Logitech Proteus G502 Free Scrolling Wheel - Is this the only mouse with this wheel?

kungfuafrican79

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I'm a software developer and the g502 has changed my world. The option to shift to free scrolling seems like a small thing, and almost detrimental due to the hypersensitivity. But once I got used to it, the ability to blast through long text files at high speed with a flick and stop on a dime anywhere has really spoiled me. I catch myself doing the same 'flick' motion with other mice before realizing I'm not using a g502.

Here's my problem - I have big hands with long spindly fingers, and only feel comfortable with the largest of mice, with designs like the mionix naos and logitech g400/500 being the absolute perfect size. Unfortunately, logitech chose to trim the width of the g502 substantially from older models, so that the area where my fingers used to comfortably rest on the right side of the g400 now just drag along the mousepad on the proteus. If I could, I would take the scroll wheel from the g502 and place it in something like the naos 7000, and basically never buy another optical mouse again.

My questions is, does anyone know if there are any other mice out there utilizing a similar free-scrolling wheel design? (hopefully a larger mouse than the g502)
 

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Thanks TheDarkSide, just to clarify, the g502 has an actual hardware free scrolling wheel, ie, a lock can be disengaged to allow the wheel to spin freely with no resistance. Check out a video review of the mouse - its almost unbelievable how long the wheel will remain spinning with one good flick
 

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I too love the free-scroll wheel. I have a G502 and love it.

The free-scroll wheel is Logitech's design and I believe they are the only company to use it. Most of their mice use it. I also have a Performance Mouse MX which has the same scroll wheel, but it isn't a good mouse for gaming, and it is wireless.

 

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What do you use the mouse for? If it's for just browsing the web and stuff, then you may like the Performance Mouse MX. It's a nice mouse, but like I said, it's not a mouse for gaming.
 

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Yeah I just noticed the wireless mx mouse has it too. I'm not opposed to wireless, however the mx appears to have the same truncated right side as the g502, I could be wrong. It's a shame, since over the last 15+ years I've owned and loved pretty much every version of the rounded bulbous design of the original mx500 up through the g400s, which I still game with now.

When I bought the g502, I didn't even know about the scroll wheel, and actually only got it under the false assumption that it was a size-customizable version of the g400s, similar to those R.A.T. mice (and the razer ouroboros i think?). I was disappointed to find the size was not only not customizable, but was decreased from previous mice. I'm just wondering if logitech has abandoned the old form factor altogether with the g502, since spec-wise it seems positioned to be the successor to the g400s. Hope not
 

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Update: I'm an idiot. I always thought the g500 was just a laser version of the g400, had no idea it had the same 'hyperscroll' wheel the g502 uses. Also didn't know it was called 'hyperscroll'. I always tended to stick with the optical g series, none of which have this. Just bought an old-stock g500s on ebay, so i guess problem solved