Quietest full-size mouse?

Ideally it will have 4+ buttons, but nothing too fancy needed. I've been using a regular microsoft express mouse and it's been fine, except that the clicks are loud as hell. Not so fun when trying to play any game next to my wife (after years of CS and SC I'm quite the obsessive clicker).

Anything really quiet will also allow me to work/game well into the night without bothering anyone I've tried following the guide on Youtube for dampening noise, but all my mice are made from cheap plastic and break if I try to disassemble them.

MS bluetrack technology is a bonus. Thanks!

 

165 views and not a single suggestion? It's not that obscure a product, surely?

 

Have a look at Nexus silent mouse: Nexus Silent Mouse Solutions | Silent mouse
SM-8000B with nano usb receiver or the SM-8500B Wired.

 

Bloody TL8 for quietness w/ 8200DPi

Bloody V/R series (slightly more noise, but not much) if you don't need more than 3200DPi and looking for a smaller form mouse

Both mouses can compensate for weapon recoil in FPSes and from personal experience they have the best macro scripting software in the market.

$40/35 respectively

 

I have the Anker 5000 DPI gaming mouse.

Full size and full of features. Programmable buttons and weight tuning cartridges.
Very quiet because the click travel is lower than most

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ANKER+5000+DPI+GAMING+MOUSE&page=&utm_source=opensearch

 

Unfortunately, the reviews seem to be very divided on Nexus mice. Half of the people claim the tracking is so bad it's unusable. Not something I'd be willing to consider for a gaming mouse.

Does not actually claim to be quiet or silent. Do you have a video showing it as such? I'd be interested otherwise...

I looked at the video and it doesn't seem to be especially quiet...given that I'd be pressing it dozens of times a minute...

Seems like the Nexus is the best choice for "quiet" but the worst for tracking.

Anything else, or is my best bet one of these 3?

 

I can't measure how noisy it is, but the TL8 is pretty quiet. (the R/V-series is a bit noiser since it's not an Omron switch). You do notice the "click" noise, but it won't annoy anyone.

Tracking wise, the R/V-series uses the Pixart sensor from the SS Kana (1st gen), the TL8 uses the ADNS-9800 (razer mouses that go 8200DPi). Both are good (if you calibrate it with the software first) but takes time to get used to (due to the weird shape of the mouse)

Rebound time is faster on the TL8 compared to the V/R series, and has less resistance and travel distance to press. If you click really fast, the TL8 will be quieter overall.

 

Not sure about the Bloody ones, but A4Tech (Bloody is just another brand of them) used to make quiet mouses with optical switches.

 

Overall I'm quite impressed on how A4 made the Bloody line, very good for it's price tag.

Macro software is kinda complicated to use at first, but extremely powerful if you learn to use it correctly.

 

I think you are better off getting any mouse you want, opening it up, popping open the micro switches, bending the leaf spring a little, and putting everything back together. The path to any silent mouse you want.

 

well i had same issue but i've given up and gone for the anker mentioned above. i really wanted something more like buttons on my alienware m11x touchpad... had one long time ago, mice haven't felt as posh and luxurious since... hate the sharp clicky thing, as far as i tried, majority seem to sound same. not sure about the bending springs on them, but wouldn't that kill part of the feel, as in it wouldn't feel as precise? might butcher my old backup sidewinder and try

 

The reason that mice all have that sound is that they use pretty much the same micro switches for their main buttons. If you want the same click feel, you will have a loud mouse. They go hand in hand. You can bend the spring to taste, but you will always hear a click and feel it too.

 

The optical switch on the A4Tech noiseless mouse (OP-200Q).









Unfortunately the mid mouse button is still mechanical.


JSCO Noiseless Mice is also interesting.



According to some people who have used the A4Tech, hearing nothing from your button presses can make you mad at first!