Razer Deathadder 2013 vs Zowie EC2-A

While being mainly designed for palm grips using a claw grip will still work, though with a weird placing for the palm.

The users fingers rest easily inside of the concave left and right buttons. By being concaved the users fingers also stay in place.

At $50 it's not an expensive gaming mouse for what it offers.

With dimensions, 127 mm/5.00” x 70 mm/2.76” x 44 mm/1.73”, Deathadder is just a bit bigger than an everyday gaming mouse.

The mouse has a 6400 CPI optical sensor with X & Y variable axis. No angle snapping, no acceleration, no prediction.

The two left side buttons are position so that they stay unobtrusive yet easily accessible.

Helps prevent kinking, curling and protects the cable prolonging life of the gaming mouse.

The mouse has a true rubber grip as opposed to common rubberized or plain plastic grips.

High quality scroll wheel.

The Razer Deathadder 2013 sits at a reasonable weight of 105 grams, which is 8 grams lighter than the previous 3.5 version.

Synapse can be a useful tool by saving a users setting to the cloud automatically, setting do not need to be remembered upon re-installs or using a friends PC.

Razer offers a right and left hand edition for the Deathadder model.

The Zowie EC2-A is made of high quality plastic that's lightly coated to help with grip. The buttons click easily and the rubber cable is thin and flexible. All of this combined gives a feeling of quality, while also being functional as a high-end mouse.

The Zowie EC2-A delivers accurate mouse cursor movement that is essential to any gaming mouse. The Avago 3310 sensor used by this mouse is exceptional. It delivers a true portrayal of mouse movement with no jitter, acceleration or prediction. The available DPI choices of 400/800/1600/3200 are all native and should ensure an equally good performance, regardless of which one is chosen.

The left and right mouse buttons have small grooves to help fingers rest in place. The left side lets the thumb grip the mouse comfortably. The side buttons are in an easily accessible, yet unobtrusive position. The coating is slightly textured to help you control the mouse confidently.

EC2-A weighs just 94 grams, making it light enough for quick mouse movements and won't cause fatigue after extended use. At the same time, the mouse feels solidly built.

Its elegant, ergonomic design is suitable for most hand sizes regardless of the way you hold it.

It's worth noting that Zowie offers the EC1-A version for larger hands.

Although the buttons have Huano switches, which are more stiff, the shell of the mouse somehow negates this and makes them click easily, just like typical Omron switches.

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There's no advanced functionality or accompanying software. There are just 5 buttons and the only settings you can adjust are CPI, polling rate and lift-off distance. And only in preset intervals via specific mouse button combinations. It's a mouse that focuses on the essential factors only - comfort, performance and build quality - all of which it excels at. It doesn't get distracted with anything else. If you think all the bells and whistles that come with gaming mice are unnecessary, this just might be what you're looking for.