Might be a difference between a bluetooth mouse and a rf mouse. Not all mice come with a rf adaptor. Bluetooth is generally slower but not all bluetooth methods/devices are the same.

Wired are low maintenance and low input latency. Can deal with the mouse cables a variety of ways if they bug you. Mouse bungee, homemade solutions, clips, etc.......

Can use bluetooth mice and keyboards for other devices but might not be designed to work well and might have lag or lack normal functionality. Tvs, tv streaming devices, tablets, laptops, etc...

Bluetooth is bad, but no proper gaming mouse would use it.

Really any halfway decent wireless mouses only downside is the increased weight of the battery if that bothers you and having to keep it charged up.

The latest mice are fast enough that the latency is not noticeable, hasn't been for years now really.

It can betray you when you least expect it and depending on the components, it might be an angry lithium ion battery inside, too.
Best to have less of those around than more.

I've been using RF wireless mice almost exclusively for the last 3 decades and never had a single instance of dropping connection. I don't think I've ever experienced any latency issues either.

For me, I just hate having to deal with mice cords. Even if you bungie them up, you can still feel drag/resistance from the cord. Using wireless mice is so freeing in that regard. You don't have to worry about tangles, routing, snagging, pulling, dragging. You can take your mouse to bed and operate your computer from there.

I don't have any experience with Bluetooth mice as it never struck me as a good alternative to RF mice and keyboards.

Drawbacks are often increased weight and/poor balancing. Fancy mice with RGB typically have horrendous battery life and require daily charging. I don't do those anymore. But there is a good selection of ergo mice that will last months on a single charge. M720 Triathlon being one such model that is very energy efficient.

bt and wifi mice will be horrible

ones that have a dedicated dongle will be fine

Make sure to shut off all rgb, since it does drain the battery surprisingly fast.

Lights on=drains in about 3 days. Lights off=lasts over a week. For a UtechSmart Venus.

bt - no due to slower response vs wired

g305, a single rgb led, batteries last well over a month if polling rate is set to 500/sec
if its set to 1000/sec, battery will still last about 2-3 weeks

it has all the gaming features, all buttons can be macro, hero sensor, fast rf wireless

I always used a wired mouse because they were reliable, wireless mice always seemed to have issues at crucial moments like sleeping or losing connection, w/e. Todays wireless mice are pretty solid and as reliable as any wired mouse.

Its a little pricey but I use the Asus ROG Spatha, can use it wired or wireless, long cable and very good battery life and it can charge while in use if need be. Excellent mouse and am very pleased with it.

latest wireless gaming mouse doesn’t have lags, delays or limits like a decade ago. I have a mouse with the latest tech and it runs smoothly without any problems in comp shooter for me. Haven’t tried on much beefer refresh rate though. On higher refresh rate it will take probably a few more years to finish the improvement

Originally posted by Carlsberg:

I always used a wired mouse because they were reliable, wireless mice always seemed to have issues at crucial moments like sleeping or losing connection, w/e. Todays wireless mice are pretty solid and as reliable as any wired mouse.

Its a little pricey but I use the Asus ROG Spatha, can use it wired or wireless, long cable and very good battery life and it can charge while in use if need be. Excellent mouse and am very pleased with it.

I will second this, I just treated myself to my 3rd spatha (the first 2 still work YEARS LATER, we're used on seperate systems), the updated spatha X, they are a bit heavy but they are the best mice I've ever used and they just go on and on and on, every other mouse I've tried needed replacing within 6 months to a year.

But, it is heavy, like 2-4x the weight of some gaming mice and it does cost around £150, but, it's like the Rolls Royce of mice.

A good one like this Logitech G602 or the other one, Razor Naga Pro, seemingly have zero issues with my system and I believe the G602 has at, or under, 1ms input lag (both are expensive and that Naga wireless has 3 face-plates that you can use, up to 12 buttons).

I bought both on sale for 1/3 of their cost.

The downside, like any mouse, is the middle click which I tend to wear out fast.

You need to charge em once in a while

If its Bluetooth you always have to upgrade due to vulnerabilities

Originally posted by HIVEmind:

If its Bluetooth you always have to upgrade due to vulnerabilities

bt has <30ft/10m range
its not really good for k/m just because of delayed input

using a bt k/m is no more vulnerable than just having the bt dongle enabled