Saitek Cyborg R.A.T. 9 Gaming Mouse

[Mastershroom]

I don't think that's a thing...

[jhl1989]

One last question. Is it a mouse or a rat?

[reaversedge]

Originally Posted by jhl1989

One last question. Is it a mouse or a rat?

well modesty aside its still a 'mouse' which is a computer device in general terms . they just named it RAT because of the distinction of what flexibility and ergonomics they offered.

[runamonk]

I just purchased a rat 9, it came today. So far my overall thoughts are awesome. I couldn't be happier with it. So far no issues with skipping or stability. I have a G700 as well and while I do like it, it wasn't as comfortable as I would like (too small for my hand).

I would highly recommend the Rat series, so comfortable.

I just sent back the razer swtor mouse (essentially a naga epic). The hardware was great but the software is horrible; very unstable and most of the time wireless didn't work properly.

[Vogelbung]

I love people who comment on comfortable mice after 1 day of use

I also found the RAT7 great for the first few days (as I did the G9, the Imperator, etc). Then when I went seriously mousing for extended periods, the twinges started. So the adjustments began, until I (as I've said before) realised that the kind of adjustments on offer didn't actually address fundamental ergonomic issues.

[runamonk]

Originally Posted by Vogelbung

I love people who comment on comfortable mice after 1 day of use

When you use it for 10-12 hours a day, 1 days comfort can help determine quite a bit.

I love how people contribute nothing to a conversation other than smart comments.

[Vogelbung]

"smart" ≠ "experienced"

[runamonk]

lmao, touche` some how my comment was filtered. (;

[Voodooi]

After my G9X broke, I decided to get this mouse (RAT 3 version on sale). After using it for a week, I kind of miss my G9X. They feel nearly identical, but there's 1 major issue ...the scrolling wheel will not do several rotations if you slide it once really fast ...you have to slide ...and slide ...and slide, which is extremely annoying on the finger (especially in FL Studio when I'm digging through sound libraries).

Is the 5/7/9 the same in regards to the scrolling wheel? It was kind of difficult to justify 49$ (#3) vs 129$ (#9) since the #3 fits perfectly in my hand like the G9X has

[kent1146]

Originally Posted by runamonk

When you use it for 10-12 hours a day, 1 days comfort can help determine quite a bit.

Personally, I tend to give a little less credit to 1-day opinions. Most 1-day opinions I see are either:

* 6 OUT OF 5 STARS! ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!!1!!!11!11 This product could not get any better, even if it printed money!

or

* -10000000 out of 5 stars! Absolutely terrible! What a piece of garbage! The product is garbage, the company is garbage, the support is garbage. Even the packaging (which I threw in the garbage) is garbage for taking too much garbage space in my garbage can that the garbage man later picked up and took to the garbage dump.





If we were talking about a professional review journalist, then I could trust a 10-12 hour ownership experience to provide an objective and relatively unbiased review of a product. But for random internet opinions, I think that a 1-day ownership experience still has too much "happy" / "upset" emotion in it to be considered objective.


I, myself, owned a Cyborg RAT7 for about 1 month. At first I loved the comfort of the mouse due to the configurable shape, the "sniper" toggle button on the side, and the click-feel of the mouse buttons. I could not be happier after 24 hours of ownership.

But eventually, you start seeing the flaws of the product. The Philips Twin-Eye laser sensor does not tolerate imperfect mousing surfaces well, and has a Z-axis movement problem when you lift the mouse. The teflon feet are small, wearing them down faster. The adjustable weight system allows you to adjust weight, but not balance. The configuration software is rudimentary... you cannot adjust USB polling rate, and macro programming is unintuitive. These are things that you start seeing only after a few days or few weeks of use, if you are not a professional hardware review journalist that specfiically knows what to look for when reviewing hardware.