When comparing SteelSeries Rival 300 vs Logitech M570, the Slant community recommends Logitech M570 for most people. In the question“What is the best mouse for programmers?” Logitech M570 is ranked 11th while SteelSeries Rival 300 is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Logitech M570 is:
Using a stationary mouse will keep wrist and arm movement down. The trackball being operated by the thumb makes for great comfort (do not recommend finger based track balls). A trackball doesn't require a large flat surface, though next to the keyboard still tends to be most comfortable.
Specs
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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 Trackball
Using a stationary mouse will keep wrist and arm movement down. The trackball being operated by the thumb makes for great comfort (do not recommend finger based track balls).
A trackball doesn't require a large flat surface, though next to the keyboard still tends to be most comfortable.
Pro Wireless
With 18 months of wireless power, it can be used in a variety of manners not handicapped by a wire.
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 Low build quality
The shell is very cheap, thin plastic and the button sensors are either far too easy to trigger (left/right click) or ridiculously hard (back/forward, middle button/wheel).
Con Really awkward with the left hand.
Doesn't really go both ways
