UpgrayeddBraided cable blows.
I had a braided mouse once, I hated how stiff the braided wire was, it tries to influence mouse movements cause its so stiff.

TheLostSwedeThis shape sucks compared to the older G500(s)/G5. I hope Logitech comes to their senses and brings back that design, without messing around with it.
Also, please stop adding rubber to mice. If you live somewhere humid, it turns to sticky mush after a couple of years.

RejZoR@TheLostSwede Rubber is fine if it's actual piece of high quality material. What they use is this sprayed on rubber which always turns into a goo after a while and in presence of hand sweat (had Nokia with this thing, sister had one too and my 2in1 vacuum clear too and they all got sticky mess). I had a different problem on original G502 and it was a scroll wheel. New is gunmetal painted with something and when that wears off, the thing just starts corroding and oxidizing and in the end it looks like there are salt crystals on the mouse wheel. And then dirt got stuck into it and it just looked nasty. I don't know what material it was, it should have been stainless steel, but it wasn't.

Also, I don't get it why no one lifts the mouse belly higher. This is like the 5th mouse where its underside is dragging on the surface of the mat and I get this stupid grinding and I can feel the resistance by the textured underside. I know partial fault goes to Goliathus mousepad which is cloth over silicone surface which becomes slightly wavy over time, but it's just annoying as hell and could easily be solved by raising the mouse bottom from the mat by using thicker gliding pads. But they all drop them stupid low because sensors only work a certain distance. So I have to change perfectly nice mats because of this crap. And I don't want aluminium or whatever mats because hard surface just doesn't feel right for me. It glades the best on cloth, when it's not dragging its belly on it...

ZeDestructorIt only really looks different with all the edges and triangles. in terms of actual in-hand feel, I find them (G500 and G502 RGB) near-identical. Now, my G700s on the other hand.. oh how I wish they'd fit a modern sensor in that body....

TheLostSwedeWell, I'd be happy with a G700s as well. Mine stopped working, got a G900 as a replacement, which I loathe. It gives me RSI after an hour of use.

ZeDestructorI tried the G900 at PAX. wasn't a fan either. The G703 had potential... and then they took my hyperscroll away, so that's not viable.. :(

RejZoR@TheLostSwede
Know of any mouse that has really thick gliding pads? Or the bottom hollowed out so it has the lowest possible chance of dragging its belly on the mouse mat?

TheLostSwedeYeah, one of the main reasons I stick with Logitech is the hyperscroll, one of the best things they've come up with.

Vayra86Weird I don't have any of those gripes you speak of with my G502. One of the nicest mice I've had so far.

The shape is perfect and a very successful mix of design/aesthetics and ergonomics, button placement similar. But you need to have pretty big hands to really have good grip on it. It's big. As for the lift-off distance... it should be as low as possible, so you can lift the mouse and not have unwanted movement. Sensors improved that way, not in reverse by supporting higher lift off distances. That'd be silly. Speaking of sensors I don't see how they'd need to improve on the one it had.

The braided cable on the G502 isn't that stiff but yes, if you bend it, it will keep the bend. If there is one gripe I have with this mouse, its the weight. Its really heavy... fine for a palm grip, but otherwise..

InVasManiThe old school Microsoft Intellimouse was actually easy to mod the scroll wheel on to work just like a hyperscroll one. I remember taking mine apart to take out a weight that they put inside the casing to make it lighter and kinda accidentally did it to the scroll wheel and liked it and kept it that way. It was great for that original counter strike HL mod.