When comparing Razer Naga Hex 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 Razer Naga Hex is ranked 49th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Intuitive hexagonal button placement
The design of the button placement allows the user to intuitively click each without having to look at what they are pressing.
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 Glossy coating is slippery
Having a gloss coat on the top of the mouse causes excess sweat to build up easily which then makes the mouse slippery. A matte finish would have been ideal but sadly is not available for this model.
Con Side buttons are too sensitive
Accidental clicks happen too frequently with the Nag Hex due to the over sensitive button switches.
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.