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Germany1287 Posts
Okay, so, I'm sorry, I really wanted this mouse to succeed for me, and I've struggled to post this so far, but here we go.
I'm using the mouse for 5 weeks now and it's heavily starting to glare on the buttons and at the side where I hold it. The grip is gone.
I also have the problem of the squeaking scrollwheel that some of you described. Opening the mouse up and closing it again miraculously solves this for half an hour, then it's back. Apart from that, the wheel itself has been linearly degrading into severe unresponsiveness by now. Scrolling in one direction, it will only register about half the scrolls and randomly jump back 1 scroll while at it ("jumping around"). It would takes ages to scroll through a page which really is a pain in the annoys the hell out of me.
This mouse is fantastic. Apart from the fact that it's not working properly anymore.
So, since I can not afford to buy 10 Micos a year, I'm back to where I started 6 years ago: looking for a mouse. 
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Lame I really hope mine doesn't turn out to be defective otherwise I might have to go to G1
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On July 22 2011 05:49 DueleR wrote:Show nested quote +On July 22 2011 04:47 UserErrOr413 wrote:Wait 2 months for mouse to be released. Get sent defective mouse. Dang that's really unfortunate, I know how you feel. That's happened to me so many times where I'm just like...really? me? out of all the non-defective ones? Any luck trying to fix it? You're the first post I've seen of someone with that problem, hopefully it's not a widespread thing. Thanks man.
Well, it was defective in that buttons did not click mechanically or electronically. And you could tell looking at the front, it wasn't put together properly. It must have been some kind of assembly error, so fortunately it shouldn't be common. It really shouldn't have made it through quality control.
I tried to fix it, but embarrassingly enough neither me or my dad could get the screw to loosen on the bottom. So no luck there. And since it is brand new we just figured RMA it and get a new one. It wasn't worth the effort to go all out to try and fix it.
So in the end, it is just frustration and shipping fees. I would be surprised if someone else had the same problem.
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Just got my Mico from newegg and no problems off the bat, but I'll have to see how it turns out in the coming weeks and months. I was expecting the clicks to be a lot stiffer from all the comments here, but it feels like something I can get used to after a single game of SC (it's not noticeably stiffer than the salmosa clicks, but it's just as loud).
It's a lot thinner than I expected it to be and it will probably take more than a single game of SC to adjust to the size. I remember the LMO having a rounder and wider body, but this one seems long and thin (it's been a long time since I've used an LMO so I may be wrong here).
Also, it's tracking fine with a qck heavy mouse pad. I don't use the 1600 DPI setting in-game, so that is not an issue for me if the mouse really does not have a true setting for that DPI.
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Well after playing a few games, the click stiffness is noticeable. I'd compare it to like using cherry black key switches (although not as severe) as in it's different at first, but the it's fine once you adapt.
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On July 22 2011 06:06 zere wrote:Okay, so, I'm sorry, I really wanted this mouse to succeed for me, and I've struggled to post this so far, but here we go. I'm using the mouse for 5 weeks now and it's heavily starting to glare on the buttons and at the side where I hold it. The grip is gone. I also have the problem of the squeaking scrollwheel that some of you described. Opening the mouse up and closing it again miraculously solves this for half an hour, then it's back. Apart from that, the wheel itself has been linearly degrading into severe unresponsiveness by now. Scrolling in one direction, it will only register about half the scrolls and randomly jump back 1 scroll while at it ("jumping around"). It would takes ages to scroll through a page which really is a pain in the annoys the hell out of me. This mouse is fantastic. Apart from the fact that it's not working properly anymore. So, since I can not afford to buy 10 Micos a year, I'm back to where I started 6 years ago: looking for a mouse.
Can I ask how you opened the mouse? I tried 3 different screwdrivers on it, and none of them got the darn screw to budge even an inch
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On July 25 2011 00:35 vincom2 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 22 2011 06:06 zere wrote:Okay, so, I'm sorry, I really wanted this mouse to succeed for me, and I've struggled to post this so far, but here we go. I'm using the mouse for 5 weeks now and it's heavily starting to glare on the buttons and at the side where I hold it. The grip is gone. I also have the problem of the squeaking scrollwheel that some of you described. Opening the mouse up and closing it again miraculously solves this for half an hour, then it's back. Apart from that, the wheel itself has been linearly degrading into severe unresponsiveness by now. Scrolling in one direction, it will only register about half the scrolls and randomly jump back 1 scroll while at it ("jumping around"). It would takes ages to scroll through a page which really is a pain in the annoys the hell out of me. This mouse is fantastic. Apart from the fact that it's not working properly anymore. So, since I can not afford to buy 10 Micos a year, I'm back to where I started 6 years ago: looking for a mouse. Can I ask how you opened the mouse? I tried 3 different screwdrivers on it, and none of them got the darn screw to budge even an inch
^ I had the same issue when attempting to open mine. Curious to know too.
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Germany1287 Posts
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I just ordered mine today, and its in the same state as me. so hopefully I'll be able to post how I like it soon
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On July 22 2011 06:06 zere wrote:
Apart from that, the wheel itself has been linearly degrading into severe unresponsiveness by now. Scrolling in one direction, it will only register about half the scrolls and randomly jump back 1 scroll while at it ("jumping around"). It would takes ages to scroll through a page which really is a pain in the annoys the hell out of me.
I know I've sad a lot of mostly good things about the Mico on this forum, but sadly, this has started happening with my scroll wheel as well. (i've owned it about 3 and a half weeks)
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Since Zowie seems to be manufacturing at most 1 mouse a day, and with its zero availability in canuckland, I just put down the cash on a CM Spawn. Its the only other clawgrip mouse out there I'd consider (since the logitechs are hella expensive). Hopefully will be here tomorrow, I'll post some impressions when I get it.
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cute mouse
it looks awkward though 
i use a finger tip grip while playing sc2
anyone think itll be alright considering that mouse is 'made for' claw?
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Zowie Mico will be available at StarCraftMecca soon!
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Yeah I think the mouse would be good for fingertip, not really awkward to me at least. I've had mine since last friday and so far its been pretty awesome, the mouse feels extremely comfortable and hasn't had any problems yet.
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On July 26 2011 10:36 Giwoon wrote:cute mouse it looks awkward though i use a finger tip grip while playing sc2 anyone think itll be alright considering that mouse is 'made for' claw?
What is the difference between claw and fingertip? I have a Mico and I can see no other way to use this mouse other than only touching it with your fingertips. It's that small.
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![[image loading]](http://www.dynax.co/product_images/l/399/Spawn-gaming-Mouse__98261_zoom.jpg)
So. This mofo. I've played a couple of games the other day with it. The shape is very ... weird. Ergonomically, I can tell it will do wonders for your fingers. But initially holding it feels very odd, as if you're holding an old school three-button mouse, or even the feeling that the second mouse button is all the way over to the right where the finger rest is.
Indeed, when I play, I can feel it in the back of my mind that my fingers and wrist are not positioned properly as it would be with a mouse like the Mico ... yet, when I play, I hardly notice it and go about my business as if nothing.
I'm not really one of those OCD-type gaming mouse individuals and I don't really care about who makes the sensor or other crap like that. All I can really testify to is that I just wanted something small to use, and the mouse fits the bill. It feels extremely high quality as well.
It will take some getting used to ... I think? ... but there isn't really much alternatives out there for me in canada, and for 35 bucks, I won't complain.
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Well, I just got my zowie mico in the mail.
I will keep this simple:
Pros:
Great grip
Great sensor
Great scroll wheel
Light weight
Cons:
Non braided cord
The mouse feet on the bottom of mine were unlevel
Other:
People have been saying that the biggest con to this mouse was that the click was too heavy, and I will say that It is heavy, but its not the worst thing ever. I've never heard of people having problems with the mouse feet being uneven on the bottom of their mouse, and mine are so i don't know whats up with that. Also I found mine on Ebay, I found one that was in the US, it actually arrived in 2 days.
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would anyone recommend this mouse after using the Razer Abyssus or Razer Habu? Recently bought the kinzu without doing any research before hand and I have been regretting since the day that it arrived in the mail.
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On July 28 2011 16:55 OriginalBeast wrote:
Well, I just got my zowie mico in the mail.
I will keep this simple:
Pros:
Great grip
Great sensor
Great scroll wheel
Light weight
Cons:
Non braided cord
The mouse feet on the bottom of mine were unlevel
Other:
People have been saying that the biggest con to this mouse was that the click was too heavy, and I will say that It is heavy, but its not the worst thing ever. I've never heard of people having problems with the mouse feet being uneven on the bottom of their mouse, and mine are so i don't know whats up with that. Also I found mine on Ebay, I found one that was in the US, it actually arrived in 2 days.
I've been using this mouse for 2 or 3 weeks and I agree with you, it has great grip, great sensor. But like Zere stated, the scroll wheel isn't that great, it kinda feel cheep compared to the Asian Salmosa and it's degrading really fast ; additionally, the grip wear fast too =( .
About the click, it's a little bit harder but i think it doesnt matter at all after 2-3 days
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Bah. The U.S. distribution of this mouse has been so disappointing. I don't do e-bay and pay-pal and i'm not going to start just to buy a mouse from some chinese reseller.
I've finally caved and am going to get a logitech g9x. Maybe if these come in stock in the U.S. this year I'll try and get one then.
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I still like this mouse alot and use it for SC2, but I don't know if I can recommend it anymore because after less than 1 month, the scroll wheel has degraded severely (and it seems like I'm not the only one with this problem judging by the posts in this thread). It's almost unusable now to browse websites because it will randomly skip/jump up and it's very frustrating to use it just to scroll to the bottom of a simple webpage. I've tried cleaning it to no avail. Luckily I don't need scroll wheel for sc2, I still like the shape/size/tracking so I will continue using it, but I've never had this problem with a mouse before. Especially when it's so new.
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