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Dont buy a Mad Catz RAT 3

ion529
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This thing looks sexy, feels sexy....

 

 

 

 

 

.......But it has a rubbish sensor..... dont noboby buy it.

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and it falls apart after half a year of use

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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Doesn't feel that sexy imo but to each their own.

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best review ever 11/10.

 

i'd honestly appreciate it if you were to trash talk a product (any product for that matter) you give some more detailed info than that, because for all we can make from this post it just doesnt like your desk.

 

you have the product, at least do some testing on it...

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best review ever 11/10.

 

i'd honestly appreciate it if you were to trash talk a product (any product for that matter) you give some more detailed info than that, because for all we can make from this post it just doesnt like your desk.

 

you have the product, at least do some testing on it...

You're right.

Premise and conclusion are missing in his argumentation.

It's simply crap and leads to more fanboys and haters.

 

 

 

 

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I dont even like the feel of MadCatz mice :S or the look

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best review ever 11/10.

 

i'd honestly appreciate it if you were to trash talk a product (any product for that matter) you give some more detailed info than that, because for all we can make from this post it just doesnt like your desk.

 

you have the product, at least do some testing on it...

 

I should probably listen to this guy....

 

 

Buttons are well positioned, the back and forward buttons on the left side of the mouse feel like they came of one of those toys you win at fairs, the buttons make a satisfying clicky sound. Where the left side buttons are mounted feels like my butt-cheek (which is bad, I don't want a mouse that squishes every time I use it)

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I really liked mine and it worked great for 3 years of heavy use and is still working well for my gf. Its no G502 tho.

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You're right.

Premise and conclusion are missing in his argumentation.

It's simply crap and leads to more fanboys and haters.

i'm totally not working on a super salty review of a €600 office chair that'll contain actual salt... (the thing leaks oil like crazy)

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I've bought this many many years ago and I still have it to this day...I'm not using it but it's been good to me for the while that I was using it.

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i'm totally not working on a super salty review of a €600 office chair that'll contain actual salt... (the thing leaks oil like crazy)

 

You make me interested in your oily review about your 600€ office salt that leaks chairs.

Which office chair are you talking about? :3

 

 

 

 

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You make me interested in your oily review about your 600€ office salt that leaks chairs.

Which office chair are you talking about? :3

spinalis. they didnt weld the coil correctly so it started wearing out resulting in an ungodly squeak and the need for a fountain of oil to fix it...

 

thats €600 worth of chair as well, since the seat was wearing out i got a €200 replacement (no shitn €200 for a piece of wood with fake leather) and realised they made it worse quality than the original, resulting in a very unsatisfying seat on what is supposed to be ergonomic...

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spinalis. they didnt weld the coil correctly so it started wearing out resulting in an ungodly squeak and the need for a fountain of oil to fix it...

 

thats €600 worth of chair as well, since the seat was wearing out i got a €200 replacement (no shitn €200 for a piece of wood with fake leather) and realised they made it worse quality than the original, resulting in a very unsatisfying seat on what is supposed to be ergonomic...

And then people say that racing chairs are crap. 

I'm very happy with my Maxnomic so far.

How long did it take until the coil started to wear out?

 

 

 

 

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And then people say that racing chairs are crap. 

I'm very happy with my Maxnomic so far.

How long did it take until the coil started to wear out?

not sure, i had it for quite a while, but when i replaced the seat i didnt only find rust, i found that the coil wore itself out almost a milimeter...

the two pieces that were grinding together were pressed together with that much force no matter what i put between it'd just squeeze trough.

 

and dont worry, i'll add the building of my akracing to the end of it, that was quite the story as well

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You might of got the old one the new one has a optical sensor

 

I mentioned it in another thread, this is exactly the problem, there is more to it than just soldering some ic in, the FW of the 3090 RAT3 isnt good and neither was the LED choice, not to mention that the assembly is kind of off as well so the light is rather unfocused in comparison.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/354373-mouse-sensor-listand-mcu%C2%B4s-ltt-edition/

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Have had my RAT 5 for yearss now. Best mouse I have ever used, I hope they don't stop making them because using anything else is torture now. 

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I mentioned it in another thread, this is exactly the problem, there is more to it than just soldering some ic in, the FW of the 3090 RAT3 isnt good and neither was the LED choice, not to mention that the assembly is kind of off as well so the light is rather unfocused in comparison.

FW?

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Firmware

I've got the rat 3 with the 3090 but I haven't looked into anything like that.

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not sure, i had it for quite a while, but when i replaced the seat i didnt only find rust, i found that the coil wore itself out almost a milimeter...

the two pieces that were grinding together were pressed together with that much force no matter what i put between it'd just squeeze trough.

 

and dont worry, i'll add the building of my akracing to the end of it, that was quite the story as well

 

Tag me when you upload the review.

I kinda want to read that :)

 

 

 

 

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