Microsoft SideWinder Gaming Mouse
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: Sturdy, solid software, for big hands, a winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have pretty big hands, and the Logitech mice have always been great for me in most respects, except that I *never* used the DPI switching on the fly. I would like to remap those keys to a 'cruise up' and 'cruise down', which worked really well.
The problem is, that occasionally the mouse would 'reset' itself to a lower DPI, and I'd be mid-game trying to get it back. I'd have to go map the key to "increase sensitivity", then go back into the game and play again. It was truly annoying, and it is the single reason I won't buy another Logitech mouse.
I saw Microsoft's Sidewinder mouse and I took a chance on it -- it looked reasonable, and being the owner of several Microsoft Keyboards over the years, I don't have any problem with their hardware quality. This mouse is no exception.
The plastic may seem flimsy, but feeling the scroll wheel tells you the internals of it are reasonably well made. It has solid mouse buttons and they are comfortable for a larger hand like mine (it's not a HUGE hand, but big). The macro keys are something I rarely use because if you play competitively, you have to take out the 'cheats' in games. But all in all, it's a really great mouse.
The SOFTWARE. It's great. The scroll wheel (if you use it in applications rather than games) can increase scrolling speed the faster you scroll with the software. It's quite brilliant. The detents in the scroll make it exceptionally good for gaming, as you know if you switch weapons easily -- you feel it in the wheel. My hand has never accidentally hit the DPI switch -- not once. And if your hand does, it's a quick switch back and you can view the LCD to tell you exactly what you're sitting at as well.
All in all, if you're tired of Logitech's poor software and key remapping, you have large hands, and you want a good gaming mouse -- this is the one for you. Again, I never switch DPI on ANY mouse I've ever owned (and I've owned a lot) so if you play like that... you'll find the Sidewinder a welcome choice.
By the way, the Sidewinder X5 is not worth it -- this mouse has more features and seems better to me, so save your $30 or whatever and buy this mouse. Amazon shipping and support never fails me.
Customer Review: Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse for the Mases
Summary: 5 Stars
The mouse does everything as promised per Microsoft's specifications.
1. Being a laser mouse, Not optical, It will scan on just about any surface I place it on, except glass, Yes I have 2nd PC on a glass desktop.
2. It is highly accurate and has shift on the fly DPI settings (400, 800, 2000) great for a 1st person shooter game. If you don't like the presets, it's customizable as well.
3. Teflon feet makes it move extra smooth, and as an added bonus you get two more sets of feet for desired surface tension and you can remove the feet by hand (No tools needed).
4. Weights, you can adjust how heavy the mouse is by adding weights up to 30grams, Example if you like a good solid feel to the mouse, add some weights to it, or if you want to move the mouse with very little effort then remove all the weights.
5. 7 buttons, (1,2)Top Left & Right buttons; (3)Click center scroll (metal) wheel; (4)DPI select (3 small buttons); (5,6)Two back space buttons (programmable via another button) on the left side of the mouse, these are placed in a vertical position which makes it easier for you to maneuver your thumb; (7)Programmable Menu button.
6. The accessories (weights & mouse feet) come in a small case which clips to the mouse cord and keeps it steady or out of your way.
Okay a couple of cons,
1.The center scroll wheel is made out of metal and has serrations in the center, But is is slippery (No rubber coating) and takes time to get used to and, it's not a tilt wheel (Use the thumbs buttons instead.
2. Being a gamer mouse, you may not wan't all those DPI settings or adding weights, or don't add the weights and leave the DPI settings alone.
3. It's a corded mouse.
4. Retail price is about $75.00,
shop around (I got mine for less then $40 on Amazon).
Conclusion,
This is good full featured mouse, the plastic housing has a matte finish to it, cool red glowing lights on the bottom, illuminated display's on top. If you want a mouse with all the bells & whistles than this is for you.
Customer Review: A Keeper
Summary: 5 Stars
This mouse is not perfect but I would have given it a 4.5 so I upgraded it to a 5.
For my large hands this mouse feels just right. It moves well on my nylon mat that I use for a pad and I have tried it on a hardwood desktop with good results. The mouse has very good yaw and pitch movement and it is easy to adjust dpi setting on the fly.
It has a quick turn feature that works very well in first person shooters. you assign one of the buttons for quick turn around and as your playing if you want to check who's behind you click the button and you turn 180 degree's. If you need to change your direction fast because you can see your out numbered ahead it comes in mighty handy.
The top buttons have a good responsive click to them and I had no problem with learning the over and under side buttons, which I perfer over my old Logitec MX518 foward and aft configuration.
The weight of this mouse without adding extra weights feels about the same as the MX518. I choose to add 5 grams of weight to it and perfer it that way.
The mouse wheel has a micro feeling touch and a little too light for my taste, but I got use to it fairly quickly. The one feature I think would have made this a great mouse would to have put side push switching on the wheel for adjusting look around corners.
I think this mouse is well constructed and will hold up for a long while.
If you running windows/vista than it has two other buttons that bring up the game file and macro changing, useful but not really must have feature.
All in all a confident and very good gaming mouse.
Customer Review: Great mouse, especially for bigger then average hands!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this mouse at a great price from Amazon and I am loving it. It fits perfectly in my bigger then average hand. For people with bigger hands, finding the right mouse can be a pain. I saw some recommendations for this mouse for people with bigger hands and I am glad I listened. The weight system allows you to customize the weight of the mouse for your own liking. The DPI adjustments do the same. The macro function works decent enough. You can set up 3 different defaults for DPI and can switch between them with 1 button. You can also customize each button through the use of the included Intellipoint software. A huge plus to me is the vertical thumb buttons. They work great and are much better then horizontal because you do not need to move your hand upwards to hit the front thumb button like most mice. The vertical buttons allow you to hit both buttons without moving your hand at all which is great.
I also like the fact that the mouse came with 3 different mouse feet, each have a different feel to them and you can choose the one you like. Also, if the feet wear down you will have 2 extras so that is nice. This is a USB wired mouse and it comes with a "cable anchor" which houses all the extra mouse feet and weights. You can put your mouse wire into the box so you don't have a cord all over your desk. This is a big plus for gamers and I really enjoy the cable anchor. I highly recommend this mouse and it is a decent gaming mouse. I use the white mouse feet with 30g of weights. I give this mouse 5 stars.
Customer Review: Love love love this mouse
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, I absolutely love this mouse. I have large hands and I searched for quite awhile trying to find a mouse large enough (and heavy enough) for me and this one was the one I finally settled on. I have been using this mouse for over a year now and I love it.
It has plenty of buttons on it to program to do whatever. I tend to only use the main 3 and the 2 near the thumb personally, but there are more if you want them. I also love the weight case for two reasons. The first is that you can make the mouse heavier (I have it as heavy as it can go) and you can also use the case to hold the mouse cable in place. Gone are the days of me tugging on the mouse because most of the cord fell behind the desk.
Being able to switch the dpi/senstivity on the fly using the 3 buttons on top (I left them on the presets of 400, 800, and 2000) is really nice. I don't flip back and forth much within any game, but there are certain games where I just want the sensitivity to be much lower or higher and for those games I can just click the button. I could also adjust these settings within each game, but this just saves me the trouble.
Really the only downside is that, like any laser mouse, if it gets a hair or something in front of the laser you have to brush it off to get the mouse to work right again. I honestly only have to do it once or twice every few months though so it's not really a big deal.
Great mouse - if you have large hands this is one is for you!