Zelotes Vertical Gaming Mouse, 10000DPI Ergonomic, LED Optical USB Wired, Black

It's finally over. After SO MUCH time, money, and effort spent on finding a mouse that does these things:- Vertical or Ergonomic (including track balls)- Gaming grade sensor with high polling rate (this one can be set to 125, 250, 500 or 1000).- Comfortable for small hands but maybe longer fingers?You name it I've tried it. Logitech Lift, GameBall, iClever "horseshoe", deluxe Seeker, Kensington Expert, etc. etc. All manner and varieties of ergonomic mice and trackballs. And lo and behold it's the $30 Amazon mouse that finally does it, unbelievable.This mouse feels really similar to a Logitech Lift in shape, with a key difference being the height difference. The zelotes mouse is slightly taller than the Logitech Lift, so in optimal use it elevates my hand off the mouse pad *just* enough. With the Lift I would constantly have my hand resting on the mouse pad which results in discomfort after long sessions of work or gaming due to friction.The polling rate is the real deal and verified through DeviceTests. The buttons are nice and clicky, with the switches not requiring too much actuating force (looking at you GameBall). A lot of ergonomic and vertical mice are sporting silent click buttons, which are perfectly fine but feel a bit mushy to me. I prefer a nice snappy click of the mouse.The feel of the mouse material is matte plastic, so if that is not your jam definitely avoid this one. Also, the side buttons (assigned by default to back and forward) are a bit out of reach for my thumb. Forward is easy to hit, back not so much.I also find the joystick to be lackluster if you are attempting to use it for movement. It's small, reminds me of the joystick from a Nintendo 3DS maybe. HOWEVER, you can rebind the joystick to whatever keys, macros or clicks you want. It's so much better to do this and rebind the buttons to emergency cooldown assignments in your game. You could also be really cool and rebind the joystick to your favorite four-letter word, one direction for each letter...then when you need to spam that word you just circle the joystick! The possibilities are endless.Hey here's a possibility, if you can't reach back button just assign it to a direction on the joystick or do what I've done and make it the default joystick click.Another negative here is that it would also be nice if this mouse were wireless, but at the end of the day I just need to work and need to be pain free. Maybe next iteration.Can't believe this ended up winning, but it's the truth. Everyone is different as far as hand shapes, sizes, and biomechanics, but just know that for one person out there this mouse is absolutely perfect. It could be you too?Edit: Two months into using this mouse and we're still going. There are a couple of negative issues with the mouse that have popped up since purchase, but I have fixed with a couple of tweaks.1. The weight of the mouse is pretty heavy for first person shooters and low dpi gaming. What you'll want to do is peel back or remove the mouse skates completely, unscrew the little screws that are then revealed, and wedge open the bottom of the mouse from the top encasing. There is a metal weight near the palm side of the mouse that is glued into a plastic casing. With enough wiggling and prying this weight can be removed. Doing so will bring the mouse down to a usable 100g weight.2. With those stock mouse skates removed, put on any aftermarket mouse skates you prefer. The mouse skates the device comes with are really lackluster, and it makes a world of difference to replace them. This thing feels like a completely new mouse.So with modification this mouse only has a few drawbacks remaining:1. The forward button is unreachable for small hands.2. The joystick is more of a novelty than functional. (I just don't need it.)3. The software isn't the greatest, but allows for customizable poll rate, dpi, and lighting. It does the job and that's really all I personally need.

I've been using computer mice on a very regular basis for the last 30 years. My right hand wrist doesn't like it much anymore. A relative had one of the fancy Logitech (Logi) vertical mice and kept telling me how great it was. I wasn't into dropping $100 on a mouse, and this had fairly good reviews, so I bit.After a few weeks, the wrist pain is gone. That alone is worth the price.Led control in the software available on the company's website does not work. That's not a deal breaker for me, it may be for you. Other than that, it works well. The joystick isn't really a joystick, it's four assignable buttons, one for each direction. That feature works well., and the joystick is positioned well to use.For desktop use and general UI navigation, the mouse works quite well. I have what I'd call a medium sized hand, and I do wish the mouse was ever so slightly wider and taller, but the comfort level is good for me and the build quality is what I'd call mid-to-good.I don't have any trouble in the strategy games I play, nor the few faster paced games like Doom Eternal or Mirror's Edge Catalyst, so in my view it's an 'okay' gaming mouse. Occasionally I do competitive games with friends, and for that I re-connect the Roccat, as for me this mouse just isn't well for suited things that need both speed and precision.Overall it's worth for the strain relief on your wrist, and it's got me thinking about trying out some of the pricier more expensive units in the future.

En lo personal es un poco incómodo para utilizar el 🕹️, quitando eso es práctico

Brought the mouse because of the joystick but even though it can move freely, it cannot preform a diagonal movement. It’s only up, down, left and right instead of being able to do up left or down right. Defeats the purpose of the joystick. Would have been better off with keys instead

Meine vorherige Maus war von Razer - lag perfekt in der Hand und Software top konfigurierbar, dabei voll funktional. Leider zwangen mich Sehnenschmerzen zum Wechsel, sonst hatte ich keinerlei Grund... diese Maus von Zelotes brachte zwar Abhilfe bezüglich der Schmerzen, allerdings unter deutlichen Einbußen der technischen Ergonomie.Die "durchwachsenen" Pros:- liegt gut in der Hand, lässt sich auch zum Anheben beim Umsetzen einigermaßen greifen (man rutscht schon etwas auf der satinierten Oberfläche, muss etwas fester zupacken oder schnell sein), nicht zu klobig.- entspannt merklich die Hand und den Unterarm, ich kann viel ausdauernder arbeiten oder zocken. Allerdings bleibt durch einen nur 80% korrekten Winkel dennoch Restspannung erhalten. Der Vergleich mit einer Vertikalmaus von DELUX brachte das deutlich zutage.- es gibt zwei konfigurierbare Profile, so dass man die Desktop-Einstellung und zusätzlich die und die eines (!) Spiels einspeichern kann. Die Profile sollten auch automatisch mit einer .exe-Datei verknüpft wechseln, bei meinem Test funktionierte das allerdings nur ins Spiel hinein, zurück jedoch nur dann "automatisch", wenn ich wieder das Config-Panel aufrufe.- hat viele konfigurierbare Knöpfe, hier fehlt es an nichts. Der Joystick ist zwar nett, man hat aber darauf mangels Gummierung keinen Grip und zumindest ich benutze ihn nicht wirklich.- die 5 DPI-Stufen sind konfigurierbar und die aktuelle Einstellung wird über eine beleuchtete Balkenanzeige dargestellt.- exakte Übersetzung der Mausbewegungen in die Bewegung des Zeigers, hier ist alles, wie es soll.Cons:- die Maus stinkt nach dem Auspacken tagelang und die Hand stinkt dann auch. Will nicht wissen, was man alles über die Haut aufnimmt. Man sollte sie vor benutzung wohl einige Tage an der frischen Luft lagern.- gleitet zumindest auf einem Stoffmauspad nur mäßig.- die Daumentasten sind schlecht positioniert, so dass nur die hintere wirklich benutzbar ist. Ich habe zwar schlanke, aber keine sonderlich kleinen Hände.- die Software ist dermaßen schlecht übersetzt, dass man die einzelnen Punkte zum Verständnis im Geist erst nachübersetzen muss (Entschließungsschleife, Waffenkammer, schließen Sie die N-Taste, zugehörige Verfahren, ...)- Das Licht ist nur rudimentär konfigurierbar. Man kann aus nur 7 Standardfarben wählen, immer nur eine gleichzeitig und die verschiedenen Helligkeiten sind überflüssig, weil alles außer der niedrigsten Einstellung blendet.Mein Fazit: netter Ansatz und besser als nichts. Eine hochwertige und gut nutzbare Vertikalmaus für Gamer muss wohl noch erfunden werden - Beleuchtung allein reicht da nicht.