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(More customer reviews)I am glad I purchased this although it is not without it's flaws, so I'll try to go into detail as much as possible so you can decide it it's for you.
Pros:
-This mouse is very comfortable to use for long periods of time.
-Very smooth, glides easily on a cloth pad I am now using (on hard pad it was actually hard to control).
-Good scroll wheel. It has indentations, not too noisy, and it is flat instead of rounded so it's easier to click. And the click is more like a normal button instead of the soft feel that many scroll wheels exhibit.
-Lift-off distance is good. I measured about 2.4-2.5 mm liftoff (the thickness of two CDs). This was on both a hard pad and a cloth pad. I have had no problems personally with that distance but you should measure what you currently have to see if you would have problems getting used to that. However there is a caveat with liftoff that I cover in the cons.
-On-the-fly sensitivity in the form of three specific buttons, and the active one lights up. These three points are adjustable in software.
-Light and easy to hold when you do reposition it.
Cons:
-I think the side buttons, while well thought out, might not be convenient enough to use. You will probably have to reach a little to get to the one on your thumb side, but it's not too bad. The one on the other side however will probably not get used much.
-Coarse sensitivity adjustments in software (400,800,1000,1600,2000) to assign to the three buttons. In practice this is very minor.
-No rubber texture on anything, if you like that (I only mention it in case it wasn't clear from the pictures, it's not really a con for me)
-While lift-off was OK, there seems to be a slight issue with the placement of the sensor in the mouse, it is not straight above the hole but on an angle. Since it is on an angle, when you lift the mouse off the pad the cursor will move slightly to the left. So if you are holding on to a target, and you want to reposition the mouse, it will move off the target. During actual use this has not been a problem for me but most other mice have the sensor straight above the hole so moving straight up and down does not translate to movement. To get an idea, it is like when you lifted an old ball mouse off the pad, and the ball dropped down causing a slight movement of the cursor.
So I personally like this mouse and I will probably use it a long time. I have not had experience with other Sidewinder mice nor any Razer products so I can't compare it, but I personally preferred it to the MX518 although that is just due to the size of the Logitech mouse, I'm not used to larger asymmetrical designs. At this price I think the X3 is a great choice.
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