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Logitech G9 Laser Mouse

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The good: Customizable weights and grips; most sensitive laser sensor available; flexible configuration software; free-spinning scroll wheel.

The bad: Grip attachment and weight kit hardware are too convoluted; inconveniently designed buttons.

The bottom line: Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.

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  • Reviewed on: 10/11/2007
  • Released on: 09/15/2007

We've long been fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but the new G9 Laser Mouse feels like a collection of missed opportunities. Yes, it introduces a handful of new technologies, bringing it in line with or surpassing other high-end gaming mice, at least from the perspective of on-paper features. We certainly appreciate some of what Logitech has to offer, but too many elements bother us to earn the G9 a recommendation over the G5 Laser Mouse, especially given the G9's much higher $99 price tag.

The G9 Laser Mouse is the first significant departure from the core design of Logitech's game or performance mice in at least four years. The familiar, bloated peanut-style design instead makes way for a narrow base unit that can accept either of two angular overlay attachments that come with the mouse. The idea of the two attachments is to let you customize the grip of the G9 to your preference. No other mouse lets you so thoroughly change its overall feel, although we wish that taking off the attachment was a one-handed operation. Because of the overhanging plastic around the release button, you need two hands to pop the grip off.

Customizable grips might be new to gaming mice, but the G9's redesigned weight system remains more or less the same in concept as that on the G5, with a minor twist. The G9 is different in that the weight tray slides into the heel of the mouse, rather than into a bay at the bottom as with the G5. Logitech conceived this new design and the new, parallelogram-shaped weights themselves to make you feel like you're loading a clip into a handgun. It's less satisfying than it sounds, and even annoying because the detachable grip piece now blocks access to the weight slot. That makes changing the weights a multistep process, furthering our irritation at needing two hands to remove the grip.

To be fair, once you get the weights and the grip set to your liking, you might not ever switch them out, so the cumbersome ins-and-outs of making those adjustments aren't that problematic in the long run. What's worse is the overall feel of the button placement.

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  • alaTest.com

    Editors' rating: 94

    Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 549 reviews of Logitech G9 Laser Mouse from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 85/100 and users 90/100. Comparing these reviews to 82988 other Mouse & Pointing Devices reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent.

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  • maximumpc.com

    Editors' rating: 60

    Summary: Logitech also added the MicroGear scroll wheel, which uses haptic technology to switch back and forth between super-speedy smooth scrolling and traditional detent-style scrolling. Unlike the Logitech MX Revolution, the G9 allows you to swap scroll ...

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  • techgage.com

    Editors' rating: 90

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  • applesource.com.au

    Summary: In the end Logitech has produced another brilliant mouse, although it's worth checking out both this and the G5 to see which fits your hand (and your budget!) better. Either way you're bound to be very, very happy with the results

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  • tech2.com

    Editors' rating: 90

    Summary: The G9 at the end of the day is an enthusiast level product. This is apparent in its pricing of Rs. 5995. However what you get at that price point is a finely tuned instrument of death destruction and mayhem. Despite its expense we wholeheartedly ...

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  • techpowerup.com

    Editors' rating: 92

    Summary: The Logitech G9 ushers in the latest generation of gaming mice with the G9. As you will see Microsoft and Razer also have similar devices with a lot of customizablity. The sheer number of attributes which can be changed within the G9 Laser Mouse is ...

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