L**S
Nit-Noid Review: I Got a Steal for $8.99 :)
Yeah, yeah. It’s not the Logitech G Pro Wireless. And yeah, most mouse enthusiasts don’t give a *bleeeeep* about cheap mice, but if it looks like a good design, I do.The Basics:Medium-sized, 85g right-handed ergo mouse. Shape is very similar to the good old Intellimouse. Soft touch rubber on top, textured plastic sides. Two thumb button and a DPI button round out the usual suspects. The sensor goes up to 4800 DPI with preceding steps of 200,400,600,800,1000,1200,1600,2000,2400,3200 and 4000. Primary clicks are10M Huanos.Color options are blue, violet, green red, teal and yellow. Colors can be set to single static, single breathing and color cycle. Color zones are a ring around the bottom of the mouse, the “Gi” logo and the scroll wheel. The mouse was originally $25 on Amazon with a promising shape, but when a manufacturer doesn’t specify what sensor is on the mouse, there’s usually a reason. Now that the mouse is down to $8.99 on Amazon, I decided to try it out, mainly for the shape. Pleasant surprise ensued. Testing time prior to review was four days.The Good:-The general feel of the soft touch finish is good. On par with Nixeus Revel, just shy of the old Roccat Kone Pure.-Decent looks. The logo isn’t great, but it’s not bad either in my opinion. Also, the way the lighting strip curves under the mouse gives the impression that it is hovering on the mousepad better than any other mouse I’ve seen. It is also nice that they were able to keep the weight down instead of adding an additional 6-10 grams of transparent plastic for the sake of looks…(why TT Iris…why)-Good grip and control. Excellent ergo overall. Excellent for small/med palm and med-large fingertip. One of the best shapes out there for small-medium hand sizes that use fingertip but also want the option of going palm.-Lightweight at 85g, feels lighter than the G203 (same weight) because of better grip for lifting on the thumb side.-Side buttons have good feedback, are well placed.-Cable is a style I haven’t seen on a mouse before. Looks like a rubber cord coated in a plastic. The plastic stops the cord from being grabby but does not make the cable stiff either. Granted, it’s not nearly the best I’ve seen flex-wise, but after you work the shipping kinks out, what you’re left with is a moderately flexible cord that doesn’t catch on the mousepad, nice touch I haven’t seen before.-Middle clicking is on the easy side, no mallet required with good feedback.-The scroll wheel has light scroll resistance but enough tactile feedback to be adequate for FPS use, not as pronounced as I’d like. Overall though, good for browsing and ok gaming.-The scroll wheel seems to be angled to the right about 10 degrees. It is a subtle design move that isn’t easily noticed visually so it doesn’t look screwy. On the plus side, if you are someone who scrolls with their index finger, the scroll wheel is better aligned with your finger, giving you more control. Another nice touch I haven’t seen before.-Primary clicks are 10M-rated Huanos and they are excellent. Very nice tactile response with no pre/post travel, force required is light side of medium, slightly more the G403 but excellent, much like the excellent clicks on the TT Iris. Tensioned Logitech clicks are still my fav, but these are good.-The packaging was nice for the price and included a nice thank you note from a young company’s founder, a couple stickers, manual and an extra pair of mouse feet. Much appreciated and a little more than expected for the price point.The Middling:-Software is very basic but functional. If you download the driver, use Explorer - would not work with Firefox as browser.-Limited color options is getting more and more annoying as the era of “RGB standard” becomes the norm. However they are nice and it is a good look for the price.-The USB plug is lit. While it is nice to have some light behind the computer, it is also a problem. The light on the USB plug cycles through various colors and is not controlled via software, which is annoying. Plus, if you don’t cover it up with tape, the ambient light from behind your machine can clash with your rig’s color scheme. Sometimes the USB light wouldn’t illuminate at all, still haven’t figured out the rhyme or reason behind this.The Bad:-Mouse feet were scratchy out of the box. Scratchiness for lateral movement went away in about ten minutes of gameplay. Vertical movements (up-down on mousepad) never went away completely but didn’t stay bad enough to be noticed without specific attention being paid to it.-Scroll wheel rattles but not really noticeable in-game, have to shake it deliberately to notice, but still significant.-Sensor Spinout. The sensor spun out fairly easily playing Quake and stuttered at times playing CS:GO. For some reason it seemed to quickly recover in CS:GO and not in Quake. Spinout happened at low enough speeds that I suspected a 5050 sensor was used (30 IPS), but the finer point precision of the 5050 wasn’t there and the G300’s specs state a 60 IPS malfunction speed. I think this mouse is only viable in FPS for fingertip players using 1200+ DPI.-Precision is something that is notably lacking vs a 3366. I noticed it most in word docs, sometimes it would take just a little more effort to place the cursor in the middle of a word/paragraph when editing. Switching back to the G502 when word processing confirmed the 3366’s superiority. Accuracy was only marginally better than the A-9800 in my accuracy testing with a score of 80%. (For reference 3366 mice usually score in the 90-93% range on my accuracy test)-LOD and Sensor Placement: I did not open the mouse up for the review. Even though I almost never ruin mouse feet when taking a mouse apart and even though it came with an extra set, I don’t feel like messing with it because I can see using this mouse a lot on one of my rigs (maybe even work) in the future – I find it that comfy. Because I didn’t open it up I can’t say definitively what sensor is used. My guess is it uses a 3050, but unlike some over implementations of the 3050, LOD out of the box was around 2 DVDs, so that is acceptable in itself. However, the LOD is made worse by the fac the sensor is positioned toward the rear-third of the mouse. This means that on occasion the cursor jiggle of setting the mouse down can throw off your aim in some cases. This mouse was not at home in Quake. Yes, I eventually adjusted after a couple days, but LOD eats milliseconds you could spend doing other things.-Virtually no feedback on the DPI button and required moderate force to actuate. There is literally no click and nearly imperceptible movement. May be a defect, but not a huge negative if you rarely use this button.-Side buttons are easy to get to but feel a little on the cheap side due to having slight pretravel and a good deal of post travel. So long as you don’t mash the thumb buttons in you will have no issues.-No way I could discern to map generic keys to the mouse buttons in software. There is a macro option that you can use, but it'll take longer.-No on-board profiles. There are five that can be stored in software, but if you restart your computer the mouse would reset to its defaults until I opened and closed the driver software. That is moderately annoying but was not a huge deal for me personally since I usually only fully turn off my computer once or twice per week.The Conclusion:Possibly the best value for a mouse under $10 I’ve seen. The price drop from 25 to 9 bucks says “inventory liquidation” to me and I hope it isn’t an indication that Giyach is done. I definitely hope to see more products from this company in the future and I’m a fan of the little touches that came with this purchase. As it is, the G300 will get used more than the price tag implies because the shape and materials are so spot-on. That says a lot given the size of my mouse collection. It very much feels like an ergo (better) version of the Revel, and I am a fan of the Revel. I recently gave the Logitech G203 an 8.7 on the Nit-Noid scale. Even though the G203 is technically a far more capable mouse than the G300 and better quality overall, the G300 can get you through an FPS game without spinning out (at high DPI settings) and I much prefer the G300 for general use and casual gaming. In an era where $150 mice are a thing, it’s nice to know a $9 mouse can put a smile on your face.Nit-Noid Rating: 8.8Bang for the Buck: A
J**N
VERY comfortable mouse, with non-functional buttons!
Right off the bat, I was a little concerned that the mouse may not be up to my standards. I play in a high-ranking tier of Overwatch and play competitively in other FPSes such as PUBG and Fortnite; so, the functionality of my mouse is incredibly important.When I first hooked the mouse up, everything seemed fine. I found setting up the mouse to be a bit different than anything I'd experienced. Typically, you go into the mouse control panel and just click one of the buttons to change what it's bound to. This mouse requires you to record a keystroke in a special 'macros' area, if the key you want is not in their pre-defined list.That part wasnt even that complicated though, and with that aside, the shape of the mouse felt EXTREMELY comfortable in my hand. This was the feature I liked best about the mouse, and was the reason I was so dissapointed when I had to send it back. It really does have a nice fit and feels very smooth!Now for the final drawback that forced me to send it back. I had bound keys to the side buttons, but when you press them in sometimes they dont respond or there is a delay. The buttons also feel *incredibly* cheap and unnatural when pushed in. When I needed abilties to be cranked out quickly, this mouse just wouldnt perform.5/5 for comfort, but 1/5 for functionality due to the side buttons.
K**.
Great mouse but annoying feature. 😑
Very good mouse but the USB glows and changed colors it's super distracting and irritating. The mouse has very good customization options but the USB light can't be changed, not even turned off. The red glow is the only one I can tolerate, I actually like it, but it changes every 5 seconds.
C**G
... be turned off or customized but there is a pretty irritating light that comes from the usb insert that ...
The mouses' light can be turned off or customized but there is a pretty irritating light that comes from the usb insert that can not be turned off and changes color every few seconds. It's very distracting but can be fixed with some black tape. Other than that it is a smooth mouse and not too big which is good for smaller hands.
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