Author Topic: Steelseries Diablo3 mouse (review/first impressions) + Aluminum Tape feet "mod"  (Read 4322 times)

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Offline neverlast74

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Hi there, I am left hand and had .....Habu (!), MS Intelli, Diamondback old and 3G, deathadder left 3,5, I like lightweight mice, only problem I had with deathadder 148g.  ....
I am a high sensi player, long slender finger, fingertip style (my carpal bones/wrist is not moving) razer goliathus control small is my pad.

games:
FPS games, CS since beta 0.7 , right now starcraft2, other casual shooters bf3....

Mouse: overall good.
now diablo 3 is perfect for me in terms of shape,size, also sensor is good enough for me.
build quality:
main buttons:
left button is softer and "deeper" so average quality, button on the right side - is crisp - hard short travel way - the way I like it.
side buttons:
a bit cheap but ok, wont use them very often.
mouse wheel:
big, distinct ticks, large "distance" between ticks, - I like it. not using a lot the wheel as my right hand is always close to page up/down.

mouse feet:
build quality low (not even !!!!! so wiggling on hard surfaces!!)
feet slippery:
average low

so what I did - I usually bought hyperglides which are good. as hyperglide feet do not have feet for this mouse I bought Tesa (company name) tape with a aluminum surface.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tesa-Aluminium-Foil-Tape-50/dp/B0024NKDDU bought in a store for tools - if your rain water pipe leaks.
It is perfect (for me) - glides about twice as good as teflon feet from  http://www.hyperglide.net/. As the tape does not come in a perfect shape ...see image
I also have a razer vespula - but this is too slipery as when I click on a something the mouse moves (!) non fingertip players wont have this problem as they apply pressure on the mouse preventing this. so the combo alu feet+goliathus needs the right amount (for me!) of force to start moving the mouse and then to keep it moving - and then to stop it.

http://d43.img-up.net/Clipboard0629z.jpg ... kind of ugly and not made for a beauty / modding contest - but I am not going to try anything else... :hug:

EDIT about mouse acceleration: tested in cs 1.6 180degree (~10cm on the pad) there is inconsistensy in the results but very little. I almost get the same results - low fast doing the 180 degree thing. I would say 3°-5° difference so pretty close, can be my testing - can be the sensor. Good enough for me.

Summary: when you are a left hand, fingertip, high sensi player this mouse might be ok so check it out. Otherwise you might have issues with it. (feet, button, sensor...)
« Last Edit: Tue, 10 April 2012, 09:41:18 by neverlast74 »
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