Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 or Logitech Mouseman Dual Optical?

[potz]

logitech all the way... i've had 3 straight ms ie mice bust on me. got so annoyed i ebayed the last replacement they sent me and used the money for a logitech, and have been happy ever since.

 

[Lore]

potz:

What's been wrong with the MS mouse you used? (Which were they?)

 

[damocles]

Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 it is a real improvement over the earlier versions IMO. I prefer it over the Logitech Dual Optical slightly

 

[GT1999]

I just received my Logitech Dual Optical today from ThinkGeek. My previous mouse was a Logitech WebWheel Optical, which was much smaller. I'm a huge Counter-Strike/Q3/Urban Terror/RTCW guy... immediatly I found it harder to play FPS games since the mouse was bigger, I'm beginning to realize even though I have huge hands this mouse is a little weird. I'm getting used to it, though.

It's much better as far as precision goes over my old laser mouse. Overall I wish I didn't make the switch, it's a little uncomfortable for FPS gaming, but in my opinion, the Microsoft mice are much worse (the Explorer / bigger MS mice are really crappy for FPS gaming, IMHO.. but we all have our own personal preferences, right.. do don't flame me!)

 

[woolmilk]

I've now Logitech
I've been very happy with my serial ms mouse and my USB ms intellieye. The cable of the intellyeye broke eventually after 2 years of heavy use and so I needed a new one. I tried the cordless mouse explorer and went for rma the next day. It was laggy and produced some random motions when moved fast. Maybe that could also been a driver issue, but the mouse produced some high pitched sound, too 😱. I really hated it. I will not want to try another one with a radio connection. Then, I took a logitech, not with two optical sensors, but already one with this double dpi feature. It's good. It fits perfectly in a small hand. I like it as much as my old intellyeye.

 

[Doomguy]

I just got my dual optical yesterday. I can "flick" the mouse it games with no skipping, my old microsoft intellimouse optical coulden't(used the original sensor). The Explorer 3.0 can also do this though.

It's a nice mouse, the pads on the bottom are nicer than the ones on my Microsoft mouse, so the mouse is a bit smoother. Overall a nice mouse.