Six years in the making
I waited six years for this mouse. The G305's shape has been quietly one of the best compact shapes on the market since 2019, and it's spent that entire time saddled with an aging sensor and a 99g stock weight held down by an AA battery. The X Superlight is Logitech finally giving that shape the internals it always deserved — and it gets so close to perfect that the parts it gets wrong are more frustrating than they'd be on a lesser mouse.
Here's the thing that bugs me most: it feels like Logitech only wants to hand out its cutting-edge tech if you're willing to buy into the G Pro shape. This mouse proves the G305 shell can carry modern internals just fine. It just wasn't allowed to go all the way.
Shape
As close to perfect as it gets. The compact, symmetrical egg profile is exactly what made the original G305 a small-hands favorite, and none of that has been lost in the update. If I'm being greedy, the only shape I'd take over this one is the old G100s — that's still the gold standard in my book for an ultra-compact ambidextrous shell. But as far as modern shapes go, this is right at the top.
Clicks & Scroll Wheel
Clicks feel great — no complaints here at all. The scroll wheel is the same story: no issues, clean steps, nothing to report because nothing's wrong with it.
Coating Material
This is where it starts to slip. The coating is super mid. It picks up grime fast, and I keep my hands about as clean as it's possible to keep them while using a PC. If it's picking up oil on my hands, it's going to pick it up on most people's.
Skates
Horrendous is actually an understatement. These are some of the worst stock skates I've used — bad enough that you'd genuinely glide better with no skates at all than with what ships on this mouse. If you buy this mouse, budget for replacement skates as part of the purchase. Don't wait to see if you'll notice it; you will.
Weight
Meh. At 59g, this doesn't really get to call itself "Superlight" by 2026 standards — that name means something specific now, and 59g isn't it. Sub-50g is where this shape needed to land to feel like a true modern flagship rather than a very good update. It's hard not to read the weight as a deliberate line drawn to keep this mouse from competing with Logitech's own G Pro Superlight tier.
Build Quality
Feels pretty much perfect. No creaks, no flex, no give anywhere on the shell. Whatever corners got cut, it wasn't here.
Appearance
I love the way this looks. If anything, I'd have been fine with Logitech dropping the LEDs entirely in exchange for shaving off a few more grams — the lighting adds nothing functional and it's weight I'd rather not be carrying.
Sensor & Performance
44,000 DPI and 678 IPS with up to 8,000Hz polling via the Pro wireless receiver is well beyond what any real gameplay scenario needs, but tracking is clean and it's nice to know the sensor isn't the bottleneck anymore the way it was on the original G305.
Battery & Connectivity
130+ hours of battery life and USB-C fast charging, plus the option to run 2.4GHz LIGHTSPEED, Bluetooth, or wired. No complaints on this front — it's genuinely flexible.
Pros
- Shape is nearly perfect for small-to-medium hands, fingertip and claw grip
- Clicks and scroll wheel feel excellent
- Rock-solid build quality
- Flexible connectivity and excellent battery life
Cons
- Stock skates are genuinely bad — plan on replacing them
- Coating picks up grime quickly
- 59g doesn't feel like true "Superlight" weight in 2026
- No HITS click tech — that's reserved for the G Pro line
Verdict
Logitech — not everyone wants the G Pro shape. This mouse proves the G305 shell deserved modern tech just as much, and when it's given the chance, it's brilliant. But it needed to be lighter, and it needed better skates out of the box. Give this shape a sub-50g build and Logitech's HITS click tech — even just a "2c with HITS" — and it stops being "so close" and becomes the mouse people have actually been waiting six years for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Logitech G305 X Superlight actually "superlight"?
Not by 2026 standards — at 59g it's lighter than the original G305, but well short of the sub-50g weight the "Superlight" name implies today.
What's the biggest issue with the G305 X Superlight out of the box?
The stock skates, which are bad enough that replacing them should be budgeted in as part of the purchase.
What grip and hand size is the G305 X Superlight best for?
Fingertip and claw grip, on small-to-medium hands — it shares its compact egg-shaped profile with the original G305.
Specs reflect official Logitech listings at the time of writing — verify current pricing and availability before publishing. Impressions above are a direct personal take rather than a lab-style average.