which mice have you used in the past?
any shapes/mice you particularly like or dislike?
i'm not a full lefty, but for left i have a DA. to me it's a pretty comfortable mouse, but unfortunately a bit too big and a bit too heavy.
meaning; i can't grip it well enough to be able to use it well in FPS games and such. i'm just not quick/accurate enough when i must lift up the mouse frequently.
i suppose there's a reason you specifically mentioned 2 side-buttons on the right side,
but if not, then you could look into the intellimouse 1.1 and the steelseries kana v2. both mice have 1 side button on each side.
unfortunately for me, the side-buttons on both mice are a bit annoying to use with my ring-fingers.
the kana v2 and MOW are probably my favorite shapes for both right and left, but the WMO lacks side-buttons, and i can't really use the side-button on the kana with my ring-fingers.
unfortunately i'm not aware of many mice that have 2 side-buttons on the right side. i don't think there are that many.
i have the zowie FK2, but unfortunately that one's a bit too small. the way i have to grip the mouse cramps my hands, and just doesn't feel comfortable.
there's the steelseries raw, but i have never used it myself. looks comfortable enough, but i'm not interested in laser mice :P
i think the zowie am also has buttons on the right side.
I'm looking at Roccat Kiro.
There's the old Kova, which was awful (esp. huge stiff wheel and questionable insides), and new Kova, which is supposedly weird and very different from other current Roccat's mice.I'm looking at Roccat Kiro.
It looks good. I just saw the Kova which also looks good. How are Roccat products quality wise?
Thanks for the heads up :)
Speaking of Zowie, I have a problem with them. I've owned a couple of their ambidextrous mice, and the "no-bs" approach appeals to me, but…
All they do is copy classic shell designs (from Microsoft and Logitech), throw generic (although well-regarded) electronics in the mix, and overcharge for this. Actually, I wouldn't mind—I don't need most gimmicks anyway—if their customer service and quality control matched the price. Sadly, that's not the case in practice. Their current recall on models with Omron switches smells like TrulyErgonomic-level bull****, and it's not even the first time they've done this either… remember the 2013 recall, caused by coating issues? Basically, they've managed to **** up an equivalent of $10 OEM mice and sell it for about five times as much. In addition, the reports on quality of their customer service aren't clearly positive either.
I'm looking at Roccat Kiro.Actually, I'd like to correct myself.
- Lua was very light (68g), while Kiro weighs 150% (~104g), which is a lot for such a small mouse.
- Kiro still uses the A3050 sensor, although with some fancier processing and DCU this time, apparently. It's not a problem by itself, but older implementations suffered from jitter at 1000+ cpi. I simply don't trust Kiro at this point—I'd love to be proven wrong though.
- Kiro still doesn't support EasyShift, according to Amazon's specification table. EasyShift is a modifier, that can be used to access a secondary function of each button or wheel direction; I've found it very useful on other Roccat mice.
- The price difference is about €20. For example, Amazon.de lists Lua at €31 and Kiro at €50.