Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse Review

Posted by David on March 26th, 2008 Comments Printer-Friendly

Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse

More and more companies are coming out with gaming-specific mice to appeal to those who are diehard gamers. Usually coming at a high price point, picking the right mouse is very important. Today, we’ll have a look at the Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse.

The G9 is easily the most customizable mouse on the market right now. Let’s start by taking a look at the physical hardware.

In the box, you get the mouse, two different grips, a set of weights, and your usual user manuals etc. The mouse itself is very well built. With or without weights, the G9 glides effortlessly over virtually any surface. As far as buttons go, you have your standard right and left click, forward and back buttons, as well as a sensitivity button that lets you choose between four different modes of sensitivity. All the buttons respond well, and the right and left clicks are particularly clicky, lacking any sense of a deadness to them.

In addition to this array of buttons, the scroll wheel is done well by Logitech. You can choose between free-scrolling and click-scrolling. Click-scrolling is perfect for choosing weapons in games, while free-scrolling makes scrolling through endless web pages a breeze. Your choice of scrolling can be easily toggled using a button on the bottom of the mouse. Also, your standard side-scrolling is also available for viewing those pesky wide web pages.

Just to note, the G9 is a corded mouse, meaning you never have to pay for batteries again. This is perfect for me, as having a wireless mouse just means I have to spend money on batteries every other week.

Now, as for the two different grips, we didn’t really like one of them. The wider, thumb-supporting grip has a smooth feel, but makes your hand feel awkward. I have large hands, but I didn’t really enjoy the wide grip. The smaller grip has a grippy feel to the material of the grip, lacking the smoothness of its counterpart. This is a welcome change, and is the grip we did the rest of our reviewing on.

Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse

Another feature of the mouse is its weight tray. You can insert up to 4 weights into the mouse. You are provided with four four gram weights and four seven gram weights. This allows for many possibilities, with the maximum weight being 28 grams. Personally, I found 22 grams perfect.

Finally, on the fly, you can select different profiles using a button on the underside of the mouse. This, in turn, changes the color of the LED on the top of the mouse which also shows mouse sensitivity. There are four different levels of sensitivity, making sniping easy, or spraying-and-praying an absolute breeze.

The software provided with the G9 is what you would expect from Logitech. Everything is done well, and absolutely everything is customizable. You can create different profiles (that can be automatically assigned to certain applications or games), change sensitivities and report rates, and even change the color of the LED. I personally found this a very unique touch, because instead of having five or six colors to choose from, you get upwards of 50. However, some of the colors don’t look exactly how they do on the screen, you can choose from reds, pinks, purples, and blues to suit your mood.

Overall, the G9 mouse functions beautifully, functionally, and flawlessly. The customizability of this mouse is revolutionary, and definitely earns my approval. Whether or not the $99 price tag on the G9 is worth it is up to you, but if you are seriously into gaming, the G9 might help you out. However, we’ve seen them on sale for quite a bit lower than $99, so keep your eyes peeled. Check it out at Amazon today for just under $60.

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