[0:00] I tested 30 different mice. I tried
[0:01] magnesium shells that weigh [music]
[0:03] almost nothing and high-tech beasts with
[0:05] 8,000 Hz sensors. And I realized that
[0:07] the industry is kind of lying to us. The
[0:09] fastest mouse on paper is often the
[0:10] hardest to control when the match is on
[0:12] the line. So from those 30 mices, I took
[0:14] the best three mice in the world and put
[0:16] them through a 15-hour data audit to
[0:18] find the one that removes every excuse.
[0:20] Two of these are near perfect. Only one
[0:22] is truly endame. So here is what $2,000
[0:24] of testing actually teaches you. Now I
[0:26] am a tactical shooter player. I play
[0:28] Valerant and CS. But to find the best
[0:30] mouse, I had to stop playing matches and
[0:31] start looking at the data. So I use
[0:33] Kovac as a lab and I spent 15 hours
[0:36] doing tracking and flicking tests to see
[0:38] exactly where these mices will fail. Now
[0:40] to push them to the limit, I tested them
[0:42] on a glass pad. Most of you will use
[0:43] cloth pad, but glass is the ultimate
[0:45] stress test. On glass, there is no
[0:47] friction to hide mistakes. If a mouse
[0:48] shape is unstable or the sensor has tiny
[0:51] stutters, you will feel that instantly.
[0:52] Now, I knew that if a mouse stayed
[0:54] consistent in this hard mode
[0:55] environment, it would be a weapon on a
[0:57] normal cloth pad. So, this audit forced
[0:59] me [music] to look past the weight. I
[1:00] had to look at how my hand actually
[1:02] grips the mouse and how the signals are
[1:04] processed inside the shell. But before
[1:05] we talk about the tech, we have to also
[1:07] talk about the trap that almost every
[1:09] big brand falls into. And I'm going to
[1:11] talk about safe shapes. Now, I spend a
[1:13] lot of my $2,000 on the industry
[1:15] standards, the Logitech Gro Super Light
[1:17] and the Razer Vipers. These are great
[1:19] mice, but they have one problem. They
[1:21] use safe shapes. They are rounded and
[1:23] curved to fit everyone. But that also
[1:25] means that they don't really lock anyone
[1:26] in. In a high stake duel, your fingers
[1:28] can shift a tiny bit on a rounded mouse.
[1:30] This is where the OP1 shape is
[1:32] different. It uses flat sides. This
[1:34] creates what I call the pincher force.
[1:36] On a rounded mouse, your thumb and pinky
[1:38] are pushing against the curve. If you
[1:39] squeeze hard, the mouse wants to tilt or
[1:41] rotate. On flat sides, your finger push
[1:44] straight against each other. 100% of
[1:45] your grip strand goes into moving the
[1:47] mouse, not fighting the shape. Now, this
[1:49] will give you a biomechanical anchor. It
[1:51] ensures your hand lands in the exact
[1:53] same spot every time you pick it up. So
[1:55] once you have a shape that anchors your
[1:56] hand, the talk moves to speed, but speed
[1:58] on a box isn't really always the same as
[2:01] speed on the screen. The industry is
[2:02] racing for that 8K Hz polling rate. They
[2:05] tell us that faster sensors is the only
[2:06] way to win. But during my search, I
[2:08] found that click latency is just as
[2:10] important as sensor speed. I tested the
[2:12] final mouse ULX at 8K Hz and in my
[2:14] experience, it feels inconsistent. I
[2:16] felt tiny stutters and ruined the smooth
[2:18] feeling of my 480 Hz monitor. Felt like
[2:20] the tag was being pushed faster than the
[2:22] software could handle. Then I tried the
[2:24] Endgame Gear OP18K. Now this mouse uses
[2:27] something called SPT switch logic. Think
[2:30] of it like this. Most mice wait for a
[2:32] signal to reach a certain point before
[2:33] they count as a click. The OP1 uses a
[2:35] second signal to confirm that the click
[2:37] happened immediately. It makes your shot
[2:39] fit telepathic. You might have that AK
[2:41] sensor, but if your click is slow, you
[2:43] still lose the D. Now this creates a
[2:45] dilemma. Do you take the 50 g wire mouse
[2:47] with the best ST or do you sacrifice
[2:48] weight for the freedom of wireless? Now
[2:50] the OP18K is the raw performance king.
[2:53] It is wired and is 10 g lighter than the
[2:55] wireless version. In a world where we
[2:56] fight over two grams, 10 grams [music]
[2:58] is a huge deal. But on a fast setup, a
[3:00] cable is a problem. Even with a great
[3:02] bungee, a cable is like a spring. When
[3:04] you flick left, the spring is loose.
[3:05] When you flick to the right edge of the
[3:07] pad, the spring gets tight. This is
[3:08] variable resistance. It means the weight
[3:10] of your mouse actually feels different
[3:12] depending on where is on the pad. On
[3:13] cloth, you don't notice it. On glass
[3:15] you feel every single millimeter of that
[3:17] pull. Now, the wireless OP1 is heav at
[3:19] 58 g, but it gives you a movement
[3:21] parity. It feels exactly the same 100%
[3:23] of, the, time,, no matter, where, is, it, on
[3:25] the desk. And for me, that consistency
[3:27] is worth a 10 grand penalty. But there
[3:29] is one more thing that ruins
[3:30] performance. [music] The coating. Many
[3:32] mice like the ULX are slippery. You have
[3:34] to use a grip tape, but grip sometimes
[3:36] add width. If you buy a small mouse and
[3:37] add tape, you just ruin the shape you
[3:39] paid for. Now, the OP1 uses a chalky
[3:41] coating that sticks to your hand as it
[3:43] get warm. You don't really need a tape
[3:44] unless you really kind of want it. The
[3:46] shape kind of stays poor all the time.
[3:48] But before I tell you which one is my
[3:50] main, we have to fix the software. Most
[3:51] mice ship with the settings that
[3:53] actually make you slower. There are two
[3:54] settings you need to change immediately.
[3:56] Most player leave this on default, and
[3:58] it's a mistake in my opinion. First
[3:59] motion scene. Just turn it off. This
[4:01] feature tries to make your movement look
[4:03] smooth on your graph. But the smoothing
[4:04] adds a tiny little bit of delay. It
[4:06] makes your aim feel like floaty, if that
[4:08] makes [music] sense. After 8,000 hours
[4:09] I don't really want smooth. I want draw
[4:11] input. I want the sensor to report
[4:13] exactly what my hand does. The
[4:15] millisecond it happens. Now the second
[4:17] setting is something exclusively to the
[4:19] OP1. It's called GXP mode. Now this you
[4:22] want to have it enabled. It works with
[4:23] that SPDT logic. It basically removes
[4:26] the safety delay that most mice have to
[4:28] prevent double clicking. Also you have a
[4:29] lot of other settings like sensor angle
[4:31] tuning if you want to play around with
[4:33] that. It's actually kind of useful, but
[4:35] if you want to switch mice is a lot, I
[4:36] don't really recommend it that much. And
[4:38] you also have angle snapping and ripple
[4:40] control. Now in my opinion, I would just
[4:42] stay away from these settings because
[4:43] they will just teach you bad aiming. But
[4:45] if you aren't ready to spend like $150
[4:47] on this mice, do what I call renting a
[4:50] shape. Buy like a $40 or a $60 clone
[4:52] like an Attack Shark R3. Use it for a
[4:54] week. If you hate the shape, you only
[4:56] lost like $40. If you love it, then you
[4:58] can upgrade to the premium version with
[5:00] a better coding and a stabilized
[5:02] firmware. Now, with the tech optimized
[5:03] and the finalist ready, I finally had to
[5:05] choose. Only one mouse removed every
[5:07] SQS. [music] Now, after 30 mice and
[5:09] $2,000, it came down to a choice between
[5:11] the final mouse ULX, the OP18K, and the
[5:14] OP1 Wireless. Now, the ULX is an amazing
[5:16] piece of art, but the shape didn't lock
[5:18] my hand in, if that makes sense. It's
[5:19] basically a smaller Viper V2 Pro from
[5:22] Razer. Also, the fact that the mouse is
[5:24] super expensive and Final Mouse is kind
[5:26] of scummy with their drops, I wouldn't
[5:27] really recommend it that much. Now, the
[5:29] OP18K is the fastest mouse I've ever
[5:32] used, [music] but the cable pull on a
[5:33] fast pad was a distraction I couldn't
[5:35] ignore. So, the winner of my audit is
[5:37] the Endgame Gear OP1 4K V2. It isn't the
[5:40] lightest, but of course, you can mod it
[5:41] with a lot of stuff that you can find on
[5:43] the internet to make it like 40 g if
[5:45] you're really into that. It isn't also
[5:47] the fastest on a spec sheet, but the
[5:48] flat sides anchor my hand better than
[5:50] any other mouse. The build is solid, and
[5:52] the wireless freedom gives me total
[5:54] certainty. Now, my search for the
[5:55] perfect mouse wasn't about finding the
[5:57] lowest weight. It was about finding the
[5:59] setup that stayed out of my way. So
[6:01] stop chasing the gram count. Look for
[6:03] the shape that actually anchors you. and
[6:05] firmware that gives you the rout.