Experience
So far so good. So far, so fantastic actually. This mouse has been absolutely fantastic. I was a bit skeptical at first, but soon after a few games of Stacraft, Diablo and Counter strike online, this was simply amazing. The feel of the mouse is really really nice and it fits really nicely despite my fingers being a little short and my hand rather stubby. A small annoyance is probably the buttons at right side of the mouse (if you're a right hand person), I tend to press them sometimes while browsing the internet and it goes back one page if you press that or forward. Eventually I got used to it so its pretty much fine now. For gaming wise I have no key programmed to it so even if i do hit it, it doesn't affect the game.
About the mouse
Here are some specs and details of the mouse:
Weight: 102g
Height: 38.7mm
Length: 125.5mm
Width: 68.3mm
Dpi range: Default (1-5700), double usage (5701-11400)
Laser sensor: 10.8 megapixel HD image correlation up to 12,000 fps (150 inches/s movement speed)
5 Macro buttons (comes with steelseries engine software that can program these buttons and etc)
16% of bottom of mouse is glide pads
18 million different colour combinations
Plug and play system
PC/Mac compatible
Bottom of mouse contains LED screen to put names/logos etc
Braided cable
Advantages
Well most of the good stuff I have placed at the experience section, go read that up. But anyway I'll break down any other things to do a proper full on review on this.
Of course height, weight, length etc don't really matter as much, maybe except the detentions to the mouse for your hand, but its mainly calibrated to an average hand size so you should be pretty fine. Even if you're not average, it should still be totally fine to use. For example my hand is rather small and wide, but it fits really nicely and feels really good.
The Dpi range is completely absurd. Not only is there one Dpi sensor, there's 2, cranking the total possible Dpi range from 1-11400 Dpi. 11400 Dpi? That is bloody INSANE. Steelseries have said the extra Dpi range is for multiple connected screens that form one single image. Like 1 game spread out to occupy 3 screens, then you might need the high Dpi.
The laser sensor is also exceptional. Responsive to the millisecond like all gaming mouses.
The glide pad at the bottoms are rather interesting. My old Razer Lachesis had like 8% of glide pads at the bottom, this as 16%. Its sure to help it last longer as well as further reduce friction. Really good call by Steelseries to add the extra amount of glide pads.
18 million colours is really a lot of colours. So pretty much all your favorite colours should be available. It illuminates the mouse wheel, the small dot behind the CPI button below the mouse wheel, and of course, the most obvious, the Steelseries logo at the very back of the mouse where your palm would be. Really nice aesthetics by Steelseries.
Another interesting thing is that you can download something called the "Steelseries engine" which allows the utmost full customization of the mouse. Full as in everything full. The rate, colour, dpi all in precise numbers down to the decimal all at your disposal. Very nice program to have there.
The plug and play system also is great if you're an outgoing Lan gamer or playing in offline tournaments where downloading and installing a software may be a hassle to do so.
Standard braided cable for keeping your wires nice and neat.
DisadvantagesNot much really. Price tag is pretty high thou. Costing around 120-160 (SGD) depending on where you get it is a pretty darn heavy price tag for a gaming mouse. But hey, you get what you pretty much pay, although fixing it at 120 would be really nice.
This mouse is pretty much designed for almost all grip types, however i find that people that grip the mouse in a whole would have some problems as the buttons are quite annoying. If you're using my grip type, which is like using the bone below the thumb as the pivot point for the mouse movement and using mostly your wrist to push and pull the mouse to position it, its perfect for you.
The grip is a bit off thou. The smooth finishing is a nice aesthetic design from Steelseries but it reduces grip on the mouse for people with small hands especially. It would be nicer if they had some parts that the hand mainly keep in contact with the mouse having some high grip padding to prevent the mouse from slipping or for users feeling that the mouse might slip out anytime soon resulting in the need to hold the mouse tighter and using more force that what is required resulting in higher levels for fatigue, especially in high level tournaments.
ConclusionWould I recommend it? If you have the money to burn or between a Razer mouse, get this. Its a really fantastic mouse and it has been a sheer joy using it. Definitely worth considering if you're planning to get a high end gaming mouse.
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