Logitech G900 Reviewed - The first wireless gaming mouse

We tested the newest Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum wireless gaming mouse that is said to be tournament grade. What did we find out? Watch the video.

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We gamers were incompatible with wireless peripherals ever since they first started appearing on the market. All the devices just had sporadic lag moments and would sometimes misinterpret our movements and commands right when opponents came out of hiding - and were therefore not particularly liked. The Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum seems to be the product to change this. But does it have it all? Stick around and find out.

Unlike previous Logitech mice, such as the G502 Proteus Spectrum and the G303 Daedalus Apex, the G900 is not based on any pre-existing mouse design. As such, it sports a distinctive appearance that does not look comfortable, yet it most definitely is. It is a small, relatively light, symmetrical mouse with a thin and long build, similar to the G402 but disctinvively more flat, featuring only subtle indents for thumbs. The only noticable visual features is the ridge between the buttons and the palm rest that serves no particular purpose, nor does it hinder any actions, but it looks good, so there's thR at. Here I have to complain regarding the design with lots of holes and ridges that are a perfect place for dust particles to get in and make the mouse look dirty well before other mice on my desk. Maybe they should have just made it simpler with straight lines that are not dirt magnets. But then again, I can complain about that on every product in their G range.

As far as buttons go, the G900 has between 5 and 9, depending on which side button plates you decide to activate. Due to the ambidextrous design it offers players to place the buttons on either, both or neither side and in my opinion this is a very elegant solution to an annoying problem for left handed users.

Aside from the thumb buttons, the G900 possesses a left button, a right button, a scroll wheel that clicks three ways, and two DPI switcher buttons in the center that users can also reprogram if they don't need to change DPI on the fly. All of the buttons feel responsive, solid and well placed. Additionally, there is also a standard Logitech high-end mouse feature of hyper-scroll, that enables users to scroll faster when activating the switch.

While there are a handful of great competitive grade mice out there, a good number of them are Logitech's with G502 and G303 featuring their perfect sensor, zero in the market are wireless. And the latter feature is the main selling point of the G900 and even though I had initial doubts regarding the performance, I can say that I never noticed any jitter or inconsistency. Quite the contrary - the lack of a cable guaranteed a smooth glide over the mousepad, in fact smoother than using the Zowie Camade where you still feel something dragging you back. That is a non-issue on the G900 and only now that I am going back to my daily driver of G402 I notice how spoiled I actually became. Even when using the mouse in areas of intense WiFi and Bluetooth traffic - that was in my case the city centre - it performed admirably.

The device even gives you three ways to connect: a wired mode (complete with a braided cord that's about 6 feet long) and two options for the wireless dongle. You either attach it to the cord and set it up wherever you'll get the best reception, or jimmy out the dongle and plug it directly into your PC. The former option is ideal for living room setups, while the latter works fine for close-quarters gaming nooks. My only complaint is that you can charge the mouse only by using a cable; Razer mice, on the other hand, offer very attractive charging docks, but these take valuable table space, so it's a two edged sword there.

Charging the G900 takes about 2 hours and gives you between 24 and 32 hours of battery life. Logitech engineers estimate that the battery can withstand about 800 charges before beginning to degrade, giving the average player at least four years of use. One thing I found interesting is that the Logitech Gaming Software is quite good at estimating how much battery life you have left. This is because it does not use algorithms but rather measures the mouse's voltage directly and translates power consumption to a time estimate right on your screen.

Speaking of the Logitech Gaming Software, it's still one of the best peripheral programs I've used. When you plug in the G900, the LGS will scan for all of the games you have on your system and automatically set up profiles for them. From there, you can program buttons, tinker with the mouse's full RGB lighting (and sync it with Logitech's RGB keyboards and headsets), shift the DPI and even tune it to your mouse pad's surface.