Logitech G3

In my post of Sunday, 26th August 2007, I wrote about my problems with the G7 mouse by Logitech.

Logitech does still sell the mouse in the US, here for example by amazon.

But there seems still to be a lot of problems, just read the reviews. The mouse works fine for about a year, then suddenly problems appear. Many have the same problems like I, the batteries seem to need constant reloading. Mine, I have to change ever two hours. Then there is also a lot of talk of defective buttons, resulting in constant double-clicking even though the button is just pressed once.

What I do not understand is why they continue to sell a product in the US when they are not willing to sell it in Europe. Do they have less quality orientated customers in the US? I doubt this very much.

I talked (or mailed) a lot with Logitech and they are unwilling / unable to replace the G7 with the new G9 (with a cord) or the G7 (from the US). Instead they are sending me the MX™ Revolution. But I have to return the batteries of the G7 and the USB sender.

It seems, I'll have to let go and try the MX Revolution because the constant battery-changes are more than just annoying. You'll hear more as soon as I get my hands on it.

But I am still thinking of either buying the G7 again in the US, even if it is a error-prone bitch, but I love her nonetheless. I'll also might buy the G9. Seams you'll get some product reviews in the coming weeks.

If I had Logitech shares, I would think about selling them. The last few products I had, did not always meet my expectations.

The G7 is hardly usable after 18 months.

The G3 is not as they write, a perfect mouse for right- and left-handers but impractically for all due to the position of its buttons. Wasted money.

At the office, our keyboards are also not what you would expect from a Swiss company.

But on the other hand, the G7 is my favourite mouse ever from a haptic point of view and the G15 Keyboard rocks especially if you like to play in the dark.

On the plus side, the customer support was good. Even though I did not get what I wanted, they answered fast, even called twice, good work there.

Private: Problems with Logitech Mouse

As I wrote in my last post, I started Bioshock. I wanted to play more, but the battery packs of my Logitech Mouse stopped working. I had problems these last few days but the problems couldn’t have come at a worse time. New game and no mouse...

The only one I had, was at the office, too far to get. Therefore I played Civ4 for a bit and went to bed much earlier than planned.

On Friday, I had taken a day off to play Bioshock, therefore I had to buy a mouse first. I went to the Interdiscount in and bought the G3 Laser Mouse. I didn’t fully test it, but I don’t like it at all. I have gotten used to my cordless G7 and don’t like to be annoyed by a cord.

What I dislike or hate most about the G3 is that there are two additional buttons placed where you'd usually hold the mouse. Therefore you constant press those buttons and have to live with the consequences.

It seems, other Logitech users had their share of problems as the G7 is no longer available and Logitech has no cordless mice for gamers anymore. I will try to find a G7 or at least a good substitute.

PS: Could be quite difficult to find a new G7. I've searched the internet to no avail.