Mice similar to SideWinder X8?

olbaze · October 21, 2014

Some years ago, I had a 50€ giftcard to a store and a week left to use it on something. So, I went to the store and got myself a Microsoft SideWinder X8 for 30€. You know, the mouse that was a pimped out version of that "Rat King" mouse? Well, I was instantly impressed. For some reason, the shape that pretty much everyone else seemed to hate, including the vertical sidebuttons, was perfect to me. To this day, I haven't ran into a mouse that was as good a fit as the SideWinder X8. Sadly, the X8 had a few weaknesses, some of which are a bit too fatal. Firstly, it's a wireless mouse, which means batteries, which means weight. I used to get around this by plugging the mouse in to the charger, but the cable got bent and doesn't work consistently anymore. Secondly, the scroll wheel was always a bit too loose for my taste.

So now I am looking for a mouse that would be as close as possible to the SideWinder X8 in shape and preferably wired. Would the Mionix Naos or Func MS-3 be the closest I'm going to get?