Swiftpoint Z Gaming Mouse, 13 Programmable Buttons, 5 with Pressure Sensors, Analog Joystick Control for FPS Peeking and Flying, 12K DPI, OLED RGB MMO, black

There are very few middle of the road reviews over this peripheral; it tends to be a love it or hate it device, and there is a fairly good reason for that; it has absolutely nothing to do with the device tho, it's all about the user. This device takes time & training to learn how to use properly. As an accomplished classical guitarist I can attest that positioning is king when doing multiple tasks with only one hand. You have to learn that positioning with this mouse or you will never fully utilize it's brilliant design an inventive features. In fact if you don't develop a very stringent position and method, you're likely going to make a mess out of everything; especially if you're playing a keystroke heavy, multi-faceted game such as Fortnite.The best (and only) positioning with the Z-mouse IMO, is with your hand fully rested and flat on the right and left clicks. By focusing on resting both fingers on the primary left and right clicks at all times, and being very conscious of how your hand is reacting when in gun battles or whatever intense action you're involved with you'll be able to better see the mistakes you're making. Most people generally and unconsciously pick their middle finger up, and off the right click when firing. This is a bad habit leading to slower reaction times in general. This happens because those fingers share a tendon, so you have to work hard and literally train them, to get them to work independently from each other. However; it's PARAMOUNT to being successful with this mouse. Your middle finger has to been flat and relaxed at all times because there are up to EIGHT different programmable functions on that one finger alone. That's impressive and should help you understand why hand positioning with this mouse is everything.This is how I began training my hand to work with the new mouse. If you haven't heard of Kovaak's aim trainer, it's a must-have for people that play FPS, or TPS games (shooters), and for ten bucks possibly the one of the best deals on a literal game changer that's ever existed, haha, couldn't resist the pun sorry! Or is that actually word play? Nonetheless I went into the aim trainer and easily set up a "Kovaaks' Aim Trianer" profile for the Z-mouse. I set it up so that every button became a trigger, or aka, left-click. This allowed me to constantly switch up & cycle thru whatever peripheral buttons I was using to fire with, and not only helped train my hand and muscle memory for the new movements, but it also helped me spot the weaker areas of my development, and even fine-tune the device better. Once you're able to truly control all digits independently, this mouse will begin to feel like an F'ing magic wand!So the moral of the story is; if you're not dedicated to put in the time, to not only learn the mouse, but to re-train your hand (you probably have some bad hand habits interfering with your play already) then this mouse is not for you. I'd suggest the G502 Proteus or something similar. Although all gamers should examine their hand positioning, because it's seriously important and is underwhelmingly covered by players and press alike. Unless you're ready to deal with serious arthritis in your hand before you even turn 40, I highly recommend focusing on hand positioning.. And it just makes sense the more you learn about it.Another probable reason for some of the lower reviews, is that the software is a bit tricky to learn. I'm fairly tech savvy, but I actually had to call customer support twice. They were very nice, and helpful. Still; there is next to zero information from the Swiftpoint about how to use and program the device. I still can't figure out why that is. A couple of simple five minute videos would do wonders for the community and any new players trying to figure out the ins and outs of this amazing machine.That's about all I can add to the conversation. I feel if you're a fairly dedicated gamer (playing a couple hours a day at least), who is open to continued development, & are disciplined enough do the muscle memory training that's essential to using this mouse to it's full extent; then this is the mouse for you! If you fall short of that metric, I definitely wouldn't say don't get the mouse, however; you should be fully aware of the difficulties you may face, & the amount of work it will take you to get there. But when you get there.... There is truly nothing like the Z-mouse and it can turn you into a master digital puppeteer, with seemingly full control of the digital world around you. Once I cracked that formula and troubleshot all my weak points, I can honestly say I never want to use another mouse ever again. It's just too efficient and smart, to go looking elsewhere for another mouse that's even close to the the standard set by Swiftpoint w/ the Z-mouse. I've already bought two of them, and the next time they go on-sale, I'm going to grab another. I don't want to risk not being able to purchase them, in the worst case scenario that SP is bought out by some big bruiser corporation, and the mouse is changed or becomes unavailable. So I clearly love the mouse if that wasn't already clear haha. If you relate to anything I've mentioned here, and want to take your game to the next level and feel you have the motivation to do what needs to be done; then I can't recommend Swiftpoint's Z-mouse more. It really is the mouse for masters, and can bring so much out of your game play that you may never knew existed. It's memorizing to watch a skilled player utilize the Z, and incredibly empowering once you crack that code for yourself. Well... I already gave the the code, you just have to make the purchase and do the work. Best of luck to all of you and I hope to see you on the battle field soon!

This is a fantastic mouse. The 'triggers' that can be pressed by straightening your fingers are something I wished for on a mouse since the 90's, when I was cutting my teeth on Doom and Quake. The configuration is a time-consuming and mostly manual, but is extremely powerful and not difficult to figure out. If you have the patience to study it for a little while, you'll do fine, though the manual will help.Pros:Wildly, WILDLY configurable without more than basic-middling knowledge of gaming devices needed.Nifty OLED on the front left side, that can show you a variety of details, such as which profile is currently active.Despite having thirteen buttons, every one is unique and distinct in its usage, leading to little confusion about which button you're pressing. (No massive thumb-button pads.Middle mouse is accessible via side pressure, can be activated without rolling the wheel or leaving the left mouse button.Lowered left/right/middle mouse buttons are really, really nice, and help keep me from accidentally bearing down on mouse buttons when I'm inattentive.Complex combinations and macro actions can be configured for any action, even tilting the mouse beyond a certain angle.Both button-down and button-up (and tilt beyond X, return from tilt beyond X) can be assigned separate actions.Button press can be assigned to tap a key/button, press it, or release it.ConsButton layout is unfamiliar to most gamers, and will take some adjustment.Configuration system is time-consuming and a little tedious.Learning how to use the configuration in powerful, automated, and intelligent ways will probably take time.To list all the possible button assignments, first I'd like to mention what all can be assigned to button presses.Any button (and button release) can be assigned to a keytap, key press, or key release, a mouse or joystick button, console controller function, and any of the axes can register as a slider or an axis control. You can configure a vibration response, control the OLED (Which can display the axis measurements, your current profile, etc,) you can control profile settings, the logo backlight color settings, set up a repeated action, a wait command to space actions, two actions to alternate between, and you can use them as DPI controls.You can also set up complex modifier keys - for instance, in their desktop profile left trigger is alt-tab. As long as you hold it, you can move the mouse left and right, up and down, to navigate the alt-tab menu. Right mouse is alt-control in the same way, allowing you to navigate open tabs in an application like a web browser by moving your mouse left and right while it's held down. One preset is to tilt the mouse far to the right to enter 'config mode' where the mouse has a number of new button presses available to change DPI or zero the pitch readings if your desk is uneven. This config mode is a preset profile that you can edit.As for the control surfaces available:Left, middle, and right mouse. The middle mouse can also be pressed by pushing the wheel from the left side, so you don't have to worry about accidentally using the wheel when you use middle mouse. These buttons know how much force is being applied. You can set these to work as an axis or a slider to activate a new action, or to repeat an action very fast when pressed hard. You can determine how much force is required to register as a 'deep click'.There are two small buttons at the base of each mouse button. (With small and larger pads you can switch into place.) These also register force, and can have another action assigned to 'deep click'.The 'trigger' buttons closest to your palm can have one keystroke assigned to straightening your finger to push them down, and another keystroke assigned to pulling your finger back to pull them, like a trigger.The two buttons beside the left mouse are the 'front edge' and 'rear edge' buttons. They're just buttons.Ditto the thumb buttons, they're exactly what you'd expect.In addition, are three axis of control. You can tilt the mouse left and right, forward and back, and twist it left and right on the pad. Any of these controls can serve as a control axis. Tilt(yaw) can serve as leaning controls to lean only a little in a 3D shooter (if it supports an analog lean) or driving controls in a game like Mad Max or a racing game. The mouse comes with a base that snaps on with magnets, and you can use the pitch and yaw as a joystick for flight. It has a smaller flat base than the mouse, that helps you keep it level but makes it easier to tilt freely. I'm still not sure what I might utilize the twist left/right for.