Ever since I was lucky enough to get my hand on a Logitech G Pro X Superlight, I’ve been telling everyone and their grandma to go and get one. Yes, there are other great mouses out there that can most certainly keep up or even outdo the Superlight on paper, but the overall package that it offers fits me better than that third pot of porridge did Goldilocks.
When I heard they were making version two, my eyes lit up, and I got butterflies in my stomach. I kept my eyes on Logitech socials for weeks, waiting for them to launch it officially. At long last, they did, and I managed to secure one to let you guys know how it compares to the original Superlight and everything else out there.
On the outside, the Superlight 2 doesn’t look very different from its predecessor. It still maintains its almost ambidextrous shape, with the two buttons on the right thumb grip, the black and white scroll wheel and the two large buttons on top. I once heard someone describe it as a kind of potato look, and I think I like the sound of that.
It’s on the inside that the Superlight 2 has had its upgrades done. Logitech has shaved off three grams from the first version, bringing the weight down to 60 grams. They’ve made some adjustments to the scroll wheel, giving it a smoother scroll but still keeping a bit of the physical feedback. The Hero 2 sensor is now sitting inside the mouse, meaning you can get a poll rate of up to 2000hz when using the mouse wirelessly, and the lift-off distance is quite a bit higher. It finally charges via USB-C as well, but most noticeable are the new switches beneath the buttons.
Previously, the Superlight had purely mechanical switches, but with the Superlight 2, Logitech has added in the newer “Lightforce” switches that they are putting in all their higher-end mice, like the G502X range. These Lightforce switches are a hybrid between mechanical and optical. They still offer that mechanical feedback but offer the reliability of an optical switch.
Because of these new Lightforce switches beneath the buttons on the mouse, the clicks have a lot more oomph to them than the older Superlight mouse did. It feels like the button pushes back at you when you click it. I quite enjoyed it. Especially in first-person shooters, where it almost gives that feeling of pulling a trigger and the mechanics of the gun are fighting back. For general work purposes, it didn’t really make much of a difference, but in games where I find myself clicking a heck of a lot more, like MOBAs and RTS games, because of that switch back almost feels like it’s clicking slower when in reality that was not the case.
If you have the opportunity to feel the clicks beforehand, do so. The click on the Superlight 2 is quite different to the original, and it could throw a few people off.
Between the rest of the newer upgrades, besides being able to feel the mouse being a lot lighter, I wasn’t able to pick up much of a difference over the first Superlight. The scroll wheel does feel nicer to use, and a 2000hz polling rate does sound amazing, but I wasn’t able to pick up much of a difference over the 1000hz on the original Superlight.
If you have a Logitech keyboard that also utilises Lightspeed, you can connect this mouse to that same USB dongle, which eliminates the need to carry multiple dongles around. If you do this, though, or use the mouse while connected via cable, the polling rate does drop to 1000hz.
Logitech also claims to have given the Superlight an extra 25 hours of battery life, and while I haven’t yet been able actually to kill the mouse. GHub has been reporting back that I still have 51 hours of usage after about three days of gaming and working.
Overall, I do love this mouse, and I definitely think it’s better than the original, but at R3,499, there isn’t enough here to justify going for the upgrade. If you are looking for an awesome gaming mouse, I definitely recommend this one. If you already have the first Superlight, you’re not missing out on too much right now.
You can pre-order the black and white colourways right now over on Takealot, but the pink version, while still set to be released, is only coming to SA at a later stage. Pre-orders ship on the 29th of September.