$4.99 shipped gaming mouse Zalman ZM-M401R

[Tristerin]

I bought two, they have arrived, they are still on sale.  FREAKING WORTH IT.  Kind of bigger shape, but the rubber grip is nice, the 4 DPI on the fly works great, the colors change depending on DPI, braided cable.

 

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIABW98045671?nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsNF-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwordsNF-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Mice-_-9SIABW98045671&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyu7765623gIVE9tkCh1r8AlrEAYYASABEgJ5wPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

They are $4.99 shipped to your door.  I am SUPER impressed with this mouse for the price.  Even if you don't need one now, buy it.  I put my old trusty mouse in the parts pile and am using this now.  Took about 1 day to get used to the shape cause been gaming with the same mouse for years.

 

I am glad I bought two...don't feel like hearing the wife complain or Id buy a few more...

 

EDIT - been using it for 3 days now, and I am reallllly impressed with this for the cost.

[Tristerin]

2 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Was thinking about it, but then again I have a razer deathadder D2 edition+an m65 pro.

The only thing I can do is tell you that after using it for 3 days...its well worth $5.  If you don't have a backup mouse in the parts pile (I actually only had old PS2 mouses in my pile was the reason I did it - now its my daily driver cause I like it so much) Id pull that trigger   Its not light feeling in the way a cheap mouse would feel, Im just surprised cause the price.

[FIXXX]

Mine will arrive on Monday, probably. Glad to hear it's pretty ok.

[Paul Rudd]

2 hours ago, Tristerin said:

FREAKING WORTH IT.

It better be, I just bought this mouse last week for $4.00 + FREE shipping that only took a few days to arrive. It has only 1 flaw, the sound of the buttons are LOUD. They drive people in other rooms crazy. I guess you could say that another minor flaw is that it doesn't have a handy back button on the side or any other extra buttons.

It's not a bad mouse for basic use and non shooter games. I'm gonna buy that Zalman right now though, it looks a lot better and has more DPI. Plus the way you describe it, it seems you can't go wrong for the price of a visit to Taco Bell. This one only has 1,000 DPI but I don't know how to even notice whatever that even is. The 2,500 on the Zalman I know will be better.

[Tristerin]

Buying 4 more today before the sale goes out.  I tested this mouse, love it (again its a bit bigger than I was used to but I like it a lot now.  My smaller mice feel funny haha) - crisp buttons.  My wife tested the second, swapped her mouse out for it shes been with for 4+ years.  Had my brother use it, so he told me to buy him 1.

 

I feel like Im stealing ish at this price.

[FIXXX]

Everyone likes a deal.

[Tristerin]

12 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

Everyone likes a deal.

Yeah, gonna snag 1 less of those and try 1 of these out for as well since Im making the buy already:

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIABW98078772?icid=WP_1_11052018

[Paul Rudd]

21 hours ago, Tristerin said:

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIABW98078772?icid=WP_1_11052018

Looks like I missed this sale, how much was this one?

 

That other Zalman is taking longer than expected to arrive because it was shipped Fedex. They always wait to deliver it on the day of the "by end of day" that tracking shows even though it's been at the city that delivers the damn thing since Sunday night. USPS is much faster and cheaper than both UPS and Fedex. Newegg must get discounts from Fedex or something.

[Tristerin]

57 minutes ago, A Random Dude said:

Looks like I missed this sale, how much was this one?

 

That other Zalman is taking longer than expected to arrive because it was shipped Fedex. They always wait to deliver it on the day of the "by end of day" that tracking shows even though it's been at the city that delivers the damn thing since Sunday night. USPS is much faster and cheaper than both UPS and Fedex. Newegg must get discounts from Fedex or something.

It was a 16 hour sale - sign up for Newegg Flash emails, when I get them on my phone I just peruse the new additions, and at the bottom of the email they tell you the next best sales coming up in XX hours lasting for XX hours, you can snag some REALLY good deals.

 

It was $5.99 shipped, Ill let you know if its any good when it arrives

[Paul Rudd]

9 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

It was $5.99 shipped, Ill let you know if its any good when it arrives

That's an insane deal if its features hold true... 12,000FPS Button Life: 5,000,000 High resolution adjustable 6000DPI Avago 9500 LaserStream gaming sensor, 7 button design, weight management system, includes interface software. You can even customize the LED lighting. I might sign up for those flash emails as long as that's all they email. I don't want any spam, got enough as it is.

[Paul Rudd]

On 11/6/2018 at 11:21 AM, Tristerin said:

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The Zalman mouse arrived today. Took 5 days(3 business days) to arrive. So far, it feels like a lot to get used to. Here are my pros and cons after using it for 5 minutes. I will update them after a day or week of use:

 

Pros

• Has just the right amount of buttons perfect for my personal use of any mouse. Two buttons on the side and the common three buttons at the top.
• The feel of the mouse feels like that soft and smooth texture on expensive books. Very comfortable.
• The mouse click is almost silent and has the perfect soothing sound a click could have. Really like this.
• The LED lighting is great and has its own button right below the wheel. Each of the 4 colors(blue, green, yellow, red) look great.

Cons

• The wheel for scrolling seems like it needs to be broken in, kind of clunky right now.
• The cloth wire also seems like it needs to be bent over and over to freely move. Right now if it brushes anything it gets stuck on that something, hindering performance.

I may need to get a hard mouse pad, not sure yet. It's having a tiny bit of trouble moving smoothly on my soft, cloth mouse pad. Luckily I've had one on the way from China for over 33 days now. It's suppose to arrive no later than November 30. Unfortunately it's also a soft, cloth mousepad. I'm just hoping it's possibly smoother. The LED lighting underneath is always red. It would have been great if that too changed when you change the LED lights on top. The two things I mentioned in this paragraph I don't consider cons just thought I'd mention em'.

 

Is it worth $5.00? So far, yes, it is. I don't feel like I regretted my purchase as of right now. Only time will tell. I feel it will grow on me but I do have the thought in the back of my head that it's possible I might switch back to the mouse I've been using. This could be because like I said, this new mouse feels like a lot to get used to or the fact that I'm so used to the mouse I've been using. And in case you're wondering, this is the mouse I've been using and I love everything about it...

[Tristerin]

6 minutes ago, A Random Dude said:

The Zalman mouse arrived today. Took 5 days(3 business days) to arrive. So far, it feels like a lot to get used to. Here are my pros and cons after using it for 5 minutes. I will update them after a day or week of use:

 

Pros

• Has just the right amount of buttons perfect for my personal use of any mouse. Two buttons on the side and the common three buttons at the top.
• The feel of the mouse feels like that soft and smooth texture on expensive books. Very comfortable.
• The mouse click is almost silent and has the perfect soothing sound a click could have. Really like this.
• The LED lighting is great and has its own button right below the wheel. Each of the 4 colors(blue, green, yellow, red) look great.

Cons

• The wheel for scrolling seems like it needs to be broken in, kind of clunky right now.
• The cloth wire also seems like it needs to be bent over and over to freely move. Right now if it brushes anything it gets stuck on that something, hindering performance.

I may need to get a hard mouse pad, not sure yet. It's having a tiny bit of trouble moving smoothly on my soft, cloth mouse pad. Luckily I've had one on the way from China for over 33 days now. It's suppose to arrive no later than November 30. Unfortunately it's also a soft, cloth mousepad. I'm just hoping it's possibly smoother. The LED lighting underneath is always red. It would have been great if that too changed when you change the LED lights on top. The two things I mentioned in this paragraph I don't consider cons just thought I'd mention em'.

 

Is it worth $5.00? So far, yes, it is. I don't feel like I regretted my purchase as of right now. Only time will tell. I feel it will grow on me but I do have the thought in the back of my head that it's possible I might switch back to the mouse I've been using. This could be because like I said, this new mouse feels like a lot to get used to or the fact that I'm so used to the mouse I've been using. And in case you're wondering, this is the mouse I've been using and I love everything about it...

 

Great review and I can agree with it all!  JUST last night when sniping ingame I was like...I need a new mousepad, and it will have to be hard LOLOLOL.

 

[Tristerin]

On ‎11‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 9:24 AM, A Random Dude said:

Looks like I missed this sale, how much was this one?

 

That other Zalman is taking longer than expected to arrive because it was shipped Fedex. They always wait to deliver it on the day of the "by end of day" that tracking shows even though it's been at the city that delivers the damn thing since Sunday night. USPS is much faster and cheaper than both UPS and Fedex. Newegg must get discounts from Fedex or something.

Its back on sale for a few more hours if interested - I have yet to unbox mine it arrived a few days ago so I have no review.  Looks good though!

 

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/9SIABW98078772?icid=WP_1_11132018

[Paul Rudd]

31 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

Its back on sale for a few more hours if interested

I totally would have bought that one if I didn't buy this other Zalman. Looks like the only thing I missed out on was a higher DPI. Tbh, I don't even notice the difference with DPI. Thanks for the heads up but as much as I don't want to, I think I'm gonna pass. I have an update on the Zalman I bought though. I've gotten comfortable with it already and it's almost just as good as my old mouse. I like the texture of it better than my old one as well. The mouse wheel was kind of clunky and I think it's been broken in. What I've noticed is that it basically has a tiny bit of slack about it when it's sitting between clicks. If you move it back and forth ever so gently without clicking it, you'll see what I mean. I've found that the less pressure you put on it while scrolling, the less clunky it is. I would say this is no longer a con because like I said, it seems broken in basically. Now the cloth wire remains a con. Seems it may never be broken in and is still catching on to anything it brushes. Only way to remedy this is to have a completely clutter free workspace, which I don't. I thank my new dual monitor setup on this one. Oh and that minor thing I said about the tiny bit of trouble moving on this cloth mousepad seems to have disappeared. It moves pretty smooth now. I think the cloth wire getting caught on things may be what makes it seem unsmooth. Hopefully my new mousepad will be even smoother. If it would ever arrive. Tracking shows it should have been here a week ago. Stuck in transit right now.

 

All in all, I'm very happy with this Zalman and glad I bought it. No regrets.

[Paul Rudd]

3 hours ago, Tristerin said:

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I should mention that my mouse pad finally arrived in the mail today, the day I say it should have been here by now. I'm absolutely satisfied with it, especially how smooth it is. It's a cloth texture but much smoother than the one I had before. For $0.65 with free shipping, you really can't beat it. It's a name brand one too, Razer Goliathus. It sells for around $18.00-$20.00 at other places so I got an excellent deal. Took 40 days(34 business days) to arrive so I suppose that's the only downside I can think of. Completely expected when ordering from China. I totally recommend to get one unless you have a good one already.

Razer has a game deal website I visit all the time, they just don't have many major sales. Decent sale prices all day long on games but most can be beaten elsewhere. They want $14.99 + shipping for this exact same mouse pad at their website. And that's just for the small one. Up to $35.00 + shipping on the extended one and $25.00 for the large. Has all the same specs too, what a ripoff. It is an excellent mouse pad but $20.00 is a bit steep when I paid $0.65 total.

 

TECH SPECS

• Heavily textured weave for precise mouse control (this is actually true)
• Pixel-precise targeting and tracking (also actually true)
• Optimized for all mouse sensitivities and sensors (seems very true)
• Highly portable cloth-based design (you can roll it up, big deal)
• Anti-fraying stitched frame (only time will tell)
• Anti-slip rubber base (very true, it doesn't move unless you pick it up)
• Available in four different sizes: small, medium, large, extended (mine is the medium dimensions but it's a huge mouse pad)

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS

• Thickness of all Goliathus mouse mats is 3 mm / 0.12in
• Small – 215 mm x 270 mm / 8.46 in x 10.73 in
• Medium – 254 mm x 355 mm / 10 in x 13.98 in
• Large – 355 mm x 444 mm / 13.98 in x 17.48 in
• Extended – 294 mm x 920 mm / 11.57 in x 36.22 in

[Tristerin]

1 hour ago, A Random Dude said:

I should mention that my mouse pad finally arrived in the mail today, the day I say it should have been here by now. I'm absolutely satisfied with it, especially how smooth it is. It's a cloth texture but much smoother than the one I had before. For $0.65 with free shipping, you really can't beat it. It's a name brand one too, Razer Goliathus. It sells for around $18.00-$20.00 at other places so I got an excellent deal. Took 40 days(34 business days) to arrive so I suppose that's the only downside I can think of. Completely expected when ordering from China. I totally recommend to get one unless you have a good one already.

Razer has a game deal website I visit all the time, they just don't have many major sales. Decent sale prices all day long on games but most can be beaten elsewhere. They want $14.99 + shipping for this exact same mouse pad at their website. And that's just for the small one. Up to $35.00 + shipping on the extended one and $25.00 for the large. Has all the same specs too, what a ripoff. It is an excellent mouse pad but $20.00 is a bit steep when I paid $0.65 total.

 

TECH SPECS

• Heavily textured weave for precise mouse control (this is actually true)
• Pixel-precise targeting and tracking (also actually true)
• Optimized for all mouse sensitivities and sensors (seems very true)
• Highly portable cloth-based design (you can roll it up, big deal)
• Anti-fraying stitched frame (only time will tell)
• Anti-slip rubber base (very true, it doesn't move unless you pick it up)
• Available in four different sizes: small, medium, large, extended (mine is the medium dimensions but it's a huge mouse pad)

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS

• Thickness of all Goliathus mouse mats is 3 mm / 0.12in
• Small – 215 mm x 270 mm / 8.46 in x 10.73 in
• Medium – 254 mm x 355 mm / 10 in x 13.98 in
• Large – 355 mm x 444 mm / 13.98 in x 17.48 in
• Extended – 294 mm x 920 mm / 11.57 in x 36.22 in

Dude I appreciate this.  I almost bought the Zalman aluminum game pad, but on sale it was still near to $10-14 iirc so I just was going to wait for black Friday deals (I love deals lol and can gladly wait, I order from China often and fully expect delays) - do you have a link for that .65 cent beauty?

 

 

[Paul Rudd]

39 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

do you have a link for that .65 cent beauty?

They sell via auction left and right on eBay. Just search Razer mouse pad. Sort it by price low to high. Even if you miss the ones listed right now, as I said, you can continue to bid low as they list these all the time. I've seen them sell as low as $0.11. Once they hit $0.99, you can basically stop watching that one and bid on other ones. Just built a watch list of the ones below $1.00. If you don't want to wait, they have the same ones for around $1.00-$2.00 buy it now prices. I still recommend bidding low because I see them listed all the time. Pretty much weekly. It's like this with so many things from China. I buy little figurines and paperweights to match my desktop theme colors all the time for no more than $1.00. iPad covers, controller button replacements, controller T10 tools, etc.

 

You can also search mouse pad without the Razer before it but you'll pull up thousands more results. Which is a good thing but I find Razer mouse pads to be the best quality available at pretty much the same dirt cheap prices. Oh and the ones labeled Control edition are the soft cloth ones while the Speed edition is the smooth, somewhat hard edition. Either are worth the price all day long. I got the Control and it's perfect. Just remember to be super patient on the shipping.

[Tristerin]

6 minutes ago, A Random Dude said:

They sell via auction left and right on eBay. Just search Razer mouse pad. Sort it by price low to high. Even if you miss the ones listed right now, as I said, you can continue to bid low as they list these all the time. I've seen them sell as low as $0.11. Once they hit $0.99, you can basically stop watching that one and bid on other ones. Just built a watch list of the ones below $1.00. If you don't want to wait, they have the same ones for around $1.00-$2.00 buy it now prices. I still recommend bidding low because I see them listed all the time. Pretty much weekly. It's like this with so many things from China. I buy little figurines and paperweights to match my desktop theme colors all the time for no more than $1.00.

 

You can also search mouse pad without the Razer before it but you'll pull up thousands more results. Which is a good thing but I find Razer mouse pads to be the best quality available at pretty much the same dirt cheap prices. Oh and the ones labeled Control edition are the soft cloth ones while the Speed edition is the smooth, somewhat hard edition. Either are worth the price all day long. I got the Control and it's perfect. Just remember to be super patient on the shipping.

Thank you very much. 

[Paul Rudd]

On 11/2/2018 at 1:37 PM, Tristerin said:

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Well, my mouse wheel has officially broken. It rolls but it seems to be out of joint or something because it's no longer clicking. I knew something was wrong with it. I wish there was a way to open it up and fix it or get in touch with Newegg for a replacement. 29 days have went by, is it a 30 day thing for the replacement policy?

[FIXXX]

1 hour ago, A Random Dude said:

Well, my mouse wheel has officially broken. It rolls but it seems to be out of joint or something because it's no longer clicking. I knew something was wrong with it. I wish there was a way to open it up and fix it or get in touch with Newegg for a replacement. 29 days have went by, is it a 30 day thing for the replacement policy?

for $5, crack that baby open and see what's up.

[Paul Rudd]

30 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

for $5, crack that baby open and see what's up.

Well I have to now. Although the rest of the mouse works. I just got a refund for it because I'd have to jump through hoops just to get a replacement. They just have to do return shipping labels through Fedex or UPS. The nearest Fedex or UPS is 40 miles away from me so that option didn't work. They couldn't setup either of them to just pickup the mouse from my house either. And they said they could just reimburse me for shipping the item back myself but that would cost me the same amount I paid for it plus gas to get to my local post office which is 16 miles away. I just told them to avoid all of that, just refund me and they did.

 

How exactly should I go about opening this thing? I hesitate because everything else about the mouse works great. It grew on me big time, I love it too much to break it. Even though I'm already using my old mouse. I miss the texture of it, it's definitely what makes it any good. That and the DPI. Which I now notice from going back to my old mouse. The LED lighting was really cool too.

[FIXXX]

14 minutes ago, A Random Dude said:

Well I have to now. Although the rest of the mouse works. I just got a refund for it because I'd have to jump through hoops just to get a replacement. They just have to do return shipping labels through Fedex or UPS. The nearest Fedex or UPS is 40 miles away from me so that option didn't work. They couldn't setup either of them to just pickup the mouse from my house either. And they said they could just reimburse me for shipping the item back myself but that would cost me the same amount I paid for it plus gas to get to my local post office which is 16 miles away. I just told them to avoid all of that, just refund me and they did.

 

How exactly should I go about opening this thing? I hesitate because everything else about the mouse works great. It grew on me big time, I love it too much to break it. Even though I'm already using my old mouse. I miss the texture of it, it's definitely what makes it any good. That and the DPI. Which I now notice from going back to my old mouse. The LED lighting was really cool too.

Under the sticker? Under the feet?

[Paul Rudd]

14 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

Under the sticker?

No screws under the sticker.

14 minutes ago, FIXXX said:

Under the feet?

I feel if I take the feet off, they won't go back on. Lemme see if I can find a video on taking the feet off. 

[Tristerin]

I have 3 of these in use in my house right now - I haven't had an issue with the mouse wheels yet - hoping not to! 

 

Im hoping it was a $5 deal and not a $5 steal lol

 

I do have the aluminum Zalman mouse pad for this under the Xmas tree from my wife ---- it better last long enough to pair it up!

[Tristerin]

On ‎12‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 2:19 PM, A Random Dude said:

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On ‎12‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 2:03 PM, FIXXX said:

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So I had stated I got one of these also when they hit on sale for $4.99 shipped - I opened it last night.  SUPER impressed with the packaging and appearance so far.  That alone makes this look like a $50 mouse.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIABW98078772&ignorebbr=1

 

BTW its back on sale for $4.99 shipped.

 

It comes in a box with a Velcro lid.  The display box is nice looking, the mouse is actually a bit bigger of a footprint than this Posts subject Mouse from Zalman.  Its REALLY got some nice features.  Going to put it through the grinder of a week of gaming - Ive never owned a custom weighted mouse so Im excited to try this out.  Actually after opening it last night...Im purchasing another today at this price.  This could either make a great gift or into the parts pile for the price.

 

Also I checked the wheels on the 3 subject mice in my house and no issues with the wheels so far - crossing fingers.