I’ve had my G602 so long I have literally no memory of buying it. Definitely since before the 2017 discontinuing so it lasted 10 years atleast. A true hero, absolutely got my money’s worth from it.
I felt a bit sad just throwing it away after so much time so I thought I’d make a post about it. Maybe someone wants it for parts, but otherwise atleast I got to share my little sadness for a good quality product that’s served me very well.
It stopped staying turned on. Once batteries went in, it would turn on for a few seconds then stop working. Tried what fixes I could find online to no avail.
You can barely customize the buttons on these anymore so it was probably time.
A shame to learn there’s really no modern counterpart. Ended up replacing it with a razer basilisk V3 because it was the most similar in shape I could find.
Are you in the US? I bought this exact mouse years ago but I quit using it after one day because I didn’t like it’s shape. It’s just been in the drawer since then. If you want it, DM me and I’ll send it to you for free.
Dusty, but I think it still works!
Absolute legend in the comments holy shit
The 90’s internet is back!
Man, you are a real one. I love seeing positive human interaction on the web.
If op doesn’t take you up on this, hit me up. I’ll even pay shipping.
OP did message me, it’s in the mail!
This is the most wholesome thing I’ve read all week. You’re a saint.
Good! Glad someone is getting to use it.
Hell yeah brother
I get that it’s 10+ years old, but how do you get those holes in the palm area?
Logitech, in their infinite wisdom, coated the hand contact surfaces of their mice with this soft rubbery plastic material. That material feels nice to the touch for like a year, but it’s an absolute filth magnet. Constant contact with skin oil and general human filth rapidly fucks it up and it becomes a disgusting mess in no time. Thing’s very difficult to clean too because it holds onto crap for dear life and it’s such a pathetically fragile material that any remotely not-gentle application of force while cleaning will permanently and visibly dent and dink and tear the surface. The result is an absolutely horrendous circus of holes and wrinkles and other assorted visual damage.
I hate, hate that material. With a passion that burns hotter than the sun. My MX master is a wonderful mouse but the state of its exterior disgusts me now, after like 6 years of ownership. I try not to look at it or think about it.
I have fixed many “soft touch” plastics that have degraded to sticky with acetone. I believe it dissolves the soft touch with the underlying abs leaving behind a hard plastic after it evaporates.
Can you say more about how you did that? I have some Logitech mice that are awful to use because of this. And they were extremely expensive. Had I known that after a year they’d turn into a sticky mess I’d have sent them back immediately (or never bought them)
It was as easy as pouring a lot on a paper towel, rub on, and let dry for a day. I tried isopropyl and the baking soda scrub but acetone worked best. I think it works best because isopropyl only cleans off the outer sticky layer and baking soda scrubs it off as an abrasive (works but very slow).
I fixed a logic mouse, a bodum coffee grinder, and the handle of a fancy umbrella.
I’ve used ispropyl alcohol on a few such devices. I don’t know if it’s as effective as acetone—it did take some rubbing—but I did manage to eventually get it off, so I know that it can be used as well.
EDIT: While I’ve run into devices that have seen a range of this, the worst was a Grundig G6 radio. Searching, at least according to this page, it looks like the manufacturer recommends “Purple Power”:
https://swling.com/blog/2021/01/getting-the-grundig-g6-out-of-a-sticky-situation/
If you’ve been an SWLing Post reader for long, you’ve also no doubt read our numerous posts about cleaning off this mess. There are a number of solutions, but it seems the most positive long-term results by employing a de-greasing product called Purple Power (click here to read archived posts). Indeed, it’s the solution Eton Corporation recommends and the one I used to clean my Eton E1 XM.
I have not myself used the stuff, so I can’t personally vouch for effectiveness.
Based on this, it sounds like the solvent that uses is diethylene glycol butyl ether.
EDIT2: Also on that site. Might be a good idea to look at what you’re buying if you do try some:
Ron notes that “Purple Power” is not the same product or formula across the globe
We’re shared a number of posts here about how well the product “Purple Power” cleans the sticky residue off of portable radios than once had a rubberized coating (the coating breaks down over time and becomes incredibly tacky).
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, RonF, who writes from Australia with this important note:
Tip for non-USonians: what’s sold as “Purple Power” (and “Simple Green”, and several other frequently-recommended cleaners for this sort of thing) are not necessarily the same products around the world.
For example, in the US “Purple Power” is an ethylene glycol based cleaner/degreaser; here in Aus, if you ask for “Purple Power” you’ll get a sodium hydroxide based degreaser.
One will clean the gunk off your radio; the other will clean the gunk and most of the labelling off…
Same, I applied some nail polish when mine started crumbling and it has been able to hold it in place, but the hole is there already
Yep. I bought two very expensive Logitech mice and they both began to get a sticky disgusting residue on my hands and fingers all the time, which I realized was leeching off the rubber itself.
I tried scrubbing them with rubbing alcohol and it didn’t help. I don’t use them much anymore and have decided to boycott the brand over it. You’re only like the second person I’ve talked to who experienced this. I think most people just don’t notice a lot of details. I cannot imagine we have unique compounds in our skin oil that break these mice down or something weird like that.
The G900 series doesn’t have that, or at least it didn’t when I bought mine like 8-10 years ago.
I’ve had several MS mice, keyboards, and various electronics from many manufacturers that do that though. I hate it as well, and actively avoid buying things coated in it.
That said, sometimes you can melt it off with acetone. What you are left with depends on whatever it started as though.
Idk what’s going on with mine, but after 10+ years that soft touch is still going great. I think it’s because my hands aren’t very oily, and they don’t get sweaty, so it doesn’t react to anything.
I have a bad habit of washing my hands too much, so I never have this issue with anything like mice or controllers. :-P
…reminds me of Willie’s axe.
I thought there was a screw under the rubber at one point for the middle part and went at it with a screwdriver.
Rest is just wear.
Rest now, brother. We have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla.
I’ve kept my little logitech mouse around for a while too. I first got it in 2007, and I’ve been through 3 PCs, gone from Windows XP to 7 to 10 to LMDE to Fedora, and she’s still going strong today
It looks like it took a bullet for you and saved your life.
I recently purchased a battery off of Alibaba to keep my G602 going for another decade. Truly, there’s nothing else like it. Yours looks like it took a bullet for you…? Such a brave little mouser.
Impressive o7
Ive long since felt that logitech was the Nokia of computer peripherals. Never had an issue with anything
Their biggest issue is software. Which can mostly be made redundant through open source 3rd party alternatives
This is news to me. Are you saying there’s a way to not have their peripheral control app, but still actually use the features of a G502 wireless?
https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar doesn’t do everything but it can map buttons.
That and middle mouse button failing. But nobody makes a mouse with a reliable middle mouse button.
All my last Logitech mice have had the dreaded accidental double-click.
I’ve tried Razer for a change. I’ve had to send it for a second replacement as the scroll wheel inevitably failed again.
Will someone please make a decent mouse with proper buttons and a solid scroll wheel encoder? Maybe Razer and Logitech should pair up: one has great switches for their buttons, the other seems to make a scroll wheel that doesn’t immediately fail. Combine both strengths to make the perfect mouse.
My Ex-Roccat (Now Turtle Beach) AIMO buttons are holding up very well after years and years of heavy daily use including clicker games and ARPGS - only thing i had to do once was to open it up (standard screwdriver) and bend the metal thingies inside of the microswitches back up a bit after about 5 years. i could have alternatively just put a bit of tape on the piece of the mousebutton that presses down on the microswitches - that plastic part that was responsible for pushing down the micro was worn down, causing unclean single click, but i can do that when it acts up again.
I cannot confirm as G903 had double click issues due to shitty switches. I think there are/were other products on their line up with these bad switches too, but I don’t remember which ones now
By the look of it, it dates from the 1950s, maybe early 1960s I’d say.
Still using mine but the left click is starting to fail permanently.
It had a phase a couple of years ago where it liked to double click but that went away again after a while.Now its starting to seriously double and triple click and sometimes not click at all.
Might have to start investing some time looking for a replacement. o7
I don’t have a Logitech Mouse, but I fixed the double-click problem for me by spraying 70% isopropanol alcohol under the mouse button
It’s usually just a simple switch to solder on…learn to solder. Mice switches are easy. Let the g602 live forever
My performance MX micro switch fails every 1- 2 years. I bought a cheap pack of 10 microswitches and open them up to use the springs as donors. Swap the worn spring for the new one and it’s back in business, no need to even solder
Soldering would be no issue for me, but simply replacing a spring is even better. I will order some parts and try this. Thanks for the info :)
My G604 had a similar probelm. I even disassembled it and soldered in new microswitches, and it’s already double-clicking again less than 6 months later
I went through 3 of these within the span of maybe 4 years. the middle click failed on all three of them and I’ve basically written off logitech for any peripherals since.
I would love a well made mouse with the same shape/side button layout but the closest I’ve come is the glorious model I2.
Middle click was gone for years, yeah.
I don’t like scroll-wheel clicking luckily. Has never felt natural. Just set middle click to one of the thumb buttons and never thought about it again tbh. 😅
Had the same issue, disassembled it, cleaned the contacts with some izopropilic alcohol and problem solved.
I’ve worn a thumb hole in the 6 button plate of my razer naga pro. Those are the ones with optical sensors, so I expect it to out live me.
I got a cheap ergonomic mouse, no regrets. Sadly the Logitech build quality has gone way downhill.
G602 is the best mouse I ever had and I don’t really care about expensive tech that much.
My 602 is my work mouse too. Several years ago I figured I would buy a backup, but it was already discontinued. So I looked into what seems to be Logitech’s intended replacement for it, the G604.
I went to a BestBuy to get a hand on it IRL and it sucked. Everything about it felt cheap. The materials, the button response, everything. RIP.
I’ve had to 3D print a new batter cover for my 602, but other than that it is still holding on for now.
I have had both 602 & 604 for years and like them both for different reasons.
602 is a better size/hand feel but buttons and (infinite) scroll wheel from 604 is awesome. I honestly didn’t like the 604 at first but after a month, it’s only the little differences between them that I notice
