Hati HTM Classic

the best new budget mouse is a good used flagship mouse. go to ebay, look for older gwolves or ajazz mice, xtrfy and coolermaster probably work too. whatever was good and popular is now good and popular and cheaper. i typically recommended looking for a gwolves htm classic/ace as they go for around 20 bucks and because they were really ahead of their time, they still hold up quite well today

The G Wolves HTM is the closest I could find which stays in a $50 budget. Here's a comparison between the two: [https://www.eloshapes.com/mouse/compare?p=logitech-g-pro-wireless-vs.-g-wolves-htm](https://www.eloshapes.com/mouse/compare?p=logitech-g-pro-wireless-vs.-g-wolves-htm) . Other than fixing your issue, it would be more of a sidegrade than an upgrade but honestly, 1K polling is more than fine.

I really like the [G-wolves Hati](https://i.imgur.com/CdupkIU.png), I just swapped to it after using the EC1 for the last several years. It's lighter and symmetrical, my aim is a lot better already.

There are definetly really expensive mice. 120-180 dollars. Some good(lamzu, gwolves, razer) and some bad(Logitech, final mouse) but there are also really cheap mice. Like atk, kysona, mchose, keychron g and m series(most of their mice are 30-50$) and some really good affordable mice like the op1 8k(75$ and considered by many as one of the best mice)

G wolves is honestly underrated. I understand the criticism against them, but they are undeniably the most innovative mouse company at the moment, especially in terms of weight.