Good cheap mouse with many functions

Scope of supply:
Mouse, driver CD, spare Gleitpads

For exterior:
The design looks quite classy with metal applications and the general color scheme. Only the glossy area around the mouse wheel would have liked better matt (as the side surfaces). The build quality is surprisingly good for a price less than 25, only the already criticized area around the mouse wheel acts processed around a little less fine and the gap between the left metal application and the underlying side surface is a bit too large. However shakes and creaks nothing. The cable is fabric-coated and provided with 1.8 m long enough and with kink protection. The USB connector is gold plated but not as in some models is already the case. I still had no contact problems. The central surface that covers the main keys is slightly grainy textured and feels slightly rubberized. The side surfaces are smooth (which favored a purification) and on the left (thumb) side with small holes provided (which is a bit more difficult cleaning again :-)). For the thumb there is a small depression around the mouse to have a good grip. The side buttons are, at least for me, easily accessible. The wheel has surprised me the most. I had lots of mice that were either undifferentiated and spongy or too sensitive or too loud. Also, the thickness of the flywheel G500 struck me as rather disappointing. The wheel of the F3 is well screened, provided with a rubber ring for sufficient grip and fairly quiet, as long as you do not overdo it. However, it can not tilt to the left and so the right is just a 2D Wheel. But there is a 4D emulation, more on that later. A small optical gimmick / feature is the profile selection button. This lights up depending on the active profile in light green, dark green, red or not or slowly flashing red / green. So you know always which profile is currently active. The underside is simply provided with nameplate and 5 Gleitpads.

Ergonomics, wear:
I have already described the form. The mouse itself is rather small and therefore more suitable for Claw / fingertip grip. Thanks to the front not framed mouse buttons, it can also be well served with applied hand. The mouse combines very comfortable on, depending on hand position. Additional weights does not exist. The mouse is easy with ca 98g pleasant. Who wants to can like me from 18g also remove the internal built-weight yet to come to 80g. For this purpose, only the 2 top Gleitpads be solved, hide the other screws. The pressure points are accurately and the main keys have no game before clicking. Only the side buttons are mounted slightly soft and have a longer "Klickweg". But this never was a problem. The hiss additional button mouse wheel and LMT can also be in the game operating reach, however, is relatively small and needs a little more power than the LMT and RMT. The Profile selector sits relatively far back but can still be achieved by the index finger. Because of the simple plastic sides should there not come to Abnutzungserscheinugnen as it may be the case with other gummed or otherwise machined surfaces. On the left mouse button can be after about 3 months of intensive use, wear the leciht grained structure guess at most. The labels still look like the first day.

Software:
The software is a double-edged sword. On one hand, very extensive with many great features that I have not seen with any other mouse (which I still do not Roccat or other 40+ mice have tested except the G500). On the other hand, lacks many comfort features you need and a few workarounds to save new macros and even the program itself with the Create Shortcut to start!
Let's stay on the one side: P It can be mentioned as create 5 profiles and store them in the mouse (onboard memory). Thus, the mouse can be used anywhere without software. The profiles can be fitted with different sensitivity, sample rate and Keys! Also I have never seen before. Example: Profile 1 125Hz 600 DPIs rapid fire on macro modifier key. Profile 2 1000Hz 2000DPI Shift + LMB on macro key (eg for Diablo 3). Profile 3 500Hz 200DPI for graphics or anything. etc.
Of course, the profiles can be individually named in the software that are described and stored.
At the Macro Editor:
This is the major software started if you want to create a macro. It can relative and absolute mouse movements delays and much to adjust and set more. Relative mouse movement can be used, for example, to compensate for the recoil of a weapon in an FPS. When activating the macro, the Programmed is placed so the actual current mouse movement. One can thus also set a 180 degree rotation, or the like. But such stories require a lot of precision work because the values ​​for the mouse movement, depending on DPI, image resolution and in-game sensitivity, first have to be determined. All in all, the editor and the great-profile opportunities represent tremendous value.

Leaving aside the software in the tray you get active in profile switching a message with the then active profile name, which unfortunately minimized even my fullscreen application. In office operation this should not disturb you, but for games or other fullscreen applications should disable the software for configuration calm and take out also from the startup. Thanks to the onboard memory is also no longer necessary.

There is also a 4D scroll wheel function. Then, move the mouse to the right monitor third Scrolls the wheel horizontally otherwise as usual vertically. It works perfectly and is certainly of interest to some, but as I never actually need a 4D Wheel I have turned it off.

Practice:
There were at the beginning of my Stoffpad still slight scratching noises because of the (sometimes a bit sharp) Gleitpads. But this disappeared after a short time. The mouse slides on the Sharkoon Stoffpad, which I use, excellent. Thanks to the reduced weight of the static friction coefficient is very low. Very low and the necessary lift-off is to put distance to the mouse. After an estimated 2-3mm above the surface of the cursor no longer moves. This also takes virtually no "lift or drop-Moving" instead (as I'll call it). So no unwanted movement when raising or lowering the mouse as it Off with longer lift distance is the case with mice.
The maximum resolution of 3000 dpi can I find more than adequate (using mostly 2000). As you can work properly on 4000 or more to me is a mystery anyway. I understand up to the above shortcomings of the software no negative criticism. I am extremely pleased with the Asia-mice :)

All in all, I regret not buying at all.

Rating
Design: So non-nausea-producing 5 points (a matter of taste, I like it)
Processing 4 points
Ergonomics: 5 points
Software: 4 points (+5 scope and function; -1 for the workarounds;
Practice: 5 points
Price: 5 points (bought early May 2012. just under 24)

Rating 4.7 / 5

Conclusion:
It does not have the over-ProGamer mouse for 60 and more, the letzenendes but coming back "only" from China. As you might as well buy from Chinese manufacturers.
Tantrums, natural disasters, dementia and theft are to get over well with this mouse and its purpose it fulfills all. And the longer quite as bad.