Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse, RGB Backlit, 20 Programmable Buttons, Black

The seller was Amazon. I paid 50 bucks.I'm using the G600 on a PC with Windows XP Home SP3; the Logitech Gaming Software (LGS) version is 8.45.88. The firmware version is 77.02.17. I'm also using the G600 on a PC with Windows 10 Technical Preview with LGS version 8.57.145.Several years ago, I switched from a regular 3-button mouse to a Logitech G700. It took some time to get used to the G700, but I liked the G700 very much. The same is true for the switch from G700 to G600. It takes a little time to get used to it, but it is worth it.I do like lots of buttons on my mouse for flexibility in Windows applications, browser, and games. I don't always use every button, but I have the flexibility to do so.WEIGHTThe G700 with battery (can't run it without the battery installed) weighs 6 ounces. The G600 weighs 5 ounces. I've heard some people complain about how heavy the G600 is, but I don't have any problem with the weight, because my prior mouse was a G700 (which is 1 ounce heavier).SIZEI measured both mice across the top over the scroll wheel area. The G700 measures 6 centimeters; and the G600 measures 7 cm. Not much difference, considering the G600 adds a third button along the right side.SCROLL WHEELBoth mice have a tilt scroll wheel with 3 buttons built in (middle click, left tilt, right tilt). I like the wheel tilt feature very much. The G700 wheel is metallic on its sides and rubber down its middle; you can set it to have smooth rolling or notched. The G600 is all rubber; you can not set it to smooth rolling...it's notched and that's it. I like notched, so it is not a problem for me.BUTTON CLICKSWhen clicked/pressed, the tactical feel of the G9-G20 buttons (the 12 buttons on the left side) on the G600 is like the G11 button on the G700. The G600 G7-G8 buttons sound/feel like the G700 G9 button. The left, middle, right, scroll tilt buttons on the G600 feel the same as their counterparts on the G700. I don't have to press G600 thumb buttons as hard (compared to G700), and the thumb buttons on the G600 take less pressure to actuate.G-SHIFT BUTTONI like this button a lot. It doubles the function of all mouse buttons except left click, right click, G8, and the G-Shift button itself. So, the mouse has 20 buttons, and with the G-Shift, the mouse now has 36 button options. Lots of flexibility. Very nice. If you reassign left click to another button, then you can use the left click button with G-Shift (same for right click). For G8, if you use it with the G-Shift, then you can assign 2 functions to it, but you lose the mode switching ability for that profile.If you don't like the G-Shift button, then you can unassign it, and assign another function to that button. You can always get it back by dragging/dropping the G-Shift function from the commands list/menu to the button.GRIPWith my fingers together, my hand measures about 8.25 inches around...just below the knuckles, which makes my glove size a medium. The G600 feels very nice to me. Because it glides so easily, and because of its shape, I find that I don't have to grip it as hard as the G700...and that's easier on my hand.On the thumb side of the mouse...The mouse glides very well. I can rest my thumb on the side buttons and move the mouse around easily without actually pressing the side buttons. Sometimes I rest my thumb just beyond or below the G9 button. Either works well for me...depends on what I am using the mouse for.On the ring/pinky finger side of the mouse...This took a little getting used to, but it works well. Again, two choices: If I am not using the G-shift button, then I can rest my ring finger along the side of the button. However, I do like the G-shift button, so I rest my ring finger on top of it. My pinky finger grips the mouse on the right side. Since the mouse is lighter (compared to the G700), using my pinky finger to grip and help with movement is not a problem for me. The bottom edge of this side of the mouse is rubber, which helps to grip it. Does your pinky hurt? Give it a chance. Your muscles will adjust.Depends on how you use your mouse...In games, instead of using the traditional W-S-A-D keys for movement, I use mouse buttons. I started doing this with the G700, using the wheel tilt for left/right, G7 forward, G6 back, G7 plus G5 forward sprint/run. This makes movement much more natural in my opinion. For the G600, it's similar: wheel tilt for left/right, G11 forward, G20 back, G11 plus G10 forward sprint/run. Since I am usually walking or running forward, I am gripping the mouse with my thumb most of the time. When not gripping the mouse in this way, I grip it with the area of my palm below my thumb (or just beyond the G9 button). This works well for me.TRACKING, POLLING/REPORT RATE, DPIFor the G700, I used 1000 DPI and 250 for report rate. For the G600, I am using the same settings. The mouse tracks very well for me; this is probably a combination of mouse quality and PC configuration.LOGITECH GAMING SOFTWARE (LGS)I used this same software for my G700, so it is nothing new to me. Same software, except the screens are different in order to support the additional/different features of the G600. I recommend using "automatic game detection", not on-board memory (this setting is on the home page of the LGS; it's a toggle switch). While using the G700, I switched from Setpoint software to LGS, and I noticed that onboard memory did not work well (it was fine with Setpoint, just not LGS). For the G600, I didn't even try on-board memory, since "automatic game detection" works so well for me.MODES VS. PROFILESI use automatic game detection for both G700 and G600, which means unlimited profiles and no hassles with profile switching...works well for me. For the G600, there are also modes. So, for each profile, you can have up to 3 modes...each mode has its own button configuration. Here is how this is helpful to me... Game #1: The main character has two movement options: human, which is used most of the time; mechanized armor/tank, which is used occasionally. The controls are different for each. So, I have 1 profile for the game with 2 modes (one for the human, one for the armor/tank). Press the mode switch button (G8 or whatever you want to set it to) and I can easily switch between human and armor/tank settings. Very nice.CORDThe G700 cord is rubber coated. The G600 cord is less thick and braided nylon. Both work fine. The G700 cord showed no signs of wear after 3+ years of use. Wait and see with the G600 cord.LIGHTSThe G700 has 3 lights on the side to indicate what profile you are using (if you use onboard profiles, which I don't). The G600 is a regular Christmas tree...each of the G9-G20 buttons are backlit, and there are lots of color and lighting options. Very nice, if you're into that sort of thing. I'm not, so I disabled the lighting effect.SOME GOTCHASGOTCHA #1Converting profiles from the G700 to the G600. These 2 mice have different buttons, so don't expect to plug-and-play. Although you can see the G700 profiles in the LGS when the G600 is plugged in, you cannot use the G700 profile successfully unless you remap all keys to the G600. It's easy to do. All of the commands associated with a profile are listed in the commands menu area in LGS (on the left side of the screen). Drag and drop the commands from the commands menu to the G600 buttons and you're ready to go. If you are permanently switching from G700 to G600, remapping existing profiles is fine. If you plan to use both mice interchangeably, then rename the G700 profiles to have G700 in the name, and copy/save-as the G700 profiles to G600 profiles and do the remapping; so, you'll have 2 sets of profiles...one for G700 and one for G600.GOTCHA #2Setting or assigning commands to the normal and G-shift buttons. "Normal" means the normal use of a button without using the G-shift button. ALWAYS drag and drop commands from the command menu on the left side of the "customize buttons" screen to the mouse button on the right side of the screen. NEVER use the little drop down menu for each button to edit commands; it's okay to use the drop down menu to unassign, use generic, use default. If you don't follow this advice, then when you attempt to edit commands for G-shift buttons, you will overwrite the normal button assignment with the G-shift assignment. It's just a quirky software thing. To create new commands, use the plus sign next to the word "Commands".GOTCHA #3By default, the mouse wheel tilt buttons are assigned to back and forward; and this works great when working with Windows applications and browsers. However, some people like me had the problem of the G600 going back twice or going forward two times when only clicking the tilt button once (i.e., double click problem). In Windows XP, the solution is to go to Control Panel, System, Hardware tab, Device Manager button, expand Mouse, double-click each "HID-compatible mouse" device to find the one that says "on Logitech gaming Virtual Mouse", and then right click that device and disable it. This solved the problem.keywords: gotchyas, bugs, buggy, problems, answers, fixes, solutions, G700s, hurts, painfulSUMMARYI am very happy with the G600, but I haven't used it for very long. I hope to get many years of use out of it. I plan to update this review as needed, if I experience problems.

I bought the Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse.This is not your typical mouse, tho it works just fine as an every day mouse, this mouse has a ton of usable features, and can be customized to fit any application or game, you can set up 12 normal buttons, and 12 shift buttons, giving you a total of 24 buttons, it has the ability to be any RGB color you want, all via the software you can download to use all it's features.I compared this mouse to my old beat up G Series Logitech G9X gaming mouse. That mouse is maybe the best mouse I've ever used, Tho it's discontinued, and any sold used can be a hefty price on ebay, it's DPI is amazing at high speeds and very accurate, Has a nice heavy weight to it and easy to use. Great for FPS games where speed gives you the upper-hand.This G600 MMO Gaming Mouse tho, also being a Logitech mouse, with a slight MMO gaming gimmick, is pretty much on par with with the DPI and accuracy of my G9X. It's very usable, They should really advertise it for many uses besides MMOs tho, they are really cutting it's abilities short.Tried it in CS:GO, I bound it's extra keys to change weapons and to reload, I don't even have to move my fingers off my WASD keys.Tried it in Minecraft, can swap thru the item bar with the default settings, by default they are no diff than the 0-9 keys on your keyboard.Tried it with WinAmp, I set up the hotkeys to change songs, stop, and play, works like a charm, don't have to touch my keyboard.And you can set up many profiles for many different things! I could see this being handy in GIMP/Photo Shop, ect for setting up multiple keybindings to do things in a single click instead of having to use the keybindings on your keyboard.It has a very long cord, it does not have a woven cord, but to me that's fine, I don't like those getting all frayed after a while and just kinking up my cord worse than it would without it over time.For what I've tried it in so far, it does everything I expected it to do and maybe even more, it is as advertised it seems, and at a very decent affordable price.I'm overall happy with my purchase, I've bought other cheep gaming mice to try and replace my G9X many times, and none of them were as good. I chose to pay a lil more this time to get this one, but I can safely say this G600 mouse is amazing and is 100% worth the money.Now for the learning curve:~ I gave it 1 star off for Ergonomic because of this, and tho it does feel nice in the hand, it's the learning curve that makes it strange to use, it's more wide than normal, and that takes some adjusting to get comfortable with, it is not a liar when it says it's Ergonomic , it's just diffident.~ It does take a bit of practice, your hand placement will be changed slightly, being you now have the shift ring finger click to deal with, I usually used my ring finger to hold the mouse and drive with on my old mouse, also you can't really grip your mouse like you normally would be able to because of the new buttons on the side, your thumb will just dig into all of them. Despite that I feel it's not that large of a learning curb personally, but for others that are really set in their ways, you should maybe rethink and get another mouse, but if you are ready to break from the norm and try something new out, this is a good place to start!Things I'd wish they'd add:~ Far as I can tell, there is no way to change the function of the shift ring finger click, an option to make it able to be changed via the software to mirror the normal right click would be very welcome, or the option to set any of them to use any setup of clicks would be nice, that way I could in theory bind the right click and shift click to be the new left and right clicks, and set the old left click to shift! an option to disable it does exist in the software, but an option to make it function as another click would be usable for non gaming use, I do find myself clicking this button by mistake all the time, it's gonna take some time breaking that habit.Things it does not do:~ It would seem this is a mouse that only favors the right handed, lefties are out of luck with this, there is no way you'd be able to use it's features if you're left handed unless you had a very flexible and beefy pinky finger!My Final thought:~I do say you have to try this mouse out, it's pretty cool, and I'm enjoying it so far, now to just see if it stands the test of time like my old G9X does, that thing is still kickin; round despite me taking it apart and putting in new switches a few times now to keep it going! Really wish they'd make that mouse again, but until that happens, I think I'mma stick with this new one for a bit, it's caught my attention and it's gonna get a lot of use!All I wanted was a mouse that was responsive, with no noticeable latency, with high DPI, and accurate at high speeds, I got that and plenty more!Welp that's my review! Hope this helps someone make a decision to get this mouse or not! I was not sure at first cause of some of the negative reviews, but I'm not gonna give it an unfair score purely on lack of getting used to the learning curve, it's painfully obvious from the start that this is not your everyday mouse, and they should have been aware of that from the start!