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Carbon fiber! Aluminium! Silver! Omron! Lasers! Weights! Height!
 
They haven't made a mouse, they've made a toy with a list of marketing bulletpoints to make people who don't know any better go "oooh!"

Better than what? The G602? Not necessarily. You straight-up shouldn't be using more than 2500DPI (possible exceptions being 4k/8k monitors or multi-monitor setups) and I'm not aware of either sensor having flaws, so they should be equally as good.
 
If you want wireless capability and more side buttons, probably look to the G602. If you'd rather have wired/not have to worry about batteries, don't mind losing some side-buttons and like the hyper-scroll wheel, wait for the G502.

For those games would you want the M45 or the G400s. Both the M65 and G500s hold the position of being more expensive models with more features, but worse sensors (fine for non-FPS, inferior for FPS).
 
With that budget there's really very little limit to what you could get. Again, keeping in mind the games you play...
 
Logitech G400s
Logitech G502 (you'll have to wait a bit for this one in the UK)
Logitech G602
Razer Deathadder
Roccat Kone Pure Optical
Roccat Savu
Mionix Naos 7000
Mionix Avior 7000
CM Storm Recon
Zowie AM
Zowie FG
Zowie EC1 Evo CL (or non-CL, whichever)
Steelseries Rival
 
That just about covers the best mice you're going to find for shooters.

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The brand new super fancy Quickfire Rapid-I tenkeyless and backlit Cherry Brown switch mechanical keyboard is now in stock with Newegg!
 
The Rapid-I uses a new and fancy ActivLight technology powered by a 32bit ARM processor to give it things like tactile LED feedback, programmable lighting modes, and your traditional full board backlighting that's more common.
 
We'll have bighuge media releases about it later once it's available in more sales channels, but I think you guys deserve a heads up now

Don't pay too much attention to the price of mice. Once you hit the $40-$50 mark, any correlation between price and quality breaks down completely.
 
Logitech G400s
Logitech G502
Logitech G602
Razer Deathadder
 
Those are the best performing mice where Razer and Logitech are concerned. The question is whether any of them have all the features you're looking for.
 
 
They're just inferior to optical mice, precision-wise. Nothing major (usually), but as the selection of optical mice grows, there's less and less reason to opt for a laser.

Yes, we have heard this feedback.

No it doesn't. He didn't say you can't play with acceleration, he said you shouldn't. The fact that you use it doesn't mean it isn't worse.

It seems like the other replies to you pretty much covered it. The perception of Razer is such that people will assume they're cheaping out rather than trying to improve or mix things up, so Kailh switches end up taking a hit to their reputation merely by being used by Razer, even though there doesn't seem to be any actual evidence of Kailh's inferiority to Cherry.
 
I'm not entirely sure in what way Tesoro and Max Keyboards are linked (I'm assuming sister company?), but it's similar to how everyone was paranoid that Max keyboards were simply rebrands of some poorly regarded iOne/Xarmor boards. I remember they had to outline all the ways their boards differed down to the colour of the PCB and such to try and persuade people they weren't the same ones.

That's a new one. You sure you aren't thinking of ball mice?

Rival or Deathadder are both better than the Sensei. Go with whichever you prefer the look of.

good for him

The G400/G400s doesn't go that high, which is the mouse he was talking about. Any Logitech mouse capable of 5000dpi would have a laser sensor and thus the same acceleration problems (not that you should probably be using 5000dpi in the first place).

People, you're naming mice that are practically as big as the Deathadder.
 
The problem with us fingertip grippers is there isn't much made for us. Fingertip mice with perfect sensors don't have side-buttons and those with side-buttons don't have perfect sensors. If you're not particularly concerned with precision, the Orochi/CM Xornet should be fine. The CM Spawn combos perfect sensor+side buttons, but wholly disregards your colour-scheme requirements.

Infrared is another name for optical, to try and make optical sound more appealing to the "gamerz". Optical is more accurate (more specifically, A3090 and PMW3310 sensors are more accurate, which you'll find in most big-name gaming mice), but optical mice might be fussy about mouse pads with elaborate designs. I'm not really up to date with how much current optical sensors care about that, but decent mousepads tend to be relatively plain anyway.
 
Generally there's no reason not to get an optical mouse, unless you're looking for a feature that no optical mouse currently provides. Lasers are still adequate, but just because you aren't consciously aware of the flaws, doesn't mean they aren't interfering with landing shots now and then.
 
 
 
You looked up some pretty old info there.

Dude bought a Rival.
 
 
 
But there's no difference, aside from the flaws. It's like saying you play better with a white mouse than a black one...At best, you're experiencing a placebo effect.

Yes necessarily. For FPS you want an optical mouse, but that's not to say you want any optical mouse. There are of course optical sensors with the same or worse problems than laser ones, but in the realm of recommendable gaming-mice, optical tends to mean something with some variation of the A3090 or PMW3310, which is what you want for FPS.
 
 
 
Results may vary, but Mad Catz tend to be on the lower end of quality. You may get a mouse that's perfectly fine, but going with them probably means taking a higher risk for defects than other mice. That said, the optical version of the R.A.T 3 is the kind of thing you'd want.
 
For palm gripping with smaller hands specifically, I'd suggest looking at the Roccat Kone Pure Optical/Roccat Savu, the Corsair M40/M45 and the Zowie EC2 Evo, though the Logitech G400s, Zowie AM/FK/EC1 Evo, Razer Deathadder, CM Storm Recon, Mionix Avior 7000/Naos 7000 and Steelseries Rival probably remain as good options, despite being on the larger end of things (we're talking an extra centimeter or so in length).

While there is an optical mouse with 6 side buttons (the G602), it doesn't have a flawless sensor, which is typically what makes optical preferable when it comes to gaming mice. It's also not wired.
 
Nothing exists that fits all your criteria, but some mice come close.
 
The M90/M95 has more than 6 side buttons, but fits your colour scheme.
The G700s has four side buttons and 3 on the front-left (look up a picture on google), but has non-blue LED DPI indictator.
The G600 has more than 6 side buttons, but fits your colour scheme.
The G602 has 6 side buttons precisely and fits your colour scheme, but is wireless.
The G500s has 3 side buttons, 2 front-left DPI buttons and fits your colour scheme.
 
Wildcard: Mad Catz M.M.O.7 is available in a gloss black and silver colour scheme with blue LEDs and has 6-10 side buttons, depending on how you look at it.
 
 
 
It's a fair complaint. If you're going to give advice that has nothing to do with the OP's needs, then at best you're wasting your own time and theirs, at worst you end up making them buy something that doesn't fulfill their requirements.

Read the thread.

The Naos 3200 has prediction (and the 7000 doesn't). If you don't already know what that is, then you probably won't care about it.
 
Prediction basically means whenever you're drawing an almost-straight-line left/right or up/down, your mouse will decide you're trying to draw a straight line and stop your mouse from deviating. It can make miniscule adjustments on the vertical/horizontal plane troublesome at times, but it's a subtle effect, to the point that you probably wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't told you it was there.

If you have a fingertip grip, I wouldn't recommend getting anything bigger. Things like the Razer Abyssus and CM Storm Spawn would be ideal.
 
However, if you're resting your palm on the back of the mouse, it'd be a palm grip. Palm on the back of the mouse and arched fingers sounds almost like claw grip. With the colourscheme in mind, perhaps the Kone Pure Optical, Zowie AM or CM Storm Recon? The Mionix Avior 7000 (color customizable) and Steelseries Rival also come to mind, but they could be too large.
 
Regarding the BF: If his DPI is over 1800, tell him to turn it down.

I don't think you're going to find the answer you're looking for. If there was a universally comfortable mouse, there'd be no reason for them to exist in all their different shapes and sizes. As it is, the more tailored towards a specific hand shape (and thus a more distinctive shape) it is, the more comfortable it should be, but for a smaller group of people.
 
With that in mind, I suppose something relatively neutral would be the best idea, so things like the Steelseries Sensei/Rival, or Zowie FK/AM. They won't be the most comfortable thing you can find, but they're also least likely to be a complete contradiction to your hand. Other than that, the best thing would be to get hands-on somewhere you can test them.
 
 
As for the Nascita, it's pretty, but very expensive considering the sub-optimal sensor.

I have the DA 2013, Logitech G400s, Steelseries Sensei and Steelseries Rival atm. 
 
I don't really know which one I like the best, but I know that my least favorite is the Sensei. My Sensei's left click has started getting "stuck" from time to time, very annoying. And after using all these optical mice for a while, I can't go back to a laser. The acceleration etc. is very noticable on the Sensei after using something like a DA.
 
My DA 2013 is double clicking and the right click is slightly loose. I still like the mouse though. The shape is nice, and I keep coming back to this mouse after trying others for some reason. The only reason I'm not only using this mouse, is because I recently experienced a period with some serious wrist pain. I don't think that is because of the mouse though. The pain is mostly gone now, but I'm not sure if I wanna use the DA, as it may be the mouse causing it. 
 
Because of this, I also bought a Steelseries Rival. I really like the shape. It feels really different to the DA though, have to get used to it. I think it's quite similar to the IE 3.0 if you ever used that mouse. It feels heavier than the DA. The side buttons are not as nice as the DA's, but they do the job fine. The main buttons are really nice though, but I have to get used to the slightly more pressure needed to click. I found myself missing last hits in Dota because I wasn't used to the pressure needed, and I clicked to late etc. 
 
I also bought the G400s after my DA started double clicking (I lost the receipt for my DA, GG). I find the shape... odd.. I don't know what to say. I never used the MX518 or G400, so I'm just not used to this kind of shape. I've also tried the G500. The shape on the G500 felt better IMO, while still being similar. The thing that I'm not used to with the G400s' shape, is the "ridge" on the right side next to the right click. I'm used to having my pinky and ringfinger together on the right side of the mouse, like the DA and Rival. So with the G400s my ringfinger and pinky are way more apart from each other than they are with the DA or Rival. Because of this I experienced some pain in my pinky after a while, so I don't think this mouse if for me.
 
In conclusion, I'd get the DA 2013 or Rival. I would not get a laser mouse if I were you, as you're used to the optical sensor on the DA. Switching to laser would IMO make no sense. Optical mice are superior anyway.
 
If you have slightly bigger hands (medium+) and find the DA clicks to be a bit too sensitive, and if you don't like the green light on the DA, (you can change the lightning on the Rival to what ever color you want) I'd say go for the Rival. My hands are 19cm from base to tip of the middlefinger. 
 
If you have medium sized hands, a bit smaller than mine perhaps or same as mine, and you like the really sensitive buttons on the DA. I'd say go for the DA 2013. Just remember to NOT THROW AWAY THE RECEIPT, like I did. Then you're totally screwed, as the DA 2013 is known to have issues. Mine has not only one issue, but two. 

Okay, that's about 118-120mm.
 
Good mice of that length:
Roccat Savu
Roccat Kone Pure Optical
Zowie EC2 Evo
 
116mm:
Razer Krait 2013 (import)
CM Storm Recon
 
115mm:
Razer Abyssus
 
All of those have perfect sensors, but vary in width,  height and features. If the M60 was the perfect length, I'd be surprised if you need anything smaller than the Abyssus.

Okay, that's about 118-120mm.
 
Good mice of that length:
Roccat Savu
Roccat Kone Pure Optical
Zowie EC2 Evo
 
116mm:
Razer Krait 2013 (import)
CM Storm Recon
 
115mm:
Razer Abyssus
 
All of those have perfect sensors, but vary in width,  height and features. If the M60 was the perfect length, I'd be surprised if you need anything smaller than the Abyssus.

The only brand that puts proper sensors in the majority of their mice. So long as you're getting an AM, FK, EC1 or EC2 evo, good choice.