Bu-bu-but it has RGB light effects and 8 extra buttons that I'll never use, and it was only $30! The sponsored Amazon link assured me that this would push my gaming skills to the max! They can't just write that about anything!
I finally found a well-built comfortable mouse that has tons of wacky RGB effects and just a few extra buttons in a surprisingly useable layout.
The one I ended up with was the Roccat Kone XP. The best part is that I rarely notice the extra buttons until I need to use them and otherwise just feels like a normal mouse most of the time.
Totally not everyone’s cup of tea, but you can in fact get a feature mouse that also is well built. They do exist!
I had gone through probably half a dozen mice before it in the 5 years before this one, but this one has lasted around 2 years without a single complaint.
Back when I used to play Fortnite, these extra buttons were the only way I could build, I never understood how people unironically used the default binds, like mate does your finger reach F2 while pressing wasd?
It's been really long since I've played, but I hope they've changed the default binds at some time. At the very least middle click has to be binded to straight wall.
While the RGB bit is a complete ripoff for something I don't ever want to use, I was actually looking for something good with more buttons (PUBG requires two keyboards and a church organ), and it did take me a while until I found something that is actually quality AND it has enough buttons. So many "pro" mice don't have more than the usual 3-4 buttons, and I don't get how people don't want to de-clutter all the keys around their WASD/arrows.
Actually, a 10-button mouse for $30 seems pretty good. If it is uncomfortable like OP's example suggests, I wouldn't use it as a first choice, but it could be a cheap backup that I could swap in without needing to change bondings. I would use all of those for MMOs, and probably most of them for shooters/MOBAs.
Honestly that car most reminds me of the mad cats R.A.T. mice which look like they'd be hella uncomfortable but somehow are quite the opposite. Though I'm still happiest with my model o-
Lol that one razer essential mouse with lights on it goes for under $20 sometimes and is genuinely as performant as a gaming mouse 5x the price tho. Probably the one component I'd most commonly recommend for someone planning a new build just due to insane value/$
I love buttons. The correct number of buttons is almost always more.
Though my favorite mouse (MX Master) only has like 6 buttons, it has intelligent free-srolling and a horizontal thumb wheel. Whether I'm mapping, editing video, using excel, or gaming it's amazing.
Okay, not much of a gamer, but a teacher, and when I was working at a school with a 0-4 grading scale I so badly wanted a mouse with 5 side buttons so that I could scroll through Google classroom and grade one handed.
I still feel that way about the old MX510/518/400 line. When the G series first came out, Target had a whole shelf of MX518 on 90% off clearance and I bought them all. Gave a bunch away as gifts, but they lasted me almost until Logitech made the re-release of the MX518 with newer internals. I bought a few of them and am still on the first one after a few years. I bought a 502 on clearance to see if they were any better than the MX518. Nope, so it's now living in the backup hardware box.
I'm still on the 500, and I have a couple I got way back. I'm hopeful that when they eventually die, Logitech has available something decent. I don't have much hope though.
Yep. Although I preferred smaller mice always due to my hands size. Had G9 which lasted for eternity, then USB cable broke and me being an idiot got rid of it instead of looking for a fix. Still regret that decision. Then I wandered through bunch of different device and finally settled on GPro.
This applies to many things. That guy down the street who acts super macho and has a lifted truck? Don't date him unless you want to be disappointed. The quiet nerdy dude with a prius? Absolutely freak in bed, and a hung power bottom that will ignite things within you.
I have a Corsair m55 pro it looks gamer but the low DPI headshot left-side button is something I won't live without again (I use it mostly for placing stuff in Cities Skylines). I just checked and I've had it since 2019, still works great
I guess ymmv with red dragon, but the one mouse I had from them broke after like 2 hours of use. Normal clicking and the right mouse button just split in half. Figured it was just really cheap plastic or something.
I've had good luck with both a wired and wireless version so I can't say much about that.
Fwiw I've use/d a K551 and K552 keyboard, M801p mouse, and a M601 mouse the later of each got handmedowned to my sons. 2021, 2017, 2019, 2015. The K552 is used as a toddler toy...
Personally a fan of Keychron M3, and it's pretty cheap too. I've heard that the shape is a bit of a crapshoot with regards to comfort when holding, but I've personally never had an issue and it's just been awesome
I use those mouse gesture browser extensions. Hold the right-click button, then swipe right or left. It's probably even more ergonomic than clicking those extra buttons (I have only ever used generic mice). Not that I am against extra buttons for other purposes, though.