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title: 'I Spent $2000 on Gaming Mice To Find The Best One'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=c9u1WQqxl7Y'
video_id: 'c9u1WQqxl7Y'
date: 2026-06-18
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# I Spent $2000 on Gaming Mice To Find The Best One

> Source: [I Spent $2000 on Gaming Mice To Find The Best One](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c9u1WQqxl7Y)

## Summary

The creator tested 30 gaming mice over 15 hours, spending $2,000 to find the best one for competitive shooters like Valorant and CS. They discovered that shape and click latency matter more than raw specs like weight or polling rate.

### Key Points

- **Flat sides anchor the hand better than rounded shapes** [1:32] — Rounded shapes fit everyone but don't lock the hand in; flat sides create a pincher force that anchors the hand.
- **SPDT switch logic reduces click latency** [2:27] — SPDT switch logic uses a second signal to confirm clicks instantly, reducing click latency.
- **Cable creates variable resistance on glass pads** [3:00] — A cable creates variable resistance on glass pads, making the mouse feel inconsistent.
- **Disable motion sync and enable GXP mode for raw input** [3:59] — Disabling motion sync removes input delay; enabling GXP mode removes safety delays.
- **Winner: Endgame Gear OP1 4K V2** [5:37] — The OP1 4K V2 wins due to flat sides, wireless consistency, and a chalky coating that eliminates grip tape.

## Transcript

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