I’ve broken more mice in my time than I’d like to admit. It got so bad that I eventually started to just buy cheap mice, knowing I’d eventually break them. With a cheap mouse, however, you don’t get the features of a nice quality peripheral. My most recent replacement for a set I spilled something on (I wasn’t joking, it’s a regular occurrence) was the Microsoft Wireless Comfort 5000 keyboard/mouse combo. The mouse was great for my hands (I’ve got bear claws, as my friends say), and the keyboard is a nice blend of ergo and media. Then I got my hands on Tribes: Ascend. Now, I never meant for my main computer to be a gaming machine, so I did not consider that when buying. As my gaming continued, I wanted more and more for a more precise mouse, as I kept messing up when trying to make distance or moving shots.

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In comes my cousin Haris, you guys know him as Fullthrottle. He suggests I buy a mouse like his, a Logitech G5 which has an adjustable motion sensitivity right on the mouse. Well when I asked the price, I reconsidered. I explained to him that $70 was just not in the budget for something that can’t even pass as a hobby (But then I bought an Xbox One, so…that’s a thing). “I’m a bad gamer,” I told him. “I barely play.” The conversation never left my mind though, and when Kotaku posted some “Titanfall Deals” one day, I figured I’d check it out. I had been extremely excited about that game, after all. Two things stuck out to me, a Titanfall Bundle Xbox One (free copy of Titanfall, and yes – I bought it) and a G500S Logitech mouse for the unbelievable price of $39.99. I checked, double checked, and triple checked, and sure enough, it was HALF. OFF. Normal price was $79.99. I jumped on it faster than can be explained.

The following are the things I like about this mouse:

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Back/Forward/Stop buttons. I had never seen a Stop button on a mouse, but it’s come in handier than I’d imagined. Back and forward buttons are pretty standard these days, so the main thing I can complement on those is the fact that the ends are raised from the main area of the button, to allow for easier identification if you’re maybe in the dark or focused on your work.

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The controllable scroll wheel. A button enables free scrolling, or when activated, disables it and gives you single line scrolling control. It helps in the game (Scroll is weapon switch, so when it’s locked it’s a lot harder to do it accidentally), and it really helps when browsing.

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The adjustable/precision tracking. Three different levels of control, instantly available via buttons to the left of where your index finger normally sits. Clearly identified by 3 different LEDs, so you never have to wonder what setting you’re on.

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The adjustable weight. One of the things Haris pointed out when showing off his G5 mouse was the weight system. A removable tray of weights is able to be customized to the exact level of resistance you want when using the mouse. It came with two different sets of weights to give you a large amount of customization. A set of 1.5g and a 4.5g weights can be mix/matched to your desire, until you reach the perfect amount of resistance. I went with a full load of 4.5g weights, which makes the mouse a bit heavy in comparison to every day average mouse, but my bear claws manage just fine.
An invisible laser is what detects your movements, so don’t think that the mouse is not working because there is no red/blue light coming from the bottom.

My fiancée used it a few times and hated the rough texture of the sides, which is there for the purposes of grip, but I don’t mind it at all.

There really isn’t anything that I dislike about this mouse.

Overall, I like this mouse, and when the CGR is built (Cerebro Gaming Rig…I just made that up), I’ll be using that to play everything from MW2 (That’d be MechWarrior 2) to Crysis.

 

-/-/Cerebro