GAMENiAC™ 电游狂™: April 2009

When you possibly have the fastest gaming mouse on earth, what's more can you do to make it even faster? Things like these came into the head like crazy murmurings from outer space. Gamers like us are obsessed with speed: the faster, the better. It's a fetish. No sane being would understand why maniacs like us, like me would spend huge cash just to get faster in games. It is the gaming bloodline, the core that drives us through this. Play it to believe it. We are not only buying speed, but also deadlier accuracy, to ruin others' life in the virtual world. Gaming, just as real life, ain't fun, at least not until you are good at it. You will have to out-Skill and out-Equip your opponents by all means necessary except cheating (farkin' hate cheaters, they have no life).

Okay, back to the spotlight of today. The G9 gaming mouse by Logitech, albeit super fast with 3200DPI sensor, has a wee bit of problem. Notice the mouse feet. They are large, which translates to higher friction when moving on top of mousing surfaces (mouse pad). Though the Razer Mantis mouse mat fibertrek technology played a huge role reducing the friction to minimal, it ain't enough. I want my mouse to god damn FLY!

Original mouse feet.

Hyperglide heard me and soon they announced the Hyperglide G9 mouse skates. They called it mouse skates instead of mouse feet to imply that your mouse skates through the surface, not walking a.k.a. feet. These mouse skates are made out of smooth teflons to provide smoother movements and accuracy in games, by reducing friction between the mouse and the mouse pad. The package comes with 2 pairs of mouse skates, an alcohol swab and a simple instruction sheet.

Hyperglide mouse skates package.

First, remove the original skates/feet from the mouse. The original ones weren't bad, but I wanted more. Loved the G9 design whereby the original feet can be easily peeled off through the groove of the mouse feet frame. Then, clean the sticky glue off the surface with the alcohol swab until there's no residue left.

Feet-less G9 after having its original feet peeled.

Carefully position the Hyperglide mouse skates and stick'em into place. Apply pressure on top of the the mouse skates for at least 5 seconds to create a lasting bond. Just like love. You're done! It's that easy.

Tadaa...armed with Hyperglide mouse skates.

Performance wise, the gliding is a lot smoother compared to original mouse feet. It feels like the mouse would actually glide out of my hands! It is like flying through the mouse pad! However, care must be taken as these teflons are soft and can be easily scratched by hard particles underneath, thus destroying the smoothness, if you aren't careful. Read the maintenance tips here.

It only took me a while to adapt to this new speed and start fragging people online. It's good, it feels good, it controls good. Money paid justified. Thumbs up. Speed freak? Get this.