The Logitech G500 is the next mouse to join my line of Logitech mice, which includes the MX518 and M500. Both of these mice were good, but the G500 is supreme.
First of all, it's £35, Logitech and bred as part of their gaming division. That means it's incredibly cost-effective and is totally refined, reliable and purpose built. Slight tangent, just before I bought the G500 I tried out a SteelSeries Kana gaming mouse that set me back £55 and it was for all gaming intents and purposes rubbish. So you can buy the G500 in the comfort of knowing it's cheaper and far, far better than a premium brand gaming mouse.
The G500 fits so snugly in your palm making precision shooting in FPS games a breeze. It has 'just enough' buttons, meaning on one end you're not wanting for more and on the other you're not using a ridiculous mouse-shaped keyboard like many 'gaming mice' I see on the market. The two DPI toggles top-left of the mouse-1 button are great if you wish to quickly change your sensitivity (e.g. when sniping through a scope) and there's even an LED display on the mouse that tells you which DPI setting it's on. To round up the buttons, there are the standard forward, back and play thumb-area buttons which can be programmed to do anything you want in-game and on desktop (for example, I use them for media controls, incredibly handy). It's not all about the buttons though - the G500 comes with a 'weights cartridge' which slots into the underbelly. You can choose which weights you put into it - it comes with a selection of miniature 1.7kg and 4.5kg weights. Personally I use all the 4.5kg weights, I like my mice heavy.
What else to say? It's damn comfortable when gaming, refined, precise, very cost-effective and would serve as any gamer's best friend. Buy it, now.
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