When comparing SteelSeries Rival 300 vs Razer DeathAdder Elite, the Slant community recommends SteelSeries Rival 300 for most people. In the question“What is the best RTS gaming mouse?” SteelSeries Rival 300 is ranked 4th while Razer DeathAdder Elite is ranked 5th.
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Pros
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.
Pro Comfortable for most sizes of hands and grips
The Deathadder gaming mouse has a simple design and ergonomics that makes it comfortable for a wide variety of hand sizes and grips.
Pro Two side buttons in an easily accessible yet unobtrusive position
The two side buttons on this gaming mouse are programmable and have the exact same actuation as the left and right mouse buttons. They are also placed well where they are easy to access but are also unobtrusive.
Pro Synapse is well-designed driver software
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.
Pro Left- and right-click buttons have a concave that helps fingers stay in place
The concave w design of the left and right mouse buttons allows for fingers to stay easily in place comfortably.
Pro Reasonably lightweight at 105 grams
At 105 grams the Razer Deathadder Chroma gaming mouse is reasonably lightweight.
Pro 5 Independently programmable buttons
All five buttons on the device are independently programmable with the Synapse software.
Cons
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.
Con Requires signing in and connecting to a server before the mouse can be used to its full potential
To get the latest drivers or edit settings you have to download "synapse" an "online cloud device updater and profile storage" application. You have to register an account with your email and have it running in the background constantly for changes to take effect.