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I haven\u2019t thought about charging my Logitech wireless gaming mouse in two and a half years, because I have a magic mousepad<\/a> that does it automatically. But Logitech mice that work with the Powerplay mousepad are expensive<\/a>, heavy, or both, and none of them double as a Bluetooth mouse so I can wirelessly pair them to my laptop, handheld, or phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Today, Logitech is changing that with the Logitech G309<\/a>, an $80 mouse that almost does it all. It\u2019s the first Powerplay mouse this inexpensive, the first with Bluetooth, the first that lets you use a AA battery when you\u2019re on the go \u2014 and the first Logitech wireless mouse with a supercapacitor inside so you don\u2019t necessarily<\/em> need a battery at all. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Even without Powerplay, the G309 is a dual-mode wireless gaming mouse that promises up to 300 hours of battery life using its Lightspeed wireless dongle, or up to 600 hours over Bluetooth, while you\u2019re slinging around its 86-gram frame. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n But if you\u2019ve got that $120 Powerplay pad, you can remove the AA battery to reach a total mouse weight of just 68 grams<\/em>, nearly as light as the 60-gram, $160 Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 <\/em>that gave me serious mouse envy<\/a> last year. It\u2019s possible because the supercapacitor acts as a tiny battery constantly being wirelessly charged by the Powerplay mousepad underneath. \u201cIt\u2019s never going to die at all; it\u2019s endless battery life,\u201d promises Logitech senior global product manager Nicolas M\u00e9tral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s not the first wireless gaming mouse to test the waters with a supercapacitor \u2014 but when Mad Catz and Razer tried that in 2018<\/a>, those pricey wireless power mice didn\u2019t have any other<\/em> way to charge. You had to use them on their bundled pad or with a wired cord. Until now, Logitech\u2019s used internal rechargeable lithium cells to let you make its Powerplay mice somewhat portable; here, a AA battery picks up the slack. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Despite being on the budget end of Logitech\u2019s gaming mice, the G309 also has the same Hero 25K sensor and hybrid optomechanical switches the company\u2019s been shipping in premium mice for a while<\/a>, both of which might be welcome upgrades over the $60 G305 mouse it\u2019s based upon. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n But it\u2019s still missing the one Logitech mouse feature I\u2019d have a hard time doing without \u2014 the company\u2019s dual-mode ratcheting\/free spinning scroll wheel that I\u2019m constantly using to zip through documents and webpages when I\u2019m using my gaming mouse for work. Among gaming mice, that\u2019s still exclusive to its G502 and G903 from what I can tell. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n And, it\u2019s a bit of a shame Logitech still sells its Powerplay mousepad for $120 with only the rarest and smallest of discounts. If the company really wants to fulfill the G309\u2019s promise of \u201cWireless Play for All\u201d \u2014 that\u2019s Logitech\u2019s tagline \u2014 I\u2019d recommend making the complete package more affordable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Logitech says it will keep selling the G305 alongside the G309. The G309 can also share a single Lightspeed wireless dongle with a bunch of Logitech\u2019s wireless keyboards, including the new G515 TKL<\/a>, G715, G915, G915 TKL, Pro X 60, and Pro X TKL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n