Alot of companies are venturing into gaming peripherals as e-sports is getting popular after these years. Brands like gigabyte also tends to make gaming mice..now CM too.. later maybe Kingston,Mushkin,Palit also make haha.

OEM is so easy nowadays, (go and look for 1 mouse factory in China, choose your favourite design and tell them put your company logo on the mouse will do) but is the quality and performance really there ? Compare to those existing big brands with their own R & D and manufacturer plant..... still a big differences definately

Guys...any opinions on the Sharkoon Fireglider besides the fact it is identical to the A4tech's? Friend of mine bringing in the Fireglider for sale soon...

I wonder if there is any nice mouse which its rubber coating would not deteriorate too fast. MX518's rubber coating seem to peel off within 1 year of usage, so does Microsoft Intellimouse.

you will be surprised how fast G9's Wide Load Grip skin peels off.... what a bummer

what about A4tech ?
Do thay have good gamming mice in the market ? i have seen many X7 gamming mouse but it seems not much ppl use it ...i have tought of buying one after my ss ikari been stolen in SS2 inc cafa aizz

That is the problem. Mouse grip deteriorates way before the mouse itself deteriorate.

The best mouse in the world that no one can beat is the tracking ball mouse I still have it and yes! It works after so many years. You can use for gaming and normal use with no problems at all.

Got 1 of that ball mouse too. But the port is older than p/s2

You must have meant serial mouse.

Yea. And it's untouch since my bro came back from UK 6-7 years ago.

A4tech lose in branding and packaging
used to be one of the famous brand b4 logitech appears

Even Rm200 DA also peel off after a year. Sigh my DA looks so ugly now. I am planning to scrap all the rubber and repaint it.

i have personally tested fireglider. i would say its a nice and smooth mouse. its light in weight but one thing about the back of the mouse where the weight is put, the cover gets stuck every time i try to open it. i guess after a while it will get loose. the fire touching is awesome. i personally like it better than a4tech's one which looks like a snake skin.

about response time, i didnt really test it on any games. for normal usage i would say it is really good and the best part is the price. for a 3600dpi mouse, the price is indeed very cheap. plus its dpi can be reduce until 600dpi which alot of mouse cant do that low. although i dont know why people need such low dpi. but at least it gives more option to choose from.

overall if you have a low budget for a gaming mouse, fireglider is the way to go

i heard someone talking about fireglider..so here we are, some pictures of it..

for me, the ergonomics shape of the fireglider just fitted nice to my fingers and palm..although, it's a lil heavy and your wrist might get tired when you use it for the first time, you'll get used to it very fast..

the weight is doing fine with me currently with all the balls fitted in..as mentioned by ham_revilo, it's kinda troublesome if you wanna remove the weight from it. A small tiny pin will do the trick. However, it's advisable to be careful as it might scrathes the surface..At first i thought my mouse was the one having this problem of removing the back cover, however, after i tested another one, i found that it's the same..The only disadvantage i found so far is just the cover. Others are working fine with me..

my favourite part of this mouse is the rubberised area on the left hand side..it makes your thumb very comfortable when it's attached to. however, for the left click and right click area, i found that the surface gets dirty easily..eventhough, i wash my hands before touching it, the dirt will still be there after i finish using it.. all you have to do is to clean it up everytime you see the dirt

furthermore, i still cannot get used to the larger macro button on the left hand side of the mouse. i found it kinda hard for me to press that button with my thumb when i'm maneuvering my mouse maybe it will take some time to get adapted to it..

i dunno much about A4Tech, but for me this a money worthable mouse to be owned in terms of its dpi and if i'm not mistaken, it's a product from Germany..so if you wish to have an affordable laser gaming mouse with a high dpi, this mouse is one you have to go to..

yeah, its a german brand product made in china

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Aug 13 2009, 07:59 AM

the fireglider looks identical to the a4tech ...

How much is fireglider? I have not seen it around anywhere.

because it is made by a4tech

it is around £24 including VAT. im not quite sure if they have it in Malaysia


or is it same OEM factory