Logitech launches ambidextrous G300 gaming mouse
The G300 looks smart and features adjustable lighting
The news is likely to be greeted warmly by lefties, who are generally pretty poorly serviced by gaming mice manufacturers.
The symmetrical shape of the G300 hasn’t forced any compromise in specifications either as the mouse boasts a 2,500 DPI optical sensor, adjustable polling rate and is festooned with programmable buttons.
As with most gaming mice the G300 also sports a small cache of onboard memory so yo can take your settings with you on the move.
As it’s a gaming mouse the G300 also features programmable lighting, because we know how important it is for your mouse lights to match your desktop background. Logitech also calls the mouse ‘compact’, meaning it may not be suitable for those with large dinner plate sized hands. We’ll obviously have to wait till we get our hand on one to see just how much of a bugbear the small size is though.
Pricing wise Logitech has said that the G300 should retail for $39.99 when it hits the shelves in September and that it’ll be available at all the usual online retailers.
Are you a southpaw that’s struggling to find a mouse that’s right for you? Do you like the look of the G300? Let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums Replyyou mean... like the Habu? :D
On a related note i agree, an ambidextrous gaming mouse seems a bit silly, but i guess if there is a market for it?
Would be cool to be able to clip and unclip pads on the left and right hand side to suit both lefties and rights grip?
The idea of a compact mouse doesn't appeal to me and I've never liked logitech mice. Clearly am picky.
Or I need something to fill my massive farm hands coming from the southwest *leshrug*
It really can't be hard to make left handed versions, though. Just a matter of mirroring everything in their design program.
That's how all ambidextrous mice are; draw half, mirror, sell
With WASD surely they could use the arrows? Or OJKL? assuming the game has customisable mappings... Which seems to be reducing thanks to consoles :(
I managed to get hold of a left handed MX610 early this year after having used an MX700 for years. It's so nice to have something designed for the correct hand at last! I do have the buttons set up right handed though - I'm so used to left button for left click, and using so many different computers as I do it's become natural instinct to do so.
UHJK for gaming all the way ;)
The top button in the middle is reserved for changing the profile, you can save 3 in the mouse or have different profiles per game in the software. You can also make macros, but I found it problematic that the macro could not combine mouse- and keypresses. The software also allows mouse1 to be moved from it's normal position but this seemed to result in headache... The middle mouse button is a bit skimpy, pushing it often results in mouse wheel actions also. It's good for secondary functions but very annoying if this happens in middle of combat. There also the usual DPI adjustments up to 2500dpi and polling up to 1000hz.
All in all, I find it descent for it's price. There may be better options for a higher price tough, havent used any.
Also I suspect this mouse to be more suitable to be handled by fingers than palm. The hump seems too short to support palm controlling. I'm not a palm controller tought, so it's just guestimating...
One of my biggest gripes with the G700, minor really, but still annoying