Logitech G9 Laser Cordless Mouse

I have now owned two of these devices. The first one stopped working after 5 minutes of use. The lights still lit up, the buttons still worked, but the mouse could not move the cursor. I returned it to… Amazon for a replacement, and they had a new one shipped to me immediately. This one worked for seven months, then mysteriously broke in the same way as the first one had. The mouse would no longer work on any other computers, so it is definitely a hardware issue--I assume a badly soldered connection or whatnot.

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I owned a G7 cordless gaming mouse that I had since 2006. It went on the fritz and I decided to buy this as a replacement. This mouse is wonderful. The ability to switch grips for hand sizes as well as the… weight system is extraordinary. I can set heavy weights with increased sensitivity for games or go lighter weight with less sensitivity for everyday use. Love it and have not had issues.

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Overall, this mouse is a big disappointment to me. Other people will talk about what's right with the G9, I'm just going to talk about what I don't like about this mouse. I play World of Warcraft as a… resto druid, and need a mouse with a lot of buttons for mapping my various healing spells for use with Grid and Clique. I own the Logitech MX Revolution and am mostly happy with it - it is a great mouse with a lot of buttons that are easy to configure (I use it with uberOptions), it has a comfortable shape, but it is a little long in length for my small hands so I can't reach the thumb buttons without repositioning my hand. I was also concerned there may be some lag given the fact that it is wireless. I checked out various wired gaming mice and was disappointed to see that so many offer limited buttons and no left-right scrolling functionality - which provides me with two extra, easily accessible mapping options. The World of Warcraft mouse looked intriguing (and I'm a sucker for lights!), but reading reviews made me steer away from it. Sounds like great concept with very poor execution, plus it was noted that it was lousy for small hands. The G9 seemed closest to what I was looking for feature-wise, so I decided to give it a try. First off, the mouse feels and looks extremely cheap, especially after using the MX Revolution. I like the shorter length, but the width and shape are miserably uncomfortable for my small hands with either grip installed (I also tried using it without a grip found it unusable that way), and it doesn't matter whether I try a palm or claw-style grip. Middle-clicking is much too difficult and is the worst I have ever experienced. I also find the cord too stiff, and due to the way it was packaged, it is stuck with a weird kink in the cord near the mouse that drags the mousing surface, which is extremely annoying. I am no stranger to setting up mouse mapping via SetPoint (this mouse uses its own version, btw), but I could not get this work work for the life of me with the G9. It stayed in the same profile no matter what I tried. Turns out it needed to be run as administrator (maybe because I use Vista 64-bit?), which required a call to Logitech to find out as trying that was nowhere in the instructions and it simply didn't occur to me - it was never required with other versions of SetPoint, after all. In a nutshell, if you have small hands or need to use the middle button a lot, I'd stay away from this mouse. The bells and whistles it has to offer mean nothing if it's painful and difficult to use. I am back to using my MX Revolution.

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