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hey everyone this is Steve from gamers Nexus dotnet and today we're looking at logitech's new G 700 s high-end gaming mouse which is a pretty crazy addition to the already high-end logitech arsenal and I had the chance to completely dismantle the mouse and explore its hardware and obviously was able to game quite a bit on it as well with rift and shoot mania so this review will act sort of as a summarized version of the full article that's linked in the description below and as always let's talk about specs and then get to the hands-on and opinions the G 700 s is a wireless rechargeable mouse with wired capabilities via standard micro USB connection but it does ship with a special cable that's molded to fit the mouse more stylish Li you can use basically any micro USB connection though the the mouse has 13 buttons LMB rmb Mme and then the additional buttons which are four on the left the left side near the thumb position three in the index finger position near the left mouse button and then the wheel will do a left-right tilt as well as the normal middle mouse click and also some other cool stuff we'll talk about in a second and then there are two buttons south of the wheel which can be used to toggle the free spin on the wheel or the second one will just basically do whatever you want it to do and on that note the the free spinning wheel note the hyper fast micro gear precision wheel is what Logitech uses and that is just a bunch of fancy words to basically say they use a ratcheted hub that allows it to either free spin or scroll normally with the normal ratcheted motion so it makes it ideal for users who spend a lot of time scrolling through large documents or spreadsheets you can just hit the button toggle it into free spin mode and then spin it really fast and stop it when you want to stop scrolling so that is pretty sweet other than buttons the mouse uses and Avago a DNS 9800 series sensor with a 202 8200 dpi range and using Logitech's drivers that I will explain in a separate video also linked below you can configure several dpi profiles and then cycle through them you using a mouse button so pretty good control there you are able to configure it for basically any game you want if you want like a sniper mode you can do that the same or similar sensor sensors are used in the genius hila which I reviewed and the Logitech g600 mouse which Patrick Lathan reviewed and it's definitely been around the block and performs fairly well it is a note well-known sensor it does everything that we needed to do as gamers and while we're talking about internals you can see in my teardown that the G 700 s uses higher endurance metal switches rather than the cheaper plastic Team X switches that we're used to seeing in mice and this is spoken for in Logitech's testing where they target a 20 million click lifespan for the mouse or for the buttons on the mouse and that's actually so high that generally the plastic buttons will fail long before the switches we were told that PAX East by Logitech and I have to say that the on the button front the G 700 uses or G 700 s uses better buttons significantly better buttons than previous Logitech mice I've used and the G 400 is kind of it's been known to have issues with the mouse 4-5 buttons I think it has both those failing this that seems to be solved and the G 700 s which is obviously much higher end than that one ever was anyway still I wasn't too happy with the actuation of the three index position buttons near the left Mouse but it wasn't anything detrimental to the overall unit I just think they could be a little more fluid they are positioned very well though and they are sort of flared up in a way that makes sure you never push the wrong one as for my opinions I found that the grip and overall feel of the mouse was easily its biggest advantage over the other peripherals in this very competitive Mouse market and the feel is almost almost perfect the rounded chassis design is much more comfortable than some of the more boxy bodies out there like the Gila and the buttons are all within reach and don't require any awkward flexing to use like the G 600 did and the grip is stron and and very easy to control with high DPI so as far as grip and ergonomics I think this is probably the best mouse I've ever used in that regard and if you know if price were in an issue I would tell everyone to go buy it just for that reason alone the mouse has a win extruding from the from below the thumb position so you're able to rest your thumb comfortably and still reach those four buttons easily and that just helps strengthen the grip that much more and and also reduces strain on your thumb so it's one of the best design device I've ever used as I said in terms of pure economics and the rubberized hydrophobic excuse me materials and no finger prints paint just help to firm up the grip even further and it's just it's obvious that there's a lot of quality materials in this mouse I did have trouble moving the mouse smoothly with the cable attached which tended to be poorly positioned and dragged along the mousing surface more than the braided cables would that are found on most other mice including the G 500s and I've always favored Wired over wireless but this mouse sort of forces the other way around since the wires positioning is suboptimal and produces a drag that hinders competitive play and twitch shooters and luckily I did test the mouse battery on the maximum gaming so-called mode and it lasted approximately 18 hours of mixed gaming and everyday use in testing as described in the article and that is including the micro sleep states it enters when you're not using the mouse for you know 30 seconds to a minute at a time if there's that much time you're not using it it enters a mic sleep state and conserves power and with all that noted the Logitech G Series software does seem a lot more buggy with the G 700s than other mice and I think that's because the battery it's a bit of a negative I had issues with crashing and sporadic unresponsiveness when toggling power to the mouse or changing mouse functions mouse button functions but once the mouse was configured it's not really that big of a deal because you generally never look at the software again after initial configuration so not a huge negative the software has historically been fairly solid so I do imagine it's just a matter of patching it and at the end of the day the mouse uses high-quality internals it has a proven sensor it has fantastic grip and overall feel and has buttons that are actually within usable range so it is expensive at 80 to 100 dollars but if you want one of the best wireless mice out there for gaming or have specific needs for wrist or tendon problems then this is absolutely worth looking at more carefully and if you can get a hands on at a store I recommend it for users who prefer to spend less consider looking at the G 500s for reviewing right now or the genius HeLa though I'd personally favor the 500s for its superior grip and with that I will lucky let you check out the full review linked in the description below and the software video and I will see you all next time peace