Been using The Zowie MiCO for a week and my final verdict is that it's horrible.
Clicks - Personal preference obviously, but the amount of force needed to activate is huge! Especially for fingertip grip (my fingers are already straining for precision), clicking these switches is hard work. This actually drove me mad by the end of the 1st day. I de-soldered them and switched them for Omron clickers. Wheel click is okay, no stiffer than most mice.
Scroll wheel - Responds well enough, however the tactile feel from the notches is barely noticeable. This might annoy people who use the wheel for gaming. Also I found scrolling upwards would sometimes cause the tip of my index finger to clip the inside right mouse button. Its only noticeable because the plastic has a sharp edge, a little filing solves this.
Shape - Good! The only thing this mouse has going for it.
Lift off Distance - Minimal, excellent!
Jitter - Fine at 400 and 800, noticeable at 1600
Glides - Pretty poor. The 4 tiny dot glides will cause the mouse to sink into cloth mats. Horrid.
Swiping the mouse left or right (usually when picking up) causes the sides to scrape against the mat surface. Placing additional longer glides on both sides would have been an ideal. I've now replaced the default glides with larger curved ones.
Weighting - There's something about it that doesn't quite feel right (to me). I'm not sure if its the location of the weight or just the balance from picking up the mouse.. but the heavy bolt got removed by the end of the 3rd day.
I guess I could have glued some coins and pennies to the inside of the mouse for a more even spread of weight - but I wasn't prepared to spend any more on this mouse (ha)
Sensor - What the hell. How is this mouse even on the market. On several occasions I've actually launched the wrong game or application because of the sensor jumping at random!!
You'll really notice the jumping in Windows, especially when aiming at 'minimize' or [OK] dialog buttons - you'll accidentally hit the 'close' or [Cancel] button. Infuriating.
And when you feel it the hop in game.. you'll be forever paranoid that the mouse actually hates you.
Just based on the fact that the mouse aims at random where-ever and whenever it wants means that the Zowie MiCO performs worse than a budget bluetooth supermarket mouse.
I'm ashamed I paid £30 for this. Even the extra £5 spent on Omron switches and Teflon glides couldn't save this mouse.
Talk about a bad first impression. Honestly, I'm not likely to ever buy a Zowie product again. Sorry Zowie :l
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In other news, one of my Razer Salmosa SE mice finally arrived!
Size comparison:
It's a tiiiny bit too fast (which was my experience when using the regular edition but that had drivers to compensate).
I wish I could knock the sensitivity down a notch or two, but the Salmosa SE is driverless.
I've tried using different mats (such as cloth to build up friction) but this causes the LOD to increase dramatically.
This is only an issue for general OS use though.
Aside from that, and even with the angle snapping, I've fallen in love with it
Clicks - Personal preference obviously, but the amount of force needed to activate is huge! Especially for fingertip grip (my fingers are already straining for precision), clicking these switches is hard work. This actually drove me mad by the end of the 1st day. I de-soldered them and switched them for Omron clickers. Wheel click is okay, no stiffer than most mice.
Scroll wheel - Responds well enough, however the tactile feel from the notches is barely noticeable. This might annoy people who use the wheel for gaming. Also I found scrolling upwards would sometimes cause the tip of my index finger to clip the inside right mouse button. Its only noticeable because the plastic has a sharp edge, a little filing solves this.
Shape - Good! The only thing this mouse has going for it.
Lift off Distance - Minimal, excellent!
Jitter - Fine at 400 and 800, noticeable at 1600
Glides - Pretty poor. The 4 tiny dot glides will cause the mouse to sink into cloth mats. Horrid.
Swiping the mouse left or right (usually when picking up) causes the sides to scrape against the mat surface. Placing additional longer glides on both sides would have been an ideal. I've now replaced the default glides with larger curved ones.
Weighting - There's something about it that doesn't quite feel right (to me). I'm not sure if its the location of the weight or just the balance from picking up the mouse.. but the heavy bolt got removed by the end of the 3rd day.
I guess I could have glued some coins and pennies to the inside of the mouse for a more even spread of weight - but I wasn't prepared to spend any more on this mouse (ha)
Sensor - What the hell. How is this mouse even on the market. On several occasions I've actually launched the wrong game or application because of the sensor jumping at random!!
You'll really notice the jumping in Windows, especially when aiming at 'minimize' or [OK] dialog buttons - you'll accidentally hit the 'close' or [Cancel] button. Infuriating.
And when you feel it the hop in game.. you'll be forever paranoid that the mouse actually hates you.
Just based on the fact that the mouse aims at random where-ever and whenever it wants means that the Zowie MiCO performs worse than a budget bluetooth supermarket mouse.
I'm ashamed I paid £30 for this. Even the extra £5 spent on Omron switches and Teflon glides couldn't save this mouse.
Talk about a bad first impression. Honestly, I'm not likely to ever buy a Zowie product again. Sorry Zowie :l
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In other news, one of my Razer Salmosa SE mice finally arrived!
Size comparison:
It's a tiiiny bit too fast (which was my experience when using the regular edition but that had drivers to compensate).
I wish I could knock the sensitivity down a notch or two, but the Salmosa SE is driverless.
I've tried using different mats (such as cloth to build up friction) but this causes the LOD to increase dramatically.
This is only an issue for general OS use though.
Aside from that, and even with the angle snapping, I've fallen in love with it
In my tests, it has low LOD on SS 4HD and Steelpad 5L (below 3mm)
