Logitech G502 Vs Razer Basilisk

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Recently I purchased the Razer Basilisk in Mercury White, because my G900 (which I had got to replace my trusty G502) didn't match my setup, and I found myself missing the overall feel of the G502, every bit the G900 seems to be just the tiniest bit bigger. I take very small easily, and can't seem to find many gaming-specific mice that fit my grip style that aren't absolutely massive, and the G502 was the only mouse that ever worked for me.
In this review I'm going to go over comparisons of the two mice, from size, click + scroll wheel experience, to ease of use of their respective software. For the TLDR, skip to the bottom. Apologies in advance for the lack of nice-looking photos, my G502 has seen much, much better days.

ane. Size

For my small handed people out in that location looking for an alternative to the G502, I am happy to say that the Basilisk is it. The two mice feel nearly identical, the Basilisk is the tiniest bit wider and shorter, only nonetheless incredibly comfortable. I prefer the Basilisk's size personally, every bit I feel that the slightly shorter length and positioning of the two side buttons + clutch (department on this later) make it much easier to make use of the buttons without moving my fingers too much, or without changing my grip on the mouse.

ii. Clicks
The Basilisk's left and right clicks are very nice, seem solid, but take a tiny bit more than resistance to them than the G502. The G502 has much sturdier, more than sensitive switches, and I adopt them over the Basilisk, but for this 1 it generally comes downward to personal preference.

three. Scroll Wheel
Nothing can ever compare to Logitech's incredible scroll wheel feel. The G502 has a snappy, satisfying scroll cycle with a release push button on the summit, and feels only so overnice to use, but I can't discount the Basilisk either. Information technology'southward scroll wheel is incredibly smoothen and tight, and the resistance wheel on the bottom is super nice for getting exactly the resistance you like, a characteristic which the G502 lacks.

four. Clutch + Buttons

The Basilisk's hot-swappable clutch definitely takes the win here. The metal buttons feel so nice to utilize, and are a lot less sensitive than the clutch of the G502, making it a lot nicer when using equally an alternating button. I personally use my mouse clutch as an agile item push button when playing League, so having the bit of extra resistance has saved me a lot in the week I've been using this mouse.
Both mice have satisfying, well-placed side buttons, with the Basilisk'southward existence slightly in a higher place on the mouse and the G502's being a fleck lower. The G502 does take 2 actress buttons on the top of the mouse, only I rarely used them as I plant them to be awkward and they required me to movement my finger away from my left click.

5. Software + Lighting
My version of the G502 has 3 on-board retentiveness profiles, a hot-swappable function which can be bound to any of the mouse buttons, but no RGB, and so I'chiliad going to apply a screenshot of my G900 and the Logitech software since I'm pretty certain near new G502s have RGB.

Button re-mapping is pretty intuitive, and the 3 onboard mouse profiles are quite prissy as well. The profile swap button was in a kind of sucky place by default, and after accidentally pressing information technology 1 too many times I just unbound it, and stuck to switching profiles via the Logitech software. The RGB editor is pretty simple, and the RGB on my G900 is pretty and understated, but was commonly covered upwardly by my hands . Overall the Logitech software is dated looking but serves it's purpose, which is prissy for people who desire to use the software once and then leave it forever.

Like the G502, the Basilisk has on-board memory profiles, and the power to hot-swap them, however it has 4 profiles versus the G502's 3, and the hot-swapping button is on the bottom of the mouse, and the Basilisk has an LED on the lesser of the mouse to aid in distinguishing each contour. Setting mouse button functions in Synapse is quite easy (this being the first Razer mouse that I've actually actually used Synapse with, with my Aetheris I just leap some functions to the side buttons and left it), and the amount of customizability in Synapse is pretty insane. Setting upwards RGB is pretty easy, as Synapse has a similar elementary editor, only the ability to use the Chroma Studio for more avant-garde effects is awesome. Chroma Studio does have a pretty steep learning curve withal, and then for those who are new to the software having the option for a more than elementary editor is great.

Overall, I prefer Synapse 100% to the Logitech Gaming software. Mode nicer looking, easier to utilise for beginners, and (reverse to what many on the forums are saying ) manner more than reliable. While using my G502 and G900, I often found that the Logitech software wouldn't open up upon me turning on my calculator, or would randomly crash or close, and no matter how many times I reinstalled it nevertheless happened.

half dozen. Materials
Both mice have a matte finish with high quality feeling materials, all the same I've found that the Basilisk doesn't seem to like to hang on to dust and "gamer gunk" quite as bad equally the G502. The G502's LED is pretty, all the same the Basilisk has intense, bright LEDs in the scroll wheel which merely brand information technology so much nicer to look at imo. Both mice are easy to grip, with safety on both sides, and are comfy to use for long periods of time without getting slippery or bad-mannered.
The G502 has tunable weights, still I plant that the Basilisk's weight was nigh exactly the same as what I had in my G502.

【☆】Conclusion【☆】
Overall, I beloved both mice. They're comfortable for my smaller hands, experience nice in-game and are very solidly congenital. In my stance, the Basilisk is a great culling to the G502 for those of us with smaller hands, and is definitely a solid mouse overall!! Thanks for reading my review, if you've made information technology this far, experience costless to leave me any questions or feedback!