Lamzu Maya X vs Logitech G502 Hero

The Maya X is what the current top of this category looks like. It weighs 47g without holes cut in the shell, runs the PixArt PAW3950, and ships with the 8K dongle in the box rather than as a separate purchase, so 8000Hz polling works wirelessly out of the packet.

The switches are optical, rated by Lamzu beyond 70 million actuations, which structurally avoids the double-click failure that eventually kills mechanical-switch mice. The scroll encoder is a dust-proof 30-grid design, which addresses the other common long-term failure: scroll wheels that start skipping after grit works into them. The symmetrical shell accommodates palm, claw and fingertip grips, which is unusual for something this light.

The costs are the ones every 8K mouse has. Lamzu quotes up to 80 hours at 1000Hz, falling to about 20 hours at 8000Hz, so running the headline polling rate turns charging from weekly into every second or third day. 8000Hz also puts real load on the CPU, and on an older processor it can cost more frame-rate stability than the polling rate gains you. There are no side grips, and at 47g there is very little shell between your fingers and the internals, so it feels less substantial than it measures.

The G502 has been in continuous production long enough to become its own category, and the Hero revision put Logitech's current sensor into it. What you get is a right-handed shell with a real thumb rest, eleven programmable buttons, a metal scroll wheel that unlocks into free-spin with a button press, and a tray of adjustable weights.

The free-spin wheel is the part people underrate. Unlocked, it spins for several seconds and lets you scroll an entire inventory or a long document in one flick, then locks back to notched scrolling for weapon switching. Nothing else in this guide has it. Logitech's software has been maintained for years, onboard memory stores profiles so they follow the mouse to another machine, and replacement feet and cables are easy to find.

The weight is the honest problem. At about 121g before you add any of the supplied weights, it is roughly two and a half times the Maya X, and competitive consensus has moved decisively toward light mice for good reasons: a heavy mouse is slower to flick and harder to lift and reposition, and it tires the wrist over a long session. The shell is also large, so smaller hands will struggle to reach the thumb buttons. The braided cable is stiff enough that it drags without a bungee.