Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse
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The G Pro is part of the current trend for stripped-back products, with fewer features but better build quality. Why it still needs 16.8 million colours of LED lighting, though, is beyond us. You only get six buttons on this model, but they’re well positioned, and all programmable using Logitech’s generally excellent software, which will need an update to work with the new mouse — so beware if you’re upgrading from an older Logitech model.
The casing is black plastic in a classic rounded Logitech shape, unbroken apart from splits around the buttons, and the gaps for the dreaded lighting. It’s unadorned with grippy panels or thumbrests, leading to a spartan look, offset by a single shiny patch forward of the wheel. The rolling disc itself is pleasingly broad, deeply ridged, and taking a positive effort to spin from one notch to the next. There’s nothing special about it, it’s just a plastic circle without a rubber tire or soft-touch coating, but it is well designed and fairly satisfying to use.
Feel is everything for a peripheral that spends so much time in your hand. It’s engineered to be extremely accurate, with a PMW3366 optical sensor, the absence of any smoothing or pixel rounding, and some clever metal springs under the main buttons; the nicely braided cord is a decent length; and it feels good in the hand.
This optical sensor is also in Logitech’s cheaper G Daedalus mouse, so you will need to decide whether the G Daedalus’s slightly awkward shape is enough to send you to the G Pro.