Customer Reviews:
 It dosen't get better than this! September 27, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This mouse has everything you need for easy,comfortable game play! If you are a serious gamer you will certainly appreciate all of the features that this mouse offers.
Have more than one gamer that shares the same computer or you want to use your mouse when you play at a freinds house? Not a problem with this mouse! Being able to save 5 different settings will come in handy and allow you to sit down,switch to your setting and go.You can store up to 5 settings for this.Also the plug and play is awesome! Every mouse should come with this feature,it makes switching from one computer to another hasstle free.
Being able to switch the scrolling wheel from a click (so you will never pass up an item from a selection screen agin!) to smooth for scrolling when you don't need as much precision.
Even though there are removable and interchangable parts (grips and weights) This is a very sturdy mouse!I really love the fact that you can interchange the grips to customize the mouse to fit you.I know you have bought a mouse that you loved the precision but it felt either too big or small,not anymore!Made for everyone!
Highly recommended to anyone looking for a serious mouse for serious game play!
 Almost all I could ask for September 26, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
You've heard all the great things about the G9. Customization, Control, Comfort. In my opinion, it's the best mouse for a gamer on the market right now. Unfortunately, it has a major flaw: the lack of midline buttons. Only the standard middle mouse button exists, admittedly with side to side rocking, but the lack of the other central buttons is a huge hit for me. Playing World of Warcraft, I utlized all four of the middle buttons on the 518. I found them to be perfectly placed and reliable. Now, I find myself trying to use the side to side of the middle mouse button on the G9, and it is just not dependable. Yes, you can use the "DPI up and DPI down", but these buttons are intentionally tough to press... not something you want to do for five hours of raiding using Maul/Heroic Strike on.
Great mouse. I give it a 95%, but I just need those extra middle buttons back to take it to 100%.
Excellent usability and comfort, but long tangly cord!. September 25, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a fine mouse. I have a giant hand, my wife has a tiny hand; we configured it for her hand and she loved it; we added weights and changed the grip and it works very well for me. Changing the mouse over from one user to the next is quite easy, only a little bit fussy, but as a practical matter you will only want this to be a one-user mouse.
The mouse gave great response time, had an excellent feel. I used it with three different games, on an Excel spreadsheet, and for moving around within a long Word document, and it out-performed each of the two other mouses I own. The quickness of response, the fine-tuned eye-hand feel, was superior.
The long cord is a bit annoying, and actually slows down response time because you have to constantly adjust where it falls on the table, but the performance is otherwise excellent.
Absolutely Amazing! September 24, 2007
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
OK, this is a review from a non-PC-Gamer. My PS2 is for games, my PC is for work, writing, and the Internet. I needed a new mouse & this one won--and am I glad. This puppy has more bells and whistles than my car. I know I have had Logitech hardware in the past; if this is as durable as it was easy to install, we'll have more Logitech in the future.
First, when it says plug & play on the box, it means it! Our track-ball Dell mouse had seen better days. I unplugged it & plugged in this G9 & ten seconds later all the problems we had with the previous mouse were in the past.
We have had a "laser" mouse in the past and simply hated the way it worked. (It was wireless & the battery life sucked) The G9 has a one-touch sensitivity toggle on the top, and it's great. If the pointer is moving too quickly across the screen, tap it once for less sensitivity. And the over-the-top feature: you can change the color of the led display that tells you what level the sensitivity is set to. The cloth-coated cord is different, and it actually helps hold the mouse in place on the keyboard shelf.
It comes with two different grips "wide load" and "precision" which are literally a snap to change. Never used a more comfortable mouse. It comes with four 7g and four 4g weights which are wicked easy to install. Next to the thumb rest are extra buttons--the whole thing is programmable w/ on-mouse memory...This may just turn me into a PC gamer (while I save up for a PS3).
A great mouse for the hard core gamer September 24, 2007
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Logitech mice for quite sometime. Ever since I started seriously getting into PC gaming, I've found the Logitech mice to be reliable, easy to use and customizable. My last mouse was the MX518, an excellent choice for those looking for a midgrade mouse. Now, we a new entry into the Logitech G series with the G9. The G9 is a a high-priced, highly customizable entry into Logitech's long line of gaming-centered mice. It's an update from the G5 mouse and, while it's more of a refinement than an evolution, it does offer some nice new additions.
The G series is all about customization and the G9 perfectly represents this. It comes in an attractive package that includes the USB mouse, the software CD, basic instructions, two snap-on covers and a cool package of eight weights (four 4 gram and four 7 gram). The software that comes with the CD will invariably be out of date, so I'd recommend just getting the latest from the Logitech site. But, once you do, the customization options open up.
The mouse has enough memory on it to hold four different profiles, which you can manipulate via the software. And there's a lot you can do, from purely cosmetic to technical. For example, the mouse has LED lights on top that you can change via the software. Want red lights? Have at it. Or, if that doesn't float your boat, you can choose blue. Or green. Or go to a color wheel and choose a variance of the available colors. Yes, it's purely cosmetic. Yes, it's totally unnecessary. Yes, it's really cool.
But the software also does some neat things that are more than cosmetics. You can select any of the buttons on the mouse and have them do something completely different with them. Everything, from the left mouse to the right mouse buttons, to the side buttons, to the scroll wheel, etc., all can be manipulated to your heart's intent. You can also mess around with the dpi, which is something I didn't really mess with, but it's there for those enterprising gamers.
The customization lives outside of the software, as well. Does the mouse feel too light to you? You can place four of the eight weights in the back of the mouse to give it the heft and weight you desire. As mentioned, the weights come in four gram and eight gram sizes, so there's enough choices there for the perfect weight options. Also, the two snap-on portions are pretty similar to each other. The only difference between them is that one of them is very smooth, like most mice, while the other feels rough and rugged, providing apt hold for, I guess, the really sweaty hand gaming sessions.
It's a lazer mouse and I found it to be even nicer than the optical mice I've played with. This is my first lazer mouse and while the difference between them isn't something everybody will notice, I can tell a bit of a difference. It's really nice. It also offers a maximum whopping 3200 dpi, with the ability to change on the fly from 200 dpi to 3200, via buttons on the mouse and your profile settings. The mouse is also completely compatible with Vista and you won't run into any problems. The software comes in two Vista flavors, as well, for the 32x and the 64x.
Another change from the G5 mouse is that the G9 favors a more boxy design. Instead of the sloping and curvaceous mice in the past, the G9's visual design didn't pique my interest at once. As you can tell from the pictures, it looks sometimes more like a brick than a comfortable mouse. In person, it not only looks better but actually feels comfortable in your hand. I especially like the sloping on the left hand side, creating a nook of sorts for your thumb placement.
A few complaints do exist, however. For one, this is undeniably a right-handed mouse. Even if you didn't use the two buttons on the left hand side, holding this mouse in your left hand is not very comfortable, in either of the snap-on covers. As you can tell from the pictures included here on Amazon.com, the left side of the mouse slopes as a nice little cubby hole for your thumb. Comfortable for us right-handers, not so much if you switch hands. Additionally, on the bottom of the mouse, a couple of indented circles spiral out from the lazer pointer part of the mouse. While the circles are slightly indented and it won't catch as you move the mouse, it does make an audible scraping sound, on my mouse pad at least. The side buttons will take some getting used to for some people, due to their placement. They slant downward which feels completely different from other mice I've played with. They feel very thin in the beginning, but once you've learned where to place your thumb, they feel great.
Finally, there's the price. I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for and this mouse definitely fits the bill, for right handed gamers. This isn't a mouse for the average casual gamer, who doesn't care about dpi and won't use the customization options. These gamers will be wasting their money when a perfectly good mid-priced mouse will do. Then again, this isn't a mouse for them. It's created those gamers that want to be able to customize their mouse or that wish they had a bit more control over what is arguably the most important part of PC gaming, then this mouse is for you. It's well-made, durable (8 million clicks per button, I've been told) and very customizable.
I would definitely recommend the G9 for the hard core gaming enthusiasts. This is the mouse for gamers who understand dpi; who want that extra level of customization; who want to be able to adjust the weight of the mouse; who want to save different profiles for whatever they are doing; who care about (and actually know the defition of) dpi; and, yes, for those who want the LED color to match their case's lights. The rest of you? A nice mid-range one will do.
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