Paracord cable = floating mouse

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dermodemon
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Paracord cable = floating mouse

Post by dermodemon » 14 Jan 2026, 03:23

Out of curiosity, I bought a thick, shielded, non-flexible cable for fast charging and data transfer (Ugreen), and I was absolutely amazed. With this cable, the mouse felt snappy, precise, and predictable. Then I decided to connect my mouse with the original flexible paracord and the mouse started floating again.

If your mouse is unstable and feeling floaty in games and you're using the included paracord cable, try a thick, rigid, non-flexible shielded Type-C cable instead. Use the mouse with this cable instead of wireless mode. If this helps, you can rule out all the silly Windows and BIOS tweaks. The problem lies in the poor quality of the paracord cable, which is not shielded and the poor quality of the wireless connection.
I understand that paracord cable and wireless mode is much more comfortable, but the difference in the feel of the mouse will be like night and day.

Try it and give us a feedback

Hyote
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Re: Paracord cable = floating mouse

Post by Hyote » 14 Jan 2026, 04:39

dermodemon wrote: ↑
14 Jan 2026, 03:23
Out of curiosity, I bought a thick, shielded, non-flexible cable for fast charging and data transfer (Ugreen), and I was absolutely amazed. With this cable, the mouse felt snappy, precise, and predictable. Then I decided to connect my mouse with the original flexible paracord and the mouse started floating again.

If your mouse is unstable and feeling floaty in games and you're using the included paracord cable, try a thick, rigid, non-flexible shielded Type-C cable instead. Use the mouse with this cable instead of wireless mode. If this helps, you can rule out all the silly Windows and BIOS tweaks. The problem lies in the poor quality of the paracord cable, which is not shielded and the poor quality of the wireless connection.
I understand that paracord cable and wireless mode is much more comfortable, but the difference in the feel of the mouse will be like night and day.

Try it and give us a feedback
I'm not sure if your "logic" involves older mice but like everything, those mice and cables are affected by what is potentially EMI the same way as paracorded and wireless mice. Source: I use an old rubber cable Zowie FK-2 for my laptop and I have floatiness there as well. And I also used the EC2-B Divina which has an updated sensor and a rubber cable and had problems with what I perceived to be input lag at the time. It can make sense but just as much as not using a gas lift chair with iron parts.
That's why I'm the other way around, because if you set up your PC the proper way, you get measurable gains that aren't affected by outside factors.
Also companies use different cables so unless you cut it up and see how well it is shielded you aren't going to know which one is truly better.

dermodemon
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Re: Paracord cable = floating mouse

Post by dermodemon » 14 Jan 2026, 05:30

Hyote wrote: ↑
14 Jan 2026, 04:39
dermodemon wrote: ↑
14 Jan 2026, 03:23
Out of curiosity, I bought a thick, shielded, non-flexible cable for fast charging and data transfer (Ugreen), and I was absolutely amazed. With this cable, the mouse felt snappy, precise, and predictable. Then I decided to connect my mouse with the original flexible paracord and the mouse started floating again.

If your mouse is unstable and feeling floaty in games and you're using the included paracord cable, try a thick, rigid, non-flexible shielded Type-C cable instead. Use the mouse with this cable instead of wireless mode. If this helps, you can rule out all the silly Windows and BIOS tweaks. The problem lies in the poor quality of the paracord cable, which is not shielded and the poor quality of the wireless connection.
I understand that paracord cable and wireless mode is much more comfortable, but the difference in the feel of the mouse will be like night and day.

Try it and give us a feedback
I'm not sure if your "logic" involves older mice but like everything, those mice and cables are affected by what is potentially EMI the same way as paracorded and wireless mice. Source: I use an old rubber cable Zowie FK-2 for my laptop and I have floatiness there as well. And I also used the EC2-B Divina which has an updated sensor and a rubber cable and had problems with what I perceived to be input lag at the time. It can make sense but just as much as not using a gas lift chair with iron parts.
That's why I'm the other way around, because if you set up your PC the proper way, you get measurable gains that aren't affected by outside factors.
Also companies use different cables so unless you cut it up and see how well it is shielded you aren't going to know which one is truly better.
just try to buy fat shielded modern cable for fast charging/data transfer and use it with your mouse. old ones in the old mice like zowie are not that good. Paracord flexible cables are not shielded at all, i cut few of them to see the inside. They all looks the same

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