From my perspective it seems there has been arms race over the last few years to go for the lightest mice possible. Personally I'm curious to see who's buying these insanely light mice and how they find them. So, what's the lightest mouse you own and how do you rank it amongst the other mice you've tried?
What's the lightest mouse you own?
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I don't care about mouse weight. I've used mice with weights before. However, I did get a lightweight mouse from OCUK a while back, but it wasn't due to the weight as to why I bought it, but the optical switches. It's an xm2we. Unfortunately, the middle mouse button is not optical and developed issues, but OCUK sent me a new one out. To answer your question though the xm2we is the lightest I've had at 63g, and I do like the mouse, but I miss all the extra buttons I had on my old corsair scimitar.
I heard the same before I bought this mouse, but I honestly don't notice any difference.
Customised a Coolermaster MM730 with a 3D printed shell.
Had a Logitech G502 which was a brick at over 120G. The MM730 is pretty decent at 53g but the shape didn't sit nicely in my hand. Customised version is 34g.
Can't say there's a big difference between the 53g original and my 34g version but compared to the G502 it's so much better. Constantly found myself in games trying to micro adjust and with the G502 it took forever to move the cursor.
The MM730 has optical switches which are a little more clicky than the old G502 switches. In my customised version I replaced the switches for Razer ones but didn't notice much if any difference, perhaps a little easier actuation.
Had a Logitech G502 which was a brick at over 120G. The MM730 is pretty decent at 53g but the shape didn't sit nicely in my hand. Customised version is 34g.
Can't say there's a big difference between the 53g original and my 34g version but compared to the G502 it's so much better. Constantly found myself in games trying to micro adjust and with the G502 it took forever to move the cursor.
The MM730 has optical switches which are a little more clicky than the old G502 switches. In my customised version I replaced the switches for Razer ones but didn't notice much if any difference, perhaps a little easier actuation.
Wow, It looks strangely beautiful. 3D printed?Customised a Coolermaster MM730 with a 3D printed shell.
Had a Logitech G502 which was a brick at over 120G. The MM730 is pretty decent at 53g but the shape didn't sit nicely in my hand. Customised version is 34g.
Can't say there's a big difference between the 53g original and my 34g version but compared to the G502 it's so much better. Constantly found myself in games trying to micro adjust and with the G502 it took forever to move the cursor.
The MM730 has optical switches which are a little more clicky than the old G502 switches. In my customised version I replaced the switches for Razer ones but didn't notice much if any difference, perhaps a little easier actuation.
Thanks, yes 3D printed. It's quite modular as well, I can replace the left right mouse buttons, the forward/backward buttons, and the finger rest on the right is changeable.
I wanted to retain the lights and as a fingertip user they don't get close the palm. I incorporated a thumb rest like the G502 and added one for my pinky as well since I found sometimes I'm lazy and drag my finger.
It's really quite a nice mouse now and no sweaty palm! Can actually blow it across the desk as well there's so little friction.
Can't say it's improved my gaming though, just can't blame the brick of a mouse I used to have now.
I have a SteelSeries Aerox 5 which is specified as 59g, though my scales say 66. It takes appreciably less force to move than other mice I've owned, which is nice. It's not the best mouse I've ever used, but for reasons other than the weight. I've never liked heavy mice, and certainly never used any of the extra weights that came with some of them, so I'm glad that the trend is towards lighter mice now.
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Mchose L7 Series Ultra 39grams and half the price of my
Prefer the Mchose after switching to it last week mainly for the design (flatter shape, less of an arch) suits my hands better, while gaming, I need to look for more with a similar design going forward (it was cheap) so got it for as a test, will now buy some of their other products in future.
Logitech is superior for resting comfort
Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 60grams
Prefer the Mchose after switching to it last week mainly for the design (flatter shape, less of an arch) suits my hands better, while gaming, I need to look for more with a similar design going forward (it was cheap) so got it for as a test, will now buy some of their other products in future.
Logitech is superior for resting comfort
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