I'm looking to spend around £30 on a mouse in my new build, and while everyone raves about the MX518, I don't think I'd be able to get over how, well, standard it looks (ignoring the bizzare dented design
).
At the moment, I'm quite taken by the Boomslang CE 2007, all the reviews I've found say it was great (bearing in mind written in 2007), and I'm pretty sure the 518 is about that old. I won't need anything higher than 1800DPi really, and the Boomslang looks a lot better than the other options at that price point, but I was wondering why people never recommend that? Also I was wondering why they still haven't reached the 10,000 "limited edition" mark yet for what seems to me like a fairly major release, was there a massive problem with them?
I'm also thinking about maybe a Saitek Cyborg V3 if anyone's tried those, obv. considering the MX518 (may just skin it myself if I can get a roll thin enough), the Abyssus and maybe even the Kova.
I'm mainly just wondering why the MX518 always seems to get mentioned and the Boomslang very rarely?

At the moment, I'm quite taken by the Boomslang CE 2007, all the reviews I've found say it was great (bearing in mind written in 2007), and I'm pretty sure the 518 is about that old. I won't need anything higher than 1800DPi really, and the Boomslang looks a lot better than the other options at that price point, but I was wondering why people never recommend that? Also I was wondering why they still haven't reached the 10,000 "limited edition" mark yet for what seems to me like a fairly major release, was there a massive problem with them?
I'm also thinking about maybe a Saitek Cyborg V3 if anyone's tried those, obv. considering the MX518 (may just skin it myself if I can get a roll thin enough), the Abyssus and maybe even the Kova.
I'm mainly just wondering why the MX518 always seems to get mentioned and the Boomslang very rarely?