When its internal lights are out, the G Pro looks like a simpler version of the Logitech G302 Daedalus Prime$35.99 at Amazon or the Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex$54.99 at Dell. It's not quite as angular or diamond-shaped as the Daedalus siblings; instead, it has a smoother "soap bar" profile. This symmetrical and lower-profile shape is very popular, since it is more comfortable to use ambidextrously. It falls into a left hand better than the Editors' Choice Razer DeathAdder Chroma, for example. It's not quite perfect for lefties, however, since the Forward and Back buttons are easier to press with the thumb on your right hand. The mouse measures 1.5 by 2.5 by 4.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 3 ounces (excluding the 6-foot USB cable). You can't adjust the G Pro's weight, which you can on pricier mice like the Corsair M65 RGB Laser Gaming Mouse, though I prefer a lighter mouse to a heavier one during active gaming sessions.
The mouse has the same six buttons as the Daedalus models, in roughly the same positions: left and right main buttons, Forward and Back buttons on the left side, a central "sniping" button for cycling through dpi settings, and the button integrated into the scroll wheel. That wheel is wider and knurled, unlike the smooth and thin one on the G302 and G303. It feels similar to the scroll wheel on Logitech's top-of-the-line MX Master$64.99 at Amazon, though without the adaptive scrolling mechanism. The left- and right-click buttons have metal springs with an expected durability of two million clicks, and they are tuned to have the same feel over that long life.
You can program all six buttons using the Logitech Gaming Software (or LGS, downloadable from Logitech's website), even assigning macros for each button depending on what PC game you're playing. For example, I was able to map the Forward button to both paste unformatted text in Microsoft Word and reload weapons in Doom$39.49 at Amazon. The LGS app also controls the mouse's internal lighting and syncs color settings with Logitech G-series keyboards (like the Logitech G213 Prodigy RGB$69.99 at Amazon) and headsets. You can set the mouse to cycle through a rainbow of colors in sequence or pulse in a single color (out of 16.8 million options). Last but not least, you can set up to five presets for mouse sensitivity that you control using the sniping button.
Because the customizations are saved to local memory on the mouse itself, they carry over when you plug the mouse into another PC. Your program-specific macros and lighting themes activate automatically, without your having to install the driver software. That's a feature professional gamers want, since they may be using a shared PC in an arena that is locked down against player installers to prevent bot cheating. While the LGS app is Windows-only, when I unplugged the mouse from our gaming testbed and plugged it into our Mac testbed, the settings (including lighting effects) carried over, though the key macros that were mapped to the Ctrl key didn't work as expected. The G Pro has a two-year warranty, which is pretty good.
Performance and Conclusion
The mouse was quick to respond during gaming sessions of Grand Theft Auto V$38.90 at Amazon, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt$35.60 at Amazon, and even classics like Counter-Strike. I varied mousing surfaces from our bare lab benches to cloth and plastic mouse pads to a pad of paper, and the G Pro worked smoothly across the lot. Switching between the four default dpi settings, I could instantly gauge that they were designed for twitchy action games, navigating first- and third-person shooters, fine motor control, and sniper scope viewing (where the cursor hardly moves at all). The sensor in the mouse allows a wide range, from 200 to 12,000dpi. That matches what you'll find on the Logitech G303 Daedalus Apex, and is much wider and more sensitive than on competitors like the Roccat Kova$44.95 at Amazon (7,000dpi) and Razer DeathAdder Chroma (10,000dpi). The difference between 12,000 and 10,000dpi is unlikely to be perceived by mere mortals, but it is a bragging point nonetheless.
Free of unnecessary accoutrements like stepped mouse buttons or asymmetrical wiring points, the Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse is simply a responsive and (mostly) ambidextrous input device that solves the problems of traveling gamers. It's attractive, comfortable, customizable, light, and reasonably priced for what you get. This makes it worthy to replace the Razer DeathAdder Chroma$49.96 at Amazon as our top pick for gaming mice.
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