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welcome back old friend what's up guys is Beattie here and this is the review of the refreshed version of the greatest Mouse of all time the logitech mx518 hero edition now I've been playing PC games for what seems like forever and the mouse had always stuck out to me from the past was the mx-5 10 the original version of the mx-5 18 one of the most comfortable mice ever made period guys I play countless csgo world of warcraft vanilla and DOTA games with that mouse so once they stopped making it I was a little devastated as you could imagine hello darkness my old friend so this began my journey of going through mouse after mouse trying to find one that could fill its shoes but as you guys know the gaming mice climate change from one that was like about comfort to one about aesthetics trying to be overly gamey meanwhile leaving our hands cramped until now until the hero refresh of the logitech mx518 but how does it stack up against the rest of the field in 2019 is it as comfortable as we all remember let's put it to the test today and find out now the design of the mouse hasn't changed all that much it's got the exact same legendary shape as the mx-5 10 now with a silver coating that fades into black near the back of the mouse its glossy but it's really really grippy and even after four hours of a gaming session I never felt my hand slipped once now in the past when you would use the original image 510 the coating would rub off near the fingertip area so I'm hoping that won't happen now I'll keep you guys posted on that but Logitech has been pretty good about their coatings in the present day a on the bottom you've got three mousepad feet you got one of the at the bottom and one on the side they've also got a little one around the sensor as well this Mouse glides like butter on every Mouse path that I put it on so it's not gonna be an issue guys it's got two side buttons that are light but a little bit mushy in my opinion and the back button feels a little bit more loose compared to the forward side button the four button is slightly smaller than the back button as well the scroll of spring feels a little bit cheap too compared to some of the newer mice on the market especially when you click down on it it feels like the mouse wheel could come out at some point like come out of the socket or just become loose at some point again we can only see and time will tell please believe I will let you guys know if anything happens to this mouse now you've got three buttons along the top as well that can be customized and the new Logitech of software two of these by default are dpi buttons the cord is thin and stays out of the way Logitech is definitely getting better about their cords let's just say that right now now let's talk about what makes this shape so good it's all in that thumb this little groove right here there's nothing better than it in gaming mice today it's down right perfect if you are looking for economic palm grip Mouse it's got rubber grips on either side that has an amazing feel to it the slope on the right side is very forgiving on the backside of your palm whereas some mice they have a hard fall off which makes this Mouse really really comfortable on the right side they have a ledge to help you with picking up and controlling the mouse for gaming though this mouse is still a beast guys nothing has changed from like 2010 I think there's 2000 I don't even know how long that Mouse has been out for but I find a fingertip grip and claw grip very hard to do this mouse because of the ledge and the thumb portion kind of get in the way it's definitely more of like a pong grip relaxed claw grip Mouse in my opinion the grip that works the best for this mouse is like a 131 where the thumb is on the left side you got three fingers on top and the pinkies on the right side with all that being said I am very accurate with this Mouse it took me a while to get used to since I've been kind of moving over to a fingertip grip lately as of late but practicing in Kovacs made reverting back to a 131 breeze the hero sensor in this mouse is capable going up to 16,000 dpi I personally only use about 800 dpi I didn't experience any spin outs or liftoff distance problems with this mouse the hero sensor is definitely my personal favorite mouse sensor at the moment I don't think there's anything better in my opinion overall though guys the mx518 pretty much is what we expected it to be that same amazing great shape of the original now with that new snappy hero of sensor it does keep that same similar buttons to the older version which is kind of disappointing but me personally I never really used the top three middle buttons except like push-to-talk maybe in discord or in game alright guys so that is gonna do it for this review thank you guys for watching as always it has been your boy bt don't forget to Like share comment and subscribe and I will see you the next