As shitty as GWolves support and pricing is - they serve the niche market well and they are the best at it. If you're strapped for cash browse r/mousemarket \- there are many like-minded individuals trying out fingertip mice like yourselves and some doesn't stick.
Depending on your grip style Pingufy on YT just recently went over their catalog of fingertip mice. I've had a few that my friends with smaller hands claw pretty comfortably. HSK plus is the main one that comes to mind for a good cheaper mouse.
Where are all these cheap fingertip mice on the market?
Keychron M4 is $40 for 1k polling, $55 for 4K and $65 for 8k.
G Wolves HSK Plus Light is $60 to 70 USD, with a last gen sensor and 1K polling. (still fine IMO, but not apples to apples)
That's ALL of the commercially available; wireless, ***fingertip specific***, gaming mice with decent sensors under $100 USD\* that I am aware of. Two shape options under $100, just two while being generous with the 'cheap categorization. Under $50 there is only one and it's an overspec travel mouse from a keyboard brand.
Between $100 & 200 USD the market has more options; Pulsar X2F, Gwolves HSK Pro and Fenrir models, WlMouse Miao and I think the ZeroMouse Blade comes in under $200 as well. These are priced in the premium range for gaming mice overall.
That said, availability is far from good even in the more populated premium tier or used on Ebay. Many of the mentioned models are often out of stock.
Total, excluding OptimumTech and very small bespoke makers, that is a grand total of what, 7 or 8 total shapes?
Larger than it was, but still a VERY small market unless you include mice than are friendly to fingertip, but relatively full sized.
*\*Yeah, that was a mouthful, but just trying to make a distinction between all the tiny mice that are super common, but not at all intended or spec'ed for competitive gaming, like the Logitech M317/pebble/ect.*
Budget
Darmshark m5 / keychron m4 / hsk plus mini (budget gwolves option
Premium
X2F, largest ‘ftip’ mouse, and can be a solid entryway into ftip if you don’t mind the weight
Wlmouse Miao and Hsk pro 4k, probably the best safe ftip mice due to shape and size being perfect for beginners and pros
Fenris asym, this one is hard to recommend for first time ftip due to its odder shape but if you love it you realllly love it (I love mine)
The sensor on the l7 is likely fucking you over because as balanced as it is, fingertip grip prefers your finger be over the sensor, so yeah x2 mini v3 ain't bad
May I also suggest op1, or alternatives on eloshapes, my old main lemokey g1 if on sale, kysona mercury or scyrox v8 shape, Superlight 2c or generically small mice like HSK and htx
Ok so raw fingertip, the hitscan hyper light was option #1 for most (not me I hybrid fingertip and claw), the zero seems decent I feel but never confirmed. Mchose a5 was decent but still relatively long, 122mm I think, but in theory it's pretty good. And software can't really help
Honestly buy a darmoshark m5/keychron m4/g wolves HSK lite first to see if you would prefer raw fingertip/lower click height.
And browse eloshapes, finding mice with similar sensor position, side shape and length to the viper. Easier
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