Zowie (BenQ) - FK2-C

Hey all, Longtime lurker here—been quietly reading posts on this sub for years, but I randomly felt compelled to write this after a bit of a personal breakthrough in-game. Maybe it'll help someone else who's been stuck in the same cycle I was. I’ve been playing Counter-Strike since 2001 (yes, I’m old), and over the years I’ve used more mice than I can count—definitely a bit of a mouse whore. My hands are fairly large (19.5 x 11 cm), but for some reason, I’ve always gravitated toward smaller mice. Let’s rewind for a second… My earliest memories were with that classic white Logitech Optical Mouse—didn’t take gaming too seriously back then, but I remember it being on the smaller side, and I guess that stuck. When I started getting more serious, I switched to the Microsoft Intellimouse 3.0 and that was honestly my golden era. My aim felt crisp, clutch plays were regular, and I never thought much about the mouse—it just worked. After that, I fell back into the small mouse rabbit hole: SteelSeries Kinzu, Razer Diamondback, etc. I still held my own, but I noticed something: I sucked with the AWP. I just accepted it—"Guess I’m not an AWPer." Eventually landed on the EC2-A for a long stretch. Never quite regained that 1.6-era magic, but I chalked it up to aging, life, priorities shifting… all that stuff. I kept going with small mice anyway—FK2, MM710, MM720 (honestly loved that one for pure comfort), and most recently the MM712. From 2017 to now, I’ve been on and off with CS. I’ll grind for a few months, then disappear for a while. Recently jumped back in and found my MM712’s sensor acting up. I had a few backups lying around, including an old Glorious Model D wired—a mouse I never gave much time because it was big, and hey, I’m a “small mouse guy,” right? Wrong. I booted it up, played a few DMs, and… damn. My aim felt locked in. Tapping was on point. I had way more control than I ever did with smaller mice. That “floating” feeling from smaller shapes? Gone. Micro-adjustments that used to mess up my spray? Gone. This thing just plants itself in my hand like a brick, and suddenly I’m palm gripping again like it’s 2005. Even the AWP, which I’ve always struggled with, started clicking—literally. Shots are connecting more than ever. For years I told myself, “I’m just not an AWPer,” but maybe I just never had the right tool in my hand. It made me realize: I’ve been prioritizing what feels comfortable over what actually performs best for me. The EC2 probably should’ve been an EC1. Who knows, maybe I’d be lifting a trophy at Katowice by now /s. I’ve had my eye on the Vaxee E1, but it’s more in line with the EC2 size—and now I’m thinking I’ve been going too small for too long. Might be time to go full circle and pick up the EC1-DW instead. I’m finally starting to understand that bigger might just be better… at least for my hands and how I play. Has anyone else experienced this? TL;DR: Big-hand guy who loved small mice realized he was nerfing his own aim for years. Turns out comfort doesn’t always equal performance. RIP to all that lost ELO.

Really sad to not see a single Zowie :( Have been with Logitech my entire life and now I have the zowie FK2-C since 4 years and I’m not going back. Everything is absolutely perfect for me, the shape, the clicking, the sliding, the weight, the button layout and placement, the buttons resistance. It’s a complete home run. It’s the first time I have absolutely 0 comment on it, while with Logitech I always had a “ok this is perfect I just wished this or that element was slightly different” But mouse is also very subjective, so I’m not claiming Zowie is universally better than Logitech, it just is for me.

Let me write an interesting story. Cutting it short, but I bought a Logitech G Pro (wired one) at release and find myself with 3 of them. I gave one to my brother. Kept another one for later. After 4 years my first mouse died overnight. “Ok bad luck, let me take the other one I have). 6 months later, that second one now has also double clicking while I barely used it. And in between the one of my brother also stopped functioning… I have a very demanding job so I’m not gaming even that much, and still, I mostly play very slow paced games involving a relatively small number of clicks per minute. For most of that time, my brother was leaving abroad, so barely used the mouse… Isn’t that very strange? A bad batch? Planned obsolescence? Want something even more interesting? When I bought the G Pro I equally bought their mechanical keyboard with Romer G or whatever. It also died within that timeframe… So yeah…. Veeeeery curious… I ditched Logitech since then because 4 years lifespan for a 60€ mouse (3 of them actually with 2 barely used) and a 150€ (with discount) keyboard is unacceptable. Now rocking since 4 years a Cherry mechanical keyboard low profile caps and a Zowie mouse. To be seen how long they last but I’m anyway absolutely in love with the Zowie. Couldn’t be purchasing any other mouse to be frank. It’s just absolutely perfect for me.

i personally dont like the xm2we(which has the same shape as xm1r) but solely due to the shape, other than that it is a good mouse. depends on what kind of shape you want for your mouse. if you want a safe option, or a mouse with a shape that can accomodate for multiple gripstyles and handsizes, there are many g pro superlight clones that are bascially just as good, such as mchose a7 pro or incott g23 (there are many others). zowie also still sells their wired c-series mice too which are also great options. you could also find some good deals for used options. I personally use the deathadder v3 wired.

One of zowie fk series or za11

looks pretty flat, closer to a zowie fk shape no?

Yeah use a zowie I have an old wired fk2 I use at work for the same reason

FK2 is super low, I wouldn't recommend it for claw. S2 or U2 would give much more lower / middle palm support. I wasn't convinced by U2 as it locks you in a specific grip and it will be a hit or miss. EC2 would be perfect for palm grip and ok for relaxed claw, but something like a DAV3HS works much better for claw grip, which is because the clicks are lower and the hump is more in the middle of its length.

Tbf I had a Rival 3 Wireless that died randomly. But before that I had a Zowie (FK2-C maybe?) and the logitech has very similar build quality and weight balance

No Zowie on the FPS list is kinda crazy to me. Zowie is BenQs mouse brand, it’s a no frills very high quality mouse. No software no firmware updates, 4 DPI presets. They are consistently the best FPS mice I’ve owned. On the flip side, Logi G600 is hands down the best MMO mouse, it actually promotes me to be so lazy with keybinds I find myself using it in games other than MMOs. Protip: the older Logi Gaming Software works way better than the newer LGS for the G600.

Its not a bad mouse but not for me. Potato shape doesnt fit my hand. Rocking fk2cw right now because the shape is perfect for my hand. I had gpx, its okay. Issue was whej i had jump on scroll wheel sometimes when flicking and lifting the mouse up and bringing it down, the "slam" woukd make the scroll activate and jump. The only issue i had with it. Apart from the shape, its was a decent mouse.