Wireless CHARGING for Gaming Mice? -- Logitech G PowerPlay Review

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[ShawnPhillips]

An extra large extended mouse pad that can act as a wireless charger and receiver for both a wireless mouse and Keyboard combo would be pretty cool.

[Utgardaloki]

The ”energy field” that you expressed concern over is nothing but an induction field. It’s pulse controlled magnetism and incredibly weak at that. But the strenght doesn’t matter anyway as far as your health is concerned. Even though magnetism is an electromagnetic field of energy it isn’t electromagnetic radiation meaning it can’t have an effect on you since it has no way of altering your chemistry nor to heat you up. It’s about as dangerous as your typical refrigerator magnet. Slide the magnet back and forth over a wire how ever and you can get a small light bulb to flash on and off. We’re not exactly dealing with ionizing radiation here.

Invading alien metallic nano robots that happen to use your charge mat as a landing strip might be in for a bad surprise though. If you all of a sudden feel the smell of ozone accompanied by little screams of death coming from your charge mat you’ll know what’s going down. Sure surprised me the first time.

[A-juv]

Many people in the comments are confused about why (most) people use wireless gaming mice at their desktop. It is to get rid of the cable from obstructing mouse movements and to eliminate any potential tug/weight/etc. that the cable can introduce (think of it like why people use mouse bungees, except better). For most people it has nothing to do with hiding cables. So, as long as the cable is not attached to the mouse itself, then it does not matter if there is a cable connected to the receiver/mousepad to myself and most other wireless gaming mice users.

[theresalwaysanotherway]

0:42 if all ads were like that, we wouldn't need the skip button!

[pantuflacosmica]

and here i am charging my wireless pad with my wired mouse, like an idiot

[krakenjm]

A wireless Logitech Pro Keyboard would be amazing in my opinion

[hadweethegr]

Next year we'll have a desk that charges the mouse mat whilst it's charging the mouse.

[CarvellFenton]

I certainly like the concept. I am still using a G602 and its battery life is astounding. Months of gaming at a time. I keep a set of rechargable batteries handy, two in, two charging, and swap when needed. No downtime. So although it is a good use of wireless charging the pad isn't big enough to replace my extra large desk mat (keyboard and mouse) and the benefit over the G602 isn't there yet. But it is a step I the right direction I think.

[AnxiouPanda]

I have this same idea in mind a year ago after watching tech vids about wired vs wireless gaming. I think I commented it in one if this channel's videos if not in Techsource or Bitwit. It's nice that it has finally became a reality. Kudos Logitech.

[Mogawty]

I have the pretty much the exact setup here (G-Pro keyboard, G903, and more recently the Powerplay mousepad). I can say I did feel a little like I wasted money on the mousepad. I only needed to charge it once every 2-3 days, and since I'm using the G-Pro keyboard, all I really had to do was unplug that every couple of nights, and use it for the mouse for overnight charging.

That being said, I don't regret my purchase at all. It eliminates the need to charge completely. It is something I had to think about every night (has it been too long since I charged it? Then I'd have to look in the Logitech software, yada yada). The receiver is closer, the mousepad itself feels nice (and looks nice with matching RGB to the KB and mouse logos).

As far as wireless vs wired mice go, I used a wired one for the longest time. Then I moved over to the G903. I didn't notice until I forgot to charge it one day and needed to use it wired for an hour while it charges (before I had the PowerPlay). Damn, just the weight of the cord, not even getting stuck on anything, felt uncomfortable. It was then that my appreciation for wireless mice was realized. There's a sort of resistance you don't realize when you get used to wired mice. And while it does add a cord, it's a cord that doesn't move, making it easy to cable-manage it.

[djfunzdjfunz]

As an owner of the 903 and charging pad, this is a great product. Coming from a 5 year old Mionix Naos 5000, it’s like night and day and not having cable drag during FPS gaming is really nice

[JarrodsTech]

Great idea, very interested and hope they become more common in the future!

[Emdii]

Actually, the "old" wireless G403 is apparently compatible with Powerplay. It is not officially supported by logitech but it works.

[ygalion]

I use my G900 with receiver on back of pc, you will be surprised how good it works, no need in close wire, no need of fire at all, only you can hide under case a charging wire for wast connect and go when battery is low. Works superb, only downside for me is too high buttons position and overall mouse front

[jpdvera]

I've gotta say out of all the HardwareCanucks intro videos I've watched, this one was ABSOLUTELY one of the best!

[Renegade]

I just got this mouse pad and I'm loving it and the fact that it's also a receiver so I don't actually lose a USB slot when it's plugged in.

[sonalirai]

This is tech done right. There are lots of creative ideas but what differentiates the great from the gimmicky is the execution and implementation. Now... I'm just waiting for this to become the norm for all keyboards and mice. Wouldn't it be awesome if this worked for all electronic stuff... phone, headphone etc?

[spicywaffles]

Great video as always, Dimitry! Love the b-roll and voice over.

[fredrikcarlen]

About the health risk: No there is none. The energy (mabye 100mw or so) is not enough to have any effect on our body, regardless of how long you use it.

[hcp]

that b-roll of the mouses and the mousepad should be Logitech's official commercial. that quality is