A few weeks ago I posted about buying a new set of Logitech peripherals. Now that I’ve been using them all for a while, I wanted to follow up with my thoughts on each one.

First up and the one I have the most issues with, the keyboard.

Logitech G915 TKL Wireless Tactile Version

I love the feel of this keyboard, which is obviously the most important aspect of a keyboard. It is mechanical but isn’t super loud and the keys are fairly low profile. They make various versions of this keyboard so this being the “Tactile” version is important to note. You can customize the F keys but I haven’t messed with that at all. In fact there appears to be a way to set up 3 versions of the F keys (and you can set up different profiles for different apps/games). The RGB lighting can be handled by the Ghub software or it can be connected to Windows 11’s Dynamic Lighting. I’ve done the latter just cuz, but honestly I didn’t notice this doing much. I eventually switched back to the Ghub system using a theme that marks the last key you hit in a different color. Why? I dunno, it just seemed interesting!

One nice perk for some is a “Game Mode” where you can disable certain keys, like the Windows key. I don’t use that since I use the XBox Game Bar for captures and such and it requires the Windows key, but I bet a lot of folks would appreciate this feature.

Now the downsides. The secondary functions of keys, like the $%^& symbols, do not light up and in a dark room you really can’t see them. It’s OK if your fingers are already in position since you probably know where these are, but if you’re just reaching over to hit the ^ key or something, if you’re like me you might not remember that’s on the 6 key. So that’s my first issue. My second is that when the lighting goes out, which it does pretty soon after you stop typing, the letters are really hard to see in a dark room. I generally have to tap a key to kick the lights on, then I can place my hands in the proper position. Ideally the lights would stay on a little longer and/or using the mouse would keep the keyboard lights on. Or, y’know, maybe have lettering that is readable even with the backlight off.

Of course you have to charge the keyboard (which is maybe why the lights go off so quickly) which isn’t a huge deal except the charging port is a micro-usb port and I’m surrounded by USB-C cables at this point. I bought a little micro-usb to usb-c adapter so I can just unplug my game controller and plug that cable into the keyboard to charge it, but a built in USB-C charging port would be welcome.

So that’s a lot of words about downsides but the important thing is I LOVE the feel of the keyboard so I’m still pretty happy with it. And even though I got the Wireless version just because it was what was available and I was too impatient to wait for the wired one to ship in a week, I’m pretty happy I did since it is nice to easily move the keyboard around without a cable knocking things over and such.

Logitech G502 X Wired Gaming Mouse

Very happy with this mouse. It has that asymmetric design where there is a kind of shelf for your thumb to rest on, and the mouse is very light. I keep it at 1600 dpi by default but it can go all the way up to 25,600 DPI. I set it that high once and that is just crazy and unusably fast, but it’s there if you’re The Flash or someone. The scroll wheel has both smooth and ‘ratchet’ scrolling with a button below the wheel to toggle between the two. You can save multiple profiles and there’s a second button to toggle through those. The scroll wheel pushes in and also clicks horizontally left and right. Next to the main left button are 2 extra buttons you can hit with your index finger pretty easily (by default they toggle DPI up/down) and on the side are three more that you can hit with your thumb. All of these can be customized per game and the Ghub software even offers Commands for a bunch of games. Like pick the Once Human profile and there’s a Summon Motorcycle command that is really just rebinding “G” but you don’t have to remember that the default key for Summon Motorcycle is apparently G.

I don’t have any downsides beyond I am still working on developing the muscle memory to hit all these buttons. I’m slowly adding custom button presses for the games I’ve been playing. Overall, super happy with the mouse and glad I got the wired version just because I have to assume a wireless version would be heavier due to the battery inside.

Logitech G Pro X SE Wired Gaming Headset

Really over the moon happy with this headset, but I do want to stress that I am not a true audiophile and a certain amount of hearing loss runs in my family as we age, and I am definitely experiencing that, along with a lot of tinnitus. So keeping all that in mind, the headset is super comfortable and really blocks out the world to where I have to tell PartPurple I’m putting them on so if she calls me and I ignore her, it isn’t that I’m being rude, I just can’t hear her. Music sounds really good, games sound great. The surround sound works really well, the mike SEEMS to work really well in testing though I still haven’t actually spoken to anyone using it. The Ghub software lets you set equalizer profiles, which I did, but once I found something I liked I just left it. As with the other peripherals you can set up custom profiles depending on app/game but I haven’t bothered so far.

Again, really no downsides. I maaaaybe should’ve gone with a wireless set, but since these are dedicated to using on the PC there’s something to be said for never having to worry about if they’re charged and what not. But having the cable dangling around is a bit of a hassle, particularly since Lola somehow always winds up with it wrapped around her paws (one of her MANY beds is right next to my gaming station).

So in conclusion, I guess this was a really boring post because basically I love all this gear. I won’t get any clicks for this! I should chosen something I hate as my topic for today.

But yeah, I’m just in this honeymoon PC gaming period. I LOVE my new PC, I love these peripherals, there are SO many games I want to play. All I need now is to win the lottery so I can quick my day job and just hang around playing all day!