When comparing Mionix Castor vs SteelSeries Rival 300, the Slant community recommends SteelSeries Rival 300 for most people. In the question“What is the best gaming mouse?” SteelSeries Rival 300 is ranked 23rd while Mionix Castor is ranked 36th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Excellent accuracy
Castor has the highly accurate Avago 3310 optical sensor. There's no angle snapping, hardware acceleration or jitter. It's virtually flawless.
Pro Solid build quality
It has a solid build quality. The coating feels nice, and the mouse feels strong in hand. It's specifically designed for right-handed people. The 2 metre braided cable is light and very flexible.
Pro Customizeable lights
The glowing colors can be set to any color you like, using the software. You can also give the lights different blinking effects.
Pro Adjustable lift-off distance
You can change the lift-off distance based on your playstyle.
Pro Great software
Bug-free and easy to use software. It's an executable file, which doesn't even need installing. It has 5 profiles, color customization, macro settings and more.
Pro Great for those with large hands and using claw grip
Pro Comfortable to handle
This mouse is very well balanced in weight, size and ergonomics making for a mouse that is easy and comfortable to handle.
Pro Great value for money
At $39 the Rival gaming mouse has a great balance between build quality and value for money.
Pro Highly accurate
The Steelseries Rival gaming mouse has a built in Pixart PMW3310 optical sensor that offers great tracking control. There's no angle-snapping, hardware acceleration, or jitter.
Pro Great accompanying software suite
Steelseries uses a software suite called Engine 3 that is low resource and used to customize their gaming mouse options.
Cons
Con Rubber pad attracts dust
The rubber coated pad on the left side gets dusty very fast.
Con Not extremely ergonomic
Not entirely fit for claw grips with small hands, and gets uncomfortable after a while.
Con Rubber grips get worn out very quickly
Con Rubber grips get slippery with sweaty hands
When using the mouse for long duration's the sweat from the users hands can make the rubber side grips slippery.