Logitech Pro X Superlight 2c Mouse Review: A Shrunken Version of a Classic

What if you shrunk 1 of the champion gaming mice ever made, the Logitech Pro X Superlight 2? Enthusiasts who asked that question for years person the solution with the Superlight 2c, which has the aforesaid top-end specs successful a (5%) smaller and substantially lighter 51g frame. For $160/£160 astatine regular price, however, it's 1 of the astir costly compact mice you tin buy. In fact, it's astir treble the outgo of the HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Mini, my existent favourite tiny gaming mouse. That's a batch to unrecorded up to.

When we reviewed the Superlight 2 we said it was a solid, incremental upgrade connected the brilliant, archetypal model. Since then, a firmware update has accrued the maximum polling complaint from 2000Hz to 8000Hz, and the 2c gets that too, making it 1 of Logitech's fastest mice yet.

Design and Shape

The Superlight 2c's gentle curves signifier a compact mentation of Logitech's safe, tried-and-tested symmetrical outline. You don't request tiny hands to usage this mouse: excavation are somewhat larger than mean and it inactive felt comfy successful fingertip oregon claw grip. My fingers each had a spot to sit, and neither my manus nor wrist ached erstwhile I played for respective hours without a break.

Its super airy 51g value helps arsenic well, coming successful nether astir "lightweight" mice. While it's not rather Corsair Sabre V2 Pro level – a specified 36g – it inactive glides effortlessly. The value organisation feels balanced passim your manus and it has larger feet than astir compact mice. I personally similar lighter mice, and I'm truthful gladsome to person a smaller enactment successful this range. If you're considering it, comparison its size (38.5mm tall, 61.4mm wide and 118.4mm long) to your existent rodent and deliberation astir however it would acceptable your hand.

I wouldn't urge it if you're a dedicated thenar gripper (with your afloat thenar successful interaction with the assemblage of the mouse), unless your hands are small. I could conscionable astir marque it work, but my fingers extruded acold past the extremity of the rodent and my thumb was excessively acold guardant to reliably property 1 of the broadside buttons. Unfortunately I don't emotion the matte coating connected the shell. It feels much plastic-y than competitors and little pleasant to interaction than mice I've precocious tested. But it grips perfectly good and wasn't uncomfortable oregon chafing, truthful it's not a immense problem.

The near and close clicks are reassuringly dense and unafraid to press, but they're not perfect. They dependable a small high-pitched to my ears: the close fastener successful peculiar truly pings arsenic you decorativeness your click. They wiggle a small side-to-side if you effort them, and you tin property the buttons a just region earlier they afloat click, known arsenic pre-travel. None of these caused immoderate problems erstwhile I was really utilizing the 2c, and the buttons felt satisfying to spam erstwhile I needed to – for illustration erstwhile firing a semi-automatic limb arsenic accelerated arsenic I could successful Arc Raiders. I besides liked thumbing the broadside buttons, which are quieter. But I would expect a rodent this costly to consciousness premium each the mode done and, to me, the near and close clicks don't.

I consciousness the aforesaid mode astir the scroll wheel. It was reliable and solid, I could consciousness each bump arsenic I turned it, and it ne'er spun excessively far. But it sounds loud, grating and inexpensive erstwhile you scroll fast, astir arsenic if you tin perceive the mechanics grinding. I would've liked a DPI toggle fastener too, though nary Superlight mice person one, truthful its lack is expected.

What isn't successful doubt, astatine slightest retired of the box, is the physique quality. Despite its weight, this rodent feels stone solid, with nary crook oregon creak erstwhile you compression it hard and nary dependable erstwhile you shingle it. I peculiarly similar the basal of the mouse: the on/off power has a grippy criss-cross texture and the magnetic covering for the dongle retention pouch closes with a loud, sturdy snap.

Performance, Gaming, Battery Life

Logitech's sensors are immoderate of the champion astir and the specs expanse for the Hero 2 sensor has big, shouty numbers – 44,000 DPI, 88G of max acceleration, and a max velocity of 888 inches per second; which are immoderate of the highest wealth tin buy. It doesn’t mean overmuch connected insubstantial erstwhile cipher actually needs a rodent to springiness that level of performance, but what you get is simply a rodent that feels similar it's tracking you flawlessly, nary substance however accelerated you flick. I tested it successful a assortment of games, including Arc Raiders, Fortnite, and Anno 117 and whether I needed slow, creaseless tracking oregon precision successful frantic gunplay, the rodent did precisely what I wanted it to.

The Superlight 2c's polling complaint – the frequence the rodent reports its presumption to your machine – goes each the mode up to 8000Hz. That's successful enactment with different high-end mice, including the regular Superlight 2. Whether polling complaint matters depends connected the person. Some radical can't archer the quality beyond 1000Hz. Others consciousness that 4000Hz is overmuch smoother and precise than 1000Hz. The limiting origin is often not your rodent but your monitor's refresh complaint and your system's power, due to the fact that you request a precocious framerate to consciousness immoderate difference.

My show refreshes astatine 240Hz and I person a coagulated rig, truthful I'm good placed to benefit. The rodent does consciousness a smidgeon snappier arsenic I boost the polling complaint from 1000Hz to 2000Hz and 4000Hz, but the quality is truthful insignificant that I support wondering whether it's placebo. Going up to 8000Hz is, to me, overkill and drains the artillery faster. I felt bully utilizing some 1000Hz and 2000Hz, knowing that I'd get astir 100 hours oregon artillery beingness retired of the Superlight 2c. That longevity is thing peculiar but it's much than capable for what I need, and lets maine spell weeks betwixt charges.

Whether the awesome show of the Superlight 2c is worthy the other outgo over, say, the HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Mini, depends connected your needs and your budget. Logitech's tech is objectively better, truthful if you privation the apical of the scope you won't spell incorrect with it, but the Haste 2 Mini's 1000Hz polling complaint and 26,000 DPI is plentifulness for astir people.

Software and Connectivity

To enactment it plainly, Logitech's G Hub bundle is awful. Not lone does it deficiency immoderate of the functions of competitors' bundle – you can't set the lift-off distance, scroll instrumentality sensitivity, oregon sensor axis – it's besides actively confusing. When you load up the bundle you're presented with a database of "curated presets" for sensitivity, varying from archetypal idiosyncratic shooter to MOBA. To me, it makes precise small consciousness wherefore a "simulation" crippled would necessitate a higher DPI than a MMO but little than a MOBA, oregon wherefore immoderate of the presets person 5 DPI levels to toggle betwixt portion others person lone three. Better to conscionable acceptable your ain levels. The abstraction occupied by those presets should've been fixed to the polling rate, which you alternatively person to scroll down to find erstwhile the model isn't maximized (which it isn't by default).

Logitech's G-Shift tin beryllium an fantabulous productivity tool. You tin delegate a keyboard cardinal oregon a rodent fastener to enactment arsenic a displacement relation for your mouse, opening up a 2nd acceptable of inputs. The Superlight 2c doesn't person a DPI fastener but you could, for example, acceptable the mediate rodent fastener to toggle DPI erstwhile G-Shift is active. Unfortunately G Hub doesn't explicate however this strategy works, oregon marque it evident however to acceptable it up. I had nary issues with the rodent connecting to my PC oregon to the software, though it's worthy noting that the 2c, similar different Superlight mice, has nary Bluetooth, truthful you'll ever request to plug the dongle in. That dongle is thankfully tiny and stored neatly easy wrong the rodent if you request to transport it.

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