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Adjust the weight and balance of your mouse and win the war! The Logitech G5 Laser Mouse looks great with its special edition Battlefield 2142 graphics, and gives you the competitive edge with its gaming-grade design. The 36-gram adjustable weight cartridge allows for thousands of variations on mouse handling - including one that's perfect for your unique gaming style - while Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) gaming feet provide the ultra-smooth glide you want during fast maneuvers. Featuring a 2000 dpi laser engine, the G5 is capable sending out an astounding 500 USB reports per second for precision response at blinding speeds. Logitech's SetPoint software allows you to customize your mouse with advanced features such as game detection and in-game adjustable sensitivity, including independent x- and y-axis settings.
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Technical Details
- Special Battlefield 2142 design for Logitech's popular laser gaming mouse- 2000 dpi laser engine
- High-performance tracking
- Adjustable balance and weight
- Customizable features
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By Ace (El Salvador.)
I bought this mouse about a year and a half ago to upgrade from my MX518 which is an amazing mouse for the price... well, the G5 was certainly an improvement, smoother, wouldn't 'jump' like an optical would sometimes on shiny surfaces, etc. To make this review short here are the Pros and Cons.
Pros:
*Easy to use.
*Software is easy to install, understand and tweak to your preference.
*Smoooooth!
*Long cable protected by what appears to be a nylon cover.
*Ergonomic.
*Has weights to mod the weight to your preference.
*Pinpoint accuracy.
*The 3 adjustable sensitivity settings are a blessing, specially for games like Battlefield 2 which for me, require higher sensitivity on a vehicle like a Tank or Jet and a lower sensitivity as a sniper.
Cons:
*Mouse cable gets cut easily over time, yes, the nylon cover for some reason will start coming off after 3-4 months of normal use!
*Mouse feet are a joke! The main one was worn smooth in about 6 months of use [On a normal mouse pad!] making it a pain to use. It should've come with replacement feet from the beginning.
*The wheel... oh boy, at the beginning it was nice and smooth, one month later it was THE WORST mouse wheel in history, I was warned about this but I ignored it, well if you google Logitech G5 and mouse-wheel you will see what I'm talking about, it's the biggest flaw on the G5 series. It becomes overly sensitive and with the slightest touch it moves, you will notice it to be VERY annoying if you play FPS games where you change weapons with your mouse-wheel!
*The mouse cable is flimsy and will rip over time with NORMAL use, mine just died yesterday after a horrible month of it randomly turning on and off all the time! I'm going to send it to Logitech for repairs [still under warranty] and get myself instead a G9 and leave the G5 as a replacement.
In summary... get an MX518, G9 or a Razer Death-Adder gaming mouse, the G5 is nice, but for the price I'd expect better quality. Son... I am disappoint. =[
3/5
By M. melendez
This mouse is great. It is very comfortable. It is great for gaming. You can turn up and down sensitivity when need to with a click of a button. I recommend you to buy this mouse if you are going to use it for gaming.
By W. Johnson (The Mile High City)
I picked up a couple of the special edition G5's on the clearance rack. Too good to pass up and I have always been a big fan of Logitech's mice.
The Good
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Customized weighting of the mouse
The feel of the mouse like the Logitech mice of this time is great
The mediocre
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I have never once had the need to adjust the senistivity
The teflon cord is not really a big deal
I think the left button could be more sensitive...
The Bad
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The wheel button is very wonky. Not only for accidentally toggling left and right, but also up and down. If you do not hit it just right... and I think the build quality of this model is subpar so the mechanical part of the mouse is not very solid.
One side button. Not too bad, you can program all the other buttons so a forward function can be in the mix.
Thoughts
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There are better mice out there (like the final rev of the G5 with two side buttons). Stay away from this one.
By Andrey I. Lyubinetsky (Richland, WA USA)
I went from a stock ball mouse (<200dpi@200hz) to the G5 (2000dpi@500hz) and my accuracy in FPS's improved dramatically. The mouse just feels natural in my hand, w/ no buttons you can accidentally push (unlike the G3). The scroll wheel feels very smooth and doesn't skip over weapons when switching. The dpi buttons are useful for lowering sensitivity for menus or sniping. I thought the weight cartridge was a gimmick, but increasing the weight by up to 50% actually makes a difference (I play at max weight/sensitivity: 146g/2000dpi). I'd recommend the G5 to anybody: it's very precise, has very responsive buttons, feels like it can last forever under heavy use, and looks pretty cool to boot.
By Christopher Flint (Blacksburg, VA USA)
Well if you are looking at purchasing a G5 then you probably know all the Pros. The only Con that I can think of is that there is no Forward Button, only a Back. They fixed this in a later version of the mouse. Overall its an amazing mouse and is definitely worth the money.
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