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Too little, too late. Zowie copied the classic Intellimouse shapes, but offer them in a range of sizes with a class-leading optical sensor. https://zowie.benq.

Too little, too late. Zowie copied the classic Intellimouse shapes, but offer them in a range of sizes with a class-leading optical sensor. https://zowie.benq.com/en/product/mouse.html https://zowie.benq.com/en/product/mouse.html The new Intellimouse preserves the old shape, but ignores the thing that made it legendary in the first place - the MLT04 sensor, which was (entirely accidentally) perfect for FPS gaming. Microsoft don't even mention their choice of sensor for this new mouse, which bodes badly.

sewercake 8y ago
great find. It's rare that I see a mouse specifically advertised for 'claw grip' users like myself.
- jdietrich 8y ago
  Zowie mice have a dominant market share in competitive FPS gaming for good reason. It's refreshing to see a product range designed with such obsessive focus. They don't churn out new models for the sake of it, they don't festoon their products with RGB lighting and unnecessary buttons, they just make the perfect tool for the job.
eberkund 8y ago
I have both a Zowie and the new Intellimouse and my Zowie which I have been using for about a year at home is already succumbing to double click issues. The Microsoft mouse I've been using for about 6 months at work and I don't have any complaints yet. I previously used Razer deathadder mouses and found they were also poor quality and started double clicking after a few months of use.
- crysin 8y ago
  Anecdotal, but I've never had a Razer mouse go bad on me in under 2 years and that's with some fairly consistent heavy use.
  - Fnoord 8y ago
    Anecdotal, I have seen Razer mice go bad, but Naga. Various Naga, btw, though admittedly with extensive use. I've also had various Razer keyboards go bad. Deathadder mice, however, have been great for me (I've had two). I even had one of the first for almost ten years. You can replace the feet on these mice, btw, but it isn't well advertised. Also, keeping them clean and having a good mousemat helps. A friend of me had a Razer mouse double click issue (unsure which one) and used a piece of paper to fix it. The Deathadder was once a legendary good mouse but Razer no longer delivers the quality for the price I'd appreciate. And they seem to focus too much on their disco light BS (Chroma) which I don't need. Their mechanical keyboards are in my experience lousy (Anansi also didn't suit my needs): noisy and cheap key caps. I do like that my BlackWidow has USB passthrough on the right side. Works very well together with YubiKey and/or fingerprint reader. FWIW, I'm in the market for a new keyboard which can be used for (but not primarily) gaming (don't need dedicated arrow keys, home/end/del/etc nor keypad) but has to be a silent, mechanical keyboard with USB passthrough on the right.
    - Paianni 8y ago
      HHKB Pro2?
      - Fnoord 8y ago
        Thanks, just saw it being discussed in another thread. I'd want the black or dark gray one though. Its a big expensive IMO, but I'll consider it once more in a while.
  - existencebox 8y ago
    I swear by razors, I've used two DA's over the last 8-10 years. Both succomed to a failing middle button/scroll, and double clicking issues (although only on the middle button for me), but it took about 2~ years for the problem to occur, and another 1~ for it to get"bad", which I considered very acceptable. I've unfortunately heard that the build quality has dropped in the interim. Don't know how much truth this is, currently debating my next mouse. I would straight drop 1-200$ if I could get a DA form factor/weight but with a better middle button and a handful of more function buttons along the mid-line/sides, _and know that it would last_ but all the options I see nowadays seem to be "From that list, choose ~2 things". If anyone has opinions, I'd be curious to hear, since god knows I trust here more than Amazon/Newegg reviews.
arrivance 8y ago
People have already tested it, and it's not good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPTkaqQc0CU&t=342 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPTkaqQc0CU&t=342
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sewercake 8y ago

great find. It's rare that I see a mouse specifically advertised for 'claw grip' users like myself.

jdietrich 8y ago
Zowie mice have a dominant market share in competitive FPS gaming for good reason. It's refreshing to see a product range designed with such obsessive focus. They don't churn out new models for the sake of it, they don't festoon their products with RGB lighting and unnecessary buttons, they just make the perfect tool for the job.

eberkund 8y ago

I have both a Zowie and the new Intellimouse and my Zowie which I have been using for about a year at home is already succumbing to double click issues. The Microsoft mouse I've been using for about 6 months at work and I don't have any complaints yet. I previously used Razer deathadder mouses and found they were also poor quality and started double clicking after a few months of use.

crysin 8y ago
Anecdotal, but I've never had a Razer mouse go bad on me in under 2 years and that's with some fairly consistent heavy use.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  Anecdotal, I have seen Razer mice go bad, but Naga. Various Naga, btw, though admittedly with extensive use. I've also had various Razer keyboards go bad. Deathadder mice, however, have been great for me (I've had two). I even had one of the first for almost ten years. You can replace the feet on these mice, btw, but it isn't well advertised. Also, keeping them clean and having a good mousemat helps. A friend of me had a Razer mouse double click issue (unsure which one) and used a piece of paper to fix it. The Deathadder was once a legendary good mouse but Razer no longer delivers the quality for the price I'd appreciate. And they seem to focus too much on their disco light BS (Chroma) which I don't need. Their mechanical keyboards are in my experience lousy (Anansi also didn't suit my needs): noisy and cheap key caps. I do like that my BlackWidow has USB passthrough on the right side. Works very well together with YubiKey and/or fingerprint reader. FWIW, I'm in the market for a new keyboard which can be used for (but not primarily) gaming (don't need dedicated arrow keys, home/end/del/etc nor keypad) but has to be a silent, mechanical keyboard with USB passthrough on the right.
  - Paianni 8y ago
    HHKB Pro2?
    - Fnoord 8y ago
      Thanks, just saw it being discussed in another thread. I'd want the black or dark gray one though. Its a big expensive IMO, but I'll consider it once more in a while.
- existencebox 8y ago
  I swear by razors, I've used two DA's over the last 8-10 years. Both succomed to a failing middle button/scroll, and double clicking issues (although only on the middle button for me), but it took about 2~ years for the problem to occur, and another 1~ for it to get"bad", which I considered very acceptable. I've unfortunately heard that the build quality has dropped in the interim. Don't know how much truth this is, currently debating my next mouse. I would straight drop 1-200$ if I could get a DA form factor/weight but with a better middle button and a handful of more function buttons along the mid-line/sides, _and know that it would last_ but all the options I see nowadays seem to be "From that list, choose ~2 things". If anyone has opinions, I'd be curious to hear, since god knows I trust here more than Amazon/Newegg reviews.

arrivance 8y ago

People have already tested it, and it's not good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPTkaqQc0CU&t=342 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPTkaqQc0CU&t=342

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