Mice with sensor located in front

[Lucybai]

Hi everyone. I'm currently using a CM Xornet the size and lightness is perfect for me, have no complains about the sensor or anything really, it's a nice little cheap mouse I'd recommend for any claw gripper.

Anyway I'm looking for a mouse upgrade and this time I want to try a mouse with the sensor in the "front" side, under the finger tips you would say. I'm looking for a Logitech G700s but the weight and some quality issues I've read have me looking for alternatives.

G700s Sensor positioning [img1.lesnumeriques.com]

So I'd like to hear about mice you'd recommend for FPS that have this sensor placement.

1. For claw grip preferably, G700's design is ok too
   
2. Can be wireless why not
   
3. Lots of buttons so I can use them in CAD software when needed

Thank you.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Even alot of their Wired mice have front sensor placement.
Overall that should never really matter, why would it.
Pretty much all the Logitech are good as far as Mice go. Especially the G500 and later.

[Lucybai]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Overall that should never really matter, why would it.

I used a cheap no name mouse with this sensor placement when I started gaming, I've never been able to get a proper feel like that (or to perform like back then) in any other mouse I've tried, thats why I want to buy one with this sensor placement and test if it's just wishfull memory or what. It's for science!

And yeah if you're a claw gripper and move the mouse mostly with your finger tips the sensor placement should affect the feel of it, even more if use a low sensitivity, mine is 8cm/360°

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's more about Polling rate, Sensor Tracking, and overall build quality then where the sensor if physically located. Thinking the sensor should be in the middle to get good feedback of the mouse, hmm yea that's all in your head. Cheap mice generally have poor sensors and thus just tracking poorly or not nearly as smoothly. So there is that too.

[Lucybai]

Thats the point, it was some cheapo mouse, optical with a G5 ripoff design yet I performed way better with it. I'm happy with the xornet but I want to test this (my shortcomming in gaming are caused by ping and crazy ISP so I'm not looking for jesus gadget), I want to burn (a modest) ammount of money. The xornet is 3 years old I need to have a back up too anyway.

[VendettaNL87]

Try the Corsair M65, i really like it!

[Lucybai]

Originally posted by VendettaNL87:

Try the Corsair M65, i really like it!

Thats one little funky mouse, I'll try to look for it in local shops, not trilled by the sensor positioning or design but the shape can help.

The others I found that might do the job are the SS Sensei and Deathadder, having a more neutral shape it might not force you to hold it like the xornet does where (even with small hands) your fingertips reach almost to the end of the M1 and M2 and you have to "hold" it with the metacarpal of the pinky so it does not rotate in its own axis.

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It's really difficult to recommend a mouse. Everyone has different uses and hands.

[Damsteri]

I have been using G700 since the release, 2010. It's a very good mouse, and front positioned sensor is not an issue. I use M705 as my laptop mouse (not a gaming mouse, but good enough for some gaming) and that has sensor in the side of the mouse. I was very skeptical of that at first, but even that location has worked well.

G700 is very durable (over 5 years of continuous use) and you can use it with or without a cord. The cord is thick and doesn't bend very well, so it's best used as wireless mouse. It's powerhungry in wireless mode, because it's not a laptop mouse, it's a gaming mouse. So, you need to plug it in every other night or so (same what you do with current mobile phones). I really like the gaming software, which allows me to set sensitivity settings and button mappings for every game I play. I have been using the mouse with the Steelseries SX aluminum mat. I don't like soft mats and the mouse might be little heavy for soft mats.

G700 isn't a big mouse in my books, it's standard size which allow using of palm grip or claw grip, which both I use. It's little bit too heavy for fingertip grip. I think current mouses are smaller than they used to be, and I don't have large hands. I use fingertip grip or claw rip with my smaller M705 though, it's too small for the palm grip. So, hard to say anyting specific about grips, because I'm used to use all three.

[Lucybai]

Thanks everyone for your inpup. Happened that I got myself a Macbook and I think I'll be going the G700s route so I can use it in there too.