Buttons, Scroll Wheel

Moving on to the buttons, the left side's main button have negligible travel before and after actuation. The right one, on the other hand, is quite loose and has a lot of travel, which is a problem better quality control could eliminate. These main buttons feel pretty good otherwise; a tad stiffer than I'm used to, which is mainly due to the shell design not separating the main buttons. These buttons use Huano switches (rated for 20 million clicks) with slightly higher actuation force than the more widely used Omron D2FC models.


As for the scroll wheel, it's tight, resembling the feel of Zowie scroll wheels, but way quieter. The steps are rather well defined, but I think this is mainly because of the stiffness and not its tactility—I could make the wheel stop between two notches. The encoder is a 14 mm tall black core TTC.


The middle mouse button is very hard to actuate; it's on par with the Logitech G403's, if not stiffer. This is mainly due to the switch itself, which is a heightened square switch without a branding.


The side buttons are perfectly usable; they don't have much pre or post travel either, but feel quite hollow. The switches are standard-laying 3-legged switches with a "W" marking on them.


Lastly, the CPI switch needs a bit more force to actuate than the main buttons, but it's still pretty good, tactile and spammable. It's definitely perfect for the task of CPI switching, but can be remapped via the software. The switch is a blue plunger Huano model.

I also made a video in order to demonstrate how the buttons sound:

Mouse Feet

The mouse feet feature a two-part design and feel alright, but are nothing special. The QC on my model wasn't particularly good as the top-left side of the upper feet is wrinkled a bit. Fortunately, there are two sets of extra mouse feet in the package, so this isn't a deal breaker for me.

Cable

I've seen worse cables in my life, but the ones on Dark Project mice are pretty much awful. They're very thick and braided, without much flexibility. I'd definitely suggest using a bungee or affixing it somehow without it touching the mouse pad as it otherwise generates a lot of drag. It is 1.8 meters long, which should be enough for most people. The connector follows the USB 2.0 standard.

Disassembling

Disassembling the ME1 isn't hard. All you need to do is remove two screws from beneath the bottom mouse feet and you're ready to go. Only the bottom part of the shell has electronics, and everything is very simply put on a single PCB.