Originally Posted by
Fysi
That's the whole point of the panels. You can remove and adjust to make it perfect for your hand. Shorter, taller, longer. Seriously, if you know of a shop that sells them (PC World does I think), go try it out and mess about with the panels for 30mins.
Also I cannot recommend a R.A.T 7 enough. I have a R.A.T 9 which is the wireless version, and after the initial 30mins of adjusting it to my hand, I can safely say it is the most comfortable mouse I have ever used. The sniping button that slows the tracking speed is actually useful, which I wasn't expecting when I got it.