The Ultimate Mouse Thread - Page 101

On February 05 2013 20:03 Martijn wrote:
My third DeathAdder is giving the the infamous scrollwheel skipping and random doubleclick issues. I really have to say I preferred the Copperhead which was always reliable for me. I liked having my buttons separate from the chassis. Regardless, 3 DeathAdders later, I still like the mouse ok, but I'll be damned if I buy a fourth because they die on me way too quickly.

So I saw this thread and was thinking maybe you guys would be able to offer some insight.

1. What's your grip style?
Mostly a palm grip, though my fingers are generally elevated slightly and not on the mouse aside from the tip, which I'm sure is common but definitely not a claw grip.

2. What's your sensitivity?
Medium to high, depends on the game I'm playing somewhat. High for fps, medium for rts/moba.

3. What's your maximum budget?
I've got esports moneys. Nothing I won't consider. I'd rather spend a lot on something I can use for a long time than skim now and switch in 6 months.

4. Do you want additional buttons?
They mostly collect dirt for me. I don't mind them and it's not like I'd avoid a mouse that has them, but I'm sure most
Copperhead users were trained not to use them because the 2 extra on the side were awful.

5. What games do you play?
This won't be very helpful. RTS, Moba, FPS, even the occasional mmo like Tera.

6. Do you mind angle snapping?
I don't mind some light angle snapping, but growing up as a quake player, I'm pretty accurate in making my mouse go where I want it to without the need for assistance. I'll be very hesitant to get anything with extreme angle snapping.

7. Other relevant information:
I'm pretty much open to any brand, I'm really hoping to use this thread as an orientation. I don't care too much for excessive customization on the hardware side, I want a mouse not a transformer, so that's not a real benefit to me. Durability is a consideration though, sick of my deathadders dying :/

On February 05 2013 21:15 labbe wrote:

Consider the Logitech G400. Great all-a-round mouse, and Logitech mice lasts FOREVER.

On February 06 2013 18:26 Cyro wrote:

You should consider the Deathadder

On February 06 2013 22:14 eBinTestO wrote:


Any reason why? Is it good for fingertip/claw grip? The dpi settings kinda worry me because im so used to 800, but im not sure how they are in the new 2013 version.

On February 06 2013 22:32 Martijn wrote:

Fair warning, DeathAdders break rather frequently. My current one lasted 3 months before the scrollwheel started skipping and 5 before left click started randomly doubleclicking at times. The 2 before that lasted longer mind you, but they had the same issues eventually.

Though, if they didn't break so often, I wouldn't be here looking for something else.

On February 07 2013 21:50 Cyro wrote:

Its good for claw/fingertip (honestly you could probably make anything work), argubly best sensor available (no positive or negative accel, no noticable angle-snapping, insane max tracking speeds, etc)

With regards to DPI, im pretty sure you can just click to 900 on the 2013, and its generally suggested to use the native 1800dpi on the 3.5g (version before 2013) and use on-the-fly sensitivity to scale from there, because the 1800dpi on it outperformed the 450/900/3500 settings by wide margins. You have from 1 to 10 sens then (10-100% effective DPI) in steps of 0.5, so at 1800dpi 4.5 sens you will have the same tracking speed as 810dpi, but thats just for the older deathadder, you shouldnt have to jump through many hoops for the 2013 i think.

In regards to durability, my deathadder has 10k hours on it with no issues at all, though im pretty clean (wash hands every hour or two and keep a damp cloth at desk for cleaning hands/peripherals). Ive heard a lot of stories of them failing after 3-6 months or a year, which could be a concern but i still think its a strong reccomendation because its a strong mouse and such consistent tracking (especially with higher maximum tracking speeds) is rare

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