Need a new mouse for dinner plate size hands

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So my steel series raw mouse died. The cable wore down at the strain relief and eventually the grounding wire broke.

I will probably solder it all back together to have a spare, but my main issue is it is too small.

I like to use a palm grip for my mouse, and it is basically impossible to do.

My hand completely engulfs the steel series raw, and I am barrowing this razer death adder and my hand just barely engulfs this mouse as well.

I was looking at getting the new tek syndicate mouse, but I will take any and all suggestions for a large mouse.

My needs are that the scroll whell has very distinct steps, and that there is some sort of side button that I can map to the control key.

DPI makes no difference, and the sensor also does not matter all that much.

As long as it will be a comfortable dependable mouse with one or two mappable side buttons, then I will be happy.

Also, I would not like to spend more than 120 bucks. And really I want to spend closer to like 65 and below.

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I have a g700s and its way too big for my hands, I wear a mens medium. My buddy has dishpan hands and he uses it fine though.

Other than that I also had a madcatz rat 9 that was even more too big and heavy for me. I literally couldn't use it it made my hand sore lol

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Hello my fellow bear palm brethren. I actually found the most comfortable mouse to date for me has been the Razer Deathadder. I like having my mouse fit the palm of my hand and that mouse did the trick. I also found the naga was a good choice as well as the Logitech MX master.

You mentioned that the death adder barely fits your hand, unfortunately that's been the biggest mouse/best fit i've found. I guess you could try something on the Mad Catz range as you can expand those mice out.

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Rat 7 is good for large hands on account of it's adjustable.

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My daily driver. It has six buttons on the side and two more on top. You can make different profiles for different things. For my basic use setup it is copy and paste on the top. For the side it's play/stop, mute, delete, next track, prev track, and an unused button. I wear a large glove and it's slightly too big for me. I have to slide my hand around a few mm's to push all the buttons.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E4MQODC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1458282552&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=logitech+g602&dpPl=1&dpID=411TKFEsNvL&ref=plSrch

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I recommend the g502 proteus core. It's a pretty large mouse. Fits my hands nicely and I have larger than average hands.

Did you know that the tek syndicate mouse just came out on epic pants?

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mionix naos and some sugru.

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If wireless isn't an issue, go fondle Logitech's Performance Mouse MX and/or MX Master somewhere.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-mouse-910001105
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-mouse-910004337

They're nice for bigger hands and for palm grip. I have the PMMX and I like it a lot. I'd describe the fit with palm grip as perfect for me.
I don't know how big your hands are nor how to easily describe how big mine are but according to this I'd need US glove size L, M would be too short for the length of my hand where as with width I could use M or L.

Also programmable/mappable buttons. Software allows for presets and those of course include "general button" or keystroke assignments (read ctrl+alt whatever etc) so, should work nicely in games or other 3rd party software if that floats your boat.

The PMMX has the usual back/forward, as well as a "zoom" button and a thumb button.
MX Master has the back/forward, thumb button as well as a vertical scroll wheel. Because of that scroll wheel the back/forward buttons are moved backwards and holding my PMMX in my hand, I couldn't imagine myself liking that.
How often do I need a scroll wheel for my thumb vs. how often I use back/forward buttons... Oh well I digress.

I haven't done any fancy mapping with my PMMX, I just changed the "zoom" button to change DPI presets for normal vs Photoshop-slow-motion. The thumb button defaults to application switcher which is hilariously broken under Win7 + multiple monitors. Haven't thought of any smart use for that button.

The scroll wheel on these is dual function, so basically frictionless/freespin vs steps.
PMMX has a toggleable button to switch between modes.
MX master has a "speed adaptive" scroll wheel so apparently it changes to the frictinless freespin if you go to town on the scroll wheel.
However if "very distinct steps" means you'd like a scroll wheel whose steps and the wheel itself has a higher scroll resistance, then I'd say at least PMMX isn't for you. The steps are in my opinion really distinct but the overall feel of the scroll wheel could be described as effortless.

As for the latency, I can't really notice if there's any. Of course there's the split second lag when you place your hand on it and start moving it, these wireless mice of course go into a sleep state to conserve the battery. It takes that split second for these dumb things to realize they're being moved :D
And at least with the PMMX, it's not an aggressive change of state, well beyond a minute. I'm not gonna bother testing how long it waits before it enters the sleep state.

Battery life? With PMMX, a long time. I don't remember the last time I charged mine and it gets like 10-12h of use everyday. So yeah.. A month, idk.
My PMMX has been whining about critical battery level for couple of days now. Haven't bothered plugging it in.
Another consideration would be that the PMMX uses an AA size NiMh where as the MX Master has an integrated LiPo. Easy to change battery with the PMMX but not so much with the MX Master. Also LiPo's tend to have idk, 100-200 or so cycles where as with normal Eneloops, they do north of 2000 cycles.
Also the LiPo inside the MX Master is 3.7V/500mAh so ~1.85Wh compared to 2.5-3.1Wh for the better NiMH's out there.. MX Master is newer so it's got more efficient internals so battery life should still be about equal if you're looking at out of the box. But you can add roughly 20-25% more battery life to the PMMX simply by changing the included GP Recyko+ 2050mAh for an Eneloop Pro (2450mAh)

Nevertheless, I'd recommend you at least go have a look somewhere, see how they feel in your hand.

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I do not reccomend logitech mice at the moment, atleast go put your hand on them at a store first.
They all have this ridge on the right that forces your pinky to be low and it bugged the crap out of me, I tried the g400s, 502, 402 , 602, 700.

Also tried the RAT MMO and RAT 9 from Madcatz, the kept flying out of my hand...just could not find a comfortable way to hold it securely.
People say they are for big hands but I found them both to be medium sized.

Ended up deciding between a Razer Deathadder and a Zowie EC1-A, went with the Zowie because of how rounded the shape is, on the Deathadder the right side is indented slightly and if you have a long pinky it may put pressure on the middle joint of it.

I am happy with the EC1-A though, big enough for my big hands with no gimmicky grip lines.
No software install needed.
Two buttons on the left easy to click but they are even with the surface so they do not put pressure on your thumb over time.

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Alright everyone. Thank you for the input.

I just got back from best buy and office depot, and I have some bad news.

All the logitech mice are out. Even the g700 is too small.

However the g700 was by far the closest. The big issue was the only way for me to grab it was by leaving my pinky out on the table and it was not very comfortable.

The steel series rival as also close, but same issue. Plus it was a little less ergonomic, so it was kind of weird to hold.

Right now I am looking at the mionix naos 7000 mouse and the tek syndicate mouse.

The reason I am looking at the tek syndicate mouse is simply because if I can not find a mouse I like, I might as well get a cheaper well made mouse that supports the community.

I am also a big fan of the zowie eca 1 evo, but a lot of people say they do not last all that long. Sooooo IDK.

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I'm 6'4" and have pretty big hands.

The g502 feels smaller than the g500 on account of the shallower height.
There are definitely bigger mice out there.

A couple of the thumb buttons are easier to reach though. I always hate how the thumb buttons are totally unreachable for long thumbs.

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Aight.

I think I have a game plan going here.

I think I am gonna get some epoxy putty and try to form out my razer naga.

Once I have worked out all the little kinks, I will then get the mionix naos 7000 and then form that out.

I could potentially just keep the razer naga as well. I like all the side buttons, but the cursor randomly freezes which makes me want to shoot someone at razer.