SteelSeries

Rival 310

SteelSeries Rival 310

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Sentiment score60% positive
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Last updated: Jun 18, 2026

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Reddit IconActual-Baseball
25 days ago

I need to preface this with the fact that steelseries, as a company, is a pile of garbage and their products are subpar with bad internals and poor QC (specifically in regard to their sides) However, the Rival 310 is probably the closest (you can find one on aliexpress for sub-30 dollars, just be careful about what store you're purchasing from and which "color" you choose within that individual listing - sometimes they put an unrelated item in there to throw you off so make sure you inspect thoroughly) the shape is quite similar (3mm longer 6mm narrower) The cable is going to suck, (it has a rubber sheath, not the worst if you have a bungee or if you route the cable through a sleeve lol) personally i paracord my older wired mice so that i dont blow my head off, but if paracording isnt an option the cable is sufficient on a cloth mousepad so long as you have a bungee The rival 300S is also on aliexpress but a good bit larger and probably not what you're looking for, wouldn't recommend any of their other mice really - rival 650 has sides that feel like a chalkboard and much milder contour, a lot of their other mice are quite short and narrow in comparison to the 710 (it's is like their second widest) The best way for rubber sides to not wear out in the first place is with routine cleaning of the mouse, wash your hands before using it, don't eat at your computer (or use a fork and keep away from your mouse, pad, and keyboard and then wash your hands), clean your mousepad, it can be a lot harder to get started with doing that stuff if your setup is already dirty, i'd recommend getting a new mat along with your mouse if you dont feel like giving it a bath - though i wouldnt recommend them, mouse mats like the one in your image are very cheap and you'd be surprised how much better your mouse will glide with a fresh one, they wear out quite quickly You can also find replacement sides on ebay i believe, but actually taking them off in a manner that doesnt leave gunk everywhere is hell because of how goopy whatever glue steelseries uses is, its also decently likely yours is melting already so its going to be gross Good luck, i hope you find a replacement but i would truly suggest to stray from steelseries, at least until someone a little more competent runs the company, every single steelseries mouse has longevity problems - the other day i was repairing an Aerox 3 and one tiny little spider fried the entire motherboard ("IP54" BTW) - and every mouse (by them or otherwise) with rubber/silicone/rubberized sides will wear out if you're not careful about it, i would avoid those entirely as replacement can be difficult and you'll probably have to make your own Cheers

Reddit IconGladDiscount4213
5 months ago

Man i loved my 310 so much. Currently rocking a Rival 600 for 8 years now. Nothign will beat it.

Reddit Iconkayosek
5 months ago

I used Rival 300 and 310 for years. Nothing is close. I now use ec1-cw and xtrfy m64 (m64 is very small though). I used my rival 300 without any skates so that the friction was higher :D i got to 2.5k elo on faceit. Now im planning on buying some obsidian dot skates to make my mice glide less

Reddit IconKitsune_BCN
10 months ago

That i play with the old farty rival 310 and im multi-season masters in Apex 😂

Reddit IconK-Magnussen
12 months ago

Logitech G102, used it for about a year until it started double clicking, and then I moved to the steelseries rival 310

Reddit IconLeaveMeAloneImAloser
10 months ago

Rival 310 but you know how the story goes with steelseries... wish this company would be dogshit at designing shapes so I wouldn't know what I am missing. Also Prime is my favorite EC clone ever, got Imecoo P1 ordered from China.

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