This extends to the buttons themselves which offer a nice, satisfying feeling when used. There’s just a teeny bit of movement on the left click, but otherwise it feels solid. Likewise when placing fingers on both sides and giving the whole unit a squeeze there’s no movement of squeaking as parts shift just a little. There’s no creaking and feeling of movement when lifting up the X1 that is present in so many other mice, both budget and expensive. The build quality is actually pretty damn good for a budget offering. I’ve handled many, many much nicer feeling mice, but I’ve also had the questionable privilege of using some truly horrible ones, too, and the Scroll X1 certainly isn’t in the company of those. The whole package in terms of comfort, then, is merely just alright. That leaves the pinky finger trailing along the mouse mat, a pet peeve of mine now, and the conclave also means that there’s yet another quite pronounced, jutting edge that irritates my pink. On the right of the mouse we can again find some grippy rubber, but it’s weirdly stuck inside a deep conclave that resides near the base of the mouse in a position that I’m adamant no human finger could ever possibly hope to reach, unless it was snapped into the correct alignment by a pissed off loan shark who ordered his goons to smash up a few fingers. For me, at the very least, it needed to be brought in a little but more, with a more rounded edge. My thumb bent mostly around it when resting naturally, but the jutting plastic came out far enough to rub against my finger. The problems arise from just two areas on the mouse the first sits toward the rear on the left, just behind the thumb grip where you find a ride that juts out a little too far. Likewise the sloping angle to the right of the rightmost click contours nicely to my ring finger, although it would have been nice if it had used either the rubber or the same material that the sloped back of the mouse uses rather than the shiny, slightly slippy plastic that adorns it.

The long, sweeping back rests nicely in my hand when using a standard palm grip, my preference, and the grippy rubber where the thumb resides and patiently awaits its call to action is great at its job, although I do wonder how it will hold up over time. Etekcity’s offering is a bit hit and miss in terms of comfort.

Etekcity gaming mouse review