Good Claw-grip Mouse Suggestion

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It's been years since I've bought a new mouse so I have no idea where to start.

Does anyone have a good mouse suggestion for someone who uses the "claw-grip"?
Basically, I tend not to like the big ergonomic mice that's supposed to "Cradle" your entire hand.

-> It'll be mostly for work so no need for fancy additional buttons or gaming specific features
-> I prefer it to be wired
-> Not too expensive but doesn't have to be the cheapest category.
-> I don't use a mouse mat so something that works well with multiple surfaces will be nice
-> Not sure which DPI I was using previously but I don't think it was very high, I don't like it when you barely touch it and the cursor goes all over the place
-> Extra points if it's available at a retail shop/outlet in JHB somewhere, it's kind of urgent.

Thanks.

P.S. Rebeltech is pretty close to my place so a suggestion from one of the options on their site could also help...
https://www.rebeltech.co.za/183-mice#/
 
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Think that's the kind of thing I'd go to a shop, see what they have and stand there googling reviews before picking one.
 
RedViking said:
Also try Computersonly.

Sounds to me you just need a microsoft mouse. :ROFL:
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Haha.. my mouse on my desktop at home is one of those cheap wired MS mice.... and truth be told, it still better than 80% of other mice I've seen or tried.

I actually wouldn't mind something like the R.A.T. 5 ...but that's me being really old and behind the times most probably.
 
RaptorSA said:
Haha.. my mouse on my desktop at home is one of those cheap wired MS mice.... and truth be told, it still better than 80% of other mice I've seen or tried.

I actually wouldn't mind something like the R.A.T. 5 ...but that's me being really old and behind the times most probably.
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Go to Matrix Warehouse. ;)
 
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RaptorSA said:
Thanks I didn't know that was really an option.
Where's the best place usually to test?
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Think I saw a test bench thing at Makro once. Come to think of it I've been using the same knockoff Chinese mouse for more that 10 years now, still works brilliantly.
 
gamer16 said:
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Think I saw a test bench thing at Makro once. Come to think of it I've been using the same knockoff Chinese mouse for more that 10 years now, still works brilliantly.
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Me too.
Lost my ugly over lit china cheapie this morning after the braindead f**ks who moved our office put it somewhere I can't find it.
 
oh crap... I just saw Rebeltech moved to Midrand.
uuugh OK, Matrix Warehouse it is :sick:
 
RedViking said:
Yeah I have some cheap ass gaming mouse now for more than 5 years. Probably 7 years.
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I quite love it, nice and big. Bought it from a small pc shop long ago which I remember defrauded some ISP out of millions, when they shut shop they were my ISP but somehow I still had internet for about 3 months, for mahala.

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gamer16 said:
Sweet, do a small review for us will you.
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Feels pretty damn good so far, not bad for R299.
They had another cougar mouse that was almost R600, so I'm assuming it's not exactly the cheapest brand. I don't need the higher DPI on the more expensive mouse though. Not sure if it had the same 3050 Optical sensor as this one though.
(P.S. I was surprised to see a R1500 Razer mouse at our tiny Matrix Warehouse, interesting, not gonna happen though)

It feels really good in the hands, claw grip and flat hand, so it's not too big coming from smaller mice like the MS mouse.
The button clicks require very little pressure which I love and they feel like really high quality, I guess that's why they keep punting the "Omrom Micro Switches" on the marketing material.

The underside has two of those big flat slippery panels front and rear for sliding on a surface, which I think is better than the usual four little standoffs on my other mouse (that's always getting crud stuck on one or two of them which has to be picked off using a fingernail). At least now if it gets cruddy the resistance increase on the underside of the mouse should be more gradual and linear.

The orange light can't change color. But I don't care. All things LED should die in my opinion.
It's heavier than my Microsoft mouse (about 1.5-1.8x) but it feels a bit better in the hand because of it and it doesn't feel like it's fighting the cable as much as a lighter mouse does. My MS mouse was maybe a bit too light, I realize that now.

The sides aren't rubberized, just a pattern grip in the plastic but I don't see that as an issue, unless maybe you don't wash your hands after fapping.

The optical sensor so far is as smooth as butter on the light desk surface in the picture. The MS mouse sometimes felt like it was a little jerky if the pattern underneath the mouse was on a weird part of the desk pattern.

It has four DPI settings, number two and three feels best (1500 & 2000DPI).

Two sides buttons, but I've never really gotten used to using side buttons. They feel nice though, I might have to start programming them properly and using them.
 

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