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Help me buy a new mouse
Munkus Beaver
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Hey so I am looking to buy a new mouse. The mouse I had been using for years had the Forward button fall off completely from overuse (I have forward and backward on my mouse mapped to certain game abilities that I have to hammer rapidly). I have already recently bought two different mice and each on has issues with it that cause me some issues.
First I bought this mouse:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FZ3BR5S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Forward/Back buttons were good on this mouse, but it's way too small for my hand. It causes me an extreme amount of pain to use a mouse of this size for any extended amount of time. I seriously had to stop playing HotS and WoW while I was using this mouse because of how hard my hand would cramp up. So in response I bought this mouse:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KKAQYXM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This mouse is the right size for my hands but the forwad/back buttons are both...flaccid. They just don't have good response to clicking on them, like the buttons are so low quality that they just eat inputs half the time unless I just hammer the button super hard. Makes it hard for me to play certain games where I have key abilities hotkeyed to the Forward/Back button.
So right now I am looking for a mouse that is the size of the latter while having as good or better buttons as the former one. Budget is an issue, I don't want to spend a hundred dollars on a mouse primarily because I can't afford something like that. Any advice ya'll have on what products I should buy would be greatly appreciated.
First I bought this mouse:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FZ3BR5S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Forward/Back buttons were good on this mouse, but it's way too small for my hand. It causes me an extreme amount of pain to use a mouse of this size for any extended amount of time. I seriously had to stop playing HotS and WoW while I was using this mouse because of how hard my hand would cramp up. So in response I bought this mouse:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KKAQYXM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This mouse is the right size for my hands but the forwad/back buttons are both...flaccid. They just don't have good response to clicking on them, like the buttons are so low quality that they just eat inputs half the time unless I just hammer the button super hard. Makes it hard for me to play certain games where I have key abilities hotkeyed to the Forward/Back button.
So right now I am looking for a mouse that is the size of the latter while having as good or better buttons as the former one. Budget is an issue, I don't want to spend a hundred dollars on a mouse primarily because I can't afford something like that. Any advice ya'll have on what products I should buy would be greatly appreciated.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E4MQODC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?tag=slicinc-20&ascsubtag=e38a67fcbc0411e8b1d4aeddf160804c0INT&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
The reviews for it indicate that the middle mouse button tends to fail on it after less than a year of use. I hammer the middle mouse button a ton when playing games so I am a bit concerned about buying that mouse and ending up with a broken scroll wheel.
Check the G502 and see if it has similar reviews. I believe that version is a bit sturdier.
Thanks for the help, guys
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If for some reason reason you end out returning the one that you bought. It competes with my old G5 laser mouse for comfort and build quality but is more reasonable in price.
1) they use shitty switches. Your middle-click button is likely to go out first--potentially within a year if you use it regularly (e.g. to open new tabs). I've had that happen on two different G602s. Eventually the left-click started registering double-clicks when I had single-clicked on one of them.
2) YMMV with the RMA; they will do what they can to get out of it.
Given my experience, I'm through buying Logitech mice unless other brands prove as shitty.
The Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic mouse is also poor--the left and right mouse buttons tend to "stick", requiring significantly more effort to click every so often. Not recommended. The keyboard is fine though, and the numpad lasts a surprisingly long period of time on its battery.