Help me find a new gaming mouse

[Ormy1]

I need a new gaming mouse, but I have some quite strict requirements.

First a brief history of the mice I've used since that might help. I remember when all mice had BALLS, what a nightmare. My first optical mouse was the old MS intellimouse (a similar mouse is still sold as intellimouse classic), it was quite large but still one of the more comfortable mice I've ever used having quite large hands. I had that for ages before buying a Razer Deathadder (their very first deathadder model) which was fantastic for many years until it started getting double clicks and missed clicks on the main left and right buttons. I replaced that with a Deathadder Elite 3.5G which I still use, it's comfortable enough but the thumb button and the DPI switching buttons often do not work at all, and then start working again for absolutely no reason. It needs replacing.

My requirements:

• Right handed mouse, not an ambidextrous one.
• Large size suitable for large hands
• The usual left & right buttons, middle click on the scroll wheel, two or three thumb buttons on the left side, DPI adjust buttons, no more, no less.
• Wired, or if wireless it must be verified to be super low latency and have replaceable batteries of a standard size (e.g. AA or AAA).
• Must be able to adjust DPI without installing third party software from the manufacturer.
• Either no bright RBG lights or the ability to turn them off without installing third party software from the manufacturer.
• Cheap, ideally £50 or less, could stretch to £75, certainly nothing over £100.
• NOT Razer, ideally a brand that I've heard of like Logitech.

Things I don't care about:

• Colour
• The weight
• Super high DPI settings
• Currently available new, I don't mind hunting down an older model on the used market.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ormy1]

You'll more than likely be able to find the relevant microswitches on ebay if you have a google for the part numbers. The soldering is usually not that difficult if you can get the mouse apart. I usually try to do it a couple of times before I fully give up on a mouse, even if it means harvesting switches from other dead mice. Just a suggestion.

I've had it apart to replace the cable which was easy enough. I do have a soldering iron but I'm notoriously bad at soldering, especially small surface-mount components, it's worth a try if the parts are cheap I guess. Would the part numbers be on the switches themselves or would I just google for the part numbers? Thanks for the suggestion.

You could also set up a single DPI for each profile and use the profile switch button to cycle through them if you prefer.

You can set specific DPI levels in the software, as well as disabling RGB and (if you want) set all the buttons to do 'stuff'..... but you can also commit all these settings to the on-board memory and then uninstall the software.

I don't need to change DPI regularly, I just need to find a setting that suits me and stick with it forever, same for button mappings. Does the onboard memory save all its settings across multiple reboots even after the software is uninstalled? I totally don't mind using the software as an initial one-off if I can uninstall it after applying my preferred settings.

 

[Ormy1]

Strange to see no Razer clause.

I was so disappointed with the build quality of my current Razer (especially compared to the decent build quality of my first one) that I vowed never to buy another. Also the scandal with their mask during covid, why would anyone willingly give their money to such a company?

Then got Razer Viper 8K. No reason to look at other mice any more. Durable, comfortable, as fast as they come. And fully ambidextrous, which is super rare these days. Will be 3 years in Feb.

It looks nice buy I've found that ambidextrous mice don't fit my hand very well, I need a righty mouse that fits my hand shape for comfort. Also looks a bit over priced to me (nearly £90 on amazon).

However, it's ambidextrous, not particularly large

As Above.

 

[Ormy1]

AJAZZ AJ179 Apex

I really like this, and it's only £20 at a certain popular Chinese electronics shop. However I noticed that the 8k polling rate is only available in wireless mode, in wired mode it's limited to 1k polling rate. That on its own would be fine, but the battery is a non-replaceable 400mAh lithium. If I'm running on battery power I need the mouse to take a standard size so I can immediately swap in a freshly charged set (from my large collection of rechargeables in all common sizes). So if this mouse either took AA batteries or allowed faster polling on wired it would be perfect and I'd purchase it right now. As it stands I think I'm going to buy a G502 Hero, and once that arrives and is set up I might look into repairing my Razer.

Thanks again everyone for the excellent suggestions and advice, much appreciated.

EDIT: Correction, the base model is £20, the Apex model is £52.