Best ASUS Gaming Mice for side button quality

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Best for side button quality

ASUS ROG Harpe II Ace

4.6 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Most evidence

ASUS ROG Keris II Ace

12 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Mini

4.2 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 ASUS ROG Harpe II Ace
4.6

Side buttons were broadly praised for placement, crispness, accessibility, and reduced accidental presses.

Pros: glide smoothness, weight

Cons: handedness options

#2 ASUS ROG Gladius III Wireless
4.6

Side button quality was praised for tactile feedback, placement, and responsiveness, with only limited caveats around reach.

Pros: battery life, software usability

Cons: click noise, fingertip grip comfort

#3 ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Mini
4.4

Side button quality was generally praised, with reviewers noting satisfying side clicks, easy thumb access, and good in-game feel.

Pros: shape comfort, value for money

Cons: handedness options

#4 ASUS ROG Strix Impact III Wireless
4.1

Side buttons are mostly liked for clear actuation and placement, but one reviewer found them mushier than the main clicks.

Pros: Accuracy and tracking precision, shape comfort

Cons: long-session comfort

#5 ASUS ROG Gladius III Wired
3.9

Side button quality was context-dependent, with praise for tactile feedback and convenient placement but a left-hand usability complaint.

Pros: button responsiveness, shape comfort

#6 ASUS ROG Keris II Ace
3.8

Side button quality was mixed: several reviewers praised crisp placement, while others found them small, high, or stiff.

Pros: value for money, sensor performance

Cons: software usability, grip texture

#7 ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab
3.5

Side button quality was mixed, with some reviewers liking reach and tactility while others found the buttons small or mushy.

Pros: weight, grip texture

Cons: software usability, profile switching

#8 ASUS ROG Spatha X
2.5

Side button quality was the most repeated functional concern, with reviewers calling the cluster awkward, hard to discern, spongy, or mushy.

Pros: charging convenience, RGB features

Cons: side button quality, weight

#9 ASUS ROG Chakram X
1.9

Side buttons were a repeated weakness, criticized for being tiny, awkward, too far apart, or easy to hit accidentally.

Pros: glide smoothness, scroll wheel quality

Cons: analog joystick usability, shape comfort