Mad Catz R.A.T. 8+ 1000 Gaming Mouse

Love this mouse so much. Comfortable, smooth scrolling and easy to set profiles that are colour coded by the light on the mouse make it easy to use. The free software download lets you program your buttons and speeds how you like with a total of 4 profiles which are stored on the mouse. Adjustable sensitivity etc also has 4 programmable settings per profile.

Love this mouse, works amazingly, everything is flawless even given the age and the feel is out of the world

The rat air and mousepad are amazing. At £40 i think its a steal. i used to use a rat 5 a decade ago for 2+ years, no mouse has felt the same since then. Decided to get the air and it feels comfortable and as great as it did back then. the mouse mat is amazing however one small flaw was when i flipped the mouse mat texture to the smooth side, it didnt fit properly and would slide off, i glued it down since i knew i would never use the other side. used it for about a week now 12 hours a day and i have no complaints.

Really easy to use, adjusted very quickly to fit my hand and I like the pinky rest which keeps my 3rd & 4th fingers off the mousepad. Despite other comments, I found the software for setting up the lighting and the sensitivity was easy and intuitive to use.I like the quality feel of the buttons, the specific features like the aim button and the second scroll wheel, and the ability to adjust sensitivity and speed on the fly. Once set, the profile is saved in the mouse, so there is no need to have unnecessary software running on the pc the whole time.

I've previously had multiple R.A.T. 5's and they've been fantastic. As they're no longer available, I opted for the 6+ as it has the same feature set. Now, I never expected like for like. There had to be something different between the two. The aesthetics are slightly different, so is the grip. I figured that'd be most of it but unfortunately the biggest and most noticable difference is the lower quality for roughly the same price. The side scroll wheel is now plastic instead of metal. The switches feel a lot cheaper. The visible cables "inside" the mouse are now thinner and smaller. There's extra cheaper, more brittle plastic in places. This means that the weight is significantly lower than the 5. The box didn't come with extra weights to match the difference so hopefully I can canabalise some from the 5 into the 6+. All in all, I think my journey with MadCatz has come to an end and once this mouse has broken in some fashion, I'll have to scour the internet for a good replacement mouse.

I bought this mouse about 1 days ago, cos i was really disappointed with Razer Mamba Tournament, which not precised, move on it own. to be honest i was sceptical about a new mouse, and i was wonder if this Mad Catz 8+ worth the money, and if it does what it suppose to do on advertised. but compare with the razer, the 8+ is 1000x better then Mamba. Yes it cost about £100, but for me is worth it, it's cool, a lot of features, the response time is phenomenal, precision is outstanding, i am really happy, and i encourage everyone wants a nice spectacular mouse, however the mouse price tag

great mouse, have always had the rat series this one could be a bit bigger and i think the added finger plates are just a bit of a gimmick.As i have big hands i added the right side finger rest and but my finger still brush the desk top and the weight distribution can make the mouse tip to one side if your not carful.That said its a brilliant quality product with loads of mapping options, its a fantastic gaming mouse, just make the rat series a bit bigger, or include extra but bigger palm rests

Has a really nice weight to it which makes it nice to move around.The only downside is the software which still looks like it was made by a design team and has very limited functionality. I have actually crashed out the mouse due to this (motion worked but no buttons registered).The few things you can do with the software is really nice quality of life stuff though like auto-clicker and basic macros which I fo use often.