"QUIET" gaming mouse? Any ideas?

[Sulaco]

(Mods if you'd rather have this in the General Hardware section, I understand and feel free to move)

So I'm looking at getting a mouse with an emphasis on quietness.

Wired or wireless is not terribly important, and I don't need a huge suite of features, just functional, quality, and decent at gaming response.

Can anyone recommend some they have experience with? It doesn't have to be "silent", but at least noticeably quieter than the average mouse.

(P.S. For what it's worth, I'm currently using the Logitech G400s. Love the mouse, but would like something a bit quieter)

 

[KeithTalent]

I have this one right now: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00M7W169S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works very well for my purposes; super quiet and it does a good job with the games I play. I still use my G700s the majority of the time, but for any early morning/late night gaming I use the one I linked to. Good bang for the buck.

KT

 

[Midwayman]

I'd look for a church mouse. I've heard they are pretty quiet.

On a serious note I've never noticed mice making much noise....

 

[DigDog]

mice dont make noise.

 

[Sulaco]

I have this one right now: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00M7W169S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works very well for my purposes; super quiet and it does a good job with the games I play. I still use my G700s the majority of the time, but for any early morning/late night gaming I use the one I linked to. Good bang for the buck.

KT

Thanks for the recommendation! I'd heard of that one but was hoping to hear some feedback from real users. For $15, I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

mice dont make noise.

Quality post. Thanks for the contribution.

 

[Red Storm]

I have this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Noiseless-Op..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=39B1RM5QA8QMJK58RND8

It's nice and quiet, but after about 6 months it went bad. I would try the one KeithTalent linked. Honestly every mouse should be silent IMHO. Why does anyone need the loud clicking?

 

[KeithTalent]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'd heard of that one but was hoping to hear some feedback from real users. For $15, I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

Cool man, hope it works for you. Let me know how it goes.

Cheers.

KT

 

[magomago]

I'd look for a church mouse. I've heard they are pretty quiet.

On a serious note I've never noticed mice making much noise....

not gonna lie...all within a few I googled church mouse to see what brands there were as I was curious about the type of actuation it used, and then realized I was an idiot.

 

[Stg-Flame]

Are mice normally loud? I've been using Logitech gaming mice for the last 11+ years and I never noticed any of them being loud or quiet.

 

[MongGrel]

I still use a trackball myself, but I couldn't resist.

Logitech has always worked for me, I hated when they stopped making the wired track balls.

 

[Newbian]

It sounds like you are not feeding your mouse enough if it's making that kind of noise.

 

[HeXen]

Are mice normally loud? I've been using Logitech gaming mice for the last 11+ years and I never noticed any of them being loud or quiet.

You don't hear clicking when you press a mouse button? I have never owned a mouse that didn't go click, click, click with each press. If you are in a very quiet room and someone is gaming with HP's on, all you will hear as a bystander is mostly *click*click rapidly....it can be quite annoying, at least so my wife says. Lets just say it's nothing like pressing a button on a gamepad where you don't really hear much of anything. But I don't game on mouse anymore, just use Steam controller but it clicks too.

 

[HeXen]

not gonna lie...all within a few I googled church mouse to see what brands there were as I was curious about the type of actuation it used, and then realized I was an idiot.

oh wow that's gold. I got to sig that.

.....and done.

 

[KeithTalent]

You don't hear clicking when you press a mouse button? I have never owned a mouse that didn't go click, click, click with each press. If you are in a very quiet room and someone is gaming with HP's on, all you will hear as a bystander is mostly *click*click rapidly....it can be quite annoying, at least so my wife says.

Yep, totally this. It does not bother me, but it bugs my lady when I am up playing something very early in the morning.

KT

 

[DigDog]

Quality post. Thanks for the contribution.

are you being serious?

ok, i'm sorry, let's start again.

"hey, so you need a quiet mouse? ok, i recommend (pick ANY mouse), i own this and it's really quiet."

mice don't make noise. what exactly are you concerned of, the switch clicking?
the amount of noise a switch makes is no louder than the noise of your own arm dragging on the mouse cloth. or your breathing. if you feel mice are too loud, you need a neurologist, and i'm not even kidding.

good luck with the keyboard, too.

 

[Newbian]

Op have you looked into touchpads for the pc?

They will be the easiest thing if mouse clicks bother you.

 

[HeXen]

are you being serious?

ok, i'm sorry, let's start again.

"hey, so you need a quiet mouse? ok, i recommend (pick ANY mouse), i own this and it's really quiet."

mice don't make noise. what exactly are you concerned of, the switch clicking?
the amount of noise a switch makes is no louder than the noise of your own arm dragging on the mouse cloth. or your breathing. if you feel mice are too loud, you need a neurologist, and i'm not even kidding.

good luck with the keyboard, too.

Actually many kb's don't make the clicking noise. You go back years ago and many did. Go to a quiet accounting office in 1985 and try to read a book and you'll soon realize it's not really quiet at all with all that damn clicking noise.
However, in regards to mice, they are actually quite loud in a quiet room. Do this, late at night when you go to bed, tell your wife/bf/g/f whatever to click rapidly on a mouse as if playing Doom. You might understand how that could be ragingly annoying. In fact, I have a TV on and my wife is using her laptop mouse right now, I can hear it from 20 feet away but at this point it's not bothersome....at 3am, yeah that would be.

 

[Sulaco]

are you being serious?

ok, i'm sorry, let's start again.

"hey, so you need a quiet mouse? ok, i recommend (pick ANY mouse), i own this and it's really quiet."

mice don't make noise. what exactly are you concerned of, the switch clicking?
the amount of noise a switch makes is no louder than the noise of your own arm dragging on the mouse cloth. or your breathing. if you feel mice are too loud, you need a neurologist, and i'm not even kidding.

good luck with the keyboard, too.

Interesting that KeithTalent was able to figure out exactly what was meant, without "needing to see a neurologist", and not being a complete douche about it, either.

How would you not understand that referring to a "loud" mouse or a "loud" keyboard would refer to the clicking of the mouse or keyboard when in use? I'm sorry if you struggle with basic reading comprehension, but it's not terribly difficult to understand when someone asks for a "quiet" peripheral, they're quite clearly referring to its operation.

As far as why someone might need/want a quiet mouse, having a fiancee who sleeps within a few feet of the PC, early morning or late night gaming sessions in an otherwise silent room with click-happy games like FPS or RTS can get old fast. Did that really never occur to you?

As far as the mice themselves, again, a quick search of the mouse KeithTalent recommended revealed this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95_h2dHXtaI

..which is kind of precisely what I'm looking for, and pretty obviously shows that, yes, indeed, it's a dramatic difference in quietness in use, which is the point of the whole post.

I mean, did you really have nothing else to contribute?

 

[DigDog]

Actually many kb's don't make the clicking noise. You go back years ago and many did. Go to a quiet accounting office in 1985 and try to read a book and you'll soon realize it's not really quiet at all with all that damn clicking noise.
However, in regards to mice, they are actually quite loud in a quiet room. Do this, late at night when you go to bed, tell your wife/bf/g/f whatever to click rapidly on a mouse as if playing Doom. You might understand how that could be ragingly annoying. In fact, I have a TV on and my wife is using her laptop mouse right now, I can hear it from 20 feet away but at this point it's not bothersome....at 3am, yeah that would be.

shall we say, cherry mx red?? with dampeners? they still make noise. the contact of your fingers makes noise, and the bottoming out makes noise.
mice click also make noise, but on such a microscopic level that it's irrelevant because you will have louder noise from just about anything.

@Sulaco
i dont know what mouse you have, but anything modern does not make more noise than a non-clicky keyboard. pick ANY modern mouse.
the reason why you need to see a naurologist is because if a mouse switch makes noise, you obviolsy have some problem relating to excessive sensitivity to noise.
mouse switches dampen sound - they do not increase it. if you tap your finger on any surface, it will make more noise than the same pressure on a mouse switch. at most, there will be a difference of frequency, but not noise. if that particular frequency is causing you trouble, it's something wrong with your ear canal, nerves, or brain.

unless idk, your GF is slamming against the mouse. in which case PICNIC.

 

[JujuFish]

Confirmed: DigDog is deaf.

 

[Sulaco]

shall we say, cherry mx red?? with dampeners? they still make noise. the contact of your fingers makes noise, and the bottoming out makes noise.
mice click also make noise, but on such a microscopic level that it's irrelevant because you will have louder noise from just about anything.

@Sulaco
i dont know what mouse you have, but anything modern does not make more noise than a non-clicky keyboard. pick ANY modern mouse.
the reason why you need to see a naurologist is because if a mouse switch makes noise, you obviolsy have some problem relating to excessive sensitivity to noise.
mouse switches dampen sound - they do not increase it. if you tap your finger on any surface, it will make more noise than the same pressure on a mouse switch. at most, there will be a difference of frequency, but not noise. if that particular frequency is causing you trouble, it's something wrong with your ear canal, nerves, or brain.

unless idk, your GF is slamming against the mouse. in which case PICNIC.

Oh. Well. That explains it then.

When my fiancee says the clicking of the mouse is audible in an otherwise silent room, I'll just explain she needs a "naurologist" and there's just something wrong with her ear canal, nerves, or brain. It's no more audible then "just about anything".

Please keep typing. We can't stop laughing. :thumbsup:

 

[KeithTalent]

Confirmed: DigDog is deaf.

Haha, yep. I have my G700s (a relatively modern mouse) and the FOME quiet mouse sitting right next to me and there is a very noticeable difference in the sound these two make when clicking the buttons. The Logitech makes a louder, clicking noise, while the FOME make a very dull, quiet sort of tapping noise. They are very different.

I honestly cannot believe we are debating whether mice make noise.

KT

 

[WhiteNoise]

If sound of mouse its to loud for ur girl,wife... Sry, but u need to make new house rules... After all, who wears pants?

...Says the single guy.

Being married is a test of one's patients and understanding for sure. Keeping the better half happy is our number one goal. Happy wife, happy life.

 

[DigDog]

I honestly cannot believe we are debating whether mice make noise.

we aren't. mice make sound, just like everything makes sound. they make less sound than the sound your fingers would make tapping a hard surface, as the switch has mechanical resistance that absorbs energy, and no "click tool", as mx blue would have. if the sound of an omron clicking is too loud, whomever has that problem doesn't need to look for a quiet switch, but for a fix to their ears.

HERE
https://youtu.be/v00XoDikL5E
i got so annoyed i decide to record a video. im using a FK1 which uses Huano switches. me tapping both mouse and desk at the same intensity. had to make both taps louder because if i only clicked the mouse like i normally do, you wouldn't hear anything.

 

[Sulaco]

we aren't. mice make sound, just like everything makes sound. they make less sound than the sound your fingers would make tapping a hard surface, as the switch has mechanical resistance that absorbs energy, and no "click tool", as mx blue would have. if the sound of an omron clicking is too loud, whomever has that problem doesn't need to look for a quiet switch, but for a fix to their ears.

HERE
https://youtu.be/v00XoDikL5E
i got so annoyed i decide to record a video. im using a FK1 which uses Huano switches. me tapping both mouse and desk at the same intensity. had to make both taps louder because if i only clicked the mouse like i normally do, you wouldn't hear anything.

This is just getting embarrassing now...