I tried the Naos 7000 and Castor side by side. Preferred the Castor due to being a bit smaller, lighter and more suited to lifting. The Castor is essentially a hybridization of certain aspects of the Castor and Avior.
I've seen a lot of praise for the Castor. I'm sure I'll pick one up at some point. The specs look great.
I need to try it as well but I'm afraid I don't like the shape. The Avior being a "intellimouse on steroids" IMHO is so awesome.
I tried the Naos 7000 and Castor side by side. Preferred the Castor due to being a bit smaller, lighter and more suited to lifting. The Castor is essentially a hybridization of certain aspects of the Castor and Avior.
The Naos has a much more pronounced finger rest for ring/pinky than the Castor, which is quite subtle in comparison.
Both have an excellent braided cable that is not stiff. Similar to removing the core from paracord. I find this a serious problem with most braided mice. Both mice share essentially the same sensor and hate the Artisan Raiden pads I recently got to replace my old Hien Kien's, but I anticipated this and also got Shidens which are fine.
I was able to find a Castor for around $40 but it got lost on it's way to me, which sucks because I just wanted a new mouse
Fixed my quote in my original post - that should have read that the Castor is a hybridization of the Avior and Naos
. The three lines all serve their purpose. To me the Castor is better for claw, fingertrip, and hybrid claw/fingertip grips, and decent at both low and high CPI. The Naos is better for palm grips and higher CPI as it's awkward to lift at lower CPI.
The Avior is just a great ambidex alternative to either, and it's size is in the middle of the other two.
I also like that they shifted the software for the Castor to be a simple .exe file without an installation. Easy to use and close, no need for software sitting active in the OS doing nothing. Roccat's software is appalling from the couple of mice that I have used, even though I found the Kone Pure Military a pretty decent mouse.
G502 proteus core, the only mouse, the best mouse. Also a m570 for when im feeling trackbally
Preach it brother! How is it getting used to a trackball from a normal mouse? I've been considering picking one up.
Tried the G502 for about a week. It's probably one of the best alternatives to the Mionix mice currently.
Pros:
-Superb sensor
-Great feel, suitable for many grip types and hand sizes
Cons:
-Stiff braided cable
-Restrictive/stiff rubberized cable guard
-Terrible mousewheel. Feels awkward to click and roll to the point of being cumbersome - greatly prefer the G402 / G602 mousewheel.