Hey guys, salut mes amis och hallå gubbar, Maxim here.
Have you ever wondered what the pro's are using?
A site called e-sportsgear has taken 140 well-known CS:GO players and made some statistics on
the 5 most popular choices for each separate gear.
I'm gonna show you which ones they are and which ones I really like.
Keep in mind that most teams' sponsors could potentially force what they need to use in
tournaments but that's mostly keyboards and headsets.
So let's begin with the mouse.
As you can see here, Zowie is the king, and you can also find the Razer Deathadder in-between.
I'm currently using a Deathadder Elite, the only difference is that the switches feel a little bit better
I like the new scroll wheel (it's nice for bhops)
and the bottom surface is something I think has been greatly improved. BTW I am not sponsored.
All Zowie mice have basically the same hardware and sensor, the only difference being the
feel and the design.
I have some friends that use the different Zowie products and they love them, I've seen
great positive things about it online but I haven't used one long enough to be able
to give you guys a review, if I'm lucky maybe Zowie could sponsor me one.
First on the list is the EC2-A which has been praised by a lot of people for being an extraordinary
mouse with great precision.
Next up, Mousepads.
What's interesting here is that all mousepads are soft.
SteelSeries in my opinion has always been a great choice for this.
QcK Heavy is 6 mm thick, being of the thickest gaming mousepads you can get it has that premium,
comfortable feel to it.
I've been using it a lot together with my Razer products but I've also used the Razer
Goliathus and that's also a great choice for most mice because it's 3 mm thick and it has
stitched edges to prevent it from being easily worn out.
Right now I'm using the BananaGaming mousepad which is 2.5 mm thick and it works great on
any mouse I've tried. You can get one on BananaGaming.tv
The Zowie G-SR is a very nice plain black 3.5 mm mousepad and just like the Razer one
it has stitched edges and it works really well with speed.
The last mousepad in this list from Logitech is something I've used when I was competing
at a lan party and I was actually amazed at how consistent and smooth the surface feels.
This may be last in the list but it's really good for what it is.
Keyboards.
Every keyboard in this list is obviously mechanical, and most players are most likely sponsored
to use them.
The Razer Blackwidow is first in the list but just because it's most likely sponsored
doesn't mean that it's bad.
In fact, I've made a review on the Tournament Edition which is even better in my opinion
because the numpad is removed and it has a detachable cable, but it's a little bit pricey.
Steelseries keyboards just like mousepads, are great, durable choices.
The 6Gv2 is different but it's very durable, perhaps a little bit boring in terms
of looks but if you like to blame something for doing a bad play in-game, this badboy
will definitely help you with your therapy.
All the keyboards in this list are pretty much plain and simple with high build quality
but what's more interesting is that it's a very mixed market for keyboards overall.
Let's move on to Headsets.
Used by most of the pro's is the HyperX Cloud II and I can understand why.
It's one of the best choices for all it's features: The sound quality, the microphone
quality, the comfortable design but most importantly the price.
It's cheap, especially for everything you're getting and I can definitely recommend this product.
However Sennheiser headsets are amazing and I would honestly say that they have the best
audio quality for gaming and for everyday use, but they're expensive.
HyperX Cloud Revolver S is in the list as well and also the old-school Steelseries Siberia.
I've used Siberia a lot, it's not famous for it's sound quality but it's extremely lightweight
and comfortable which is probably why most players like this pair.
I know nothing about the Corsair Void's apart from the fact that they look weird but that
could also mean that they're very comfortable.
So that's pretty much it, I'll link what gear I'm using in the video description along with
my in-game settings.
I'll see you guys in the next video, go bananas!