I’m looking for a new mouse with MMO side buttons, and was wondering what Lemmy thought about it.
My current mouse is a cheapo Red Dragon M901. I love the ergononics, but the durability of the scroll wheel isn’t great. I had to replace the mouse about a year ago because the scroll wheel died (really stiff + wouldn’t click), and now this one is starting to show the same symptoms.
I would like wireless (esp. bluetooth), but I’m a little skeptical about it because my last wireless mouse (EVGA X20) had really inconsistent wakeup. Sometimes it would fall asleep while I was reading something, and I’d have to shake it for 2-5 seconds to wake it back up. That’s extremely annoying :/
The razer naga mice seem like the top tier stuff, but they’re very pricey and my experience with razer hardware reliability in the past has not been great.
Also I’m a linux user, so if the mouse comes with a linux compatible configuration utility, that’s a plus (open source? that’s a plus plus even if the mouse itself is mid :P)
Your mileage may vary with Razer products. I’m not sure how reliable they are now. But I have a Razer Naga Epic from over a decade ago and it’s still kicking and going strong. I am hoping it will still hang on for another ten years at least. It’s super nice.
Edit: I should also mention i probably got lucky? I’ve always heard iffy things about their products online. I’m not sure how mine hasn’t had any issues yet, but I try to keep it clean. The one thing I do need to do is eventually lube the scroll wheel a bit. It has a little squeak when I scroll.
I had the opposite experience. Razer Mamba Tournament Edition got wrecked after 2 years of use (thousands of hours of dota 2). Switched to a logitech g603 and haven’t had to buy another mouse since (6 years of use).