OCZ Behemoth Laser Gaming Mouse

10 Review to this product

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  James Ingraham
  June 5th, 2009 on 4:11 am

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  The OCZ Behemoth is named well; it’s BIG. It’s also heavy, but the weights are removable, so you can make it quite light. The biggest problems for me were (a) The extremely “clicky” buttons were to hard to push and too loud, and (b) my hand is really too small for this mouse. The DPI chaning feature is nice, but only some people will find it useful. Bottom line: if you like other “gaming” mouses, the Behemoth is an excellent alternative at a great price, though not everyone will like it.
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  John L. Ribble, Jr.
  June 17th, 2009 on 12:04 pm

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  The cursor won’t stop moving when I try to point it at anything. It won’t stop moving after I remove my hand from the thing. I recommend the Equalizer, which hasn’t failed in over a year of heavy gaming. This one’s being returned and I’m ordering another Equalizer.
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  Daniel S. Kim
  July 17th, 2009 on 7:43 pm

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  I rarely use this mouse since it’s the mouse I use at home. I’ve had it for about a month now? and the left click if jammed and sticks when i double click. I tried using those condensed air cans HOPING it was dust or something…NOPE. I’m going to try to RMA this thing.

  I also have the same problem the 1-star reviewer has with having trouble clicking on things. Maybe the sensitivity is too high? I don’t know, I need this sensitivity so I move around my monitor easier.

  Honestly, spend the extra money and go with logitech or razer.
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  Rusber Padrino
  July 18th, 2009 on 7:04 pm

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  this mouse is truly awesome, has some incredible features at the software is large and physically its name from Greek mythology BEHEMOTH, is very comfortable and the weight is adjustable through the weights incorporated inside this mouse I think the market is the best no doubt this level of logitech G9 yet BEHEMOTH some wins in the competition, thanks OCZ
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  D. McInnis
  July 21st, 2009 on 2:27 pm

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  - Build quality is pretty good.
  
  - It’s a bit larger than a “standard” mouse
  
  - Variable DPI switching is VERY nice to have
  
  - Buttons are very loud

  Ok, it’s too large for my hands but I can’t really count that against it. I mean it is called the Behemoth, right?

  Being able to switch its sensitivity on the fly is more useful than I had thought it would be. From browsing to touching up photos to gaming and changing between Windoz and Linux… it’s a nice feature.

  The buttons are loud. Even if it fit I’d return it because of this. No one wants to hear mouse clicks and this one is pretty loud. I happened to be in a local big box *after* having bought this online, and had the chance to compare its click loudness to about 20 other mice. It was, crudely, louder than about 3/4 of all the others there. Actually, of all the mice there none were silent and most were annoying loud… kind of surprising really.
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  M. Mcfalls
  July 22nd, 2009 on 6:01 am

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  We got one of these and it would work great, then suddenly the cursor would race across the page and stick. After restarting the thing a few times we sent it back and asked for a replacement, since it was really good when it did work. The replacement just came today (kudos to Amazon for amazing service). This one doesn’t work at all. In fact, you can visualize the laser component up inside and to the left of the ‘eye’ in the housing. It is either loose or wasn’t installed correctly. The quality control on these things must be shabby.
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  Unicorn
  September 29th, 2009 on 3:58 am

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  Well, I guess my title is mostly accurate, except I believe that OCZ doesn’t actually make this mouse. I think this one Taiwanese company by the name of Dexin actually makes the mouse, but…

  There is a lack of quality control. My friend bought this mouse for himself, and I bought one as a gift. My friend’s mouse would be five stars, but this one is three. In my example, the base of the mouse does not fit in with the top of the mouse very well, so the whole thing is prone to rocking. As the sensor (it’s a standard sensor that pretty much all laser mice use, marketing be damned. It’s made by HP… uh, Agilent… uh, Avago… or whatever the latest spinoff is called) is quite sensitive on this mouse, this minute rocking results in rather inaccurate tracking. We’ve managed to push the mouse together more tightly, minimizing this problem (eliminating it in most cases), but the fact is the mouse did not come in perfect shape.

  As an aside, you can change the profiles on this mouse by rapidly hitting caps lock. A bit annoying at first when we were not aware of this feature, but it might be useful for people who really take advantage of the multiple profiles that this mouse can store.
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  Tony Luu
  October 3rd, 2009 on 6:58 am

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  Cheap, its been working, very smooth for pwning noobs in hon and dota
  
  the blue red lights r fkn sexy.
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  Scott Sneddon
  October 30th, 2009 on 2:26 am

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  I bought this mouse to reduce fatigue when making CAD-style drawings. It definitely “feels” better and reduces hand-cramping when drawing for long periods of time. The problem I have is that the “click” functions are very inaccurate and do not even register most of the time. I’ve resorted to using the laptop buttons instead…it’s really dissapointing, and double-clicking on a folder is nearly impossible – half the time you’ll accidently drop it somewhere else (i.e., click-n-drag), rather than actually opening the damn thing…anyway, I don’t have time for custom settings – I simply wanted a mouse that was large enough (and this one is) to not make my hand cramp-up while producing CAD drawings. It handles this function well, but at the expense of all other typical “mouse” functions.
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  Michael M. Hoskins
  May 27th, 2010 on 6:21 pm

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  I bought this mouse last year when I built my new workstation. I had no problems with it under Windows XP. When I upgraded to Windows 7, the mouse would occasionally stop working after a cold reboot. This problem has worsened over the year, and became consistent recently when it would stop functioning even after the PC was in hibernation or sleep.

  Recently, it stopped working completely, and would not work on two other machines. This product is now EOL (end-of-life), and OCZ has informed me there are no replacements, and I see they no longer make mice at all. I was offered a USB flash drive “of comparable value” instead. I don’t see how this falls under the two-year warranty mentioned; I’m not particularly interested in their flash drives, nor does one help move my cursor around.

  The caps lock feature didn’t cause me any issues, but I also do not use caps lock for any games I play. I do know Ventrilo and some other software maps caps lock; I could where this would be an issue for some. I was not too impressed to see that their response to this issue is that it is working as designed, and there is no way to change keys or even disable this feature.

  This all being said, when the mouse did work I loved it. I have rather large hands, and smaller mice cramp my fingers after a few hours of gaming. This mouse easily allows me to “palm” it and lay my fingers down the full length of the buttons. I’ve seen other reviews state the buttons were difficult to press, but this wasn’t a problem for me. The buttons were slightly stiff when the mouse was new, but wore in as quickly as any other mouse I’ve used.

  The adjustable sensitivity came in handy when switching between games and work. I prefer a faster speed when playing shooters, and more accuracy when using the desktop, so being able to change settings with a button press is nice.

  OCZ states that this product has a two-year warranty. However, keep in mind they have no replacements to send out, and are obviously discontinuing any support for this product. The Windows 7 issue seems fairly common, so, caveat emptor.