Trust Gaming GXT 144 Rexx Vertical Ergonomic Gaming Mouse 250-10 000 DPI 6 Buttons Black

First of by no means am I saying this is the best mouse ever made as there a regular gaming mice that have much better specs beyond what is available for vertical mice. The headline and this review is as of 4/30/23. Updated 4/2/2024 (year plus of use) Intro to myself: I have been gaming since 2000 with FPS games like counter strike. I wasn't in the competitive scene but very good for pub gaming and occasional joined scrims with friends who were in competitive gaming at that time. Around 2015 I started having pain in my elbow from all the activity I was doing at that time not just from gaming. Unfortunately once the tendonitis started, gaming exacerbated the problem. So like most folks I looked for ergonomic mice and found an Anker vertical mouse for a replacement. Keep in mind I had a top tier gaming mouse from Logitech at that time so it was a hard switch. I wasn't playing aggressively with games at that time. After a couple months though I was able to game decently and still enjoy games. The Anker mouse was not a gaming mouse but it was doing the job. Around 2020 I bought the Logitech mx vertical, it definitely was a nicer mouse and was enjoying it. It was still just an ergonomic mouse. Then I started getting back into FPS gaming with Apex Legends. I was doing pretty good even though these mice weren't designed for gaming and so I wanted to see if getting a better one would help and I started shopping for "vertical gaming mice" There were a few on the market and I tried pretty much all of them at least the notable ones. Throughout my journey I was using Aimlab to track if mice were hurting or helping my overall scores in Aimlab. *Update anyone familiar with Aimlabs must know the game gridshot. I was in fact able to hit 100k with this mouse. In the end this mouse came out on top. Now by no means am I saying this mouse is without its faults. It definitely needs to be improved upon and needs to be more competitive with other top regular gaming mice. Just looking at all the vertical mice on the market, if you want the best sensor (10k dps and 1k polling rate), smooth sliding and accurate tracking with decent clicking that feels pretty good to hold then you found it. Properly calibrated tracking mechanism for x/y movements. The thumb buttons are def poorly placed and takes time to learn to use them in comparison to the mx vertical which I had no problem with. The scroll wheel feels good. (scroll wheel becomes a little hard to use when clicking and scrolling sometimes) Takeaways for future improvements for the mouse: quicker/responsive clicking for advanced fps gaming. Better button placement for the thumbs. Adaptability for the mouse feet for ptfe or superglide glass. Improved sensor for next gen tech like higher polling rates (2k to 8k). Higher DPS sensor up to 20k to 32k. Lighter mouse if possibly to get down to 60g. Even with these faults if you want a serious fps vertical gaming mouse this is it. I just find it funny that people are giving this mouse a bad review trying to transition from regular gaming mice to a vertical mouse and saying this is a bad mouse. Look through reviews who have been using vertical gaming mice already instead. In apex legends the game I have been playing. I have made more improvements and hit much more consistently now that I have been able to use this mouse and being able make use of higher dps and polling rates. Until another competitor comes out this keeps the benchmark of 5 stars. Read more

After doing a few hours of looking at various lists of ergonomic mice, this seemed to be the only one that actually had customization software instead of presets. after using it for a week or two, i'm totally converted to vertical mice. or, atleast this vertical mouse. i was using a razer basalisk ultamite which is a KILLER gaming mouse, but its still a flat mouse which means i get pains after a long gaming session. this mouse checked all but one of my reqirements: it has a decent sensor (goes up to 10k dpi), it had customization software (its janky, but it gets the job done.), it has a ribbed/textured scroll wheel (to avoid slipping in the midst of battle), it is comfortable after 10+ hour long gaming sessions (no wrist/arm pain, unlike traditional mice!), it had thumb buttons in an easily accessable spot (and they are large, so hard to press the wrong one), minimal RGB (that is adjustable via software), and it fit my hand. (i like to palm grip mice.) small bonus feature is the DPI adjust button is in a spot off to the side so its much harder to accidentally press mid game, which would throw you off. my only complaint is the entire body was made of a very smooth plastic which meant my hand constantly slipped off when gaming. easily solvable however, as a bit of liquid silicone painted on in a thin layer added the nessecary grip. it aint pretty, but it works very well. compared to nearly all the other vertical gaming mice i saw, which were plastic shells hiding shitty components with lots of flashy RGB, this is the only one that seemed to be designed as an actual ergonomic gaming mouse, rather than a cash grab or an ergonomic mouse first, gaming mouse second. i did try another vertical mouse that was very highly rated, (contour unimouse) but it, like most others, is aimed for ergonimics and general browsing rather than gaming. so while i wish this had a tilt scroll wheel, or a third thumb button, or better polished customization software, it still more than gets the job done. this is definitly replacing my very nice razer mouse as my main gaming mouse, as even though its a worse mouse its good enough and elimenates my wrist pain from long gaming sessions. *edit after a long time of using this mouse* this has become my main mouse that i use in all things! in terms of gaming, you do have to really dedicate yourself to using this to get back to the performance of a flat mouse just because your muscle memory will be tuned towards traditional mice and this is different, but holy shit i hardly ever use my old razer basilisk ultamite now. very rarely do i actually need the extra features of a higher end gaming mouse such as more thumb buttons or a tilt scroll wheel. i love this mouse and now swear by it after using it for (i think) a year or two now! Read more

I have been using this mouse for about a decent month as of writing this review. For a budget gaming mouse with ergonomics in mind, it does a very good job in performing. I actually bought this mouse to replace a Razer Deathadder that crapped out on me. In need of a new mouse, I wanted to look for something that had accessibility(customization via an app or driver) and performance. Ergonomics was something I had in mind subconsciously since I've been trying to look for something to ease any semblance of Carpal Tunnel in my arm. Having come across this mouse was exactly what I was looking for. I will admit, what I recieved was a little different from the image, the GX Trust logo on mine is different(see pic), and I was expecting sub-par quality. However, plugging it in was a different story: I installed the drivers, put in my custom settings, and went to town on some games. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR ME, not only with helping with ergonomics, but overall well-tuned performance, not something I expected from what would be considered OEM hardware. The software and driver you download for the mouse allows customization such as RGB setting, DPI switch settings up to a decent 10000 DPI(where most ergo mice offer up to 4000-6000 max DPI), and even macros if you wanted to set any. Overall, decent bang for your buck, started in mind as a "buyer beware" but ended up being a recommendable product. Read more