ThunderTank Sidewinder

Saw this mouse on eBay for pretty cheap, was wondering if anyone has any reviews or information?

I can't really find much about it.

edit: Can anyone translate? lol http://dehao.cenbel.com/English/ProductDetail.aspx?ID=78

edit 14th August: Wow it arrived this morning! I'm glad I woke up early and didn't go back to sleep, I literally answered the postman 5 seconds after getting out of bed lol.

Sorry for the picture quality, they're taken from my Blackberry.

Price: £12.
Pictures and first impressions:


This is the box it came in, typical mouse box covered in what I'm guessing is Chinese. Has 4 DPI settings (600, 1200, 1800 and 2400), not that I'm too bothered because I'm not a serious gamer. Unboxing gave me the mouse and two slips of paper, both which have no English. The box was held shut with two stickers, which was better than the usual sellotape used by other companies. However, the mouse on the back of the box is a totally different model lol.

Pictures of the paper:


The mouse itself:

Exactly as described, a complete clone of the Microsoft Sidewinder. DPI switch works, side buttons work, the lights on the back work, feels like quality materials, and has a nice weight to it. I am very pleased with this £12 purchase lol. Every time I press the DPI switch there's very bright colour change from the small window you can see on the left (picture above), it changes from red, blue, purple and off.

The shape feels very natural, almost as if it "moulds" to my hand. I feel bad for the guy that sold it to me because I can't leave feedback for another three days (I just signed up), which is unfair for him because he sent me the product very quickly.

Issues:
Only has 2 side buttons, I was under the impression there was more. I really don't care, I won't use them anyway.
Right-click is very sensitive, however I'll get used to this.

They're the only issues I can find, and they're not even bothersome .

 

That would be the Microsoft Sidewinder:

SideWinder Mouse

It's a laser mouse with up to 2,000 DPI and 500Hz polling/2ms response, as well as adjustable weights.

 

Is it worth buying for £12? Lol. Ordered one earlier, just need something for a few weeks whilst I save up for a better one.

 

That's a pretty good price. It sells for $80 here.

 

$80? Damn I need to start selling them .

 

Actually, taking a closer look, the one you looked seems like an imitation or knockoff of some sort. Look at the pictures and you'll see a few differences. Still, it's pretty clear where the inspiration comes from.

 

haha nice find, imitation sidewinder =)

 

Lol, it should arrive Monday and I'll let you know what it's like. I'm really not expecting much, it was only £12.

 

I'm guessing it's 12 pounds directly to a trash can Hope not

 

Don't be so sure.I bought this chepo logitech imitation for 8$...One year later still going strong and works perfectly.

USB 10M 2.4GHz Wireless Cordless Optical Mouse 1600 DPI - eBay (item 280421667549 end time Sep-06-10 02:21:14 PDT)

 

I'm not bothered anyway, if it doesn't work I can still use my old one which works fine. My curiosity got the best of me lol.

 

Many of those are actually "3rd runs" or something similar. An extra off-brand run by the factory that makes them for Logitech, or someone swiped the designs. They tend to be pretty close in actual quality, though.

 

Wow this just arrived, 2 days early! I got pictures and stuff I'll upload then in a second. Sorry for the picture quality, they're taken from my Blackberry.

 

Same as the razer abysus selling in china for 10 USD, a lot of them are not really knock offs, the mice are made in china in the first place, some brands simply looks for the same factory to produce for them, or the factory might sell some of their stock on ebay/taobao directly to skip over the middle man which is the brand company itself. Same as how I got my logitech MX, 60 USD instead of 100 USD if you buy from retail shops.

 

I wish I managed to find one of those lol. That being said I'm pretty happy with this Sidewinder .