ROCCAT (Turtle Beach) - Kone XP Air

Lol I actually liked the flipper/ up-down rocker thing. I found it easy to use. And yep I tried a roccat xp too. In fact I still have it sitting in a box in a drawer lol. I didn't use it for long. I think I just preferred the shape, weight and coating of the aerox. I'm sure it was a good option for some but I've never really vibed with roccat mice in general unfortunately.

My favorite is the roccat kone xp. For me I wanted a mouse with more than 2 side buttons but not a whole numberpad that is easy to fat finger on the side. This one has 4 side buttons that are all perfect size.

If you want maximum longevity, you should stay away from Logitech, Razer, Steelseries, HyperX, Corsair, and Redragon, since their softwares are required to run their mice, and when they stop updating the drivers for your model it will stop working the next windows update. Additionally these brands also thin out the shells in highly stressed components in order to ensure they break after approximately 2 years of use. All these brands get money through a resale-scheme, by making you have to constantly buy a new product from them. My recommendations are from brands that are still small and growing (so they're economically incentivised to make good, reliable products and ensure they have good software support, even if they drop software support for later models, since people will most commonly look at their original products to gauge reliability). These brands are still gaining customer loyalty and as such will happily help you with any problems you face and have already designed their products to last as long as possible. If you wanna try vertical mice: The Hansker performance vertical mouse is shipped from Germany (if memory serves me correctly)and so should be relatively easy to post to India. The Keychron M5 is also worth a try since they have multiple European stores and warehouses. The swiftpoint Ergo-point is American unfortunately so I don't think you could source one easily. For standard ergonomic mice: Kysona Uranus Pro copies the tried and true Roccat Kone shape, it's cheap, built like a tank, and is amazing for palm grip. Keychron M7 (not the M6, the M6 has a design flaw in the sensor that makes it behave unexpectedly). Dareu A980. Glorious Model i 2 (the model i 1 has issues don't get it). Roccat/Turtle Beach kone XP air (discontinued, but there is still old stock floating around). These mice should all be fairly easy to source and relatively cheap (and most importantly, they're all built to last and their software isn't required to run to keep the mouse working, so you don't have to worry about software obsolescence thankfully, most actually can use browser-based software, meaning you open up safari or chrome or edge, open up the website, and then the website talks directly to the mouse and tells it what settings to change, no need to even download a software).

Dareu a980. _ 3 buttons. Glorious model i (the wireless one is better QC wise). _ 4 buttons. Keychron M7 (M6 has very weird sensor behaviour for unknown reasons, so don't get it, wait for reviews on the M5 first if you want the M6). _ 3 buttons. Swiftpoint Tracer (or Creator or Z2). _ 8 buttons + analog main buttons (Z2 has motion controls). (Discontinued, but old stock is still here and there) Roccat/Turtle Beach kone XP air. _ 7 buttons + scroll tilt. (If you're prepared for fighting Steelseries software, saving the keybinds to the on-board memory, disabling Steelseries software entirely, and then controlling the RGB with OpenRGB) the Steelseries Aerox 9 is mostly ok, not the best ergonomics though and easily the worst performance and weight of all of these. _ 12 buttons + scroll tilt.

I have tried the mmo mice with 12 buttons on the side and really don't like them. After years going through wow Legendary mice I went rival 500 then it got discontinued. I have finally found a good replacement which is the turtle beach Kone XP air. It is a good mouse and I hope they make one with higher grade of plastic. If you get one, get the white one, better quality.

I'm currently using Roccat kone XP air and its quite nice as an alterantive. I would really reccomend trying that over any other brand besides razer simply because - An mmo mouse is all about the software, if you cannot change those 12-whatever buttons layouts it just becomes painful. And the only softwares where you can easily do this without struggle is razer & roccat, all the other softwares have one issue or another....

White it indeed comes with a docking station, it has a major flaw. Battery time. I charge it at the minimum once per day, idk how long the battery lasts, but its less than 16hours at the very least. Chargest relatively quickly tho.

I like Roccat kone xp air, its my current mouse. No clue about its price tho.

Roccat Kone xp is pretty good, I’ve got two of them for some reason. Used them for a pretty long time though (recently upgraded), it’s a really solid mouse.

I wish someone would clone the Roccat XP and make it lighter and ergo shape like the Naga.

The aerox 5 has that silly flipper instead of 2 additional side buttons (like the Roccat xp). Why not use the Roccat xp? Too heavy.

Maybe check out the Turtle Beach Kone XP Air or the Steelseries Aerox 5 although, some of its buttons are hard to reach and also weird material choice of slippery glossy buttons with a flick up and down button some people love it but I hate it. I ended up settling with the Kone I also use the naga but its heavy and wanted something a bit lighter.

Genuinely super impressed (coming from a loooooong line of Logitech mice) with a roccat kone xp (with their being an "air" version that's wireless). It looks/feels like slightly flattened Logitech g700s with 1 less "first finger button" the same double row of side buttons and a "shift" key under the thumb, sounds gimmicky, isn't. It's stuffed with RGB lighting but mines fine with it off too. With lights off it's a maaaany button office mouse.

You'll get a billion suggestions of G502. It's fine, it's a perfectly safe choice, logitech mouse. That out of the way: Roccat/Turtle beach Kone XP. If you ever loved the logitech G700(s), the Kone XP(air) is the spiritual successor. Was a mad, mad fanboy for the G700(s) had 2 regular and 1x "s". The kone XP is ABSOLUTELY the successor, not a single doubt in mind. Even the thumb shift key is placed right (just off most peoples thumb meat) and weighted perfectly IMO. RGB is meh, turn it off. In every other way, screw TB with a large rusty mace, sideways. Can't speak for any of their other trash. Roccat were all about AWESOME hardware with software coded by a 2 week old long haired gibbon on a "coffee only" diet. The Kone XP is the sweet spot, still well above average mouse hardware and software that works very well (after some updates, genuinely not had a single issue with it but I was late to the party).

I like my Roccat Kone XP. The secret thumb rest button is a game changer

Roccat Kone XP. I was in a very similar situation to yours, I wanted some extra mouse buttons without having my thumb placing awkward on the left side of the mouse. I actually did try a mouse with about 10-12 buttons on the side and ended up refunding it, realized it wasn't for me. Roccat Kone XP was the answer to my prayers. The button layout is strangely uncommon but very practical, I think you'll understand what I mean just by looking at it. Swarm - the mouse's software - isn't too invasive either, and comes packed with everything you might need to customize each button. I think this mouse was Roccat's answer to Logitech's g502 Hero, which is a great mouse in itself. A friend used to have one and he loved it, and from what I recall I didn't find it awkward either. With that said, I can't say enough about my Kone XP. 6 months, zero complaints. I would definitely focus my attention on either this one or the g502 Hero. Good luck!

Turtle Beach kone XP Air Fewer side buttons buttons than the MMO mice but still great. i like it more than the g502 for shape. You might be able to find a Roccat version for less $$

I've never used the magic mouse, even for things NOT gaming-related. I've always used a dedicated gaming mouse. I recently switched to the Logitech G502 Hero, as my old on (ROCCAT KONE) wasn't available anymore :(