
This mouse? It's the Etekcity M555. It looks like a Razer DeathAdder or something, right? You can get those for $50-60. The mouse you see up above, it's $14. So you can buy four of them for the price of the DeathAdder. And get a better mouse. Go read the reviews. They are off the chain. Seriously, whatever overpriced rat you're driving now is going to break at any moment and you will need a backup until you can order another overpriced rat. Do yourself a favor and get one of these while you can.
That aside, I'm interested in what BRAND mouse other gamers are using. Knowing the model is nice, too, but I am making an informal study of brand names.
I've recently stumbled upon foreign-branded mice and keyboards. It's a big world out there, and not everyone uses the same products we use in the United States. I am learning that our nation's greatest weakness is its cultural and market isolation, at least from a consumer's point of view.
We pay more for the same products than do consumers on the other side of the globe. That's the evil of marketing: Make them pay as much as you can get away with.
There are a lot of fantastic products out there you have never heard of.
A4Tech
Ajazz
aLLreli
Anker
ASUS
Aula
Azend
Azio
Bazalias
CM Storm
Corsair
E-3lue
Etekcity
Gamdias
Genius
Gigabyte
Mad Catz
Microsoft
Mionix
Monoprice
OCZ
Perixx
Razer
Redragon
Roccat
Rosewill
Sharkoon
Steelseries
Tt eSPORTS
UtechSmart
I just swapped my Logitech G400 for an Etekcity M555. I've Logitech mice for years. You've never heard of Etekcity. Neither had I, until a few days ago. But there was this mouse with fantastic reviews and priced at just $14. Fourteen. Dollars. I spend that on lunch each day. Turns out to be the most comfortable mouse I ever put my hands on. It looks similar to many Razer products, but is far more ergonomic than anything they've ever made. Where other designs focus on extending the ring and pinkie fingers, making it more difficult to lift the mouse quickly, the M555 brings those fingers in tighter toward the center of gravity.
I remember buying a Microsoft Habu (a Razer design) years ago for $70-80. It lasted less than two weeks before the signal wires shorted together in the cord. Switches give out in my Logitech mice after a year or so, and they've never been cheap mice. Never again. Never again will I pay top dollar for brand name mice and keyboards that aren't any better than the products made by other companies no one has ever heard of.
I also have a Redragon Mammoth and Aula Ghost Shark (yeah, seriously), which are high-end mice for folks with larger hands. The Mammoth has a unique anti-slip texture and is extremely comfortable. The Ghost Shark is insanely comfortable under my large-size hand. If either was branded Razer or Logitech, they'd run north of $100, but they're $40 and $27 at Amazon.
I never knew any of these things existed. I thought the only mice and keyboards made in the world were Logitech, Microsoft, Razer, Steelseries, and other large brands common to American store shelves. If not for an accident, I would have continued thinking that way until the day I died. Now, I want to share this stuff with my friends. I would appreciate anyone doing the same for me.
Would love to hear about other brands you may know, that they may be added to my list, above.
Edited by DEATHL0K, April 13 2014 - 09:17 AM.

 

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