Logitech Proteus Core G502 Gaming Mouse review

Jon Martindale May 26, 2014 Featured Tech Reviews, Mouse

On one side, it looks like some of those OEM palm grip mice that so many manufacturers take on, covered in buttons and function, but turn it around and it looks like your typical ambidextrous gamer.

The Proteus Core is almost a ‘split personality' – depending on whichever side you look at it.

The main body of the mouse is actually split down the middle, with the left being made up of rubber and the rest a soft plastic. It's not silicon coated which is perhaps a shame, but it's comfortable as it is.

The Left hand side of the mouse, is highlighted by a blue strip along the base. This sits right under a rubberised thumb grip that makes it possible to hold this mouse in a claw style – though the shape clearly doesn't have that in mind. In front of that section is a “sniper” button which drops the DPI right down for accurate attacks, above which are your usual side buttons.

Above them, is a piece of plastic, which when switching DPI, lights up telling you the level that you're currently at (you can program more than three steps, but the indicator can only show three).

At the front end, there's more than just a left and right click button (each fitted with mechanical switches so they're good more 20 million or so clicks). Between them is the scroll wheel, which can be clicked down and left/right.

Behind that though is a button that adjusts the wheel: it can either single scroll bit by bit with a very obvious click (good for scrolling through weapons) and a free mode, where the wheel just spins and spins like it's going to go forever (I've timed it, sometimes it'll spin for 30 seconds+). Presumably this is to offer you a more personal way to use the wheel, or to scroll down some of those super-long sites.

Behind that is the DPI switch button, which cycles through the settings. Why then on the left you need a DPI up and down button respectively is beyond me, but of course you can remap them – so for added function, there they are. They're a bit crammed in at the end though, so if you're claw gripping, you may struggle to reach them with small hands like mine.

On the right hand side is another big rubber patch for added grip. No finger rests present here, but I personally never use those anyway.

The underside has two large Teflon pads at the top and bottom, with a couple of smaller ones on the side.

With a quick pull on that blue tab, the whole underside cover comes away, revealing the hidden weight compartment. This is where you can choose the location of the added weights, adding a bit to one side or the other … or keeping it symmetrically weighted.