Why Is Razer Making Another Left-Handed Mouse?

34 responses to “Why Is Razer Making Another Left-Handed Mouse?”

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   KB

   April 2, 2012 at 2:14 pm

   I am right handed and I actually use my mouse on the left. I find it more efficient and more annoying to other people.

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2. 

   Leelu

   April 2, 2012 at 2:14 pm

   I used a mouse with my left hand for years, then I bought a G15 keyboard with the macro buttons on the left. Ever since then, right hand for mouse. I can’t think of anything else I’ve switched for my right hand though, not scissors, not sports equipment etc. If you game and want the cool stuff though you don’t have much choice. I don’t even notice it any more, and if people want to use my desk at work they no longer complain 😛

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   BearBlaster

   April 2, 2012 at 2:15 pm

   My friend is a southpaw, he holds his mouse with his left hand. I bought him an ambidextrous mouse for his b-day last year. No luck getting him to switch to the other hand.

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4. 

   Lichbane

   April 2, 2012 at 2:16 pm

   Luke. I am a left ended game and I use the mouse in my LEFT HAND. Bring it on Razer! I’ll grab one of these when they come out!!!!

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      Lichbane

      April 2, 2012 at 2:18 pm

      Errr …. Handed that is. Got to love phone autocorrect.

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      Luffy-Sama

      April 2, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      i’m left handed too and refuse do join those WASD bastards, pl;’ is the best way for lefties
      currently using a lachleis 5600 but if this is any good i’ll give it a shot

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      Luffy-Sama

      April 2, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      i’m left handed too and refuse to join those WASD bastards, pl;’ is the best way for lefties
      currently using a lachleis 5600 but if this is any good i’ll give it a shot

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   Sean

   April 2, 2012 at 2:26 pm

   Check this out it’s so wierd – I’m left handed and I play left handed.
   Good on razer!

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      Sean

      April 2, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      As to the why – it’s this bizarre concept called dexterity which is also closely linked to comfort.

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6. 

   Another Melbourne Gamer

   April 2, 2012 at 2:27 pm

   I’m left handed and have a habit of alternating between hands.

   Just because you don’t use a left handed mouse doesn’t mean it’s a strange idea, I think it’s a good idea.

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7. 

   Skidd

   April 2, 2012 at 2:27 pm

   I am Ambidextrous and use the mouse in my left hand for efficiency sake at work. I therefore game with the left hand as well while using the numpad as my wasd . Currently own a left handed Razer and I will be buying one of these just for WoW when it comes out 🙂

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   Trjn

   April 2, 2012 at 2:36 pm

   I wonder if they’re going to use this guy to help sell it. His current team (Quantic) is sponsored by Razer.

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      Lanky Mikey

      April 2, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      They could show NaNiwa using the new mouse to micro a probe rush 😛

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      1. 

         Trjn

         April 2, 2012 at 2:56 pm

         Most of the work is done for them already :p

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         1. 

            Trjn

            April 2, 2012 at 2:57 pm

            Still not sure how this managed to be a big controversy, but I love the aftermath.

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9. 

   Vaporeon

   April 2, 2012 at 2:36 pm

   I’m left handed but my mouse hand is the right. I don’t even…

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10. 

    Jake

    April 2, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    “I’m left-handed. And I, like every single other left-hander I know, uses a mouse… on the right.”

    I’ve never met a left hander who uses the mouse with their right hand.

    As a left-handed (mouse) gamer, it’s almost impossible to get a good left handed mouse with more than three buttons. I tried to get a cordless laptop mouse with more than three buttons the other day and it was a pointless exercise. Razer produced the Lachesis which is the best ambidextrous mouse I’ve ever used – but very few high-end mice (mouses?) cater for anyone other than right-handed users.

    For those who aren’t aware, approximately 10-15% of the population is left-handed (depending on which definition of left-handed you use). Is that enough to market a specific product?

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    1. 

       ldx

       April 2, 2012 at 6:44 pm

       how many of those are gamers? that need a dedicated lefty mouse?

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    2. 

       Cam

       April 4, 2012 at 7:15 pm

       Wow. I don’t know any lefties who use the mouse in the left. Hell, I’M a leftie and I use my right.

       What a strange, amazing world we live in. 🙂

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11. 

    Rod

    April 2, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    I use my mouse in my left hand at work but right hand at home. I tried gaming with left-handed mousing once… it wasn’t pretty. Decades of gaming have nearly hardwired my game brain to a right-hand setup, and I just cannot bring myself to spend the hours/days/months it would take to undo all that…

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    Luke

    April 2, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    I’m a leftie and, colour me crazy, I’ve always used a mouse with my left hand. As has my brother and father and pretty much every leftie I know. It is crazy that PC gaming is so inaccessible to lefties that people force themselves to use to learn their right hand – if we’re forced to use our right hand none of us (aside from a few outliers no doubt) would be able to compete with a similarly skilled right handed gamer.

    I bought the left handed death adder and I’ll buy this when it comes out, whatever it costs.

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13. 

    Peacemaker

    April 2, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    aargh!!!!!

    after so many years of being forced to use a right hand designed mouse i cannot switch to left! though it has its advantages. my left hand is quicker on the keypad then my right 😉

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14. 

    DogMan

    April 2, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Wow. I can’t believe how many people actually use left handed mice. I’m left handed but I always assumed the other left handed people were like me and just got used to using a right handed mouse from the start.

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15. 

    Squeaky4all

    April 2, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I’m right handed but my mouse hand for gaming is the left, it all started because my mother couldn’t turn her wrist all the way over on her right, so i just stared playing with the arrow keys and the mouse in my left hand. I use a lachesis from razer atm because its ambidextrous. When im working i swap which hand im using depending on what im doing.

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       Squeaky4all

       April 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm

       No one has mentioned the people who cant use a right handed mouse because of disability.

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16. 

    Bigjammy

    April 2, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    I’m a lefty & I’ve played using my left hand for mouse forever. Been a gamer from the old Doom & Duke days where controls were based on arrow keys. Real easy to add a left handed mouse to that setup. Hasn’t been an issue as there are plenty of ambidextrous mice available. Although having an ergonomic mouse would be very cool to try, see what all the fuss is about!

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17. 

    Jamie

    April 2, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Luke learned nothing from Flanders!

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18. 

    draus

    April 2, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Hey look! Another gimmicky product by razer!

    Wonder if the mouse is actually going to be worth more than $5 unlike the current naga

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    george

    April 2, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    heck i no right handers, who prefer to use there left for mouses

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20. 

    Will J

    April 2, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    My mother and I are both lefties, she mouses with her left, me with my right. G5 all the way.

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21. 

    Oomlot

    April 3, 2012 at 12:03 am

    I’m dying for a real left handed mouse. I use a right side G9 now, it’s actually painful to use with my left, but I’m trying (and failing) to play Battlefield 3 with it.

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22. 

    dlo

    April 3, 2012 at 11:48 am

    im left handed. the only thing i do left handed is write and play guitar. i find it stupid to make a left handed mouse, i dont know any left handed people that use their left hand for a mouse.

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23. 

    Mark

    April 29, 2012 at 3:41 am

    Unlike most lefties, who are apparently stupid, I was smart enough to use my dominant hand for the precision controlled movement in computing that is completely analogous to writing: mousing. So yes, I use the mouse in my left hand, why wouldn’t i? Think about it, what is truly different between writing and moving a mouse? If you can’t write accurately with your right hand you can’t mouse accurately. You’ve gotten used to it, but you would have been better off using left hand from the start.

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24. 

    Nicol

    May 11, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    I’m a rightie myself but only changed mousing from right to left at work recently to avoid persistent RSI. 10 days later it was like I was born doing it… Who says a 30-something dog can’t teach himself a new trick?!

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