The aforementioned Razer Mamba Wireless upgraded to 50 hours in 2018. The G703 and G903 both use Hero sensors, and yet they’re rated for a comparatively dismal 24 hours of battery, or 32 with the lighting disabled. And sure, Hero’s partially to thank, but I can’t stress enough how far both batteries and power management have come in the last few years. To whit, the G502 Lightspeed will reputedly last up to 48 hours with the RGB lighting zones on, or up to 60 hours with them disabled. Those numbers are largely meaningless though, with most players staying in the 400 to 3,500 DPI range, and Hero’s primarily noteworthy for being a high-performance sensor that’s less a burden on battery. The Hero sensor is essentially a power-efficient version of the PMW3366 that first catapulted the Logitech G502 to fame, slightly upgraded to reach 16,000 DPI instead of 12,000. The core of the G502 Lightspeed is the same flagship Hero sensor used on all Logitech’s mice these days, including last year’s G502 Hero model. There’s now a large U-shaped pad following the rear contour, which makes a subtle but significant difference. I’ve also found the G502 Lightspeed glides better, probably due to the way the feet have been redesigned around the Powercore module. If anything, you might be tempted to load it up a bit to match the old model. If you had no problem with the G502 before (and I didn’t), then the Logitech G502 Lightspeed should be no issue. The big worry though was that a wireless G502 would add to the wired model’s already prodigious weight. It’s still on the heavier end, for sure, weighing more than both the G703 (106 grams) and the G903 (108 grams) as well as Razer’s recent Mamba Wireless redesign (106 grams). Think about it: The G502 Lightspeed looks and feels like its predecessor, but includes both a battery and the necessary wireless hardware-and yet it weighs less than the G502s of old. Seven grams might not seem like a lot, but it’s a minor miracle. But the G502 Lightspeed somehow cuts the weight to 114 grams. The G502 Hero weighed in at a whopping 121 grams, and topped out at 139 grams-well above the 100 gram benchmark held as the industry ideal. That said, the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is actually the lightest G502 to-date, addressing a common complaint kicked around since the mouse’s first iteration. Suffice it to say, if you’re determined to weigh down the G502 Lightspeed, you can. You can slot in up to four 2.0 gram weights though-all of them, or two balanced out, or arrayed so the weight distributions thrown to one side or the other like the previous models. Like the older G502s, there’s a removable plastic panel you can peel off-though the one on the G502 Lightspeed is smaller and arrayed more towards the front of the mouse. Thus the Logitech G502 Lightspeed features a second system for weight customization. There’s an obvious caveat though: Powerplay users can’t take advantage, because these weights fill the same space as the Powercore module. Here, take a look at 2018’s G502 Hero and the G502 Lightspeed side-by-side: The wired and wireless Logitech G502 might as well be twins. It’s an amazing design feat, one so clever the average user won’t even notice. All the particulars of the G502 have been recreated, the features that have kept it on our list of the best gaming mice since its inception. Even the dual-mode scroll returns, allowing you to switch between smooth and notched scroll modes at the press of a button. It’s still one of the most comfortable mice I’ve ever used-highly subjective, sure, but I’m far from alone in that assessment.Īs for functionality, the eleven-button layout remains intact, including the tilt wheel and the pair along the side of the left mouse button. It has the same gentle curve, the same elongated oval footprint, the same compact thumb rest off the left side. This is the G502, the same one I used daily for three years straight between 20, and off-and-on after as well. And in that regard the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is an unmitigated success.
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