Type of Mouse Grips

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What kind of Grip do you use on your mouse, and does it differ from game to game?

This has always been very interesting to me, as it has such a huge influence on how you game. For both Comfort and performance.

There are 3 Different types of Grips

Palm Grip

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Palm grip is undoubtedly the most popular grip type which takes up more than 50% of the market and this is not limited to gaming.

The popularity of palm grip can be understood for its natural and relaxed way for the hand to be resting on the mouse with the most contact points and support. Mice made to this grip type are usually wider, longer and have a steeper back arch in order to provide the hand with maximum support. Even though they provide a more relaxed position for the hand, palm grip mice tend to suffer in agility and are normally less suitable for games require repeating rapid movements, but ideal for delicate and accurate gliding control.


Claw Grip
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Claw grip, even though less popular than palm, has been gaining the liking from gamers together with the RTS and Action-RTS game types that are becoming ever so popular nowadays. As its name suggest, the hand is arched up with less contact points on the mouse, forming a claw like shape. Mice made to this grip type are usually shorter with less aggressive back arch angle but a more agile overall presence.

Compare to the palm grip type mice, claw grip mice are more suitable for fast gliding and provide users the feeling of control when moving fast back and forth across the screen.




Fingertip Grip
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Tip grip is the most extreme grip type of the three, with minimal contact points between the hand and the mouse. This type of grip is only using the tip of the fingers to steer the entire mouse in extremely rapid movements with the least restrain of the hand and wrist. Mice chassis made to this grip type tend to be very light, very short and normally with the flattest back arch angle of the three.

Everything about fingertip grip is designed around speed, which it surely excels in. However, due to the minimal contact points and support of the hand, tip grip might not be ideal when the gliding movements are required to be slower, delicate and precise.




I am personally between palm and tip grip, especially because I almost ONLY play FPS games and need both the speed and accuracy with my Roccat Kone XTD, combine that with the right mouse pad for you and it makes a huge difference. I personally love my Razer Golathius Speed Large
 
I use a fingertip grip. I honestly don't know how people can use a palm grip and yet most mice seem to be designed for it.
 
I have pretty big hands.. Long spindly fingers, really, so I'm somewhere between a claw and tip grip. I think I lean more toward the tip grip.. But this is due to necessity, not because I prefer a certain style for certain games.
 
More of a claw grip myself, just comfortable I guess. Also owning an MX-518, it's a fairly bulky mouse.
 
I use a fingertip grip. I honestly don't know how people can use a palm grip and yet most mice seem to be designed for it.

I tend to see this as well. You really have to shop around to get a claw grip mouse.
The best one if have use was the Genius Death Taker. It is a very short and compact mouse and forced you to crab it :P
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It depends on the mouse, it's somewhere between claw and palm mostly. My work mouse is a lot more palm than claw, but my mouse on the gaming rig is more claw than anything else. The shitty external mouse on the laptop is definitely tip grip because it's a bloody tiny mouse
 
It depends on the mouse, it's somewhere between claw and palm mostly. My work mouse is a lot more palm than claw, but my mouse on the gaming rig is more claw than anything else. The shitty external mouse on the laptop is definitely tip grip because it's a bloody tiny mouse

What mouse do you use for gaming? Curious about all the claw mice now
 
I prefer and have a palm grip due to large hands.

Dealt with claw grip for many years; long hours of gaming cramps my hand.
 
I recently bought myself another mouse for my work laptop, which I definitely use Tip Grip on. It is the Speedlink Calado Wireless mouse.

I'll have to sit at my desktop to check how I use that mouse, but I think it is claw grip. I have a Logitech G502 Proteus Core at home.
 
Palm grip myself. Even with the smaller Logitech M705 I use for work I palm grip but I do tend to claw to the sides of it to keep it in place...
 
Just checked on my desktop's mouse, it appears to be in between palm and claw grip. My hand lies flat on the mouse but it's not long enough to rest in my palm. I have a Steelseries Sensei [RAW] Frost Blue
 
My grip is not listed. I guess I should call it palm - pretty much grip with pinkie on one side and thumb on the other side of the mouse in palm position
 
Looks like i'm in the Fingertip Grip camp. Though I guess it's also depends what mouse you have. I've got a Speedlink Ledos.
 
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I checked at home last night, I alternate between Palm Grip when browsing and the sort, and then I swap to Claw Grip when I game. I never noticed it before, it just happens :)
 
Im also a hybrid, using palm and fingertips with a bit of claw - mainly because my right hand is all weird looking due to my accident as a kid. So I have no choice, its how I have adapted to use a mouse
 
Im also a hybrid, using palm and fingertips with a bit of claw - mainly because my right hand is all weird looking due to my accident as a kid. So I have no choice, its how I have adapted to use a mouse

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