
SteelSeries - Rival Optical Gaming Mouse
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Broo i remember that I bought CS GO in 2016 and every tech YouTuber was recommending rival 300, so I bought it. I was 13 and it was definitely too big for my small hands. even now I can't imagine playing on such a big mouse
The original steel series rival optical. That rubber coating they did has held up incredibly after all this time
Had a rival 300 (and a 502 as well) and also liked the rival a lot. It was just too heavy. I switched to a cm mm 712 and I really enjoy it. It's way smaller than the Rival 300 tho. What's your hand size and your gripstyle?
For me it was the OG steelseries one. It had soo many buttons well positioned and was a good size
Damn dude your hands are massive, maybe even bigger than mine. Ill give you the list of all of the mice I've tried. 1. Steel Series Aerox 5 - probably my favorite but it is expensive, I don't particularly like the software, It had an issue where it would disconnect randomly sometimes, and after a few years the scroll wheel stopped working. But the weight and button configuration are what are great about this one. It also has a comfortable shape for big hands. 2. Pulsar xlite v4 large - great mouse, great shape, i can almost palm it, I can if im feeling lazy, wide enough for a comfy finger tip grip that large hands pretty much have to use. I wish it had more side buttons but this is my current mouse that i replaced the Aerox with and I love it. I whole heartedly recommend giving this one a try. It has a simple software that just does what its supposed to and nothing else. The software also doesnt need to be running all the time. 3. Mionix Naos Pro - its almost perfect, its almost what i want it to be. if it were just a little taller i would be able to palm it. I think its a solid choice for xxl hands but its just not quite there, the pulsar is far lighter and has a better shape for fingertip grip. 4. Steel series rival - solid, heavy, you can actually add weights to make it heavier. back when i used this i didnt think i would like a light mouse. over all a good mouse with a good shape for large hands. 5. Logi G604 - great mouse, i dont think they make them anymore so they are hard to find/expensive. Scroll wheel is great. Probably about as close to an mx master as your gonna get. Has the weird shape where it gets skinnier where the ring and pinky finger rest so you end up dragging or sticking out your pinky. Lots of thumb buttons, did i mention i like that. 6. Roccat kone xp air - weird shape, almost looks like a left handed mouse but its not. i really like the button configuration but the shape just makes it uncomfortable for the ring and pinky finger, side buttons arent worth an uncomfortable grip 7. Logi G900 - meh one of the first "large" mice i aquired. Its too narrow to be comfortable for xxl hands. 8. Logi G502 - dont listen to anyone who recommends this mouse, its actually not really any smaller than any of the other mice here but the button placement is verry uncomfortable for xxl large hands. I think that about covers it other than I use an mxMaster 3 at work. I would still like for these all to be a little bigger but gaming mice don't get any bigger than this that i have found. TLDR I RECCOMEND THE PULSAR XLITE V4 LARGE Edit - I've held some of the razers at the store and i didn't particularly care for them.
Steelseries Rival, donβt worry. Iβll always love you, even if nobody else does, lmao.
Iβm surprised I havenβt seen this elsewhere but Iβve used a Steel Series Rival with some firmware changes to turn off the obnoxiously bright RGB. Iβve been very happy with it. Iβm on my second one.
SteelSeries Rival no doubt
I've been using a Steelseries Rival for the past 6 years and I have no complaints. It doesn't have a lot of buttons tho! I used to use the buttons for my rotation on WoW but kinda fell off raiding and keyboard and clicking are enough for my daily play. I haven't tried to keybind anything to the extra buttons. Also you might be able to just take your mouse apart and clean out the gunk buildup from under / around the keys and it might fix your issue. I did that with the (also Steelseries) WoW Cataclysm mouse I have had for like 8 years and it helped with the wheel sticking. It fucking had cat hair in it because of course it did π€£π€£π€£π€£ Razer also makes pretty good mice! Or at least they used to.
Have you looked into Logitech g502 series, or the razor Naga pro, that's about as big as they get. I'm 11cm by 21 , steel series rival is pretty big too that's what I have, it's got an on board chips to store macros right on the mouse. Also try a claw grip, helps alot with big hands.
Easily, you just need a steeleseries rival or a razer naga or some equivalent mouse that has like 12 buttons. Either that or you could just become a clicker
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