They say comparison is the thief of joy—but I bet you anything ‘they’ just haven’t seen a really nicely laid out comparison website.
Case in point is EloShapes.com, a website for comparing mice and mousepads in terms of pricing, features, and—you guessed it—shapes. It’s not always easy to get the best sense of hand-feel before buying PC peripherals (beyond reading PC Gamer’s own exquisite hardware reviews, of course), so Elo Shapes takes a visual approach to getting that across.
What’s more, if my beloved Hyperspeed were to ever warp out of existence, Elo Shapes offers a ‘Find Similar’ feature that lists gaming mice with both comparable profiles and specs. Better yet, it’s all ranked from ‘Same shape,’ and ‘Very similar,’ all the way down to ‘Slightly Similar’. That said, beyond the really obvious inclusions of the Razer Viper Pro SE and the Viper V3 HyperSpeed, I can’t say a whole lot of recognisable names were jumping out at me.
As for the mousepad side of things, I noticed there’s no comparison entry for the SteelSeries QCK Performance. When it comes to the best mouse pads for gaming, this is our top pick overall, so it’s definitely a notable omission. While this isn’t yet the most robust comparison tool for mousepads, I’ll definitely be scrolling back for Elo Shapes’ slick visual comparisons for gaming mice.
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