Logitech G502 X Plus. (Image: Joshua Boyles)
I’m a bit of a stickler when it comes to mice. It feels like I picked a shape back in my formative years and that’s me set for life, forever cursed if the brand ever stops making the mouse I’ve become so accustomed to.
For gaming, my weapon of choice has always been the delightfully symmetrical G Pro line, with the X3 Superstrike currently residing as top-dog on my desk right now. But when it comes to productivity, that’s a whole other kettle of fish.
When it comes to getting stuff done, I need buttons – lots of them. The mouse that ticked that box back in 2013 was the G602, a mouse with two buttons to the left of its main clickers and a further six programmable buttons on its side.
This was superseded by the G604 in 2019, which I upgraded to in an instant after my old device was falling apart at the seams. Seven years on from that, and now my G604 is in the same position, rubber peeling away from thousands of hours of use.
Sadly, Logitech now makes neither of these mice, instead pouring its efforts into making its gaming line of mice slimmer, lighter, and more attuned for the faster-paced shooter games that dominate the subculture.
Last week, Logitech put me and a bunch of journalists in a room with its latest product line-up for 2026. While the X3 Superstrike, Yeti 2 and McLaren-themed RS50 were clearly the highlights, it was the new colourways of the G502 X Plus that caught my eye.
While missing a few buttons compared to my trust G604, it has just enough of the same functionality to double as a productivity mouse – now in a couple of new striking colour schemes.
Rest in peace to my crumbling G604. (Image: Joshua Boyles)
I decided to give the G502 X Plus a go, and after a weekend of testing, it’s proven itself as a daily driver for my workflow. As a writer and editor, formatting text is a large part of the job, with commands like copy, paste, bold, and browser tab navigation regular button combinations that can be sped up with macros.
It’s the two buttons on the top of the G502 X Plus that I covet the most, with copying and pasting text from draft documents into work applications a simple finger press away rather than awkward keyboard shortcuts.
The same can be said of moving through browser windows, with flicking between sources a breeze thanks to the thumb buttons to the left. The final button on the side of the G502 X Plus is intended as a DPI switcher, but I find it much more useful as a way to open a new tab, shaving precious seconds off my quick fact checks.
Throw all of that functionality in a mouse that’s not quite as comfy as the steep hump of the G600 series but ergonomic enough for long work sessions, and you’ve got a mouse that can almost double-up as both a gamer and workhorse mouse.
I say nearly, because the G502 X Plus is missing one major feature that feels like a major omission for this use-case – Bluetooth. Logitech requires you to use the dedicated 2.4GHz receiver, which is a pain when you need to switch between multiple devices.
Given this mouse model isn’t exactly targeting the lightweight market coming in at 106g, the omission here feels a little peevish and limits its functionality in a big way. However, if you’re a single device user, this likely won’t bother you as much as it did me.
The Logitech G502 X Plus has a gorgeous pearlescent finish. (Image: Joshua Boyles)
The brand new colourway almost makes up for the Bluetooth oversight. I opted to try out the G502 X Plus in the brand new white and mint scheme, and it looks stunning on the desk.
I’m particularly a fan of the pearlescent effect around the scroll wheel housing, which brings in elements of a teal and purple shine when catching the light from my monitor light bar. Picking up your mouse to ogle at it kind of defeats the purpose of using it for productivity, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that it brought a smile to my face during the workday.
This isn’t a review, per se – more of a plea to Logitech to please bring back the G600 line that’s in such desperate need of a refresh. MMO mice might not be quite as popular as they once were back in the heydays of World of Warcraft, but I promise that there’s a niche subsection of the gaming market that’s still hankering for a mouse that gives you ALL the buttons in an ergonomic form-factor.
In lieu of a successor to the G604, the G502 X Plus seems like the closest thing we’re getting for a while.
