Its legendary operational drill entails everything from training drivers to hold their keys on a pinky finger so they don't waste time fumbling for them in pockets to asking employees to clean off desks at day's end so they can be clear for takeoff in the a.m.

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"We can't be seen as guys sitting around with gold pinky rings, " he snaps.

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We tend to grip mice between the base of our thumb and pinky, but the Rat 9 isn't well designed for that -- we ended up pinching our skin in one of the mouse's seams where no amount of soft-touch plastic could save us from chafing on those delightfully rakish edges, something that could perhaps have been avoided with a little rubber instead.

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As far as comfort is concerned, chew on this -- out of the box, the Rat 9's completely coated in soft-touch plastic, and if you don't like that, you can swap for a pair of textured rubber palm and pinky grips instead.

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