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Hi folks!
I'm new to the forum, or at least to posting here, in the past having been content to lurk and read.
I suffer from being a genetic mutant. Unfortunately, in real life rather than comic books, having mutated DNA doesn't lead to cool powers and wearing spandex uniforms to conquer the forces of evil, it means that things simply don't work quite as they should. None of my elastic tissue functions or repairs right, leading to muscle pulls, tendon troubles, constant tremors and a variety of other stuff from the exciting end (so far over 20 collapsed lungs and other potentially life threatening Jack Bauer moments) to the mundane odd behaviour of my skin.
The RAT MMO7 has allowed me to set a comfortable grip at exactly the dimensions that suit my hand, the right weight, in general the right "feel" but, way better than that, the "sniper" button allows me to have fine control when my hands are shaking too badly to be able to aim well. I can also set macro and keyboard commands to the extra keys on the mouse for when fine manipulation of the keyboard isn't very good (or simply when the cat decides to ban all import of fingers to one side of the keys) - all together it's been invaluable.
However it's now dying. I contacted their support desk, who, when they found out that it was over a year old, informed me it would have to be "escalated" and they'd inform me when they had further information. I suspect that means I'll have to wait for a personal visitation from their version of Santa Claus tho, as I've not heard since mid april.
I'm guessing I'm going to need to replace it, but I'm not sure I want to go with MadCats again, as the device, despite its awesomness, never did entirely behave. Terse responses followed by silence from their support side doesn't build brand loyalty either.
I saw that Zalman makes a very cool mouse now (ZM-GM4), that is around as adjustable as the RAT, but there's no mention on whether a sniper style function is available, or can be added with the macro software that it uses. It does seem to be the only other physically customisable choice for weight and shape.
The Shogun Bros Ballista Mk-1 looks pretty cool, definitely has a sniper button, and has lines very similar to the old logitechs I used to use for years.
Logitech themselves has the G602 wireless, again, seems good, but I can't see any mention of definite inclusion of the sniper function.
Finally the Roccat Tyon has a heap of features and customisations, but again, no definite blurb mentioning sniper mode in amongst it all...
Can anyone help me make a choice? I'm pretty much stuck in the house recently, as my wonderful wife is going thru anti-cancer treatment, and I don't drive personally, so I can't just go out to a store and try them out. I also live in a small town in the far north, so decent sized stores are a long long drive.
Just throwing this out there and seeing what comes back. Hopefully I'll find some sort of compromise that works, but I've hit a wall as far as what I can reasonably find out online. Maybe one of the above will do, maybe someone knows of a mouse I've never heard of...
Thanks in advance, and sorry for rambling!
TL/DR
My Mouse is dying, I need a replacement, preferably with sniper function to mitigate shaky hands because of illness, and if possible, adjustable features for bad grip. Have seen several options, with incomplete details as to what their features include, hopefully someone can help with a suggestion.
I'm new to the forum, or at least to posting here, in the past having been content to lurk and read.
I suffer from being a genetic mutant. Unfortunately, in real life rather than comic books, having mutated DNA doesn't lead to cool powers and wearing spandex uniforms to conquer the forces of evil, it means that things simply don't work quite as they should. None of my elastic tissue functions or repairs right, leading to muscle pulls, tendon troubles, constant tremors and a variety of other stuff from the exciting end (so far over 20 collapsed lungs and other potentially life threatening Jack Bauer moments) to the mundane odd behaviour of my skin.
The RAT MMO7 has allowed me to set a comfortable grip at exactly the dimensions that suit my hand, the right weight, in general the right "feel" but, way better than that, the "sniper" button allows me to have fine control when my hands are shaking too badly to be able to aim well. I can also set macro and keyboard commands to the extra keys on the mouse for when fine manipulation of the keyboard isn't very good (or simply when the cat decides to ban all import of fingers to one side of the keys) - all together it's been invaluable.
However it's now dying. I contacted their support desk, who, when they found out that it was over a year old, informed me it would have to be "escalated" and they'd inform me when they had further information. I suspect that means I'll have to wait for a personal visitation from their version of Santa Claus tho, as I've not heard since mid april.
I'm guessing I'm going to need to replace it, but I'm not sure I want to go with MadCats again, as the device, despite its awesomness, never did entirely behave. Terse responses followed by silence from their support side doesn't build brand loyalty either.
I saw that Zalman makes a very cool mouse now (ZM-GM4), that is around as adjustable as the RAT, but there's no mention on whether a sniper style function is available, or can be added with the macro software that it uses. It does seem to be the only other physically customisable choice for weight and shape.
The Shogun Bros Ballista Mk-1 looks pretty cool, definitely has a sniper button, and has lines very similar to the old logitechs I used to use for years.
Logitech themselves has the G602 wireless, again, seems good, but I can't see any mention of definite inclusion of the sniper function.
Finally the Roccat Tyon has a heap of features and customisations, but again, no definite blurb mentioning sniper mode in amongst it all...
Can anyone help me make a choice? I'm pretty much stuck in the house recently, as my wonderful wife is going thru anti-cancer treatment, and I don't drive personally, so I can't just go out to a store and try them out. I also live in a small town in the far north, so decent sized stores are a long long drive.
Just throwing this out there and seeing what comes back. Hopefully I'll find some sort of compromise that works, but I've hit a wall as far as what I can reasonably find out online. Maybe one of the above will do, maybe someone knows of a mouse I've never heard of...
Thanks in advance, and sorry for rambling!
TL/DR
My Mouse is dying, I need a replacement, preferably with sniper function to mitigate shaky hands because of illness, and if possible, adjustable features for bad grip. Have seen several options, with incomplete details as to what their features include, hopefully someone can help with a suggestion.
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