Saitek 1600 DPI Gaming Mouse reviews

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2.6 out of 5 stars Based on 8 Customer Ratings

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"Why did i bother?"
2 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

Ok the thing about this mouse… is… it sucks… its good when it works. but when your playin a game like fable or counter strike it all of a sudden freezes and you cant do anything apart from die… it seriously seriously sucks…

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
"This mouse will get you killed!!"
2 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

It's really hard to play Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter when your shiny new Saitek mouse keeps hanging on you. You've snuck into the shadows, the reticule is poised tantalisingly close to your target, you fire – nothing happens – you can't move – the mouse is no longer talking to the pc – you're dead!

I'm really disappointed with this product – and the net seems to be filled with similarly disappointed reviews…

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
"Can't say I'm impressed"
3 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

I am left handed and although the casing of the mouse is designed for both left and right, the button setup is predominanlty right handed due to 2 buttons on the left which are designed for the R/H thumb and the long button on the right for the R/H small finger. It is difficult to operate the thumb button with the L/H small finger.

There is no Profile Save Feature and each time you play a game, you must deactvate the application, macro and netsearch buttons which are assigned to context sensitive functions or your game will CTD. These must be set to ‘normal function’ so you can configure them within your game.

In summary, I would reccomend this mouse to somone who uses a lot of applications on their desktop, but as a gaming mouse, I'm afraid it truly sucks.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
"Best dam mouse ever"
1 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

HOT very nice mouse great for gaming cant wait to try it on quake 4

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
"Excellent upgrade"
4 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape
  • nice, comfortable fit in the hand
  • good drivers & software, let's you disable and/or re-map all the buttons
  • 1600dpi mode is uber-sensitive!
  • the mouse flashes blue when moving rather than staying illuminated (kind of distracting at first)
  • the button on the right-hand side gets pressed sometimes by accident (be careful what you map that button to do!)

Overall a good upgrade from a standard optical mouse, one you get used to the sensitivity, feel and map the buttons to useful functions within your game it becomes a powerful tool :)