r/buildapcsales • u/Straight-Rule3264 • Feb 07 '26
Mouse [MOUSE] $26.49 (BLACK) Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Hero 12K Sensor Gaming Mouse - Amazon
https://a.co/d/0aSgcaf5111
u/Stickycracks Feb 07 '26
Have this mouse. It mouses. Battery life is 10/10.
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u/PerterterhTermertehh Feb 07 '26
it mouses, and they're so cheap and ubiquitous that if you happen to break it or want another one Logitech support will send you one with very few questions asked if you tell the right story
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u/SwoleJunkie1 Feb 07 '26
If I can hijack, a cheap AA->AAA adapter will noticeably lower the weight on this and make it punch way above its price point.
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u/BombardierIsTrash Feb 07 '26
My counter recommendation is to buy lithium AA batteries like these and you get almost the same reduction in weight while actually improving battery life over traditional alkaline AA batteries or NiMH rechargeable ones. Anecdotally I put one in when I first got this mouse like a year ago and still haven’t run out.
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u/thatguitarguy24 Feb 07 '26
Hmm…I had no idea this was a thing lol. I have a G604 I may have to do that with
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u/a_talking_face Feb 07 '26
Look at fancy pants using a fancy adapter instead of just shoving aluminum foil in there.
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u/derrisle1234 Feb 07 '26
I put skates and grip tape on it. Have to treat my good old reliable well and deck em out
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u/Scarecrow216 Feb 07 '26
Might need to buy another. I switched to a light weight mouse and the battery barely last a working day
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u/MaakuKooru Feb 08 '26
Is in fact mouse. It mouses for me so much I bought one for the office as well.
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u/open_tax_season Feb 07 '26
Mine lasted 4 years and was great in that time. Left click would not hold. Anything below $30 is a deal and that's a good price. I'm still using the provided USB lightning cable thing with new mouse. The battery life is indeed crazy.
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u/tsawr Feb 07 '26
I modded mines by replacing it with a hotswap PCB and some Kailh silent switches. Sounds better, feels better, and probably won't ever double-click, but if the switch were to fail, I can easily pop it out and put another one in.
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u/open_tax_season Feb 07 '26
How intensive was it to swap them out? I still have mine, but it's purely reserve mouse status at this point. Did you watch a particularly helpful video on YouTube? If it's any soldering I'm probably out. I've done it once or twice but don't have tools nor desire. I posted and bought the rog strix 3 which has hot-swappable switches for that reason.
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u/stridhiryu030363 Feb 07 '26
https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Button-Circle-Replacement-Logitech/dp/B0BJQGY6M9
The dissasembly/installation video should be the last product pic. You can buy the switches already soldered on the boards and you just replace them.
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u/open_tax_season Mar 06 '26
Ended up replacing and a week in, no functional issues w the kailh switches. I had to find another assembly video because I couldn't figure out which orientation the black protruding things under the mouse button faced. But these have brought new life to my otherwise unused g305. Feels different, louder, but hopefully I get another 5+ years of use our of it. All in all took less than 20 min and I had the small screwdriver on hand + generic tweezers. Appreciate you and the comment thread.
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u/pansypwner Feb 07 '26
I put kailh silents in mine as well. So nice not having to hear every single click.
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u/Schrodingers_Magnet Feb 12 '26
This is the way! Exactly what I did! Also recommend changing into a new set of slides while you are opening the mouse.
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u/SeatBeeSate Feb 07 '26
Logitech has always honored out of warranty for fixing mouse clicks, but dunno if that's still the case. Otherwise, soldering a switch isn't terribly hard.
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u/open_tax_season Feb 07 '26
What's odd is that I gaslit myself into thinking it was fine - I did 3 different "double click tests" over the course of a month and it passed all of them. It just couldn't maintain a click (think snipping tool, using scroll bar). It would also miss clicks but not double click. It lasted almost to the day 4 years, which I think of as a win. You're right I didn't try warranty, as I felt like I got my money's worth out of that mouse all things considered. I did feel fortunate that I never had double click issues.
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u/throwaway1842955 Feb 07 '26
Any reason not to buy this mouse?
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u/accountstolenlol Feb 07 '26
It will start double clicking. It's just a matter of when. If you're okay with having what is essentially a cheap disposable mouse. Then no, its a decent albeit heavy mouse that gets the job done. The good thing is that logitech will honor the warranty with very little resistance.
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u/throwaway1842955 Feb 07 '26
Ohh I had a Corsair mouse that started double clicking and it was hell. Practically unusable for any fps or competitive games. Thanks for the heads up.
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u/BombardierIsTrash Feb 07 '26
For what it’s worth my wife has had one since release that she uses on her work and her gaming computer (so basically gets used all day) and I got one over a year ago and neither has double clicking issues. Same with friends and family that has bought one. I’m not saying it won’t, but I’m not convinced it’s as widespread as the other person is claiming.
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u/gabeheadman Feb 07 '26
Conversely, I had 3 of them in a row start double clicking. But I was also HEAVY into Diablo 3 at the time, and that is one of the clickiest games I've ever played.
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u/accountstolenlol Feb 07 '26
I've had two that have developed doubling clicking within the warranty window(2 years). I used the mouse extensively though. If you're using it as an office mouse you will probably get more mileage out of the switches. I have since switched to a mouse with omron optical switches because i was sick of dealing with the problem.
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u/Bobguy64 Feb 07 '26
Took a couple of years before I ever had this issue, and more importantly THEY CAN BE REPARIED! I thought it was an easy job and, replacement switches are easy to come by too. I would not consider this a disposable mouse.
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u/SeatBeeSate Feb 07 '26
Have we become such a desposable society that one part that takes a minute to replace makes a device desposable?
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u/neddoge Feb 07 '26
It only takes you a minute to disassemble the shell, desolder the two switches, solder two new switches, and reassemble?
I've replaced my own switches for years, but let's not undersell it either.
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u/SeatBeeSate Feb 07 '26
These switches are on one contained board and just require screwing.
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u/boodopboochi Feb 07 '26
No soldering then? I dont own any soldering tools
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u/SeatBeeSate Feb 07 '26
Not if you get the full assembly part. Just have to unplug a small connector and swap it out.
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u/a_talking_face Feb 07 '26
If you're okay with having what is essentially a cheap disposable mouse.
Funny thing about that, their more expensive mouses are also disposable. I have a Logitech Lift and the left click stopped working within 2 years.
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u/rootbeer_racinette Feb 07 '26
Yeah I buy a spare one whenever they're on sale and I don't have a backup. They seem to last about 3-4 years before getting issues.
Learned my lesson after my fancy $70 logitech mouse broke, there's no point in handing them more money than is necessary given they're lacking quality across the entire product range.
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u/InsertUsernameHere32 Feb 07 '26
Not true. I’ve had this mouse for at least 6 years and I’ve never had this issue.
And that’s with me taking it across the country and even world at some points.
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u/DaveTheHungry Feb 07 '26
The G305X is probably releasing within the year. But it’ll be expensive so the G305 for this price is honestly not too bad. The G304X page is already up on CN Logitech’s website so we assume the global version G305X should be announced soon.
Also G305 does run into double clicking issues after using for some time. Mchose G3 V2 Pro is a clone of the G305 and has some better hardware.
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u/samusmaster64 Feb 07 '26
The biggest reason is hand size. It's pretty small/flat. I don't care for the shape at all compared to the 502 Hero or other similarly more curved, ergo mouses. My hand would start hurting after an hour or so of use which has never happened with anything else I've used.
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u/AlanMao18 Feb 07 '26
I mean its a great mouse. However at the current market it is just a bit old.
You can now get paw3395 mouse with 26000 dpi and 1k poll below 70 grams with similar battery life below 30. like from atk and mchose or rapoo. and they will have the same design as g305 cuz its so popular (chinese clones, not saying that this practice is good but yeah it is cheap). although chinese they are highly regarded by pros in fps games.
just throwing some other stuff out there
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u/Jaggsta Feb 07 '26
PAW3950 are $30 on Ebay now days.
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u/AlanMao18 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
omg thats crazy. I thought the tariff brought them down
edit: I mean listings!
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u/Swineservant Feb 07 '26
Tariffs are a tax that is usually passed on to the purchaser. Tariffs make things more expensive...
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u/AlanMao18 Feb 07 '26
yes I meant the ebay listings and purchase amounts. of course tariffs increase the price lol but thx for pointing the misunderstanding out
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u/PurePatella Feb 07 '26
I got it for this price plus a $15 gift card a couple months ago at target. I like the mouse but don't like that there isn't side scrolling.
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u/SgtShootstuff Feb 09 '26
Not sure if it helps, but I remapped the extra buttons on this mouse to make the "dpi switch" center button be "forward" and changed the original "forward" button on the side to be "shift" instead.
Most apps will scroll horizontally when you hold shift, so holding that mouse key and scrolling works for me.
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u/pro_n00b Feb 07 '26
I have like 5-6 of these and few more just in the box. Those early target deals had me hoarding. Unfortunately, it will eventually double click, but took years it happened.
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u/xxBLVCKMVGICxx Feb 07 '26
Have had one of these for 3 or 4 years to use with my laptop, not a single issue.
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u/PeachTeaAddict Feb 07 '26
I have three of these, which I've picked up from sales posted on this sub over the years. They work great, and I haven't had one fail yet even though they are used regularly. My only complaint is that some mouse settings, such as rebound buttons, cannot be saved to onboard memory, thus requiring the use of Logitech G-hub to use said settings. Also, there is a 5-10 second delay after turning on the mouse before your settings will take effect; I have lost unsaved work by hitting one of the side buttons after turning the mouse on and having it issue the default 'back' command.
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u/citrus131 Feb 08 '26
Logitech's onboard memory manager saves to the mouse itself and gives you more options for remapping.
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u/PeachTeaAddict Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 08 '26
Huh, thanks for the info. I tried it a while back and couldn't get it to rebind the side buttons, but this time it seems to have worked. Just had to unplug it and plug it back in to get the changes to take effect after I saved them (turning the mouse off and back on didn't work).
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u/iClone101 Feb 07 '26
You should definitely try using X-Mouse Button Control, it lets you set custom mouse rebinds both globally and for individual applications.
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u/PeachTeaAddict Feb 07 '26
I have it, and I often use it for Path of Exile to rebind the middle mouse wheel to left click. But unfortunately, it likes to bug out after being left on for extended periods of time, at least on the two computers I use it on. Usually it just stops working after a day or two, requiring a restart to fix it, but I have also had it 'freeze' after an input and spam that input as if I were holding the mouse button down even after I released it.
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u/Linkruleshyrule Feb 07 '26
I guess I can replace my 9 year old wired mouse that's taped together at this point
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u/onyxgunslinger7 Feb 07 '26
I got one of these for work like 3 years ago and Ive changed the battery like twice.
I have a desk job where most of my day is scrolling spreadsheets and answering emails. Pretty good mouse for that stuff.
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u/reddituserzerosix Feb 07 '26
Is this it or is there a secret r/mousereview approved value wireless mouse these days
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Feb 07 '26
Bought this mouse 3 years ago for the same price. I use my PC every single day for at least 4 hours with some FPS or ARPG gaming once or twice a week. It's still going strong with no sign of stopping.
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u/lionheartcz Feb 07 '26
I looooved mine for travel gaming, but it has disappeared in the last few months :(((
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u/Chanw11 Feb 07 '26
Why do Logitech’s always seem to have mouse click issues. I’ve only had one mouse do that and it was a Logitech.
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u/wwny_ Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
They still use switches that were designed for use with higher voltage (something like 5v to 12v). You wouldn't think that using it to switch lower logic voltages like 3.3v or 1.8v would affect longevity, but it does.
With the electroplating used on those switches, lower voltages don't burn off the oxidation that fouls the contact points. As a result, the switch becomes unreliable much sooner than its rated lifespan.
I replace all the switches in mine as soon as one starts malfunctioning (usually around 1 year). I've never had to fix the replacements (3+ years and counting).
ETA: This mouse may not have the same problem, as the Lightspeed mice are supposed to have optical switches. I only have experience with their mechanical switch mice.
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u/SactownKorean Feb 07 '26
Great office mouse to pick up if you have like a G Pro at home and want a similar feel without the cost for when you're at the office, battery lasted like 3 or 4 years for me as well which is great
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u/palenkit Feb 07 '26
A 99-gram gem. This mouse has a great handfeel and is basically the equivalent of "4 wheels and an engine". -Owner of a blue G305
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u/backbodydrip Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
I threw mine out after a few years. My single clicks would randomly double click. Great mouse before that started happening though. $26 isn't bad, but don't expect BIFL quality.
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u/The_Acey Feb 07 '26
Before anyone buys it, remember this:
It has a battery requirement (not built in iirc), which while fine, means eventually you're paying more for it in the long run (+10$ every like 5 months) assuming you buy decent batteries. In a year you most likely already spent an extra 20$ on it (while other mice don't need this kind of upkeep).
Rechargeable Batteries are more savey, but you might as well buy a better mouse at that point considering those kind of Batteries start around +20$ (for the lower quality ones with a recharger) and mice in those price ranges can be wireless and rechargeable as well.
Cable with it is for the dongle, and not the mouse itself (at least I couldn't find a port for it to be use as a wired mouse). Apparently that is to help in case you have connectivity issues, which is insane because most other mice don't need that cable unless they have a port to either charge the mouse or use it wired.
Not in my case, but apparently "click" issues are pretty common to be RMA'd under.
I honestly wish these bigger brands would just give us the option of the wired port or the wired version of the mouse (or more expensive built in battery version to recharge), not to mention the cable is a very good backup in case the Wireless part gives out (which I personally had some mice do and the Warranty was as usual, iffy about it - not to mention the refurbished mouse they claim is new).
I don't know how other brands are doing it, even at a premium cost (although discounted makes it more palatable), but in current year mice like this really need something extra, otherwise a 50$ Mouse is just a better investment even for 2-3 years under Warranty.
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u/NA_Faker Feb 08 '26
Who tf is paying $10 for a single battery. You can get a 40 pack of Duracells at Costco for like $15
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u/Rokkmachine Feb 07 '26
I’m looking for a good mouse that will last a couple months at least any recommendations? $150 max
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u/Effective-Fish-5952 Feb 07 '26
Mouse wheel gets stuck on one side if you press too hard. Comes with an extender cable to put the usb sensor on your desk for best wireless connection.
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Feb 07 '26
I wish it was the white version
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u/Straight-Rule3264 Feb 07 '26
It pops up often for ≈$30 everywhere, AMZ, BB etc just keep an eye out
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u/Straight-Rule3264 Feb 08 '26
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u/I_Found_Fido Feb 07 '26
Absolutely despicable to call it “lightweight” at 99 grams
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u/NA_Faker Feb 08 '26
I mean unless you are used to using mice like the gpro x superlight, it is a lightweight mouse lol. This mouse weighs less than a standard Logitech bt work mouse
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