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 Great laser mouse, but a bit overpriced January 21, 2007
P. Mason (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this laser mouse. I bought this mouse for my notebook computer, and it replaces my Targus Optical Notebook mouse with the fancy blue light. I have not used this mouse for gaming, so I cannot comment in that area. I use this mouse simply for heavy computer use and I wanted more accurate and faster tracking and this mouse does the trick. But, I feel this mouse is the same in quality and usage, for a basic heavy computer user like me, to the Kensington Laser Corded si300 Mouse (around $25 as of 1/20/07), which costs less than half the price of the Fatal1ty 2020 Laser Mouse (around $60 as of 01/20/07). I have the Kensington si300 Laser corded Mouse on my desktop computer and it works great also.
Not a bad mouse by any means January 3, 2007
Sean Mccarthy (PA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
WR, Sorry but I dont think you've used this mouse. It is not made of a cheap plastic. The sides of the mouse are rubberized for a better grip and the mouse buttons also are rubberized and feels very sturdy when gripped. While the cord for the earlier 1010 mouse was short, this cord is double in length at over 6 feet. The 1010 mouse had reported USB polling rate problems which are all fixed with this mouse. The software included with this mouse allows for changing the polling rate to 1000 hz. The software, which seemed to be the only really big problem with the 1010 is much improved. And yes, it does resemble the Wingman, but certainly that is not a bad thing as that mouse itself is legendary. I would definatly reccomend this mouse, it holds its own against many other gaming mice such as those by logitech and razer and is cheaper than most.
 Pretty good mouse, but click resistance too high for my tastes. June 30, 2007
James (Michigan, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fits my hand nicely, with my pointer, middle and ring fingers each on a button, and each in a nice, curvy indent. There's a ring-finger click, too, which I've never seen on a mouse before, but it's comfortable. It defaults as a forward button.
This mouse is meant to be gripped by the pinky and thumb, with your wrist resting on the pad. Larger mice, like my Logitech MX518, require you to use your whole arm to move. Before logitech, all mice were nice and compact, and fit my hands nicely. Logitech's making it hard to find a mouse with nice ergonomics functionality anymore.
One user mentioned he kept accidentally clicking the resolution button while using the scroll wheel. I'd just like to respond: Maybe you have an early build, because I find it difficult to even press the button! I actually have to use a little forearm muscle to press that button.
Speaking of button action, the middle mouse click feels (and sounds) good. The left, right and far-right, and back button clicks, however, require a bit more pressure to click compared to other mice. This hurts my accuracy drawing with Photoshop, as I am missing late and release late, drawing multiple brush strokes. I'm finding it hard to get used to it. Also, since I have to press down harder, it adds a tiny bit more friction to the fluidity on the mousepad, which hurts accuracy more. This is my main reason I'm not satisfied with the mouse.
The scroll wheel's noise level, on a scale of 1-10, (1=worst - 10=best) gets two different ratings - scrolling down gets a 8/10, while scrolling up gets a 6. This seems to be a common trend in other mice as well, with up being louder.
The red circle on the top of the mouse is an interchangeable weight. I've found that the weight rattles around loosely when scribbling in Photoshop, but I guess it's not too big a deal, and it doesn't move at all if you have your middle finger resting on top- however, this mouse wasn't meant to be held like that though- it's meant to be held in a relaxed claw-like position, not with your palm resting on top.
As far as form factor, it's a nice shape with contours for all my fingertips. It's a comfortable mouse sitting still. There IS a seam in the plastic where my pinky grips, though. I find myself re-positioning my hand for whatever's slightly more appropriate in some scenarios, so sometimes the seam is out of reach.
The mouse has a high CPI, which is nice for some people, I guess, but it's overkill, in my eyes, to have sensitivity so fast. I'm never going to use anything higher than a normal mouse. I like to have a slower mouse speed for fine lookspeed, precision Photoshopping, and accurate desktop pointer use. I have it set at 2400, with my WinXP mouse settings slide down to the 3rd notch. I guess having more reports per inch is better, but I have to counter it by lowering the speed. I'm not sure if that defeats the purpose or not, but my understanding is that it still reports 2400 points per inch that way, but moves the pointer slower.
For what it's worth, the $[...] rebate listed on Amazon points to a .pdf for a $[..] rebate on a keyboard- I emailed Amazon, and they told me it was MY responsibility to contact the other people. Meh.
This mouse isn't worth keeping for $[...], and it sure isn't worth keeping for $[...]. The click pressure simply throws my accuracy off too much. Give it a try, though, because we're all different. ;)
 Has small flaws, but a good mouse nonetheless December 13, 2007
B. Hsiung (Michigan, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To start off, I would say I got lucky when I ordered my Fatal1ty laser mouse. I've read many reports of this mouse not working after a month or so, with a double clicking issue. I am happy to say I did not get these problems.
Te design of this mouse is very different than other mice, especially logitech mice, which are held by your whole hand. This mouse is held by the "claw," which basically means you hold it with your fingers, and your wrist can rest on the table. Personally, I prefer slightly smaller mice to the giant logetech ones.
The laser tracking on this mouse is extremely smooth and accurate. The polling rates, as you may or may not have read, are 1000hz (which means that it refreshes its signal 1000 times a second). The dpi at max is 2400, also helping out the smooth and accurate motion.
The mouse buttons require a bit more effort to press than I would like, but it's not something that I'd worry about. It takes a while to get used to the button on the far right, since most mice don't have that button. The dpi change button, right under the mouse wheel, feels a bit too hard to press to change on the go, but I've never had to do that in middle of a game before. The thumb button is nicely placed so that to press it, you roll your thumb inward and you press it.
The weight system does it job in this one, although with the heavier weights, you'll need to secure the weight with something around it, such as tape. There's a small issue of slight wobbling of the weight when you move it around.
The teflon feet are large and do a very good job of keeping the mouse sliding smoothely on the table.
In terms of overall feel, the mouse feels great. There are a few small issues here and there, but the overall performance of the mouse overshadows these.
 do not buy February 23, 2008
James Mcnamara
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
had 1010 ok but left button started acting up called creative. said send it in but i had to pay shipping well they have the 2020 on there web for 21$ plus 9.95 shipping when i got it it wouldn,t work called them they said send it back they would send new one well i did they didn,t send me a new mouse and credited my charge 21$ no explanition and would not refund 9.95 shipping they say its there policy
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