The other Sidewinders had crazy buttons, were huge and angular, and pretty much screamed вЂњfreak mouseвЂќ to everyone who saw one on your desktop. The X3 is their baby brother, and it shows in the unimaginative design. The Sidewinder range of mice is MicrosoftвЂ™s gaming brand, and they actually have done some pretty good work with both the X5 and the X8, the latter of which to this day sports the best wireless setup out there. Just a short review for this one.

ItвЂ™s just physically impossible to be resting your thumb on the shelf and still be able to reach the button you need to lift the heel of your hand up and reach forward, and whoвЂ™s going to do that? And of course, since itвЂ™s an ambidextrous mouse, thereвЂ™s a whole button going to waste near your ring finger, which canвЂ™t really do anything with it.The sensor seems to work just fine. This is a very obvious design flaw: the thumb shelf indicates where your thumb should sit when you are holding the mouse, and the button is half an inch further towards the tip of the mouse. DPI buttons are out of the way but quickly accessed.The thumb buttons, however, are just way too far up on the mouse. ThereвЂ™s no shelf for your outside fingers but there is a small (but effective) one for your thumb, whichever way you hold it. ItвЂ™s got a good medium size and comfortable curve. The X3 also works as well as can be expected, but the fact is for $40 you can get a better mouse.The shape of the mouse is very comfortable.

Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse