Prime Day is a great time to pick up new tech — but instead of dropping a ton on a RAM bundle, why not buy something a little more wallet-friendly, such as a new gaming mouse? This is a great time to pick up a new gaming mouse, as a lot of companies released new versions that were more like updates last year. You can now find several great gaming mice on sale — they may not be the absolute newest versions on the market, but they'll still get you that extra edge.

Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro

Razer recently launched its DeathAdder V4 Pro, which has the same shape and size as the DeathAdder V3 Pro, because the shape and size of the DeathAdder V3 Pro were basically perfect. This lightweight wireless gaming mouse weighs just 2.22 ounces (63g) and features five programmable buttons and up to 90 hours of battery life over 2.4GHz wireless (with a 1,000 Hz polling rate).

It sports Razer's Focus Pro 30K optical sensor and works with Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle (sold separately) to achieve a wireless polling rate of up to 8,000 Hz (at the expense of battery life, of course). The DeathAdder V4 Pro is also excellent, but the V3 Pro is still one of our favorites — and it's currently on sale for just $66.49 at Walmart, which is $83.50 off its MSRP of $149.99 and the lowest we've seen it at yet.

Read our full review of the DeathAdder V3 Pro here.

Razer Basilisk V3 Pro

Another one of our favorite Razer gaming mice is also on sale: the Basilisk V3 Pro, which is part of Razer's flagship Basilisk lineup. The Basilisk V3 Pro isn't as performance-focused as the DeathAdder V3 Pro — this ergonomically-contoured wireless gaming mouse also features Razer's Focus Pro 30K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 30,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70G's of force. It has 11 programmable buttons and 13 zones of bright, customizable RGB lighting, and it weighs 3.95 ounces (112g).

Like the DeathAdder V3 Pro, this mouse also works with Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle (sold separately) to get up to an 8,000 Hz wireless polling rate; it's also compatible with Razer's Mouse Dock Pro (sold separately), which integrates the HyperPolling Wireless Dongle and also allows for wireless charging (and also features 8 zones of customizable RGB lighting, because why not).

Read our full review of the Basilisk V3 Pro here.

And if you want the stripped-down version of the Basilisk V3 Pro, Razer's Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed wireless gaming mouse is also on sale at Best Buy for $37.99 — $32 off its retail price of $69.99.

Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2

If you're looking for something ultra-light, well, it's in the name: the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is a pseudo-ambidextrous ultra-lightweight mouse weighing just 2.12 ounces (60g) and designed for those who need speed above all else. It comes in three colors: black, white, and Logitech's bright magenta rose color (that I happen to love).

The Pro X Superlight 2 has Logitech's Hero 2 optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 32,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 500 IPS, and can handle up to 40G's of force. It has five programmable buttons; its primary buttons feature Logitech's Lightforce hybrid optical/mechanical switches, which can actuate optically (for the lowest latency) and mechanically (for saving power).

Read our full review of the Pro X Superlight 2 here.

Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless

Maybe ultralight and stripped-down gaming mice aren't your thing. If you're looking for a mouse with all the buttons, Corsair's newest Scimitar Elite SE Wireless is a good option, and it's currently on sale for 50% off at Best Buy — you can pick it up for just $69.99, which is 50% off its original MSRP of $139.99. That's $5 cheaper than it was last Black Friday, too.

The Scimitar Elite SE Wireless features 16 programmable buttons, 12 of which are on its movable side panel — you can move the side panel forward or backward, depending on your hand size and what's most comfortable for you. It sports Corsair's Marksman S 33K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50G's of force. It weighs 4.02 ounces (114g), but let's face it — if you're looking for a mouse with 16 programmable buttons, weight is not your top priority. The Scimitar Elite SE Wireless also features a pretty solid battery life of 150 hours over its 2.4GHz wireless connection, which means you'll only have to charge it every couple of weeks (and that's if you're a serious gamer).

Read our full review of the Scimitar Elite SE Wireless here.

HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

If you're looking for something modular, HyperX's Pulsefire Saga Pro is a wireless gaming mouse with just a couple of modular options (plus the ability to print your own pieces, coming soon). This lightweight gaming mouse also features five programmable buttons and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, and it's currently on sale at HyperX for 79.99 — $40 off its MSRP of $119.99.

The Pulsefire Saga Pro sports HyperX's 26K sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 26,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 650 IPS, and can handle up to 50G's of force. This is the same sensor we've seen in HyperX's mice for a couple of years now — it's a solid sensor in terms of speed and accuracy, but it might not be for you if you're looking for the latest and greatest.

However, if you're just looking for lightweight modularity, the Pulsefire Saga Pro is where it's at: this mouse comes with two mouse humps, two sets of primary mouse buttons, and two sets of side buttons, and it implements its modularity well — everything fits together nicely and feels sturdy, and we had no issues with creaking or parts moving around in our testing. All configurations will give you a weight of 2.54 ounces (72g) — lightweight, but not quite as light as the Pathfinder.

Read our full review of the Pulsefire Saga Pro here.

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Dr. James Ries, the founder of Twenty Mile Medical, proudly proclaims that he’s a Razer Naga V2 Pro user. The most surprising thing about this tidbit is that he uses it while seeing patients remotely. Before you get your pitchforks out, no, the doctor isn’t playing World of Warcraft while evaluating a patient — instead, he uses it to simplify his and the rest of his team’s workflow. Dr. Ries mentioned this interesting piece of trivia during TextExpander’s interview with the healthcare provider, where he showed how he used the service to standardize patient care, reduce the cognitive burden on medical professionals, and quickly write more accurate clinical notes.

Doctor fatigue is one of the biggest issues that telehealth faces today. “Discharge instructions going out at 8 am from a fresh provider look nothing like the ones going out at 4 pm from the same provider after eight hours of visits,” TextExpander said. Dr. Ries said that he addressed this by using master Snippets (a snippet is a short text command, like “;sig” that would run a programmable command, like inserting your signature).

Instead of typing out a fixed phrase, sentence, or paragraph, which is what TextExpander is usually used for, the shortcuts he created bring up the relevant clinical scenario and give options to select appropriate responses as needed. He’d have snippets for general patient communication, sinus infections, psych refills, and more, and then there are check boxes that he can click in each master snippet to ask questions, add instructions, write prescriptions, and more.

Each master Snippet has its specific command, and this is where Dr. Riesa’s Razer Naga V2 Pro comes in. Instead of having to memorize the commands needed to launch the workflow, he assigned them to the customizable buttons that sit on his right thumb. He also assigned other buttons to insert his most commonly used typed paragraphs, like his intro paragraph and signature. You might think that this is excessive — after all, you’re only saving a few seconds by typing four characters instead of pressing one button. But even if that is true, you’ll save a lot of time if you use the shortcut often enough.

More than saving time, it also reduces the cognitive load on doctors. Decision fatigue is a real phenomenon across industries and professions, where people make bad calls not because they’re poorly trained or careless, but simply because they’re tired. Combining the text shortcut with the macro keypad on the mouse helps reduce this, as you don’t even have to lift your hand off the mouse to launch the master Snippet.

Dr. Ries says that the functionality isn’t limited to gaming mice — you can also use a macro pad like the Stream Deck Neo to assign commands and shortcuts, too. Nevertheless, he still prefers the Razer Naga V2 Pro because he doesn’t have to lift his hand off the peripheral to insert what he needs.

Watch the video below to see how the doctor uses his gaming mouse for productivity.

Logitech has announced new gaming peripherals, including the $79.99 G305 X Superlight wireless gaming mouse and the $119.99 G316 X 98 wired mechanical gaming keyboard. The original G305 (G304 in certain regions) has been a popular choice among gamers and is widely considered one of the best and most reliable budget wireless gaming mice on the market. With the new G305 X Superlight, Logitech has managed to cut the overall weight down to just 59 grams. It is also claimed to be built with a minimum 51% recycled plastic with exposed screws, offering users the right to repair. Available in black and white color options, the new G305 X Superlight is available for purchase at $79.99. You can purchase the Logitech G316 X 98 in either black or white for $119.99. It will be offered with either tactile or linear key switches.

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The new products are an expansion of the company’s relatively affordable G3 series, which also includes the G325 wireless gaming headset, which was introduced earlier this year.

The mouse also comes with the company’s latest Hero sensor that is capable of 44,000 DPI. Pairing the G305 X Superlight with the Pro Lightspeed wireless USB receiver offers up to 8,000 Hz of polling rate, which ensures ultra-low latency with improved responsiveness and precision. In addition to the 2.4 GHz Lightpeed wireless connectivity, the G305 X Superlight also supports Bluetooth and wired connectivity.

As for battery life, Logitech claims that it can deliver over 130 hours on a single full charge and supports fast charging via USB Type-C, providing up to 3.5 hours of playtime from just a two-minute recharge.

Moving onto the G316 X 98 mechanical keyboard, Logitech says that it offers a combination of customizability, “thocky” sound, and competitive gaming speeds. This one also offers up to 8,000 Hz polling rate and a 0.125 ms response time, making it suitable for competitive gaming. The keyboard offers hot-swappable switches, which is rare for a Logitech keyboard, along with a multi-layer snap-fit gasket design, which is claimed to improve structural integrity without using screws while offering a thocky sound profile.

There’s plenty of RGB as well, with a fully customizable LED lightbar and per-key RGB lighting. It even comes with a dial to control volume, brightness, and music playback, alongside a tiny dot-matrix LED display.

Logitech has released the Mobi Fold compact wireless mouse, which folds neatly in half to slide into a pocket, precisely as its name implies. Logitech's latest press release says that 76% working on the go own a mouse but don't use it. That may well be true, as we're all accustomed to seeing mobile warriors clumsily using their laptop's trackpad instead of using the proper tool for the job.

• See the Logitech Mobi Fold compact wireless mouse here

This is the company's first foldable mouse, and is surprisingly normal-sized for a portable mouse, at 1.3 x 2.24 x 4.8 inches (33 x 57 x 122mm) when open, weighing in at 2.8oz (79g). These measurements might give it an ergonomic edge over most portable mice with small, questionable shapes that often lead to cramped hand muscles. When folded away, the Mobi Fold measures 0.83 x 2.6 inches (21 x 66mm). The company says the main buttons are particularly quiet, a boon for working in shared areas.

The section that looks like a middle button is actually a scroll trackpad with two buttons that can be configured via Logitech's software. The sensor underneath the body is a PAW3222 unit with up to 4,000 DPI, set by default to 800. Logitech says the 100-mAh battery is good for a month's worth of use starting with a full charge, and that a single minute of juicing up via the USB-C port is good for 22 hours of battery life. Simply folding or unfolding the mouse switches it off and on, and the hinge mechanism ought to last for 15 years.

For wireless connectivity, the Mobi Fold uses Bluetooth 5.0 LE, and can be paired with up to three devices simultaneously. There's also a Mobi Fold for Business version, and as far as we can tell, the only difference is that it comes with a Logi Bolt wireless receiver. The standard Mobi Fold is available in four colorways: lilac, graphite, off-white, and sand, and goes for $79.99, 79.99€, or £69.99. The Business version is slightly pricier at $89.99, 84.99€, or £74.99, and seems to only be available in the graphite finish.

Should you want to consider other options, Microsoft has the snazzy Surface Arc Mouse that can fold flat and has both vertical and horizontal scrolling. That one will set you back around $85.99 at Newegg.

Corsair showed off its new Stream Deck-integrated gaming mouse at Computex 2026 — the Nightsword v2 Wireless SD Stream Deck gaming mouse. This mouse is semi-unique in that the Stream Deck app detects it as part of the Stream Deck ecosystem, which means you can map Stream Deck features directly to the mouse's 8 programmable buttons. It also features a dedicated Stream Deck Launch button, which lets you open up a Virtual Stream Deck (e.g. a Stream Deck on your screen) and activate Stream Deck functions from said "VSD."

This means the Nightsword v2 Wireless SD is more than just a mouse with macro-programmable buttons — not only do you get access to the Stream Deck's wide range of integrated plugins (mostly for various streaming and gaming platforms — it is called a Stream Deck for a reason, after all), but you can also program Stream Deck functions such as "multi-action," which lets you set up multiple Stream Deck actions to be performed in a sequence. It's great for people who want a one-click way to access their streaming or gaming setup.

Of course, the Nightsword v2 Wireless SD isn't the first gaming mouse with Stream Deck integration — Corsair's Scimitar Elite Wireless SE also featured native Stream Deck integration that allowed for both Stream Deck programmability and access to Virtual Stream Decks. However, instead of having a dedicated Stream Deck button, the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE just kind of had Stream Deck functionality built-in as a bonus (although, as a mouse with a 12-button side panel, it perhaps had more of an argument for the programmability).

Specs-wise, the Nightsword v2 Wireless SD features 11 buttons (8 of which are programmable) and sports Corsair's Marksman S optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of acceleration. This is the same sensor we've seen in Corsair's other recently-launched mice, including the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF and Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG as well as last year's Scimitar Elite SE. It has a sculpted, right-handed ergonomic design that measures 5.1 x 3.07 x 1.61 inches (129.6 x 78 x 40.9mm) and weighs 3.14 ounces (89g). The primary mouse buttons have optical switches, which are rated for up to 100 million clicks.

The mouse features 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired connectivity, and has up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate over its 2.4GHz wireless connection. It gets up to 170 hours of battery life over its 2.4GHz wireless connection (with a 1,000 Hz polling rate and the RGB lighting turned off). If you're using an 8,000 Hz polling rate, that number drops to 47 hours (with the lighting turned off) or 25.5 hours with the lighting turned on — which is better than we expected.

The Corsair Nightsword v2 Wireless SD is available now for $129.99.

Believe it or not, it’s been 20 years since Asus launched its high-end Republic of Gamers gaming line with the first ROG Crosshair, back in 2006 (see our recent review of the commemorative Crosshair 2006 motherboard). And because the sub-brand has since branched out to encompass nearly every aspect of gaming hardware (and also… noodles), Asus is celebrating this platinum milestone with, among other things, new 24K gold-plated peripherals.

Here we are looking at the ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 wireless gaming mouse, which sports a transparent rear section with a gold metal interior surrounding an RGB 20th anniversary ROG logo (which pulses in a gold color by default). It also features a gold metal scroll wheel and side buttons, gold-colored accents on the bottom Corning Gorilla Glass mouse feet, along with white and red lettering on the mouse itself, including a bold “ROG 06 ←→ ∞” graphic on the left mouse button, which implies the Republic of Gamers will outlive the heat death of the universe.

All of this sounds like manufactured opulence and gamer posturing – and it is, as Asus has priced this mouse at $259.99 USD. But Asus has spent the last two decades crafting generally well-designed high-end hardware around its ROG brand, and the ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 is no exception.

Specs and Design

Those who dare to splurge on this mouse will also get the company’s SpeedNova 8K wireless tech (via a svelte USB-A dongle), nicely clicky optical switches, and the company’s latest AimPoint Pro 65K mouse sensor that, at least on paper, seems to match the best options from PixArt. It’s all wrapped up in an 82-gram package that, while far from the lightest mouse around, is certainly light enough for serious, long-haul gaming sessions.

Apart from the fancy triangular fold-out packaging, Asus also includes a plastic display case for the mouse, complete with a clear lid with a gold 20th Anniversary ROG logo, and a silicon bed for the mouse, with an included slot for the 8K transceiver (the mouse itself sadly has no housing for the USB dongle). Some will see this as extra unnecessary packaging, but this is the kind of mouse you might want to show off more than most – and the triangular pod looks like it could be a small cryogenic chamber, designed to get this mouse to infinity, and beyond – or at least help it last until ROG’s 40th anniversary while still looking good.

The exterior shape and design of the ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 should feel comfortable and familiar to connoisseurs of high-end gaming mice, as it’s based on the second-gen Harpe Ace. It’s a mid-sized mouse that doesn’t break the mold in terms of hand feel, button layout, or button count. Aside from the left and right main buttons and the scroll wheel, you get the two gold buttons on the left side.

On the bottom of the mouse, aside from the glass glides and the fancy sensor, there’s a switch for the three modes (2.4 GHz wireless, wired, and Bluetooth), as well as DPI and Pair buttons, the latter for Bluetooth or for pairing the mouse to another compatible 2.4 GHz transceiver. As you would expect, the front edge houses a USB-C port for charging and / or wired use.

Accessories

The accessory box first greets you with a simple graphical tutorial about how to clean the mouse (a small cloth is included). And considering this is a glossy rodent with a see-through back, you should expect to be wiping down the Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 fairly often if you want it to look its best. I do have to wonder worry what the transparent palm area will look like after years of regular use – no matter how often you clean it.

Aside from said cloth, you get a braided 6.5-foot USB cable, a dongle extender to bring the transceiver closer to your mouse, an extra set of mouse feet, and some pre-cut (and ROG-adorned) grip tape. I’m not often one to add grip tape to my mouse, but this one is particularly glossy and slippery, so you might want to consider it.

Also in the box are a foil-adorned ROG 20th anniversary card and a set of similar stickers.

Web-based adjustability

I’m not the biggest fan of Armory Crate (or any gaming peripheral software suite, to be honest), so I like that Asus makes heavy use of its Gear Link (https://gearlink.asus.com/) web app for mouse control here. With the mouse plugged into your system, you can dig pretty deep into the settings via the site.

There are sections for button assignments, SpeedShift settings, and performance. The performance section is pretty deep, with angle tuning / snapping, DPI adjustments (in four presets, or adjustable on the X and Y axis via a slider or letting you punch in specific numbers), and debouce delay.

There are also sections for lighting adjustments, power settings, and calibration for specific mouse pad surfaces (with presets for several Asus products).

A separate Zone Mode section lets you adjust the polling rate (which, like most 8K mice, defaults to 4K out of the box), as well as select the frame rate of the sensor and whether or not the transceiver runs in a dynamic power mode or max power (for the best possible connectivity). I would expect that if you leave the transceiver at max power and the mouse running at 8K, you’ll likely have to charge your mouse quite often. But I didn’t have the Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 long enough to judge battery life in different modes.

Gaming (and working) with the Asus Harpe II Extreme Edition 20

I only had about a week to use the mouse before heading to Taiwan for Computex 2026. But in that time, I used it as my daily driver for work and gaming. And as I would expect for a mouse this expensive, I didn’t have any major complaints. Apart from the slick, glossy surface (which took some adjustment coming from the matte mice I’ve been using lately), the Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 pretty quickly felt like an extension of my mouse hand, letting me game and work mostly without thinking about it (to me at least, this is an important feature in a mouse).

Whether I was using an aluminum mousepad, a more traditional flexible mouse surface, or even the cherry wood of my desk, the sensor performed flawlessly. And the buttons were where my thumb expected them to be, with a cool metallic feel that’s subtle but appreciated (especially as temperatures get warmer).

The editor in me missed the dual-mode scroll wheel of my MX Master 4 for quickly scrolling through large documents, but this, of course, isn’t a productivity mouse. The gamer in me, though, would have liked to see a DPI button on the top of the mouse, when shifting between fast-paced FPS titles like Borderlands 4 and Doom: The Dark Ages, and RTS and casual titles that require a different level of cursor control. It’s not exactly difficult to lift the mouse up and cycle through settings via the button on the bottom, but having that button behind the scroll wheel would make things more convenient.

Bottom Line

The gold-and-black design of the Harpe II Extreme Edition 20, along with its busy graphics, is something you’re likely going to love or hate. But it’s hard to fault the internal components of this mouse, with 8K polling and one of the highest-DPI sensors on the market. How many of us actually need this level of hardware to get the most from our games is debatable. But the ROG brand tends to lean toward the high-end, so no one should expect mid-range components in ROG peripherals. This is a mouse for those who know what they’re after, appreciate ROG’s legacy, and aren’t afraid to splurge when it comes to their gaming gear.

Part of me would have appreciated a slightly lighter weight and a couple more buttons, but you can find those features in other mice from Asus (and its gaming peripheral competitors, of course). As a tech-upgraded, gold-emblazoned cursor controller that both feels and looks premium, the Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 reflects back to ROG’s past (borrowing its shell design from the Harpe II Ace), while reaching toward the future (with its 65K sensor and web-based interface).

It’s also a damn fine gaming mouse for the here and now, as long as you can afford it. And don’t expect to be able to save up forever to afford it. Asus says it will be available from June 2026 through the end of the year.

Prices of individual PC hardware components are all over the place at the current time. RAM kits can easily surpass $1000 for configurations larger than 64GB, and speedy M.2 SSDs have gone from under $100 to almost $300 for even lower-capacity 1TB Gen 4 models. It's getting harder to source components and afford to build your own machine in 2026, making prebuilt PCs look like a much better bargain than building one yourself. Keeping an eye out for good value prebuilt PC builds, we happened upon this ABS Flux II Aqua with an RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) graphics card for just $1424.99, thanks to a combination of a $500 discount and a further $75 (5%) saving when you use code ABS5MAY at checkout, for a total of $575 off the original $1999.99 list price.

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So what's inside this SKU of the ABS Flux II Aqua? Well, the star of the show is the 16GB Asus Dual OC RTX 5060 Ti graphics card ($557), 32GB of Kingston Fury DDR5-6400 RAM ($445), 1TB Kingston SNV3S PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD ($165), and Intel Core i7-14700F processor ($329). Just these parts alone add up to more than the cost of the entire PC if you were to buy the components individually at today's prices, and you would still need to source the case, motherboard, PSU, cooler, OS, and any other little extras.

When we reviewed the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB graphics card, our testing and benchmarking results placed it in the middle of the pack in our GPU charts for the relative competition. However, the price-to-performance ratio makes this a much better card than it looks in just the charts alone. A large 16GB of VRAM means it can more than handle the latest games at 1440p, with plenty of memory for the textures and shaders.

This is a great prebuilt gaming PC deal when you consider the overall cost for the individual parts. Yes, the Intel Core i7-14700F is a last-gen processor, but it's still a very competent CPU for gaming, and it's not going to be a bottleneck for the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU. Plus, you get a warranty for the PC if something should go wrong, and you don't have the hassle of trying to troubleshoot each individual part yourself.

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Are you looking for a shiny new gaming mouse and want something a little larger, but still ergonomic and comfortable for long gaming sessions? Then check out today's deal on this fantastic Razer peripheral. Woot is offering a 15% discount on a brand new Razer Basilisk V3 Pro wireless gaming mouse, now costing only $84.99. Not to be confused with the original Razer Basilisk, Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed, Basilisk V3 35K, Basilisk V3 Pro 35K (yes, there are that many variations), the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro in this deal is still available directly from Razer for $159.99 and Amazon for $99, making this deal a real winner.

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The Razer Basilisk V3 pro comes with 11 programmable buttons, a dual-mode tilt wheel that can switch between tactile and free-spin scrolling, and a right-handed ergonomic design that’s pretty comfortable despite being relatively large. Inside the mouse is Razer's Focus Pro 30K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 30,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70 G’s of acceleration.

For the main left and right mouse buttons, the Basilisk uses Razer's Gen 3 optical switches. On the left side of the mouse, there are two thumb buttons and a raised sniper button - useful for those twitchy FPS titles like CS:GO, and Battlefield 6.

On the underside of the Basilisk V3 Pro are moderately-sized pure PTFE skates and a round, removable puck that can be swapped out for Razer’s Wireless Charging Puck (sold separately) or for storing the mouse’s 2.4GHz wireless dongle.

The battery life on the Basilisk V3 Pro wireless is pretty good, with 150 hours on Bluetooth and up to 110 hours using the 2.4GHz wireless dongle with 1000Hz polling. You can also purchase a separate magnetic Razer Mouse Dock Pro with wireless puck later on down the line, if you don't want to charge the Basilisk V3 Pro via the included cable. Also, the Mouse Dock Pro lets you reach wireless polling rates of up to 4,000 Hz if you connect through it. But that's, of course, separate to this deal as it only includes the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro mouse, a USB-A to USB-C braided cable, a USB extender, and a 2.4GHz wireless dongle.

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In 2001, a Danish company with the name of “Soft Trading” released the ICEMAT - a simple, yet effective mousepad. Six years later, the company became what we know today as SteelSeries. SteelSeries is now known for a variety of gaming peripherals, such as the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless — a headset known for its fantastic noise cancellation for gaming and media — but its roots are in the best gaming mice (or, well, mouse-related things).

The SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 is the company's latest gaming mouse to go on those mouse pads. The Aerox 3 is a lightweight mouse, with bright colors and loud yet satisfying switches. It's also one of the few lightweight mice that still sports the perforated design that was trendy a few years back but has since been mostly abandoned in favor of ultra-lightweight plastic. The Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 is available in three colors — Magenta Haze (pink), Shadow (black), and Ghost (white), for an MSRP of $110. That $110 price tag makes it a little competitive — competitive enough to take a deeper look at, anyway.

Design and Comfort of the Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2

The SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 is a lightweight, colorful, honeycomb-style gaming mouse with lots of RGB, a semi-translucent shell, up to a 4,000 Hz polling rate, a 26,000 DPI sensor, mechanical switches, and PTFE skates for $110.

First things first, I want to discuss the color of the SteelSeries Aerox 3, because it’s truly my favorite part of this mouse. We received the Magenta Haze version and it took me back to the days of translucent controllers and consoles in the late ‘90s. Even with the RGB disabled, the mouse looks great and just makes you feel good.

Despite having a honeycomb construction, the Aerox 3 features an IPS4-rated design called “AquaBarrier,” which will protect the mouse against spills and dust. Honeycomb mice have never really been my favorite — I feel like the design has been beaten to death, and is more of a gimmick than anything given how light non-perforated mice are these days.The brand-new Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike, for example, has no holes and weighs just 61g — 7g less than the Aerox 3's 68g weight. But while I personally don't see the appeal of the design, I know some people love it.

Aesthetics aside, I found the SteelSeries Aerox 3 to be a very comfortable mouse. The Aerox 3’s dimensions are as follows: 2.64 inches (67mm) wide, 4.74 inches (120.5mm) tall and 1.49 (37.8mm) deep. Not the largest mouse on the market, but on the larger side in general. For perspective, I have pretty large hands, so if you do as well then you’ll probably find this mouse to be pretty comfortable.

Underneath the colorful shell are the loudest switches I have used in any gaming mouse before — and I love it. The clicks aren't obnoxiously loud, but they’re certainly audible — and very satisfying. They're rated for up to 80 million clicks, so you should be set for many years.

What I didn't like about this mouse was its sensor. I didn't hate it, but I found the TRUEMOVE 26K optical sensor to be sluggish and a little awkward-feeling. This was surprising, because the Aerox 3 Wireless' software is full of features to help you fine-tune the mouse, yet I just couldn't get it to feel right. When I was using the 2.4GHz connection, I noticed my cursor would almost lock up just before I went to click on something. Needless to say, this was very frustrating. Fortunately (sort of), this wasn't an issue over the Bluetooth connection.

As you might expect, the bright, awesome-looking RGB means a lower battery life. SteelSeries rates the Aerox 3 Wireless' battery life at 120 hours over a 2.4GHz wireless connection and 200 hours over Bluetooth. Of course, this decreases as you add lighting and up the polling rate. When I had RGB and Bluetooth enabled, I noticed the battery dropped about 10% every three hours, which wasn't too bad. The mouse also charges quite fast, so you shouldn't have too much trouble keeping this mouse working wirelessly.

Specs

Performance & Software of the Aerox 3 Wireless

The SteelSeries Aerox 3 is powered by SteelSeries' “GG” software (which is named after the classic text chat slang for "good game," I assume). The GG software is good, but frustrating. Upon booting up the software, you’re asked to enter your email address to utilize its unique features, such as Sonar, Moments and 3D Aim Trainer. Sonar is basically an audio mixer for your headset to make it easier to identify enemies in-game, Moments is for capturing clips, and 3D Aim Trainer does what you think — it helps you improve your accuracy.

As mentioned earlier, the Aerox 3's sensor is a bit sluggish. I usually set my DPI to 1,900 but with the SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2, I had to bump it up to 2,000 — which is a pretty significant increase. I also had tracking issues when I was utilizing the 2.4GHz wireless connection. It was almost like the cursor was locked to only horizontal and vertical movements. Fortunately, this issue didn't happen when I was connected via Bluetooth or USB-C, but it's definitely concerning given that 2.4GHz wireless is going to be most people's primary connection with this mouse.

During my testing I racked up a few hours on Ready or Not, which is a tactical, SWAT-style FPS that calls for strategic movements, quick reaction, and every button on the mouse. Despite my issues with tracking, I never experienced any issues in-game — I had no issues snapping to targets and calling for my squad mates to secure the perimeter.

The Bottom Line

The SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 is a nice-looking mouse — even though I'm not a fan of the honeycomb design, the semi-translucent bright magenta shell makes this mouse pop, especially if you have the RGB lighting enabled.

But looks aren't everything, and the mouse's sluggish performance over the 2.4GHz wireless connection was frustrating. I hope this was just an issue with my review sample, and if not, it's probably something that SteelSeries could fix with a firmware update, but it's something to be on the lookout for if you're considering this mouse.

While I did genuinely enjoy the Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2, it's not my first choice for a lightweight mouse. While lighter mice, such as the 56g Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro, tend to be stripped down and less exciting-looking, mice like the Glorious Model O 2 Wireless weighs the same as the Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 and also comes with holes and RGB lighting (and costs $10 less). The Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 is a solid mouse, but even at its $110 price point... I'd still recommend waiting until it goes on sale.

There isn't a massive repertoire of MMO mice on the market compared to what's available for FPS gaming. The obvious need for mice with 17+ buttons is fairly niche, but if you happen to be an MMO gaming enthusiast, then you know how a multi-button MMO mouse can drastically improve your gaming life. So if you want to try something different from an expensive SteelSeries Aerox 9 or Razer Naga, then take a look at Corsair's Scimitar RGB Elite gaming mouse, on sale at Amazon for its all-time low price of $49.99. You're saving a tidy $40 off the $89.99 list price in this Big Spring Deal.

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Corsair's Scimitar RGB Elite mouse shares a similar look across the Scimitar range, with striking looks and a shape that's designed to contour the hand, with a finger rest for those digits that aren't busy clicking. This wired model features a PixArt PMW3391 sensor with a native 18,000 DPI, adjustable in 1 DPI resolution steps for accurate configuration to your liking.

The Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite is a solidly constructed mouse that is reasonably heavy compared to other available MMO mice, and feels like a brick compared to any 60-gram ultralightweight FPS mice that are available for esports. But the weight makes the Scimitar RGB Elite very stable, and the heft in your hand feels reassuring. I used to own one of these mice and easily recommend one at this low price.

There are 17 programmable buttons on the Scimitar: 12 on the side panel, the left and right primary mouse buttons, two DPI switch buttons above the scroll wheel, and the scroll wheel's center click. All of these buttons can be mapped to your choosing through Corsair iCUE software.

One of the standout features of the Scimitar is that the sliding 12-button side panel on the Scimitar can be moved forward or backward approximately 1/4 of an inch, so you can line up the 12 buttons to your thumb for a customized fit, giving you less hand strain and fatigue. To adjust the side panel, you just need to loosen a small screw on the underside of the mouse using the included hex key. Tighten the screw back up when you've decided upon the best location.

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Let’s be real: Gaming mice are locked in a numbers war. Each new generation brings higher sensitivities and speeds. But despite DPI levels better suited to an IMAX screen than a computer monitor, rarely does a gaming mouse truly change the game and make you a better player. However, that’s exactly what the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike accomplishes, putting it toe-to-toe with the best gaming mice we’ve tested so far.

At the time of publication, this is the only mouse of its kind — and the only mouse capable of turning back the wheels of time… at least if you’re almost forty, like me.

Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike Specs

Design and Comfort of the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike

Logitech wasn’t out to fix what wasn’t broken. The X2’s shape and feel are carbon copies of the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2, one of the most popular competitive mice in use today (and an easy addition to our collection of the best gaming mice). It’s low profile and sleek — clearly designed for speed, weighing 2.15 ounces (61g) with a back-to-basics 5-button design. Its predecessor mostly stuck to a few core single colors and limited editions, but the X2 trades this for a launch colorway called Lunar Eclipse. There’s no RGB, but its black-button-white-shell aesthetic (and even more if you add the side grip tapes) looks slick.

While the shape and size of the mouse do feel a bit overdone at this point, that familiarity is, in fact, the point. If you’ve used a G Pro or Superlight in the past, the X2 should feel instantly familiar. Logitech doesn’t want you focusing on learning a new shape. It wants you to pay attention to the new haptic tech built into the buttons, picking up on its increased speed.

The Superstrike’s defining feature is that it has done away with mouse clicks. Instead of using actual switches beneath the left and right mouse buttons, click feedback is now produced by a haptic engine that Logitech calls H.I.T.S. (Haptic Inductive Trigger System). It combines tiny haptic motors with inductive sensors to create a feature set that brings together the worlds of gaming keyboards and gaming mice.

Because the left and right buttons use induction sensors, there’s no mechanical action that locks where the click should occur. Like a gaming keyboard with Hall Effect switches, this means that you can raise or lower the actuation point across ten levels. Like high actuation point switches, setting your clicks to their fastest point makes them incredibly sensitive. With all other variables being the same, this short throw trigger makes the Superstrike objectively more responsive. This is the bulk of where Logitech seems to be basing its claims of “up to 30ms” of response time improvement.

The click feedback is surprisingly convincing. The strength of each click can be adjusted across five levels ranging from no feedback at all to thick and bar-like. After using it for a while, the differences in its clicks become more obvious. It’s not bad, especially when you consider its excellent tactility. But even on its highest setting, there’s a slight roundness to each click that gives it away.

The X2 comes with the latest version of Logitech’s Hero 2 sensor. Like its outer appearance, there, tracking is far more on the iterative side. The only thing to change is the maximum DPI, which jumped from 32,000 to 44,000 (the numbers race crawls ever upward). It keeps the same 888 inches per second (IPS) max speed, 88G of acceleration, and up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate (1,000 Hz by default) . It’s high-spec and proven excellent many times over — but such minor updates definitely point to the triggers being the real reason to choose this over the Superlight.

In the quest to make mice ever lighter, the Superstrike leaves frills like DPI buttons on the cutting room floor. There’s no Bluetooth, which is expected for a competition-oriented gaming mouse. Its 61 gram weight is airy and only one gram more than the Superlight 2, despite the more advanced tech inside it.

There’s been a slight compromise on battery life, dropping from 95 hours or constant motion to 90 hours. It’s not much, but there’s a big caveat to this that the Superlight 2 and other gaming mice don’t have to contend with. Since each click is now driven by jolts to haptic motors, balancing feedback with battery life is a new consideration. On its default setting of “3,” my test period has me trending toward that 90 hour mark, even including some hours of testing at higher levels.

Performance of the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike

With a retail price of $180, the Superstrike has a lot to prove. Because of its familiar shape, however, you essentially know what you're getting going in. It’s a very simple, minimalist shape and layout that most people will find comfortable right away. Depending on your preference of video game genre, you might find it a little too basic.

That’s because the Superstrike, like the Superlight series, is mainly designed around competitive shooters. It intentionally trades extra buttons for a streamlined design that delivers only what you’ll need but at the highest quality and performance Logitech has to offer. At 61 grams, it’s meant to feel like an extension of your arm — to get out of the way, in other words and any inputs you don’t “need” are left for other mice.

When it comes to physical performance, it lacks nothing compared to the Superlight 2. The grip is the same — fingertip, claw, or hybrid between the two. A palm grip isn’t ideal due to its low height and slim size. Its weight and high-performance sensor also make it perfect for twitch shooting and quick snaps, both of which lend themselves to a nimble grip.

It’s comfortable to hold. Out of the box, there’s no texturing or rubberized finishes to support control. It seems a little slick, but the shell has small contours on either side to promote a steady grip. There are also grip tapes included in the box as an optional add-on. I didn’t find the mouse difficult to hold without them, but the grip tapes add a significant amount of control that I preferred right away.

Tracking is, expectedly, excellent. Logitech's Hero sensor is a proven commodity, so you won't need to worry about spin outs or jittery reticles. Its maximum DPI is outside of what I personally find easy or even reasonable to use but, for the sake of science, I did try turning it all the way to the max and lowering my in-game sensitivity, which worked fine.

The important thing to know, however, is that tracking accuracy is pixel perfect throughout the range. If you're like most gamers, and you keep a sensitivity somewhere between 800 and 2000 DPI, you'll find that it doesn't get much better than what the Superstrike has to offer.

The new haptic technology is interesting and effective at mimicking mechanical mouse clicks. Like I mentioned above, it's not one-to-one and you can pretty quickly tell the difference between a traditional sharp mechanical click and the rounded bump of the haptic motor. Despite lacking some sharpness, there's enough power to the haptics that the tactility is exceptionally good. Being able to dial it in through Logitech's G-Hub software is all the better and guarantees you'll be able to find a feedback level that matches your preference.

The competitive edge the X2 offers comes from the inductive switches driving those haptics. With the ability to raise and lower the actuation point, you’re able to customize whether clicks send faster or slower, depending on your needs. In gaming, raising the actuation point to its highest turns each click into a hair trigger, similar to Hall Effect switches and trigger-locked custom controllers.

Logitech quotes up to 30ms of improvement. As a gamer turning 40 this year, I’ve noticed my own reaction time slowing down from what it once was. The 30ms of improvement doesn’t seem like much on paper, but it in practice, holds the potential to turn back time and help level the playing field against younger players. Or, if you’re among the whippersnappers dominating my BF6 lobbies, your advantage can stretch even further.

“Up to 30ms” is a pretty concrete claim, so I put it to the test using AimLabs. AimLabs is an aim-training program available on Steam and made up of benchmarks to improve your skills. One of those tests focuses explicitly on reaction time: as soon as you see a colored sphere, you click. No aiming, nothing else other than pure reaction time.

Through more than four dozen trials, I averaged out my current response time with my prior daily driver, the Razer Basilisk Mobile, my response time with the Superstrike on stock settings (actuation in the middle of the press), and my response time with the highest actuation point possible. I also tested to see if there was any difference between 1,000 Hz and 8,000 Hz polling rates for my speed.

Between the two mice, my reaction time remained almost exactly the same. With the Basilisk, I averaged 247ms across ten runs. The Superstrike on stock settings averaged 243ms — well within the margin of error. Raising the actuation point to its highest level dropped that to 218ms. Not quite 30, but enough to feel when you’re in the middle of a match. Polling rate didn’t make any difference whatsoever.

I admit that I was skeptical about even being able to perceive 30ms of improvement, but I could and easily. It’s subtle, but the Superstrike definitely felt snappier. The marketing is true.

Did this new tech make me a better player? Kind of. For someone like me, it helps level the playing field. But, like always, a mouse is just a tool and is not a replacement for skill. That 25ms of improvement may have let me fire the first shot more often, but if the other player has better aim, they still might net the win.

The inductive triggers also make Rapid Trigger (SOCD) possible for the first time on a mouse. It works identically to gaming keyboards with the feature. It’s easy to see how it could be configured to improve ADS speed, even if only slightly. We don't know yet whether competitive games will ban this feature like they did with gaming keyboards.

For productivity and non-competitive games, these benefits are less impactful — but they still matter. I have a tendency to misclick from time to time, especially if I’m multitasking. When I’m getting work done or browsing the web, I lower the actuation point almost all the way. Clicks need more weight, so those mistaken clicks have all but disappeared. If you’re a fan of macros or binding lots of different actions to your mouse hand, you'll probably find the Superstrike limited, however.

Software for the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike

Like most other Logitech G peripherals, the Superstrike is configured using Logitech's G Hub software. This suite is polished, straightforward, and clearly designed for ease of use. You don’t need to be familiar with G Hub to dive right in and start personalizing the mouse.

Loading it up for the first time, I was prompted to update the mouse to the latest firmware version before it would be fully accessible. The process was fast and frustration free, then I was greeted with a graphic of the mouse, as well as my current battery level.

Clicking into the mouse applet reveals several tabs on the left for configuring DPI, polling rate, and a handful of other parameters. There’s also a neat feature that allows you to sensitivity-match the Superstrike with whatever your last mouse was, saving you the troubleshooting of trying to manually match sensitivities. You can also configure the scroll wheel to avoid accidentally bumping it and changing weapons mid fight.

There’s no lighting to configure, but you can reassign its handful of buttons. I’ve always appreciated Logitech’s approach to this section, listing all of the Windows shortcuts in an easy to interpret menu. Its inclusiveness might just help you discover shortcuts you didn’t know existed. You can also record macros and assign different functions like a DPI toggle or a sensitivity clutch to create your own sniper button. You can also save different profiles and associate them with specific games, but with only five buttons, there’s not a lot of room to personalize without losing functionality somewhere else.

The new H.I.T.S. system has its own dedicated tab. There, you can set the actuation point and feedback level so it feels and responds just as you would like. There’s also a rapid trigger where you can map the actuation and reset behavior to make the buttons even more responsive.

Overall, I find Logitech G Hub to be simple and straightforward. The advanced functions are well explained and there’s frankly more functionality built in that I personally find myself taking advantage of due to the button count. It’s great for newcomers, though, and does a good job of making the H.I.T.S. system quick and easy to engage with.

Bottom Line

With mice being such staple peripherals, real innovation is rare. These are peripherals that have been “figured out” for years now, which is what makes the Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike so refreshing. It’s simultaneously simple and minimalist while also being one of the most technologically advanced and forward thinking out there. And best of all, the innovation works: It’s objectively faster than a normal gaming mouse.

There’s no way around how expensive the X2 is, and if 30ms of improvement doesn’t sound worth it to you, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is worth a look (and is significantly cheaper). If you need more inputs and you don’t mind trading some weight to get there, the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K is also a solid alternative.

Even though this won’t automatically make you a better player, the H.I.T.S system feels like an important advancement in gaming mice. I expect we’ll see more mice with customizable triggers in the future. For now, however, this is your only option for this kind of performance. If you don’t care about extra buttons and you want to mechanically reclaim some reaction time, it’s well worth considering.

Instead of reinventing the (scroll) wheel (or something), Corsair decided to take its ultra-lightweight high-performance Sabre v2 Pro wireless mouse to the next level — material-wise, that is. The brand announced two new versions of the Sabre v2 Pro at CES in January: One made of magnesium and one made of carbon fiber. This might not sound like a significant difference, but there are so many ultra-lightweight, stripped-down performance-first gaming mice these days that they're all pretty similar. So we took a look at both, naturally.

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is the magnesium version: An ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a symmetrical shape and a perforated magnesium alloy shell. It weighs 1.98 ounces (56g), which makes it 0.7 ounces (20g) heavier than the original Sabre v2 Pro, which weighs just 1.27 ounces (36g). It features Corsair's Marksman S 33K sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. It gets up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate — both wired and wireless — and up to 120 hours of battery life (over a 2.4GHz wireless connection with a 1,000 Hz polling rate).

It's definitely a funky-looking mouse — it's been a while since we've seen a mouse with so many holes vying for a spot on our list of best gaming mice — but I'm not sure it's worth the extra $50 just for the magnesium shell. The mouse is available now, in black and white colorways, for $149.99.

Design and Comfort of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is a wireless pseudo-symmetrical ultra-lightweight gaming mouse; it's the cheaper version of Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF, which is virtually identical except it's made of carbon fiber. The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is made of magnesium and has a perforated shell — that's something we haven't seen in a while. This makes it only 1g heavier than its carbon fiber counterpart: the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG weighs 1.98 ounces (56g), while the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF weighs 1.94 ounces (55g).

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG has a symmetrical shape with a slight flare and a low, mildly-sloped center hump. Its magnesium shell features geometric perforations that cover most of the hump and part of the buttons. The perforations are on the larger side — closer to those of the Razer Viper Mini Signature Edition than those of the Monoprice Dark Matter Hyper-K or the SteelSeries Aerox 9 Wireless. I personally don't think the somewhat random shapes make for the most attractive hole design, but I guess it's not any worse (or better) than other hole designs. The holes don't make much difference in how the mouse feels, as it's pretty low profile and best suited for claw or fingertip grip styles.

The mouse's magnesium shell has a matte black finish with a slight, glittery sheen, and it feels... pretty average, to be honest. While I don't necessarily like super slippery mice, I kind of wish the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG's shell was slightly smoother. The slightly rough finish is similar to that of most matte plastic mice I have on hand. This isn't a bad thing, but since a large part of the mouse's selling point is its magnesium shell, it felt... underwhelming.

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is close to the same size as other symmetrical, ultra-lightweight mice. It measures 4.83 inches (122.7mm) long by 2.51 inches (63.8mm) wide, and is 1.5 inches (38.3mm) high at its tallest point. By comparison, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 measures 4.92 x 2.5 x 1.57 inches (125 x 63.5 x 40mm), while the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme measures 5.01 x 2.51 x 1.56 inches (127.5 x 63.7 x 39.6mm) — so the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is slightly (very slightly) smaller.

The mouse has five programmable buttons, including the scroll wheel click. The primary mouse buttons are large, separated, and flat, with no curves. The thumb buttons are pretty standard and are well-placed — they were easy to distinguish and press quickly regardless of what I was doing. The mouse has a clickable notched scroll wheel in neon yellow, with a black, textured rubber strip for grip.

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find two curved UPE mouse feet at the bottom and top of the mouse (as well as the standard ring around the sensor). They're not huge, but Corsair includes extra, larger skates in the box so you can swap them out if you need extra glide. There's also a DPI switch button and a power switch that lets you toggle between 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth. The DPI switch button is not programmable.

In the box, the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG includes a couple of accessories — a 6-foot (1.8m) braided USB-C to USB-A cable for charging, the mouse's 2.4 GHz wireless dongle, pre-cut grip tape, and extra mouse feet.

Performance of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG features the same Corsair Marksman S optical sensor as its pricier counterpart. It has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70 G's of acceleration. This is the same sensor found in the regular plastic Sabre v2 Pro, and it's an excellent sensor. Mouse movement is smooth and highly responsive, even in — or, well, especially in — fast-paced first-person shooters like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Overwatch. (Of course, no amount of mouse responsiveness will make me better at first-person shooter games, but that's beside the point.)

The sensor is also extremely precise and accurate, and I had no issues with lag, latency, or stuttering while I was editing images and videos. Like many premium gaming mice these days, the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG gets up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate (both wired and wireless), though it ships with a default polling rate of 1,000 Hz. Most people will not notice a meaningful difference between 1,000 Hz and 8,000 Hz unless they're playing in some sort of eSports competition where every fraction of a millisecond matters. Note that I said "meaningful" — while you might notice a difference in how smoothly your mouse glides across the screen with an 8,000 Hz polling rate, it's probably not going to dramatically affect your gameplay.

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG features Corsair's own mechanical switches in its primary buttons, which are rated for 100 million clicks. They're on the quieter side, which is nice (I'm not usually one to complain about mouse click loudness, but some of today's mice are surprisingly noisy), and they have nice crisp tactile feedback. The side buttons also feel decent, with smooth, distinct clicks. The scroll wheel is on the softer side (and the center click is a little light on feedback), but it didn't bother me too much.

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Features and Software of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is configurable via Corsair's Web Hub, which is the brand's new(ish) online peripheral configuration tool. It's a fairly simple mouse, so there's not much to configure, but you can use Web Hub to remap the mouse's five programmable buttons (left/right click, thumb buttons, center scroll wheel click) to whatever you want — including macros (Web Hub has a macro recorder). You can also set the DPI steps to cycle through when you press the DPI button on the bottom of the mouse; you can turn off DPI steps you don't need (between 1 - 5).

There are also a handful of settings you can change or toggle in the device settings — you can set the polling rate (8,000 Hz / 4,000 Hz / 2,000 Hz / 1,000 Hz) and the lift height, and toggle motion sync, angle snapping, and ripple control.

Wireless Experience and Battery Life of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG has three connectivity options — 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired (via USB-C). It comes with a USB-C to USB-A cable, but it's not a flexible, low-drag cable as you see with many mice; it's not really designed to be used as a wired mouse. The inclusion of Bluetooth is nice, since most mice like this don't even bother with it, since it's a feature most users will rarely (if ever) use. Still, not everyone is a hardcore professional competitive gamer, and sometimes people just want to use their mouse with other devices for non-gaming purposes without switching the dongle over every time.

Corsair rates the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG at 120 hours of battery life over a 2.4 GHz wireless connection with a 1,000 Hz polling rate, which is slightly better than you'll find on similar mice. The Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 gets around 95 hours, while the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme gets 70 hours. Razer's DeathAdder V4 Pro gets up to 150 hours, so the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG isn't the longest-lived wireless mouse on the market — but it's on the higher side. This does, of course, drop to just 21 hours if you set the polling rate to 8,000 Hz.

Bottom Line

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but it's still $150. That price is around where most premium flagship mice start, though prices have been creeping up recently (the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro launched at $170). If you're looking for a simple, ultra-lightweight wireless mouse that's not made of plastic, this isn't a bad choice, but it's very similar to, well, a lot of other mice. I didn't feel like the magnesium alloy shell was significantly more premium than similar plastic mice, so I'd probably stick with something plastic (and cheaper) — such as the regular Corsair Sabre v2 Pro.

There aren't many mice that cost $200 (though some flagships are starting to get close), and the ones that do are usually made of something fancy and expensive, like carbon fiber.

And the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF is exactly that — the priciest version of Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless line, with a smooth, carbon fiber shell.

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF is an ultra-lightweight symmetrically-shaped wireless gaming mouse with pretty straightforward specs: Corsair's Marksman S 33K sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 inches per second (IPS), and can handle up to 50 G's of force; up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate (wired and wireless); 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth connectivity; and up to 120 hours of battery life (over a 2.4GHz wireless connection with a 1,000 Hz polling rate). It weighs just 1.94 ounces (55 grams), which definitely puts it in the ultra-lightweight category — it's about 5 grams lighter than our current pick for the best ultra-lightweight mouse, but it's not the lightest mouse we've tested. Oh, and it costs $199.99, which is a lot to pay for a mouse that only has five programmable buttons.

Design and Comfort of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF is a wireless pseudo-symmetrical ultra-lightweight mouse with a carbon fiber shell. This is the priciest version of Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro — there's also a $150 version that's virtually identical save for the magnesium shell, and both the carbon fiber version and the magnesium version are building off of the original Sabre v2 Pro (which is, of course, plastic).

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF has a solid black carbon fiber shell with a smooth matte finish (pretty much your classic carbon fiber pattern and feel). The top shell and primary buttons are made of carbon fiber; the thumb buttons and the bottom of the mouse are plastic. I suppose it's worth pointing out that this is slightly more carbon fiber than the Asus ROG Harpe Extreme, as the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF's sides are carbon fiber while the ROG Harpe Extreme's are textured plastic. However, the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF is heavier than the ROG Harpe Extreme, weighing 1.94 ounces (55 g) to the Harpe Extreme's 1.66 ounces (47 g). So apparently there's more than just carbon fiber under the shell.

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF has a low-profile, symmetrical shape with a modest hump and a slight flare. The primary buttons are large and flat, following the shape of the mouse — there are no channels for your fingers, like you'll find on the ROG Harpe Ace Extreme. The mouse measures approximately 4.81 inches (122.17mm) long by 2.5 inches (63.5mm) wide, and is 1.51 inches (38.86mm) high at its highest point. It's not a tiny mouse, but it's on the smaller side — many premium gaming mice from mainstream companies sit right around 5 inches in length. Still, it shouldn't be too difficult to use regardless of hand size, as it features a pretty universally workable shape.

The carbon fiber feels like, well, carbon fiber: smooth and slightly slippery, but very rigid and durable. I honestly loved the way this mouse felt: smooth, luxurious, and yet not so slippery that I felt like I would lose my grip in a bout of intense gaming. Corsair also includes pre-cut grip tape in the box, for those who might need something grippier, but I didn't feel the need to use it. And it's not just because it's carbon fiber — the ROG Harpe Ace Extreme is sitting on my desk right next to this mouse, and I still found myself reaching for the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF about 90% of the time.

The mouse has five programmable buttons: left/right primary buttons, two thumb buttons, and the center scroll wheel click. The primary buttons feature Corsair's custom-tuned mechanical switches, which are crisp and tactile and not too loud. The scroll wheel is the only thing on this mouse that's just about average; It's not bad, but not particularly notable.

The bottom of the mouse has two curved, medium-sized UPE strips at either end for glide, as well as a sliver around the sensor. It's a very lightweight mouse, so you shouldn't have too much problem with smooth movement, but if you want less friction Corsair also includes larger replacement mouse skates in the box. The bottom is also where you'll find the mouse's power switch, which lets you power on the mouse into 2.4GHz wireless or Bluetooth mode, as well as the DPI switch button that you can press to cycle through DPI steps.

In the box, the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF comes with a few accessories, all packed in a rigid, zippered carrying case. In addition to the case, you'll find a 6-foot (1.8 m) USB-C to USB-A cable, a wireless dongle, pre-cut grip tape, and extra, larger mouse skates. The carrying case reminds me of the case that came with the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme — it's very similar and it also fits the mouse and all of its accessories. I don't know how often people carry their ultra-pricey gaming mice around with them, but it's a nice extra regardless.

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Performance of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF features Corsair's Marksman S optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. This is the same sensor featured in the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro and the Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless, and it's an excellent sensor. It tracked very well on every surface I tried it on — hard, soft, and hybrid mouse pads, as well as wood, laminate, glass, concrete, and fabric. Gaming with the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless is a flawlessly smooth experience, and I didn't experience any latency or stuttering during my testing.

Switching the mouse's polling rate from its default 1,000 Hz to 8,000 Hz can make a difference in latency, but it's not something most people are probably going to be able to benefit from unless they're competing. While the mouse does move across the screen even smoother with an 8,000 Hz polling rate, the difference is not that big (and it seems like it's more likely to take a toll on your PC's performance — after all, an 8,000 Hz polling rate means the mouse is reporting to your PC eight times as often as it would with a 1,000 Hz polling rate). Still, the option is there if you need or want it.

The carbon fiber shell does impact performance, in my opinion — the smooth finish makes it comfortable to hold, but it's not so slippery that you can't get a good grip on it. Plus, the rigid, durable carbon fiber means you can grip this mouse a little harder without worrying about damage (I didn't hear any creaking at all in my testing).

The mouse's switches are on the quieter side, but they feel very good. They're tactile, with a solid, lightweight click, and Corsair has them rated for 100 million clicks. The side buttons also feel good. They're large and well-placed, making them easy to click and not easy to misclick.

Features and Software of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF

There's not much to configure on the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF, but there's enough that you'll probably need to open up Corsair's Web Hub at least once. Luckily, the mouse is so straight-forward that Web Hub handles it pretty well, with a very simple set of menus for remapping buttons, setting DPI steps, and recording macros.

You'll also need to use Web Hub to adjust the mouse's settings. This includes changing the polling rate (the mouse ships with a default polling rate of 1,000 Hz) and adjusting some of the more advanced features, such as lift height, angle snapping, and ripple control. You can also check the mouse's remaining battery life and update firmware for both the mouse and the dongle using the Web App.

For those of you who are concerned about being forced to be online just to update your mouse settings, the Web App can also be installed on your PC for offline use. Well, theoretically — I haven't managed to get it to work just yet.

Wireless Experience & Battery Life of the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF

The Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF has three forms of connectivity: low-latency 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired (via USB-C). The Bluetooth is surprising, as most stripped-down ultra-lightweight wireless mice only have 2.4GHz wireless (but if you're wondering, the Bluetooth isn't why the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF weighs more than the ROG Harpe Ace Extreme, as the latter is also one of the rare ultra-lightweight wireless mice to have Bluetooth). I'm not sure Bluetooth is really necessary in a mouse that's clearly designed for high-performance gaming and not much else, but it's still a nice option to have.

Corsair rates the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF at 120 hours over a 2.4 GHz wireless connection with a 1,000 Hz polling rate. This is very good. It's better than most ultra-lightweight wireless mice, which usually top out at around 100 hours (though the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro gets 150 hours). The magnesium version of the mouse has the same rated battery life, but the regular Sabre v2 Pro is significantly less impressive at just 70 hours.

Bottom Line

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF isn't a bad upgrade from the original plastic Sabre v2 Pro: the carbon fiber shell really does make a difference in comfort (and when you're more comfortable, you probably perform better). But it's still $200, while the original Sabre v2 Pro retails for half of that — that's a pretty big price difference. You do get the extra accessories (well, really just the carrying case)... but it's not a $100 carrying case. Of course, the other carbon fiber mouse we tested recently, the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme, is even pricier at $250.

Ultimately, it comes down to what you're looking for — the Sabre v2 Pro Wireless CF does its job very well: it's lightweight, easy to pick up and move, sturdy and able to take a decent amount of enthusiastic gaming, and it's smooth, speedy, and accurate. It's not particularly customizable or feature-rich, but it's not trying to be (though it does have Bluetooth). But you're definitely paying at least somewhat for the cool carbon fibery-ness of it, so keep that in mind, you'll get great performance if you buy this mouse, but you don't need to buy this mouse to get great performance.

If you're a gamer and are into playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG - MMO for short), then you probably already own a mouse with a good amount of programmable buttons on it. But what about a 16-button mouse that's good for MMO play and can also act as a virtual Elgato Stream Deck? Well, good news, the Corsair Scimitar Elite SE wireless can do both, and is also on sale at Amazon for just $79.99, a massive $60 off the $139.99 list price, and only $10 more than its all-time low price.

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Corsair's latest Scimitar Elite SE wireless mouse looks identical to its predecessor, the Scimitar Elite Wireless, bar a slight change in color schemes, but the internals of the mouse have been slightly upgraded. A new sensor and better battery life mean the Scimitar Elite SE now sports a 33,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of acceleration, thanks to the Corsair Marksman S 33K optical sensor now included. The upgraded battery now gives you more time playing your favorite games between charges, with up to 150 hours over 2.4GHz wireless and up to 500 hours over Bluetooth.

The Corsair Scimitar Elite SE is a solid mouse that is reasonably heavy compared to the ultralightweight FPS mice that are available for esports. There are 16 programmable buttons on the Scimitar, 12 on the side panel, the left and right primary mouse buttons, a DPI switch button above the scroll wheel, and the scroll wheel's center click. All of these buttons can be mapped to your choosing through Corsair iCUE software. The other key feature of this mouse is that it supports native Elgato Stream Deck integration, and it also works with Elgato's new Virtual Stream Deck software. So you can make use of the large number of buttons on the mouse. This feature is only useful if you're already invested in the Elgato ecosystem, though.

The 12-button side panel on the Scimitar can be moved forward or backward approximately 1/4 of an inch, so you can line up the 12 buttons to your thumb for easier use and less hand fatigue. To slide the panel, you loosen a screw using the included hex key, move the buttons to your desired location, and then tighten the screw back up.

If you would like more information on this mouse, then check out our in-depth review of the Corsair Scimitar Elite SE wireless mouse from our peripherals expert editor, Sarah.

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First unveiled at the Logitech G Play 2025 event in September 2025, the Pro X2 Superstrike is now available in stores for $179.99. It's Logitech's first gaming mouse to feature the brand's Superstrike technology, which combines an inductive analog sensing system with real-time haptic feedback.

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While competitors are still using industry-standard mechanical microswitches, Logitech has moved away from them and introduced its Haptic Inductive Trigger System (HITS) with the Pro X2 Superstrike. HITS features an electromagnetic induction system consisting of a metal coil and a magnet to register clicks. The core idea behind HITS is induction, which likely inspired the technology's name. According to Logitech, HITS can reduce latency by up to 30 ms compared to mechanical switches.

Since there is no physical contact, unlike mechanical switches, the Pro X2 Superstrike lets you pick the actuation levels, similar to modern Hall Effect keyboards. There are 10 actuation levels and five rapid-trigger reset points you can choose from. Since there's no mechanical interaction, there's no "real" click to the Pro X2 Superstrike. Instead, Logitech added a haptic actuator to simulate the click, much like what Apple does with the MacBook Force Touch trackpad on its devices. There are six actuator intensity levels for the Pro X2 Superstrike, which you can customize in Logitech G HUB.

Logitech Pro X2 Superstrike Specifications

The Pro X2 Superstrike retains many of the same specifications as the original Pro X Superlight 2. Logitech's Hero 2 sensor remains at the heart of the Pro X2 Superstrike and delivers a DPI range of 100-44,000, with tracking and acceleration of 888 IPS and 88 G, respectively. As always, the performance metrics are from Logitech's internal tests on its G640 Gaming Mouse Pad.

The Pro X2 Superstrike flaunts polling rates up to 8,000 Hz using Logitech's Lightspeed technology. A single charge provides up to 90 hours of battery life, so it's only 5% less than the Pro X Superlight 2. It charges via a standard USB-C port, or you can pair it with a Powerplay mouse pad. The Pro X2 Superstrike and Pro X Superlight 2 are identical in dimensions and design. However, the former weighs 2% more than its predecessor, which is not a substantial difference.

The Pro X2 Superstrike retails for $179.99, 13% more than the Pro X Superlight 2 if we're comparing MSRP. However, at street price, the Pro X Superlight 2 typically sells for as little as $114.99 and has dipped to an all-time low of $99.99, so we're potentially looking at a significant premium for the Pro X2 Superstrike if you bought the predecessor at a significant discount.

The Razer name has been around for a long time, having established itself as one of the first gaming-oriented brands in the PC space. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic Razer Boomslang mouse. The gaming gear firm is launching a special transparent edition of the Boomslang with a display case, as a highly limited run of 1,337 units, all priced at $1,337.

The special edition comes with mostly transparent innards and polyurethane leather buttons. Following the original design, the mouse is ambidextrous, except this time around it's fitted with the latest-and-greatest from the Razer camp: optical switches, a Razer Focus Pro sensor, low-latency wireless communication, and magnetic wireless charging. The charging dock is made of glass, and both mouse and dock have copious RGB LED lighting.

Buyers will get an additional glass display frame with LED lighting, containing each part of the mouse displayed in full glory. Razer also throws in a set of glass feet if the original ones end up on the wrong side of a Counter-Strike loss.

The wording of "20th anniversary" might strike some as odd, seeing as the Boomslang is nearly 27 years old now, with the initial launch in 1999. Razer calls it the world's first gaming mouse, something that's a bit of a stretch but also not untrue. Technically, that title goes to Logitech's Wingman Gaming Mouse, although the Boomslang is arguably more deserving of it, having introduced many features we take as granted nowadays like high-DPI movement and macros.

In that timeframe, the Boomslang was effectively discontinued between 2000 and 2007. The brand was belonged to Kärna LLC, a company that went bankrupt in 2005. It was around 2005 that the Razer was bought and the Razer Inc company started existing as an individual entity. As far as we can ascertain, the Boomslang was actually properly re-released in 2007. Seems that Razer is celebrating its own 20th anniversary, rather than the famous rodent's.

If you're wondering what's the deal with all the references to the number 1,337, it's because it looks like "l33t", or "elite", which was the early 2000s way of describing someone or something as top-notch or high-tech. Amusingly, it quickly became used as a pejorative term. Interested buyers can get in line using the preorder form at the bottom of the Boomslang's page.

Spotted on sale at Amazon for its lowest-ever price (according to the Amazon price-tracking website CamelCamelCamel), Razer's Viper V3 Pro wireless gaming mouse is now down to just $109.99, a cool $50 or 31% off the $159.99 list price. So, if you're on the hunt for a new or replacement gaming mouse for intensive FPS gaming, then this deal may be of interest to you. With its high-speed polling rate, wireless connectivity, and high-DPI sensor, you can configure this mouse accurately to your taste. The Razer Viper V3 Pro wireless on sale is the black model, although you can purchase the same mouse in either white or a choice of colors, including gold, red, and dark red, but those are special edition versions and also cost a little more.

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The Viper V3 Pro features six programmable buttons, if you include the clickable scroll wheel (left click, right click, two thumb buttons, scroll wheel click, and the Power/DPI switch underneath the mouse), and weighs just 54g (1.9oz). This wireless mouse is also rechargeable and incorporates Razer's Focus Pro 35K optical sensor (gen-2), which has a maximum sensitivity of 35,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70G's of acceleration. It also comes packaged with Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, which allows for wireless polling rates of up to 8,000 Hz. If you'd like to see more details about the Viper V3 Pro, then please check out our review.

Razer's Viper V3 Pro offers two forms of connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless with 8K polling via Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, and wired via USB-C. One massive thing to take into consideration, though, is that while the mouse can get wireless polling rates of up to 8,000 Hz, the maximum polling speed over a wired connection is still just 1,000 Hz. The 8K polling rate will also affect the battery life of the mouse, so you might want to turn it down to extend wireless play sessions.

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At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Keychron officially unveiled its Nape Pro trackball, designed in conjunction with Gizmodo Japan. The quirky-looking device is a trackball that nestles right up against any of the best gaming keyboards to give you instant access to a scrolling trackball and six programmable buttons without moving your hands.

Tom's Hardware stopped by Keychron in Las Vegas to get a closer look. The Nape Pro can sit either under your space bar or off to one side to perform the duties of a more conventional trackball/mouse. The Nape Pro is pretty diminutive, not taking up much more real estate than a regular mouse, and its rectangular shape actually makes it a bit more discreet for some setups.

As reported by Yanko Design, the Nape Pro's party piece is its OctaShift software, which can detect the orientation of the device (portrait or landscape) and adjust accordingly. YD reports the Nape Pro has a Realtek chip with a 1 kHz polling rate and a PixArt PAW3222 sensor to give the best wireless gaming mouse a run for its money. You can connect via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz dongle, or USB-C. Firmware is ZMK, and Keychron also reportedly plans to release the 3D files for the keyboard. That means that users will be able to 3D print their own stands, caps, or other accessories.

The intense customization is a recipe that has served Keychron well in its other product offerings, so it's great to see that same philosophy on display here. The whole thing looks really unique and enticing, and I have to say that the idea of enhancing a desktop setup with a much more ergonomic trackball nestled alongside a keyboard is a great idea. Even as I type this, I'm flexing my thumbs in anticipation of how it might feel to reach for this trackball to do some scrolling.

Keychron hasn't shared any official information about pricing or release date for the Nape Pro. Elsewhere at CES, the company took the covers off its new Q UItra wireless keyboards with up to 660 hours of battery life and 8K polling. If that's not refined enough for you, the company also has a keyboard made of marble on display.

There are a lot of ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mice with 4K or 8K polling rates out there right now. So much so that it's getting hard to differentiate them, partly because they're not doing much to differentiate themselves. Turtle Beach's new Burst II Pro probably isn't going to make our list of best gaming mice, but it's the latest ultra-lightweight (57g), speedy, stripped-down wireless gaming mouse with 8K polling (both wired and wireless). And, well, it looks a lot like the rest.

The Burst II Pro is an ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mouse with six programmable buttons and eight programmable inputs, and... not much else. It features Turtle Beach's Owl-Eye 30K optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 30,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, can handle up to 70 Gs of force, and it gets up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate over both its 2.4GHz wireless connection and its wired connection (it comes with a special, shielded USB-C to USB-A cable to ensure the absolute lowest latency). It's a lot like other ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mice with 8K polling rates, though it does have a DPI button that's located on the left side, near the front — a somewhat unique placement. But, for the most part, it's just like other mice in its category.

The Burst II Pro is available now, in black and white colorways, for $139.99 (though it's recently been on sale for $99.99).

Design and Comfort

The Burst II Pro is an ultra-light wireless gaming mouse with a fairly basic shape — pseudo-symmetrical, with curved sides and a centered, even hump. It features a lightweight plastic shell with a smooth, soft-touch matte finish and a metallic accent line that separates the primary mouse buttons from the palmrest. The finish looks and feels nice, but it does attract fingerprints — I had to wipe down the mouse daily to remove shine.

Turtle Beach's palm tree logo is printed in dark gray on the mouse's hump, and the brand's text logo is printed on the mouse's right primary button (alongside the scroll wheel). "8K" is printed in the corner of the left scroll button, presumably to remind you that this mouse boasts wireless polling rates of up to 8,000 Hz, at the price of battery life, of course.

The mouse's shell feels fairly sturdy, but the sides do creak a lot — even with just a little pressure. This wasn't much of an issue for me, as I don't grip the sides of my mice particularly hard (I'm definitely a palm gripper), but it is concerning in a stripped-down, ultra-lightweight mouse. The mouse is aimed at gamers who prioritize speed and mobility over everything else, and many of these gamers do tend to grab and pick up their mice by the sides. While side creaking doesn't usually mean an issue with structural stability, it can definitely be frustrating and noticeable while you're playing.

The Burst II Pro is slightly smaller than most modern flagship mice — it's not tiny, but those with smaller hands will probably find it a little easier to wield than something like the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro. The mouse is 4.81 inches (122mm) long by 2.65 (67mm) wide at its widest point — its sides curve inward, making it slimmer where your fingers will be gripping. It's closer to 2.3 inches (58.17mm) wide at that point. It's also very, very lightweight, weighing in at 2.01 ounces (57g).

The mouse has five buttons, not including the scroll wheel click: primary left/right mouse buttons, two side thumb buttons, and a DPI button that's also located on the left side, near the front (close to where you might find a sniper button on other mice). This is an interesting place to put the DPS switch, but I don't mind it. I definitely prefer having the DPS switch here, rather than somewhere truly inconvenient, such as the underside of the mouse. The DPS switch is programmable, so you can remap it to do just about anything, but it's located slightly too far forward to be convenient to press.

The bottom of the mouse has a couple of geometric cutouts (to reduce weight, presumably), as well as a cutout section for storing the mouse's USB-A dongle. It also has a power switch for toggling between 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth, as well as four PTFE skates at each corner. It's such a lightweight mouse that you probably won't have any issues with gliding, but if you're looking for a different feel, Turtle Beach does include a few different options for mouse feet: a set of larger feet, and two sets of dots you can place anywhere (PTFE and UMHW-PE).

In the box, the Burst II Pro comes with a 5.9-foot (1.8m) USB-C to USB-A "8K PhantomFlex" cable, which is fabric-covered and low-drag (though it's stiffer than other flexible cables I've used, such as HyperX's HyperFlex cables). It also comes with a 2.4GHz USB-A dongle and a USB extender, as well as pre-cut grip tape and the aforementioned extra mouse skates.

Specs

Performance

The Burst II Pro features Turtle Beach's latest Owl-Eye 30K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 30,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70 Gs of force. According to the company, the sensor is optimized for "99.8% resolution accuracy on all surfaces including glass." This probably doesn't mean you can use it on a freshly-cleaned, fully-transparent glass windowpane, but it should still work almost perfectly on glass tables, desks, and mouse pads.

And it did work perfectly on all of the surfaces I tested it on, which included a variety of mouse pads (hard, soft, hybrid, glass) and different tabletops (wood, laminate, and frosted glass). In all of my tests, the sensor was smooth, speedy, and very accurate — even over uneven surfaces. Of course, most will probably be using this mouse in a pretty standard gaming environment, so accuracy shouldn't ever be an issue.

The Burst II Pro sports Turtle Beach's Titan optical switches, which are rated for up to 100 million clicks. The switches have a firm, stable click with a solidly tactile feel; they are on the louder side, though I've personally never found loud mouse switches to be a problem. The side buttons also have fairly clicky (and fairly loud) switches. This may not be the mouse for you if you're planning on gaming in the dead of night and hoping to stay relatively silent while doing so.

Like many other ultra-light modern gaming mice, the Burst II Pro features up to an 8,000 Hz (0.125ms latency) polling rate. I maintain the opinion that almost nobody will actually benefit from an 8,000 Hz polling rate in any peripheral — but if there was a peripheral in which it would make a difference, it would be a gaming mouse. You can adjust the mouse's polling rate in Turtle Beach's Swarm II peripheral software.

Features and Software

The Burst II Pro works with Turtle Beach's Swarm II software. The mouse works fine out of the box, but you'll need the software to download and install firmware updates, change various settings such as DPI steps, lift-off distance, and polling rate (1,000 Hz by default), and to remap buttons.

The mouse has eight programmable inputs: the left/right primary buttons, the two side thumb buttons, the DPI switch, the center scroll wheel click, and the scroll wheel's up/down scroll. While you probably won't remap the main input for most of these buttons, you can also activate Easy Shift, which gives you a second layer of programmable inputs.

Wireless Experience and Battery Life

The Burst II Pro has three forms of connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired (via USB-C). Its default polling rate is the standard 1,000 Hz, but the included 8K wireless dongle and the 8K USB-C to USB-A cable allow for up to 8,000 Hz polling rates over both wireless and wired connections.

Turtle Beach rates the Burst II Pro's battery life at 150 hours (with a 1,000 Hz polling rate), which is very good — on par with similarly lightweight mice, such as the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro. Of course, switching to an 8,000 Hz polling rate drops this number down to just 40 hours (as you might expect). Still, that's not too bad — you should still be able to go a few days without charging.

Bottom Line

The Turtle Beach Burst II Pro is a comfortable, ultra-lightweight gaming mouse with 8K wired and wireless polling rates — and it's quite a bit cheaper than flagship standouts such as the Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro. Still, it's not the cheapest ultra-lightweight 8K polling wireless mouse — you can find similar mice for less than the Burst II Pro's $139.99 retail price, such as the Glorious Series 2 Pro Wireless — and it's not a very exciting mouse otherwise. I did like the location of its DPI switch (though I don't find myself switching DPI... ever, basically), but it's placed a little too far forward to be remapped as anything else.

The Burst II Pro is... fine — it's not doing much to differentiate itself from its competitors, aside from having noticeably creaky sides, and it's a solid mouse if you're looking for wireless 8K polling — it's just not a standout in this increasingly crowded field.

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The Logitech G502 Hero leverages the company’s cutting-edge Hero 25K sensor, providing ultra-precise tracking with up to 25,600 DPI sensitivity. While some premium gaming mice advertise even higher DPI numbers, the G502 Hero’s sensor delivers more than enough precision and speed for both casual and competitive gamers alike.

The mouse features onboard memory that can store up to five profiles, allowing you to switch between them seamlessly. You can instantly cycle through five DPI settings with a single click, giving you precise control over sensitivity—whether you need rapid movement for MOBAs or pinpoint accuracy for sniping in first-person shooters. The G502 Hero also includes three DPI indicator lights to show which profile is active.

Although the Logitech G502 Hero doesn't cater to MMO aficionados, it still features 11 fully programmable buttons, allowing you to assign your most crucial commands right at your fingertips. Save your custom profiles directly to the mouse, so your preferred settings are always with you, wherever you play. You can customize the mouse feel and glide to perfectly suit your play style. The G502 Hero includes five 3.6g weights, which can be arranged in front, rear, left, right, or center positions for personalized balance.

Logitech stands behind the G502 Hero with a generous limited two-year warranty. For a limited time, you can own this high-performance gaming mouse for just $15.99—a remarkable 77% off the regular price. This deal not only ensures you get top-tier features and reliability but also exceptional value.

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The original G502 (G502 Proteus) launched all the way back in 2014, featuring key features that are still present in the current generation. It received a refresh in 2018 with Logitech’s new ‘Hero’ sensor, which went up to 16,000 DPI, and later received a software update that allowed it to go over 25,000 DPI.

The G502 Hero comes with 11 programmable buttons, including a dedicated DPI switch that cycles through five settings. There is also a DPI Shift button that quickly switches between high and low sensitivities, particularly useful in shooter games. When held down, it temporarily lowers sensitivity, making it easier to line up accurate shots with sniper rifles or when tracking smaller targets. Once released, the mouse returns to your normal DPI.

The dual-mode metal scroll wheel on the G502 Hero can be adjusted for fast continuous scrolling or locked down for single-click precision scrolling. Using Logitech’s G-Hub software, one can customize each button and its DPI settings to their preferences. The software is straightforward to use, and it even lets you customize the RGB lighting.

The G502 Hero also comes with 3.6-gram weights that let you customize how heavy the mouse feels and how its weight is balanced, for better comfort and control. But considering the mouse itself is on the heavier side (121 grams), these weights may or may not be as relevant, depending on your preferences. Lastly, the G502 Hero's design makes it suitable for both large and small hands, and the braided cable is a nice touch, making it more durable and resistant to tangles/kinks.

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Black Friday is the perfect time to pick up new tech — but instead of spending $$$ on a new CPU or GPU, why not buy something a little more wallet-friendly, like a new gaming mouse? This is actually one of the best years to pick up a new gaming mouse, as we've seen several companies release brand new versions that were, let's face it, more like updates. What that means is that you can find several fantastic gaming mice at a pretty deep discount — they're not the absolute newest versions on the market, but they're so good we're still recommending them over their successors.

Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro

Razer recently launched its DeathAdder V4 Pro, which has the same shape and size as the DeathAdder V3 Pro, because the shape and size of the DeathAdder V3 Pro were basically perfect. This lightweight wireless gaming mouse weighs just 2.22 ounces (63g) and features five programmable buttons and up to 90 hours of battery life over 2.4GHz wireless (with a 1,000 Hz polling rate).

It sports Razer's Focus Pro 30K optical sensor and works with Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle (sold separately) to achieve a wireless polling rate of up to 8,000 Hz (at the expense of battery life, of course). The DeathAdder V4 Pro is also excellent, but the V3 Pro is still one of our favorites — and it's currently on sale for just $74.99 at Amazon, which is 50% off its MSRP of $149.99.

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Razer Basilisk V3 Pro

Another one of our favorite Razer gaming mice is also on sale: the Basilisk V3 Pro, which is part of Razer's flagship Basilisk lineup. The Basilisk V3 Pro isn't as performance-focused as is the DeathAdder V3 Pro — this ergonomically-contoured wireless gaming mouse also features Razer's Focus Pro 30K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 30,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70G's of force. It has 11 programmable buttons and 13 zones of bright, customizable RGB lighting, and it weighs 3.95 ounces (112g).

Like the DeathAdder V3 Pro, this mouse also works with Razer's HyperPolling Wireless Dongle (sold separately) to get up to an 8,000 Hz wireless polling rate; it's also compatible with Razer's Mouse Dock Pro (sold separately), which integrates the HyperPolling Wireless Dongle and also allows for wireless charging (and also features 8 zones of customizable RGB lighting, because why not).

Read our full review of the Basilisk V3 Pro here.

Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2

If you're looking for something ultra-light, well, it's in the name: the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is a pseudo-ambidextrous ultra-lightweight mouse weighing just 2.12 ounces (60g) and designed for those who need speed above all else.

The Pro X Superlight 2 features Logitech's Hero 2 optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 32,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 500 IPS, and can handle up to 40G's of force. It has five programmable buttons; its primary buttons feature Logitech's Lightforce hybrid optical/mechanical switches, which can actuate both optically (for the lowest latency) and mechanically (for saving power).

Read our full review of the Pro X Superlight 2 here.

Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless

Maybe ultralight and stripped-down gaming mice aren't your thing. If you're looking for a mouse with all the buttons, Corsair's newest Scimitar Elite SE Wireless is a good option, and it's currently on sale for almost 50% off at Best Buy — you can pick it up for just $74.99, which is 46% off its original MSRP of $139.99.

The Scimitar Elite SE Wireless features 16 programmable buttons, 12 of which are on its movable side panel — you can move the side panel forward or backward, depending on your hand size and what's most comfortable for you. It sports Corsair's Marksman S 33K optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50G's of force. It weighs 4.02 ounces (114g), but let's face it — if you're looking for a mouse with 16 programmable buttons, weight is not your top priority. The Scimitar Elite SE Wireless also features a pretty solid battery life of 150 hours over its 2.4GHz wireless connection, which means you'll only have to charge it every couple of weeks (and that's if you're a serious gamer).

Read our full review of the Scimitar Elite SE Wireless here.

Orbitalworks Pathfinder

If the perfect mouse for you doesn't seem to exist, maybe you should try your hand at making your own mouse — or, at least, putting together a modular mouse with a bunch of different pieces. Orbitalworks' ultra-lightweight, wireless, modular Pathfinder mouse comes with everything you need to fully customize the size and shape, and it's currently 10% off for Black Friday.

The Pathfinder comes with everything you need to customize it in a separate box, including four mouse humps, four left-side pieces, seven right-side pieces, three sets of side buttons, and spacers for adding more width/length to the mouse. There are thousands of different possible variations, but everything will end up giving you a mouse that weighs between 1.8 and 1.94 ounces (51 - 55g), which is incredibly lightweight even for ultra-light mice.

It sports PixArt's PAW-3950 optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 30,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70G's of force, and features five programmable buttons. It also offers a wireless polling rate of up to 8,000 Hz.

Read our full review of the Pathfinder here.

HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

If you're looking for something modular, but not that modular, HyperX's Pulsefire Saga Pro is a wireless gaming mouse with just a couple of modular options (plus the ability to print your own pieces, coming soon). This lightweight gaming mouse also features five programmable buttons and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate, and it's currently on sale at Best Buy for $99.99 — $20 off its MSRP of $119.99.

The Pulsefire Saga Pro sports HyperX's 26K sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 26,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 650 IPS, and can handle up to 50G's of force. This is the same sensor we've seen in HyperX's mice for a couple of years now — it's a solid sensor in terms of speed and accuracy, but it might not be for you if you're looking for the latest and greatest.

However, if you're just looking for lightweight modularity, the Pulsefire Saga Pro is where it's at: this mouse comes with two mouse humps, two sets of primary mouse buttons, and two sets of side buttons, and it implements its modularity well — everything fits together nicely and feels sturdy, and we had no issues with creaking or parts moving around in our testing. All configurations will give you a weight of 2.54 ounces (72g) — lightweight, but not quite as light as the Pathfinder.

Read our full review of the Pulsefire Saga Pro here.

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Amazon has been busy cooking up some juicy bargains ready for Black Friday, including a big discount on this Razer gaming mouse. The Razer Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed, the wireless version of the OG Basilisk V3, is down to a record low price on Amazon right now, making it one of the best value mice for gaming that you can pick up right now.

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This Black Friday deal makes it even better value than normal, dragging the price of this Razer Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed mouse down to just £38.49, saving you 45% on its usual price. Newer models like the V3 Pro and V3 Pro 35K might have superseded this solid performer, but this is still a great option, especially for under £40.

Don’t think that low price means you’re settling for low specs, though. Budget-friendly as this Razer mouse might be, it delivers with a decent spec sheet, including an 18,000 DPI sensor, which can track up to 450 inches per second, with an acceleration rate of 40G. It features the familiar ergonomic design used on other Basilisk models, with a shape that is comfortable for long periods.

It also gives you easy access to seven different programmable buttons, as well as the tilting scroll wheel, which you can set up to use macros or quick commands using Razer’s Synapse control software.

Synapse is also where you can configure your DPI settings, along with presets which you can quickly toggle between using a button on the bottom of the mouse. You can also set up your RGB preferences, setting up different lighting effects for different environments, as well as setting up colors to work in Chroma-integrated games.

This is a fully wireless version of the original Basilisk V3, with the ability to use Razer’s low-latency HyperSpeed wireless mode over 2.4GHz, or Bluetooth, to connect your mouse to your PC or laptop. Razer reckons that you’ll get a huge 535 hours on Bluetooth, with a reduced 285 hours on HyperSpeed, and all on a single AA battery.

If you’re using basic, office-grade peripherals, this £38.49 Razer Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed gaming mouse will feel like a significant upgrade. If it doesn’t run out of stock, it’ll certainly jump back up in price after Black Friday, so make sure to jump on it before it does.

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Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Elecom just updated the Huge trackball mouse, which launched in 2017. The new model, called Huge Plus, still features the iconic 52mm trackball, which is around 52% larger than standard trackballs, but comes with several improvements that make it a great productivity tool.

The biggest change to Elecom’s flagship mouse is the addition of tri-mode connectivity, allowing you to connect to multiple devices via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, and wired USB-C. It also added swappable steel ball bearings, making the trackball so much easier to use with less maintenance required.

The Huge Plus is widely compatible and will work with Windows, macOS, iPadOS, ChromeOS, and Android, so you can get to mousing ergonomically no matter which platform you use. The company also says that it has a three- to five-month battery life, depending on how you use it, so you can conveniently keep your desk clutter-free.

The massive trackball on the Elecom Huge Plus means that you cannot easily purchase a third-party replacement to change its color, but it is touted as providing a better experience for productivity users. This input peripheral is especially useful for those who need to make fine and precise movements, like CAD artists and video editors, according to the maker. It also features 10 programmable buttons, allowing you to set your most-used commands and shortcuts at your fingertips.

The Elecom Huge Plus measures 4.5 x 7.2 x 2.3-inches and weighs 10.3 ounces. But in contrast to this new product's huge physical presence, the trackball mouse segment remains a small niche.

We reckon the Huge Plus isn't going to usurp any of the tried and tested rodents on our list of the best gaming mice. And even though the Logitech Ergo M575 beat the original Elecom Huge in our list of the best wireless mouse for productivity, portability, and comfort, the new model, with its numerous programmable buttons and new ball bearings, will give Logitech a run for its money.

One downside to this specialty mouse is that it’s rather expensive. The Huge Plus is available on Amazon for $139.99, which makes it more expensive than the just-launched MX Master 4. Nevertheless, it’s still more affordable than some gaming mice, like the $180 Logitech G502 X Plus. While you can’t expect to do hardcore gaming with this trackball mouse (although I dare you to do it), you might consider this an investment in your productivity and health.

Today's deal lets you get your hands on one of our favorite productivity mice that we've ever reviewed, Logitech's MX Master 3S. This mouse is still the go-to daily driver for some of Tom's Hardware's editors, thanks to the MX Master 3S's comfortable and ergonomic design. You can currently grab Logitech's MX Master 3S for just $69 at Lenovo when you use the coupon code EARLYBF in the cart.

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The list price of the Logitech MX Master 3S mouse listed at Lenovo is $109.99, but if you use the EARLYBF coupon code once you've added the mouse to the cart, you can save $40.99 and grab the MX Master 3S for just $69. It's worth noting that the MX Master 3S is no longer the new kid on the block, as it's now been recently replaced by the newer, heavier MX Master 4 with haptic feedback.

There's a reason the MX Master range of mice from Logitech has been a mainstay of professional PC users over the years. It's a workhorse of a mouse that's had incremental generational improvements and alterations made to it to further improve its usability and all-day comfort. This version of the MX Master is the 3S for business and comes with quiet switches that don't annoy you or your colleagues while you're busy clicking away doing your work, and a more secure wireless dongle for connecting to PCs in an IT-managed office environment. It can still be used at home, obviously.

When we originally reviewed the Logitech MX Master 3S, we awarded it an Editor's Choice Award. It features a mouse wheel that can switch between a ratcheted feel or a smooth feel, customizable buttons, amazing comfort, and great build quality. There's plenty of connectivity, with the MX Master 3S able to connect to up to three different devices via either Bluetooth or the proprietary Logitech Logi Bolt USB receiver that comes with it. The MX Master 3S is, of course, a wireless mouse with great battery life, especially on Bluetooth, but if the battery should run out on you, you can still keep going using the play and charge cable.

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Corsair has become one of the biggest names in the PC hardware community — it makes everything from all-in-one liquid coolers to gaming mice, which is what we have today. The brand's latest stripped-down ultralightweight mouse is just 36g — significantly lighter than most of its competition — and, needless to say, you can't put much in the way of buttons or features in a mouse that weighs so little.

There's not a lot to say about the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro, as it's a pretty simple mouse: it has five buttons, an ultra-lightweight faux-symmetrical body, and it features Corsair's 33,000 DPI Marksman S optical sensor. It also offers up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate and up to 70 hours of battery life — though not at the same time, of course — and is available in white or black for $100.

Design and Comfort of the Sabre v2 Pro

Originally, I wasn’t a fan of the Sabre v2’s size. The mouse measures 4.69 inches (119mm) long by 2.46 inches (62.55mm) wide, and is 1.5 inches (38.21mm) thick, which makes it around the same size as the Razer Viper Mini. This isn't a bad thing, necessarily, but I just didn't expect it — it's quite small, especially compared to most mainstream gaming mice. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the mouse's small size hasn't been an issue, even though I have pretty large hands.

The mouse features a pseudo-symmetrical design, with a mild hump and a slight flare at the ends. It's a standard five-button mouse, with two primary buttons, two thumb buttons, and a clickable scroll wheel. On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find a power switch and two medium strip-like UPE mouse feet.

Despite weighing only 1.27 ounces — 36g, which is much lighter than most of the ultra-light mice on the market today — the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro doesn’t feel cheap. It features a matte black finish, which isn't terribly exciting (it's the same finish you'll find on most gaming mice), but the body feels sturdy. It also has a notched scroll wheel and custom-designed tactile mechanical switches from Corsair, which are rated for up to 100 million clicks. The scroll wheel didn't stand out to me, but I found the switches to be very nice.

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro comes with a few accessories in the box: pre-cut grip tape, extra mouse skates, and an 8,000 Hz wireless dongle.

Performance and Software of the Sabre v2 Pro

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is a smooth operator. It was very comfortable while browsing the internet and gaming. Prior to receiving the Sabre, I was using the Cougar Revenger 4k, which uses PTFE skates, while this mouse utilizes UPE. I don't use a mouse pad, and the Sabre v2 Pro glided so smoothly and accurately that I think I'll be looking for mice with UPE skates in the future.

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro features the brand's Corsair Marksman S optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 33,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. The mouse also features a wireless polling rate of 8,000 Hz — though this will obviously deplete the mouse's battery life significantly faster than the standard 1,000 Hz polling rate. You can expect about 70 hours of battery life with a 1,000 Hz polling rate — which isn't particularly impressive, but is decent for a mouse that only weighs 36g — but that drops to just 16 hours with an 8,000 Hz polling rate.

To test the Corsair Sabre v2 Pro, I spent at least five hours playing Battlefield 4 in preparation for the franchise's sixth installment. I didn’t have to make any tweaks to the mouse — except for adding a snipe feature to my back button — for it to be a great sidekick in-game. I will point out that the mouse is very simple — there's no built-in button for toggling between profiles or DPI steps: you'll need to set up the mouse before launching your game, which might be frustrating for those who switch between multiple games.

The mouse was comfortable and performed very well for gaming — quick and smooth, and it never felt awkward or difficult to maneuver, which was surprising because I have large hands and tend to use a palm grip. Still, the mouse was lightweight, speedy, and comfortable enough that I didn't think about the size at all beyond my initial impression.

Specs

Features and Software of the Sabre v2 Pro

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is customizable via Corsair's Web Hub — which is a web-based software. Yes — Corsair has decided to ditch iCue in favor of a web-based "software" that requires internet connectivity to work. I'm not a fan of this choice at all, as it puts your peripheral settings in the hands of Corsair's servers — which could be subject to blackouts or potential security risks. Also, what if you're trying to update or change your mouse's settings and you don't have internet access? As there's no button for switching between profiles or DPI on the mouse, this seems like it has a lot of potential to be a big hassle.

That said, Corsair's Web Hub works fine — though I found it to be somewhat barren and uninspired (I thought iCue was pretty cool, though not everyone agrees with me). But it is a fairly simple mouse, so there's not much to change — you can remap keys, switch DPI, and change settings such as polling rate using the Web Hub. Still, this mouse is so simple that I wish I didn't have to go online to change just a handful of settings.

The Bottom Line

The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is a stripped-down, extremely lightweight mouse that performs very well. It was incredibly smooth and accurate in my testing — even smoother if you're the kind of person who notices the difference between 1,000 Hz and 8,000 Hz polling rates (I'll admit I'm not, and so 8,000 Hz polling rates seem like a gimmick to me). I found it very comfortable and natural to use despite its smaller-than-average size and fairly generic design.

But I don't see it overtaking Razer's DeathAdder line (both the DeathAdder V4 Pro and the older DeathAdder V3 Pro are next-level natural-feeling)... or even the brand's own Katar Pro XT. The Corsair Sabre v2 Pro is still $100 — that's not exactly cheap, though it is about $30 less than the Glorious Series 2 Pro Wireless, which also features 8K wireless polling rates and is a similar size and shape (but weighs 55g). (The Series 2 Pro Wireless does have a DPI switch and an extra button for switching profiles, though.)

HyperX was all excited about the modularity of its Pulsefire Saga mouse lineup at CES 2025 — showing off not just modular parts that would come with the mouse, but a variety of colorful 3D-printed modular parts that it suggested users would be able to print at home.

(Of course, who wants to pay $120 for a gaming mouse, only to have to then print your own parts at home?)

Okay, well, you don't have to print your own parts at home, as the mouse does come with some parts in the box — an extra version of each modular part, which includes the shell, primary buttons, and individual thumb buttons. But the modular parts aren't particularly interesting on their own, so at the end of the day it's just a regular mouse with switchable parts unless you really plan on putting your 3D printer to use.

The HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro is, at its core, a wireless gaming mouse with a right-handed shape, six buttons (five programmable), and up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate. It's lightweight — but not that lightweight — and it features HyperX's 26K sensor, which is the same sensor we've seen in HyperX mice for the past couple of years. But it is modular — an uncommon trait among the best gaming mice — and the modularity is implemented nicely.

Design and Comfort of the HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

The Pulsefire Saga Pro Wireless has a pretty familiar shape — it looks a lot like the HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2, albeit with a less ambidextrous shape. The mouse, in its default form, has a mildly contoured right-handed shape with flat primary buttons, a notched scroll wheel, and two thumb buttons that follow the chassis' side curve. It features a lightly textured matte black shell with HyperX's HX logo printed in silver on the palm rest. It's not the most exciting mouse design, but the angled separation of the buttons from the palm rest gives it a little HyperX flare. It has one customizable RGB lighting zone, in the scroll wheel.

The notable thing about this mouse is that it's modular — though it's not nearly as much as the Orbitalworks Pathfinder. The modularity is implemented pretty well: the parts feel sturdy and are mostly connected magnetically. You can swap out the main shell (the palm rest and sides), the primary buttons, and the thumb buttons. HyperX includes two options for each in the box: two palm rests (one is slightly more contoured), two sets of primary buttons (one set has finger grooves), and two sets of thumb buttons, which can be used separately.

Swapping out the shell is as easy as sliding off the back of the mouse, which is connected magnetically. This is perhaps a little too easy, however, as I kept sliding it off accidentally whenever I tried to unplug the mouse. Once the back is off, the thumb buttons, which are also connected magnetically, pop off easily (I suppose you can try to pry them off without sliding off the back, but it's easier if you do). The primary buttons also pop off — these, you cannot swap without sliding off the back. Everything fits together neatly and easily, and feels fairly sturdy — I didn't have any issues with parts falling off or moving around, except when I was trying to unplug the mouse from its USB-C cable. There's also a storage spot for the 2.4GHz wireless USB-A dongle under the hump, which is a nice touch.

Regardless of how you configure this mouse, it's on the smaller side. It measures 4.7 inches (119.7 mm) long by 2.65 inches (67.2 mm) wide, and is 1.57 inches (39.8 mm) high at its highest point, which is smaller than most mainstream gaming companies' flagship mice. It's also a little shorter than the Pulsefire Haste 2, which measures 4.89 x 2.63 x 1.5 inches (124.6 x 66.8 x 38.2mm). I have medium-sized hands and long fingers, so larger/longer mice have never been much of an issue for me, but if you're looking for a shorter mouse, this is worth a look. It's the same length as Razer's Cobra Pro (but slightly wider and taller).

All configurations of the Pulsefire Saga Pro give it the same weight of 2.54 ounces (72 g) — lightweight, but not that lightweight. I don't play a lot of games where mouse weight is an issue for me, but this mouse definitely isn't so lightweight you'll forget it's there. It's still lighter than some similarly-sized mice — the Cobra Pro weighs 2.72 ounces (77 g) — but the Haste 2, for example, is significantly lighter at 1.87 ounces (53 g). I suppose it's the modularity that adds to the weight, probably to ensure the strength and integrity of the shell, but the Pathfinder is both modular and ultra-lightweight, maxing out at 1.94 ounces (55 g). Of course, the Pathfinder is also significantly pricier at $189.

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find PTFE mouse feet — two large feet along with some extra dots and a ring around the sensor for glide, a DPI switch button, and a power switch that lets you toggle between the mouse's 2.4GHz wireless connection and Bluetooth.

In the box, you'll find the pre-built mouse and secondary options for each modular part, as well as extra PTFE mouse feet, pre-cut grip tape (though, only one — so you should finalize your mouse build before adding grip tape), a 5.9-foot (1.8 m) HyperFlex USB-C to USB-A cable, a USB-C adapter, and a 2.4GHz wireless USB-A dongle.

Specs

Performance of the HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

The mouse features HyperX's 26K optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 26,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 650 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. This is the same sensor featured in the HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2, and it's a good sensor — but it's definitely a couple of years old at this point. It still works very well, with fast, accurate tracking that doesn't skip or stutter. It tracked nicely over a variety of different surfaces, including hard, soft, hybrid, and glass mouse pads, as well as standard desktop surfaces such as wood and laminate.

The mouse features HyperX's own optical switches in its primary mouse buttons, which are pretty nice — precise, tactile, and clicky. They're a little on the firm side, like those of the Pulsefire Haste 2, but I didn't mind that this time. Unfortunately, the mouse's side buttons and scroll wheel are still lackluster — the side button switches are mushy, and both the scroll and the scroll wheel click are lacking in tactile feedback for me. The primary buttons' optical switches feel very good, but this kind of highlights how bad the other switches feel.

The mouse offers up a solid performance for gaming in general, but at this point I'm sort of programmed to see this kind of simple, lightweight, minimal-button gaming mouse as a mouse for games where speed and accuracy are important — e.g., first-person shooters and competitive eSports. And while this is a decent mouse for those types of games, it doesn't really stand out. It's light, but not that light; it has a solid sensor, but not bleeding-edge (or particularly current); and it offers up to a 4,000 Hz wireless polling rate in a world where its competitors all feature 8,000 Hz wireless polling rates. While these specs aren't necessarily going to make a significant difference for the casual gamer, the Pulsefire Saga Pro just feels a little behind.

Features and Software of the HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

The Pulsefire Saga Pro is a pretty straight-forward 6-button mouse, but it has a few options that can be adjusted using HyperX's universal peripheral software, Ngenuity. I have no real issues with Ngenuity, other than that it's fairly basic — but this mouse is fairly basic, so it's not an issue.

You can use Ngenuity to update the mouse's firmware, remap its buttons, adjust the DPI steps, switch the polling rate to 4,000 Hz, and customize the RGB lighting in the scroll wheel. The mouse comes preset with a 1,000 Hz polling rate and four preset DPI steps (400, 800, 1,600, 3,200), and you can add an additional step in the software.

Wireless Experience and Battery Life of the HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro

The Pulsefire Saga Pro has three forms of connectivity: ultra low-latency 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired (USB-C). It also features HP's "Instant Pair," meaning it can pair over 2.4GHz wireless with compatible HP Omen laptops sans dongle. I haven't tried this feature, as I don't have a compatible HP Omen laptop, but it certainly sounds handy for those who do.

HyperX rates the Pulsefire Saga Pro's battery life at around 90 hours with a 1,000 Hz polling rate, which is good — but also pretty standard for similar mice. Bumping the polling rate up to 4,000 Hz decreases that figure, of course, down to about 30 hours.

Bottom Line

The HyperX Pulsefire Saga Pro is a solid, if somewhat boring, wireless modular gaming mouse. The only real reason I see to get this mouse over other mice on the market is if you'reThe excited about its modularity — and you own a 3E printer, and you have, I don't know... very unique hands? Because while it might make sense to 3D print your own modular parts for a hefty MMO-oriented gaming mouse, I don't see it being quite as useful for something that's supposed to be simple, speedy, and lightweight. I don't think you can trust the at-home 3D printing process enough to expect it to output something competition-ready, so anyone who is 3D-printing parts is probably looking for a different type of mouse.

I like the idea of this mouse, but $119.99 is too much to pay for mediocre modularity. The Pulsefire Haste 2 — while also not particularly exciting and two years old at this point — will give you a pretty similar, if slightly less modular, experience.

This is a great chance to grab a cheap little wireless gaming mouse for a budget gaming setup, for kids, or even as an emergency backup mouse. Cherry, best known for their world-dominating range of switches, does put out a fair few peripherals, although they don't enjoy the same level of notoriety or success as the switches; they are still a steal when priced like today's deal.

Hitting its lowest-ever price at Amazon, the Cherry XTRFY M50 wireless gaming mouse is only $19.99 after having its price slashed by a staggering 71% from the $69 list price. This is for the Black-colored variant of the XTRFY M50, as the white version is still discounted, but only to $39.99. You'll struggle to find a mouse of similar quality and features for such a low price.

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The Cherry XTRFY M50 wireless is a lightweight gaming mouse weighing just 69 grams, with a size that's suitable for small to medium hands. The XTRFY M50 uses the tried and tested Pixart 3311 sensor and Huano Transparent Blue Shell Pink Dot switches as its primary hardware components. For accuracy, the Pixart 3311 sensor boasts a 12,000 CPI (Counts per Inch) and a 1,000 Hz polling rate.

For connectivity, the Cherry XTRFY M50 can connect wirelessly via either 2.4GHz or Bluetooth. You can select your preference by using the switch on the underside of the mouse. Cherry's XTRFY M50 comes with a 1.8-meter USB-A cable for charging/play, and also features adjustable RGB illumination with configuration via Cherry's Utility software.

On the bottom of the mouse are two large pure PTFE skates with a PTFE ring around the optical sensor. This should help the mouse glide smoothly when used on an appropriate surface. The mouse wheel also includes 4D tilt functionality for horizontal scrolling.

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Razer's DeathAdder V3 Pro has been near the top of our list of best gaming mice since it debuted in 2022, and for good reason: It's one of the best (if not the best) feeling mice I've used. Of course, it's also speedy, accurate, and ultra-light, so it's practically a no-brainer if you're looking for a top-of-the-line gaming mouse and you don't need any extra features, such as Bluetooth, RGB lighting, or 19 buttons.

The DeathAdder V4 Pro is identical on the outside, but it's been redesigned on the inside: It has a brand-new sensor, new optical switches and scroll wheel, and it's more efficient (it weighs less and offers more battery life). It also comes with a wireless 8K polling dongle in the box — unlike the V3 Pro, which comes with a standard dongle. The 8K dongle is sold separately on the older model. The DeathAdder V4 Pro features Razer's Focus Pro 45K Optical Sensor Gen-2, which has a maximum sensitivity of 45,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 900 IPS, and can handle up to 85 G's of force — it's Razer's latest, fastest, and most accurate sensor yet.

All of this doesn't come cheap, of course, and the DeathAdder V4 Pro will set you back $170, which is on the high end, even for a premium flagship gaming mouse. Like the DeathAdder V3 Pro, it's an excellent mouse — but it doesn't make sense for everyone to upgrade.

Design and Comfort

The design of the DeathAdder V3 Pro was perfect — the ergonomic, contoured right-handed shape fit perfectly in my hand to the point where I forgot I was even using a mouse. The mouse felt so good that I found my hand moving toward it whenever it was on my desk (even while I was trying to test other mice). Razer went all-in on perfecting the DeathAdder V3 Pro's shape, and I don't think there's much (if anything) that could be done to improve it.

Luckily, Razer and I are on the same page, which is why the new DeathAdder V4 Pro is basically identical to its predecessor. The DeathAdder V4 Pro features the exact same size and shape as the V3 Pro: ergonomic and contoured to fit your right hand, with a left-shifted center hump and lightly curved sides to keep the mouse grippable. It has large, separated primary mouse buttons with subtle channeling to help keep your fingers in place, two large, flat thumb buttons on the left side, and a notched, textured rubber scroll wheel.

The DeathAdder V4 Pro is a relatively large mouse overall, measuring 5 inches (128mm) long by 2.67 inches (68mm) wide, and 1.73 inches (44mm) high at its highest point. This is slightly smaller than most general-purpose gaming mice, such as the Logitech G502 X Plus (5.17 x 3.12 x 1.62 inches / 131.32 x 79.25 x 41.15mm) and the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K (5.11 x 2.96 x 1.67 inches / 130 x 75.4 x 42.5mm), but it's still on the larger side in general. It's almost the same size as the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex (4.95 x 2.67 x 1.73 inches / 125.8 x 67.7 x 43.9mm), which is Logitech's answer to the DeathAdder lineup.

The DeathAdder V4 Pro may be the same size and shape as its predecessor, but it's not the same mouse. It features a smooth, matte finish (unlike its predecessor's lightly textured finish) and is about 10% lighter: The V4 Pro weighs 56g (57g in white), while the V3 Pro weighs 63g (64g in white). Six grams might not seem like much, but it's a noticeable difference, side-by-side. The mouse also feels a bit sturdier than its predecessor — it doesn't seem to have any of the minor side creaking issues I eventually noticed on the V3 Pro (but I've also only been using it for a month or so).

The bottom of the mouse is expectedly simple, with two large PTFE mouse feet at either end (along with a PTFE strip around the sensor) for smooth gliding, and a power button that doubles as a DPI switch. The mouse has no RGB lighting, but it does have a small, colorful LED indicator light next to the scroll wheel that changes color to indicate your current DPI preset. The mouse comes with five preset DPI steps: 400, 800, 1600, 3200, and 6400.

The DeathAdder V4 Pro also comes with a new wireless dongle — instead of the typical USB-A dongle that plugs directly into your PC, the V4 Pro comes with a small, weighted wireless dongle that connects to your PC via a USB-C to USB-A cable. The dongle measures approximately 1.8 inches (45.6mm) in diameter by 1 inch (25.5mm) high and weighs around 1.6 ounces (45g) and features a grippy rubber base to keep it from moving around on your desk. It has a USB-C port on one side and three small, colorful LED dots on the other, which change color to indicate connection quality, battery level, and polling rate.

In the box, the DeathAdder V4 Pro comes with a 6-foot (1.8m) braided USB-C to USB-A cable, a wireless 8K dongle, and a set of pre-cut grip tape. The USB-C to USB-A cable feels durable and fairly stiff — it's not one of Razer's "SpeedFlex" cables, so it's not an ideal cable for using the mouse in wired mode.

Specs

Performance

The DeathAdder V4 Pro features Razer's Focus Pro 45K optical sensor (gen-2), which has a maximum resolution of 45,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 900 IPS, and can handle up to 85 G's of force. This is Razer's latest, fastest, and most accurate sensor (and this is the first mouse in the brand's lineup to feature this sensor), and it delivers exactly as well as you'd expect, with smooth, accurate, ultra-precise movements on just about any surface. We tested it on a variety of hard, soft, hybrid, and glass mouse pads, as well as on plain surfaces (wood, laminate, polished concrete, and frosted glass), and it had no issues tracking on any of them.

The mouse also features Razer's new gen-4 optical mouse switches and an optical scroll wheel. The switches are rated for 100 million clicks and definitely feel and sound different from the switches in the DeathAdder V3 Pro — they're ever-so-slightly lighter and have a higher, somewhat hollow-sounding click, but they feel great: firm, clicky, and accurate. The notched scroll wheel is also fairly lightweight — it's not as stiff as the DeathAdder V3 Pro's scroll wheel, and it felt even more accurate and precise despite having freer movement.

If you're looking for a simple, ultra-light gaming mouse, the DeathAdder V4 Pro is probably the mouse for you. You don't have to be a competitive player to appreciate how good the mouse feels in hand, or to recognize how precise and accurate its sensor and switches are — and if you are a competitive player, the DeathAdder V4 Pro's all-optical setup and 8K-ready polling dongle are about as cutting-edge as you can get on a gaming mouse right now.

Features and Software

The DeathAdder V4 Pro is a fairly straightforward mouse, but it does have six programmable buttons (eight programmable inputs, including scroll up/down). You can customize the mouse and its dongle using Razer's universal peripheral software, Synapse. You can remap the mouse's buttons and set up a second layer of inputs using Razer's HyperShift, and you can also customize the dongle's LED lighting indicators.

Synapse is also where you can adjust the mouse's preset DPI steps and change the polling rate — the default is 1,000 Hz, but you can permanently move it up to 8,000 Hz or you can turn on the "Smart Polling Rate Switcher," so the mouse will automatically switch to an 8K polling rate when you're running a game in full screen mode.

Synapse also has some calibration features, including a sensitivity matcher that lets you match the DeathAdder V4 Pro's sensitivity to that of your old mouse. You can also set up smart tracking, asymmetric cut-off, dynamic sensitivity, and mouse rotation to customize the mouse to perfectly fit your gaming style.

Wireless Experience and Battery Life

Like its predecessor, the DeathAdder V4 Pro only features two forms of connectivity — low-latency 2.4GHz wireless and wired (USB-C). This is pretty standard for ultra-light stripped-down gaming mice — gamers aren't going to use Bluetooth, anyway, so including it is really just a lifestyle convenience. The polling dongle does keep track of how strong your mouse's connection is, which is a nice feature if you're concerned about how many wireless peripherals you're trying to run simultaneously and/or you're trying to use your mouse from across the room.

Razer rated the DeathAdder V4 Pro's battery life at 120 hours when it launched, but has since issued a firmware update that brings that number up to 150 hours (with a 1,000 Hz polling rate). This is significantly better than the DeathAdder V3 Pro, which topped out at 90 hours, and is higher than most similarly lightweight, stripped-down mice. The Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex, for example, gets up to 95 hours of battery life. Razer's Naga V2 Pro also gets 150 hours of battery life, but it also weighs more than twice as much at 4.72oz (134g).

Bottom Line

The DeathAdder V4 Pro is everything we loved about the DeathAdder V3 Pro, but better — it has a better sensor, better switches, and a better scroll wheel, and it weighs less and lasts longer on a charge. It also comes with the 8K wireless dongle in the box — though the V3 Pro launched with a $150 price tag, so the dongle is now just baked into the V4 Pro's price. If you're looking for a new ultra-lightweight premium gaming mouse, and you don't need extra buttons, RGB lighting, or Bluetooth connectivity, you won't be disappointed with the DeathAdder V4 Pro.

That said, it's still $170 for what is, ultimately, a pretty simple mouse. While it does improve upon the DeathAdder V3 Pro in many ways, most of those ways are fairly minor when you consider that the V3 Pro is still a fantastic mouse. I'm not saying the V4 Pro isn't worth it, because it is, but if you can find the DeathAdder V3 Pro on sale now that the V4 Pro has launched, you may not need to splurge on Razer’s latest, greatest cursor controller.

Having a mouse with multiple programmable buttons can be an excellent choice for gamers as it lets you assign in-game commands and execute various actions without relying heavily on the keyboard. The Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite is one such option, which is currently on sale and is down to $59.99 on Newegg, saving you $30 from its usual price. Additionally, it can boost productivity in tasks like video editing and design work, where one can map multiple macros and shortcuts for quick access.

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The Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite features a total of 17 fully programmable buttons, and according to the company, it is suitable for MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) and MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) gamers. The mouse features a 12-button side panel with a sliding mechanism allowing users to reposition the buttons according to their hand and grip preference.

In our review of the Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite, we were impressed with its sturdy build quality, high-precision sensor, and overall comfort during long gaming sessions. Please read our full review for more details on this mouse.

Other notable features of the Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite include a custom PixArt PMW3391 sensor with a native 18,000 DPI polling rate with 1 DPI adjustable steps for accurate and customizable tracking. It also features 50 million click-rated Omron switches and a braided cable that should be able to withstand the wear and tear of extended usage.

For RGB lovers, four lighting zones are customizable using Corsair’s iCUE software. The software also lets you program and remap all the buttons, customize sensitivity, surface calibration, and more. Thanks to its onboard memory, the mouse can save all your lighting and macro settings, allowing you to retain your setup even when switching between different systems.

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Logitech's MX Master 3S has long held the top spot on our best wireless mouse list for its excellent scroll wheels, premium look, and comfort. But its days as our favorite productivity rodent may be numbered, as Logitech just took the wraps off its successor, the MX Master 4. The new model carries over everything we loved about the 3S, while adding haptic feedback and an "Action Ring" menu for quick access to commonly used tasks.

The haptic feedback resides in the thumb rest area, and has four intensity settings – although the default Medium setting felt right for me. The mouse can subtly vibrate to let you know you're connected or disconnected from a device, when battery life is low, and for app-specific purposes, like when your cursor hits a layout guideline in Adobe apps. It's an intuitive trick that feels like it has a lot of potential for productivity. But at launch, it feels a bit under-utilized.

If you install Logitech's Options+ software, the MX Master 4 will also bring up an Actions Ring when you press the button embedded in the mouse's thumb rest. This circular menu, by default, gives you quick access to things like Windows Explorer, screen capture, media playback, and emojis. There's also an AI shortcut here, which fans out to give one-click access to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot.

If any of those shortcuts don't appeal to you, the Action Ring can be customized via the company's Options+ software to do any number of things, including opening specific files, folders, or macros. You can also install plugins for a number of popular programs, although you'll have to log in to the Options+ software for this. The default Photoshop plugin is shown below.

You can even use the Actions Ring to switch the mouse between connected devices – a feature that was previously relegated to a button placed inconveniently on the bottom of the device. It's not exactly an ordeal to flip the mouse over to switch between connected devices, but it's nice to have the option to do that in software.

Other changes include what Logitech says is "2x stronger" connectivity thanks to an improved chip, USB-C dongle, and better antenna placement.

Of course, many of the existing features from previous MX Master mice carry over to this model, including the best-in-class dual-mode MagSpeed scroll wheel on the top and a horizontal wheel on the side. There's also an 8K DPI sensor that works on glass and pretty much every other reasonable mousing surface. I can confirm it works pretty well on my leg.

Whether you opt for connecting via the RF USB transceiver or Bluetooth, Windows 10 and up and macOS 13 or later are supported, as is Linux and ChromeOS. Logitech says you should expect 70 days of use on a full charge, and three hours' use from a one-minute charge.

Logitech's latest addition to its ultra-light wireless gaming mouse lineup has something no other mouse has: an "innovative blend of inductive analog sensing and real-time click haptics." What this means is that Logitech's new G Pro X2 Superstrike mouse will feature an analog system that allows you to adjust the point at which your mouse switches actuate and still get the real-time feedback of a physical "click," thanks to haptics.

Logitech's new mouse will feature its new "Superstrike" technology, which involves a "bespoke Haptic Inductive Trigger System (HITS)" that "combines adjustable actuation point and rapid trigger capabilities with an innovative haptics system."

While we've seen analog switches and adjustable actuation a lot in the best gaming keyboards, this is the first time we'll see it in a gaming mouse. This is because gamers want their mice to click exactly when the button actuates, and you can't have this without something like HITS, which changes the "click" to match the new actuation point.

According to Logitech, the mouse will feature 10 selectable actuation steps and five rapid trigger reset levels over 0.6mm of click travel, which seems like a fairly detailed amount of fine-tuning. But the brand does point out that the mouse is designed for professional athletes, so this makes sense.

Haptic Inductive Trigger System aside, the Pro X2 Superstrike will feature Logitech's latest Hero 2 optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 44,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 888 IPS and can handle up to 88 G's of acceleration. (This is the same sensor found in Logitech's G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex.)

It will also feature up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate and offer up to 90 hours of battery life, albeit not at the same time. Specs-wise, the mouse will weigh 65g (2.29oz) and measure 4.92 x 2.5 x 1.57 inches (125 x 63.5 x 40mm), which makes it identical to the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 in size and shape and about 5g heavier in weight.

Logitech says the Pro X2 Superstrike will hit shelves in Q1 of 2026 for $179.99, so we'll probably see it showcased at CES 2026.

Data scientist Sam Wilkinson holds the Logitech MX Ergo trackball in very high esteem. However, he isn’t an MX Ergo flaw denier. And so, after eight years waiting for Logitech to upgrade this trackball, Wilkinson says he decided to take matters into his own hands and build “the mouse Logitech won’t make.” There's just one problem: Logitech actually upgraded the Ergo in 2024 with tweaks that fix most of its shortcomings without him realising, making the project a very unfortunate and rather expensive misstep.

Three aspects of the 2017 MX Ergo “where the sheen of perfection wears off,” according to Wilkinson, are its use of a micro-USB port, its loud and clicky microswitches, and Logitech’s bloated software. We feel those are very valid critiques.

Re-inventing the wheel

Logitech would very likely agree with Wilkinson’s opinions about the hardware wrinkles of the 2017 trackball. That’s why, in late 2024, it released the MX Ergo S. In an unfortunate stroke of luck, it turns out that Logitech had addressed Wilkinson's concerns about switches and USB-C, and he hadn't even realized it. "After first publishing this article a helpful commenter let me know Logitech released the MX Ergo S in late 2024, with quieter switches, USB-C, and a $20 price increase," he wrote. "Let's just pretend I wrote this article a year ago! Still, at least this project let me avoid some e-waste."

Before we go on, we have to point out, and are sure Wilkinson will agree, that this isn’t an entirely economically sound upgrade, even without factoring in the Ergo S launch (especially with the soldering equipment purchased to get the job done). Nevertheless, the dogged determination to upgrade existing hardware, with or without the help of the manufacturer, and even when it doesn’t make financial sense, is admirable in some ways.

In Wilkinson’s blog post, you can read through the whole process of making a DIY-upgraded MX Ergo trackball. One of the first steps taken was to order a small USB-C-equipped PCB for this particular trackball mouse, which he found was already shared through the user portal at PCBWay. Those parts would cost $55, though Wilkinson bought 10 PCBs, so he would have some spares. Around the same time, he decided he needed a $200+ hot-air rework station…

We have some opinions on the best soldering equipment if you are in the market for this kind of gear.

Satisfied with his port wrangling, Wilkinson moved on to microswitch switching. He seemed very happy with some Huano Silent switches, which he described as "almost completely silent, with a soft but satisfying tactile bump when pressed." Impressively, these microswitches only cost $2.99, and de/soldering guides for the MX Ergo are available online.

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The frequently overlooked, sometimes shunned, trackball pointing device is getting some love with a Japanese tech accessories maker launching replacement balls in a choice of four colors. Earlier this week, Sanwa Supply Co., Ltd. announced (machine translation) that it has started marketing its ‘400-MABALL34’ in four colors: red, blue, black, and violet. The balls are said to be easy to swap out components for trackball pointing devices with a 34mm ball, which includes popular products from Logitech, Kensington, Elecom, ProtoArc, and Sanwa themselves.

If your old trackball has become worn, discolored, or you think it would benefit from a swap-out for more pizzazz, Sanwa’s 400-MABALL34 can give your device a shot of new life. When this launch news surfaced in the Tom’s Hardware newsroom, the first comment, though, was “why no RGB?” which might seem like a missed opportunity. Or perhaps adding a small battery and LEDs to the ball could affect its balance and performance…

We already mentioned that these colorful replacement balls have a diameter of 34mm. Sanwa shared some other essential specs, which seem to indicate this is a quality replacement. For example, it claims that the 400-MABALL34 has a roundness tolerance of 50 μm. That means tight quality control in manufacturing these spheres, which should ensure smooth and accurate performance. The product maker also says the ball surface has a 0.3μm surface roughness, which we would hope provides a good balance between slickness and finger grip.

A diagram supplied by Sanwa shows that its 34mm replacement balls have a multi-layered construction. Beneath the shiny-looking surface, there is a modestly thick layer, which it says is a composite with aluminum particles. The core material is mysteriously not detailed, but referred to as ‘the core’. Actually, the core may be empty, as these 34mm diameter replacement balls are 25g (1.2 ounces), which sounds relatively light.

The manual for the Sanwa 400-MABALL34 shows how to remove the old trackball ball, as well as how to clean and replace this essential component. However, it is noted that different trackball manufacturers have alternative recommended methods for removing the ball from its housing. Therefore, it is recommended to check your device maker’s documentation or online FAQs for specific instructions.

• Sanwa 400-MABALL34BK (black)
• Sanwa 400-MABALL34BL (blue)
• Sanwa 400-MABALL34R (red)
• Sanwa 400-MABALL34V (violet)

Most modern gaming mice these days have at least five buttons — left, right, center (scroll wheel), and two thumb buttons. Even ultralight, performance-focused mice that ditch frivolous features such as Bluetooth connectivity and RGB lighting, like Logitech's G Pro X Superlight 2 and Razer's Viper V3 Pro have at least five buttons (and if you count the DPI switch button on the bottom, they actually have six). It's safe to say the world has moved beyond thinking that a mere two or three mouse buttons is sufficient (I refuse to acknowledge any company that has ever thought that only one mouse button was enough).

But five (or six, technically) mouse buttons isn't enough, either, and most flagship, all-purpose gaming mice have more than the five (now) standard buttons. Razer's Basilisk V3 Pro 35K, for example, has 13 programmable controls, though not all of these are buttons (this number includes the tilt wheel, which allows you to remap the center, right, and left clicks, as well as the scroll up/down functions); so does Logitech's G 502X Plus.

You might be thinking, "Surely, 13 programmable controls — or 11 programmable clicks, if we're not counting the scroll directions — is more than enough," but it's not — in fact, it's not much more than five or six, functionally speaking.

Saying these mice have 13 programmable controls is a bit disingenuous — while all of the buttons can technically be remapped, it's safe to say that almost nobody is going to remap the standard left and right primary buttons or the scroll function. They probably aren't even going to remap the two thumb buttons, which are mapped to MB4 and MB5 by default. And any buttons on the underside of the mouse might be remappable, but they're not usable mouse buttons in the midst of gaming (or anything). Once you take these buttons off the table, you're left with just a couple of actual extra buttons — both of these mice have a third "trigger" button in the thumb area (often used to temporarily slow down DPS for when you're lining up a tricky shot).

The Basilisk V3 Pro 35K has a couple of buttons above the tilt wheel, but these aren't particularly convenient for regular use, while the G 502X Plus has two side buttons along the edge of the mouse's primary button. So you really only get two or three "extra" mouse buttons, and that's if you include less convenient options and/or tilt wheel clicks.

But don't worry — there are mice with even more buttons. Specifically, mice like the Razer Naga V2 Pro, the Corsair Scimitar Elite SE Wireless, and the SteelSeries Aerox 9 Wireless, all of which have a 12-button side panel (or, well, the option of a 12-button side panel), for all your actual mouse button needs.

Mice with 12-button side panels are usually aimed at a particular niche of gaming: players of MMORPGs (e.g., The Elder Scrolls Online) and MOBAs (e.g., League of Legends). Both MMORPGs and MOBAs are about action and inventory management — you need a lot of hotkeys/mouse buttons to open up various menus and execute however many different types of attacks or skills the game allows for. Sure, you can use your keyboard — and, well, you'll have to, as there are far more hotkeys in any of these games than you can fit on a mouse — but many things are more convenient to do from your mouse (especially if it's a shortcut that can be set up as a macro), and it's just more efficient, in general, to have both hands in the game.

But you don't need to be playing an MMORPG or a MOBA for those extra mouse buttons to come in handy: not only do most games have at least some sort of inventory system that requires management — even if it's just swapping and/or reloading weapons — but there are plenty of other things you might need to do while gaming. There are also plenty of useful shortcuts that can be mapped to your mouse buttons for when you're not gaming at all — having 12 easily-accessible macro keys is fantastic for productivity, if you use them.

Plus, if you're using a multi-button mouse built by a mainstream gaming company, the supporting peripheral software will usually allow you to set up game- and app-based profiles that switch based on your current active window. This can be finicky, however — as most peripheral softwares is — so I prefer to map my mouse buttons to generic extra modifier keys (e.g., F13, F14, etc.) and assign specific actions in each game's in-game menu. This only works for actions that can be remapped within the game, of course — anything else, you'll need to map directly to the mouse.

Autorun

You do a lot of walking/running when you're exploring large open-world games — a lot. MMORPGs like World of Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls Online have an autorun feature — a hotkey that lets you toggle forward movement, so you can move without having to hold down the W key for hours. While it's usually bound to something obscure on the keyboard (or not bound at all) by default. I'm pretty sure binding ESO's autorun to one of my mouse buttons saved me from a repetitive stress injury.

Primary Action / Interaction

Once you start using autorun, it's very frustrating to run up to an interactive character or object, only to have to find the interaction key on your keyboard (usually E, R, or F — conveniently close to the WASD movement keys, which you are no longer using). The only solution, of course, is to map that action to another mouse button, so you can now run up to things and interact with them without ever touching the keyboard. While you're at it, you may as well also map a third button to the Esc key — so you can also easily leave those interactions without touching the keyboard.

Volume Control

Many of the best gaming keyboards come with volume knobs (and other dedicated media controls) — but I don't have time to find and fiddle with a knob when my husband is trying to talk to me over my dogs barking. I usually assign two of the less-convenient buttons in the 12-button cluster to volume control (volume up and volume down, though you could also assign one button to mute. I don't use it so often that it needs to be foolproof, but I've never regretted mapping volume controls to my mouse.

Print Screen / F12 / Screenshots

The default screenshot hotkeys — Print Screen for Windows, and F12 for third-party apps like Steam and ReShade — are not in a particularly convenient location. Some might argue that lightning-quick screenshot-taking isn't a critical aspect of gameplay, but I beg to differ. You don't want to have to fumble across your keyboard to find the Print Screen button when the perfect Kodak moment pops up; you just want to be able to quickly hit a mouse button and keep going. And if you're using fancy camera tools like Frans Bouma's photomode mods, mapping your screenshot key to a mouse button is a must.

Push-to-Talk

If you stream while playing games, or you play games while chatting with friends over voice chat — and especially if you do both at the same time — you're probably using either push-to-talk or a mute toggle to control who's hearing your audio, and when. Push-to-Talk and other microphone-related hotkeys are basically made to be mapped to your mouse, as talking is essentially a way to bypass typing. You can also map a hotkey for a game chat overlay to your mouse, but it's hard to avoid the keyboard in a text chat.

Modifier Keys

Okay, you can't avoid touching the keyboard forever. But you can make your keyboard significantly more efficient and one-handed by moving modifier keys — Ctrl, Fn, Shift... and the Windows key — to your mouse. Now, instead of having to use two hands to perform Fn shortcuts, you can hold down a mouse button with one hand and pump out those secondary keybinds like nobody's business.

App-specific Shortcuts

Multiple mouse buttons aren't just convenient and efficient in games — they can make powerful productivity tools, and you can usually set up app-specific profiles similar to the gaming-specific profiles using peripheral software. Anyone who uses a complex, shortcut-heavy app — basically any photo-, video-, or sound-editing software — knows how useful it would be if you could perform some of those shortcuts with the click of a mouse button. The exact shortcuts you should program on your mouse depends, of course, on what you're doing — whether you need a shortcut to quickly change brush size and opacity, or you just need shortcuts to quickly move between tools.

Managing Windows and Tabs

The most frustrating thing about having a large, high-resolution screen — or multiple large, high-resolution screens — is managing windows and tabs (it's hard enough to just find your mouse with multiple screens). Mapping your mouse buttons to standard tab and window management keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl + Tab (to move to the next tab) or Ctrl + Shift + Tab (to move to the previous tab), or Ctrl + W (to close the current tab) can save you a lot of time and hassle, so long as you take the time to learn the buttons. (But you probably still don't want to start with the close tab shortcut — just in case.) Also, any task that requires you to either use a keyboard shortcut or find your mouse and move it very precisely somewhere on screen is worth considering (e.g. "Show Desktop").

What not to map to mouse buttons

Take a look at any gaming peripheral software and you'll see that there are several different types of keys and actions that can be mapped — some you may not have realized were options, and some you may not have wanted as options (I'm pretty sure Asus gives you the specific option of mapping Armoury Crate somewhere, as though anyone is so desperate for Armoury Crate that they'll dedicate an entire button to it (not to mention the fact that, if Armoury Crate isn't running, you probably won't be able to open it on an Asus-made peripheral until Armoury Crate is running). Just like you probably don't need to manually switch your Razer Chroma RGB lighting effects so often that you want to dedicate an entire mouse button to it — not even if you have a dozen mouse buttons.

More generally speaking, however, while it might seem neat that you can set a mouse button to open a program or a website for you, this is probably not all that useful in a gaming or productivity context, since you normally don't need to open a program more than... once or twice in a single session. You also probably don't need to map more than one DPI or profile switch button, as it usually makes sense to just cycle through those. Individual keys that aren't associated with shortcuts aren't terribly useful, either — but text strings, if used often enough, can definitely be worth it. One of my mouse buttons is programmed to type "site:tomshardware.com " — space included, for quick, site-specific searches, but other text strings that come to mind are those that contain unusual characters or punctuation. I do have one of my mouse buttons programmed to insert an em-dash, for the rare occasion that I'm using a keyboard without a numberpad.

I know plenty of people will insist that five or six buttons is more than enough, and that they wouldn't even know what to do with 12 buttons — let alone 19. All those buttons can be pretty intimidating, and it does take some time and experimentation to get a 19-button mouse set up perfectly, for you. But if you do put in the effort and take full advantage of how customizable gaming mice — and most peripherals, actually — are today, you'll quickly find that 19 buttons isn't nearly enough.

At one point, this king of gaming processors was almost impossible to get your hands on; now, with the benefit of time and ample stock of the 9800X3D on retailer shelves, it's more about how good a deal you can find on this magnificent gaming CPU. At Amazon, you can grab hold of AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D for just £399, the lowest price it's ever been available for at Amazon. This is also the lowest price in the UK at the time of writing. If you have Amazon Prime, then the shipping is also free, so there are no hidden extra costs.

AMD has dominated the gaming CPU space for a while now, overshadowing Intel in gaming sales. especially the top-end gaming sphere, with their X3D line of processors that use a massive 3D V-cache of memory to enhance the processors' performance in gaming applications. If you're playing esports titles such as Counter-Strike 2, Rainbow 6: Siege, or Valorant, then that's where you can really see the difference in a gaming CPU like the 9800X3D. Using lower resolutions to enhance framerates to insane levels for less graphical latency. The benefits fall off as you creep towards 4K gaming, where the graphics card takes over as the primary source for enhancing framerates and graphical fidelity.

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The Ryzen 7 9800X3D uses AMD's successful 3D V-cache technology, which provides the 9800X3D with its pure gaming prowess. The large cache boosts performance, and along with design changes to the CPU, such as moving the cache chiplet underneath the die to alleviate the thermal insulation of previous designs, the compute die is now closer to the thermal interface material (IHS). With this increased thermal headroom comes 500 MHz higher base clocks and 200 MHz higher boosts than the previous-gen Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

In our 13-game average with resolutions set to 1920 x 1080 pixels, the 9800X3D topped the charts. Outperforming the 7800X3D which it replaced.

You can find more details and benchmarking results on AMD's Ryzen 7 processor in our detailed review of the 9800X3D. With an 8% performance gain on the previous generation 7800X3D, and dominates the competition from Intel in gaming benchmarks. The 9800X3D is unlocked for overclocking and also doesn't have excessive cooling requirements, making this processor one of the best CPUs for pure gaming.

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Students are currently on the summer break, but there's never a better time to start prepping for your return to class, whether that's going back to a new year, or even a new school or college. Having all the equipment and course materials at hand means you only have to think about your subjects and completing any homework or assignments. The Logitech MX Master 3S mouse is widely recognised as one of the best-performing and most comfortable productivity mice, and currently, you can grab it at one of its lowest-ever prices.

Down to just £72 at Amazon, the Logitech MX Master 3S is only £3 above its all-time low price. The list price of the MX Master 3S is £119, but it is rarely on sale at the full price. Direct from the Logitech website, the MX Master 3S is currently on sale for £89 with a £30 discount, which gives you an idea of the value of the Amazon deal.

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The MX Master 3S is wireless, connecting to up to three different devices via either Bluetooth or the proprietary Logitech Logi Bolt USB receiver that comes with it. A button on the bottom of the mouse allows you to seamlessly switch so you can use the same mouse with your desktop or laptop at the same time. For Windows and macOS computers, Logitech's Flow feature (which requires you to install its software) allows you to treat multiple computers as a single desktop where the mouse will automatically switch connections when you move the mouse pointer from one to another.

The primary scroll wheel uses magnets to switch between smooth and ratcheted feels. You can manually configure which feel you like. The mouse also has an optical sensor that can operate at up to 8,000 DPI, and quieter switches on the main left and right mouse buttons as not to annoy yourself or people working around you. This is first and foremost a productivity mouse and not recommended for fast-paced gaming.

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When it comes to gaming mice for FPS titles, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is one of the best mainstream options out there, without delving into arcane niche brands that try to "drop" stuff, or make you hang out on a weird waitlist. Sure, it's shape is incredibly similar to the original Superlight, but why change what's already great?

Amazon has discounted the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 to just $123.99, a saving of 31% in a limited-time deal on Amazon ahead of Memorial Day.

There's a good reason why the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 features on our list of best gaming mice, it's packed to the brim, full of features that'll have you tagging n00bs like it's still the 90s.

Sporting an upgraded "Hero 2" sensor, with a polling rate of up to 8,000 Hz (via a firmware update), and tracking over 888 inches-per-second or IPS. The mouse is incredibly lightweight, weighing just 60g, enabling quick flicks during the heat of combat. Expect to find very few frills on this mouse, as the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is specifically geared toward FPS shooters.

On the mouse itself, you'll find hybrid optical-mechanical switches, allowing for lighter clicks, and more sensitivity. Just make sure that you don't need more than five buttons on your mouse, and don't need to regularly shift your DPI, as it lacks a dedicated button. At just $123, which is around five bucks more than its lowest-ever price, the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 is one of the strongest gaming mice out there, so long as you're happy playing second fiddle to the Razer Basilisk V3, that is.

The best gaming mouse for you depends a lot on what types of games you like to play. If you play competitive first-person shooters, you're probably looking for something speedy and lightweight, like the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2. But if you play MMOs, MOBAs, or other RPGs while also streaming on Twitch or YouTube, you might want... whatever the opposite of that is — something consistent and comfortable, with a bunch of extra buttons that you can program shortcuts into.

Something like Corsair's Scimitar line of mice — large and with a customizable 12-button side panel so you can do (almost) everything with just one input device.

Corsair's new Scimitar Elite Wireless SE looks a lot like its predecessor, the Scimitar Elite Wireless — in fact, it's identical, minus the new color scheme. But it sports some under-the-hood upgrades, including a new sensor: Corsair's Marksman S 33K optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 33,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of acceleration. It also has improved battery life — up to 150 hours over 2.4GHz wireless and up to 500 hours over Bluetooth, and features Elgato Stream Deck integration, including support for Elgato's new "Virtual Stream Deck."

The mouse comes in black and yellow and gunmetal and white colorways — Corsair points out that this is the first time the Scimitar line has been offered in white, for what that's worth — and costs $139.99.

Design and Comfort of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE is a large, ergonomically-sculpted wireless gaming mouse with 16 programmable buttons — including an adjustable 12-button side panel. Like other mice with a ton of buttons, this mouse is aimed primarily at MMO and MOBA players — it's large and heavy, designed to support your hand during long gaming marathons, not fly across your desk in seconds.

Our review unit came in black and yellow, which features a mostly-black chassis with a matte, soft-touch finish, and a bright yellow panel on the left side, surrounding the 12-button side panel. The scroll wheel is also yellow (though it has a textured black rubber cover for grip). It's an interesting color scheme — the yellow is a bright true yellow just shy of neon, and it definitely pops. I'm not sure how many gaming rigs this is going to seamlessly blend with (probably not many), but the mouse does have two zones of RGB lighting — in Corsair's ship logo on the palm rest, and in the numbers on the side panel. My high school colors were black and gold (yellow), and this mouse looks like something our Spirit Booth would have sold. It's a pretty aggressive yellow.

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE is the same size and weight as the Scimitar Elite Wireless, which we reviewed back in Aug. 2023. It's a big mouse, measuring 4.69 inches (119.23mm) long by 2.89 inches (73.48mm) wide, and it's 1.66 inches (42.17mm) high at its highest point, and it feels bigger because it's designed to have a lot of contact with your hand. It has a wide, flat hump (shifted to the left for right-handed ergonomics) and the right side features a textured side panel / finger rest.

I still use the Razer Naga V2 Pro as one of my primary mice — I love mice with tons of buttons — and the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE feels bigger than the Naga V2 Pro despite being slightly smaller (the Naga V2 Pro measures 4.7 x 2.97 x 1.72 inches / 119.5 x 75.5 x 43.5mm), because the Scimitar Elite Wirless SE has less sculpting on the left and it just ends up hitting more of your hand. Instead of a gentle slope like the Naga V2 Pro has, the left side of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE is scooped out somewhat abruptly, which gives it a curved shape — similar to a scimitar. The 12-button side panel follows this curve — the buttons are arranged in a 4 x 3 grid, with texturing on alternating columns for easier distinction.

The side panel can be moved forward or backward approximately 1/4 of an inch, so people with smaller hands or shorter thumbs are better able to reach all 12 buttons. To slide the panel, you'll need to unscrew it using a hex key (included with the mouse) and then move it to your desired location.

You can lock it into place using the screw at any point along its track, so you can fine-tune the positioning if you need to. I'm sure this flexibility is very much appreciated by some, but in general I don't think it will wildly affect most people's experience. Ergonomically the mouse is a little clunky and I don't love the inward curve of the side panel — I find it makes everything a little less ergonomic. I would prefer a side panel that curves outward and perhaps angled buttons over the ability to move the side panel a quarter of an inch forward.

Speaking of the buttons, the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE has 16 programmable ones: 12 on the side panel, left/right primary buttons, a DPI switch button above the scroll wheel, and the scroll wheel center click. In addition to texturing, the side-panel buttons are also slightly different heights (the center row is slightly raised compared to the top and bottom row), and I didn't love this. Maybe there was just too much going on — different textures, different heights, and there's also a homing bump on the 5 — but it took me a while to get used to where the buttons were by touch. (And I normally use a mouse with a 12-button side panel!) I'm sure it will eventually become second-nature if I keep using it, but I prefer the Razer Naga V2 Pro's angling.

The mouse has a notched scroll wheel — not a tilt wheel, like the Naga V2 Pro, and not adjustable or dual-mode like the Logitech G502 X Plus, just a regular scroll wheel. The scroll has a comfortable amount of tension, but the notches are on the softer side.

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find four medium-sized PTFE mouse feet, a power/connectivity switch, and a profile switch button. There's also a small compartment that holds the mouse's 2.4GHz wireless USB-A dongle; the door is a little flimsy (and perhaps not necessary, as the dongle fits pretty tightly). This is also where you'll find the screw that unlocks and locks the side panel.

The mouse comes with a 6.5-foot (2m) USB-C to USB-A cable and a hex tool for moving the side button panel. The cable is braided but fairly stiff — it's a far cry from the ultra-flexible paracord-style cables that come with Razer's and HyperX's mice. You'll be able to use it as a mouse cable if you need to, but it won't be the most comfortable, drag-free experience.

Specs

Performance of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE sports Corsair's Marksman S 33K optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 33,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of acceleration. Corsair says the sensor features "improved DPI detection and IPS tracking," as well as lower power consumption, and while the sensor was very accurate and consistent in my testing,

I didn't have any issues with accuracy or consistency in the Scimitar Elite Wireless, either. The sensor is able to track on a variety of surfaces, including laminate, wood, plastic, glass, polished concrete, and, of course, mouse pads.

The mouse features Corsair's house-brand optical switches, which are somewhat loud (though not any louder than the optical switches in other mainstream gaming mice). I didn't have any issues with misclicks or double-clicking while I was testing the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE, but I did find the switches to be a little inconsistent in both sound and feel. They felt and sounded a little lightweight and "fluttery," which made me worry there would be misclicks or accidental double-clicking, but this never happened.

This sounded more concerning if I clicked off-center — not at the very edge, just not directly in the center. I'm a little concerned with durability, but Corsair does say the switches are rated for 100 million clicks.

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE performed well in MMOs and RPGS (and MMORPGs), with smooth, accurate movements and a relatively comfortable form factor for a palm grip. While I'm not the biggest fan of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE's side panel curve, I don't use those extra buttons often enough that the lack of ergonomics was really an issue — it's not like I'm constantly mashing them, even if I bind my most frequently-used actions and macros.

The mouse also performed decently well in more action-oriented / skill-based RPGs, such as Elden Ring, though it's not the kind of mouse you can move around very quickly. Not only is it particularly wide and therefore difficult to really hold (as opposed to move), it's also fairly heavy at 4.02 ounces (114g). That still makes it slightly lighter than my go-to, the Naga V2 Pro (4.73oz / 134g), and it definitely feels pretty hefty (especially compared to all the super lightweight mice we've been looking at recently).

It's also not the type of mouse you can pick up and move around your desk — even if you can wrap your hand around it, it has a side panel full of buttons. This is definitely not a mouse for quick swipes and flicks.

Features and Software of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE works (well, "works") with Corsair's universal peripheral software, iCUE. You can use iCUE to update your device firmware, customize the mouse's RGB lighting, and adjust some settings, such as DPI steps, polling rate, and surface calibration. Unfortunately, since this is a 16-button mouse, you can't really avoid iCUE completely — you'll also need it to remap/program buttons, and I assume you want to do at least some of that if you're getting a 16-button mouse.

iCUE is, however, terrible — not only did I have to restart my PC more times than I could count during the program's extremely slow and inefficient updating system (where it updates each device, including the dongle, one at a time and requires like three restarts after each one), but it was unable to complete the mouse's final firmware update because... it just wouldn’t go (I'm not sure why).

Anyway, once you remap your keys and tweak some settings on the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE, you can save your changes to the hardware (three profiles) and uninstall iCUE if you want. Well, sort of. The other key feature of this mouse is that it has native Elgato Stream Deck integration and it also works with Elgato's new Virtual Stream Deck app works with Elgato's new "Virtual Stream Deck" software. Which is, of course, even more software for you to download (though Elgato's software is, thankfully, much better than iCUE's).

The Virtual Stream Deck is... exactly what it sounds like: a virtual Stream Deck, i.e., a pop-up of a stream deck that lives on your desktop and can be used to perform various Stream Deck features, such as interacting with your connected Elgato equipment, or doing complicated multi-task "macros."

Not only can the mouse interact with your Elgato streaming gear, it can also act as a physical 'virtual' stream deck with all of its buttons — you can assign Stream Deck actions directly to the side panel of the mouse, though you'll need iCUE running in the background for this to work.

Wireless Experience and Battery Life of the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE offers three forms of connectivity: low-latency 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired (via USB-C). Corsair rates the Scimitar Elite Wireless SE's battery life at up to 150 hours over 2.4GHz wireless with the backlighting turned off, which is pretty solid — 30 hours over the Scimitar Elite Wireless' 120-hour rating, and on par with the Razer Naga V2 Pro's 150-hour rating.

The Scimitar Elite Wireless SE also gets a serious boost in battery life over Bluetooth — up to 500 hours with the lighting turned off, which is a big jump from its predecessor's 150 hours, but this is neither here nor there as even no gamers — not even those playing cozy, dreamy platformer/crafting games such as Infinity Nikki — are connecting over Bluetooth, unless they're traveling or something.

Bottom Line

The Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE is basically identical to the two-year-old Scimitar Elite Wireless, but it's been improved on the inside. It has a new sensor, better battery life, and it integrates with Elgato's Stream Decks as well as the new virtual Stream Deck software.

But I would have liked to see some — any — attention paid to the mouse's chassis, which felt bigger and clunkier than it needed to be when we tested the Scimitar Elite Wireless and feels even bigger and clunkier now. The fact that you can turn your mouse into an impromptu Stream Deck is neat, especially if you're the type of person who actually uses their Stream Deck, but it doesn't really feel like enough to be considered a "real" update. This is sort of like the Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K — same mouse, new sensor... but that's basically it. It's also $139.99, which is $10 more than MSRP of the Scimitar Elite Wireless.

But if you're looking for a mouse with a lot of buttons, your choices are a little scarce in our current world of ultralightweight, super-fast, eSports-player-endorsed peripherals. While it's not my favorite 12-button side panel, it's still a pretty good one, and it's $50 cheaper than the $180 Naga V2 Pro.

Finding the perfect mouse is hard — even we can't pick one perfect mouse, which is why we have an entire list of the best gaming mice. But Orbitalworks hopes it can make things a little easier for people who are highly picky about mouse shape by offering a bunch of different shapes right out of the box.

Orbitalworks' Pathfinder mouse is a lightweight, wireless gaming mouse with a modular setup — the hump, sides, and buttons are all interchangeable and the mouse comes with a selection of humps, sides, and buttons to get you started. It also comes with spacers, so you can add extra width and length to the mouse, and in the future the company plans to offer additional pieces as well as 3D print files so you can create your own pieces. Naturally, this much modularity doesn't come cheap — the Pathfinder costs a steep $189, and comes in both black and white.

Design and Comfort of the Pathfinder

The Pathfinder is a modular, lightweight five-button wireless mouse that comes with several options for changing its size and shape. The mouse comes in its own box with a handful of accessories: an 8K polling rate 2.4GHz wireless receiver, a 5-foot (1.5m) paracord-covered USB-C to USB-A cable. It also comes with extra mouse skates from X-Raypad — it has four dots pre-installed, and it comes with a set of X-Raypad's Obsidian PRO Air dots, as well as a set of X-Raypad's Obsidian mouse feet.

The mouse also comes with a separate box of parts that you'll need to create the customized final product. These include four mouse humps, four left-side pieces, seven right-side pieces, three sets of side buttons, and spacers for adding more width/length to the mouse.

The parts are all packaged very nicely in foam, and there's a guide printed on the inside of the lid. The parts hook into the mouse with notched "teeth" and are fairly secure when installed but can be removed with a little pressure. I didn't have any issues removing the pieces with my nails, but it would be nice if Orbitalworks had included some sort of tool for removal (even just a thin, flat spatula-type thing seems like it would help).

Let's start with the humps, as they're the most straightforward pieces: low, medium, high, and right-handed. The low, medium, and high humps are all bilaterally symmetrical, while the right-hand hump shifts the hump to the left.

The hump size corresponds to the amount of palm contact your hand will have with the mouse — the low hump features an immediate, gradual downward slope so the highest part of the mouse is at the center, while the high hump extends the center height and features a steep downward slope near the back (the medium hump is in between these two, and is close to what you'll see in a lot of symmetrical lightweight mice, such as the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2).

There are also two hump spacers — 4mm and 8mm, which you slide onto the mouse before you attach the hump to add extra length. You can also use both spacers together, for an extra 12mm total. I will say that this is the one area that I didn't feel was very sturdy — even adding just the smaller spacer made the back feel a little detached from the mouse.

This wasn't too much of an issue while using the mouse, but it bothered me regardless. Adding both spacers made the back look like it was about to fall off, and created a noticeable gap between the hump and the body of the mouse. The mouse felt sturdiest without any hump spacers — if you're looking for a longer mouse, this may not be the mouse for you.

The four left-side pieces are labeled (sort of) by grip type: latch, claw, pinch, and average. (Okay, only two of those are grip types, but close enough.) "Latch" is the curviest piece, with a generous dip for your thumb and flare toward the back. "Claw" is for claw grips and is designed for those who use a claw grip and have their thumb at more of an angle. "Pinch" features a thumb indent that's placed slightly forward, and "average" is a flatter piece with a thumb indent set slightly to the back.

There are seven right-side pieces: Average, pinch, claw, right-hand, xtra, slash, and wave. The first three — average, pinch, and claw, are the right-side counterparts to their left-side pieces; "average" is somewhat flat and asymmetrical to its left-side counterpart, "pinch" is designed for a grip that's shifted forward, and "claw" is for an angled grip. "Right-hand" is designed for palm grips and gives you more of a sloped finger rest. The last three — xtra, slash, and wave — are designed from handscans of gamers, and feature finger channels based on your grip style to give you more control.

"Xtra" is for claw grippers, and has channels that are vertical and angled slightly backward — for people who have an aggressive claw grip near the front of the mouse. "Slash" is for people with a less aggressive claw grip that's closer to the middle of the mouse, and has channels that are vertical and angled slightly forward. "Wave" is more of a full finger rest, with front-angled channels for resting your pinky and ring finger. Wave took me a little while to get used to, as I usually have my pinky and ring finger resting closer to the center of most mice, but once I got used to it I loved it — having my fingers so close to the front of the mouse gave me more control, which I'm not used to when I use a palm grip.

There are two spacers — about 1.5mm and 2.5mm — for both the right and left side of the mouse, and they can be used together, adding an extra 4mm to each side. Unlike the spacer issue with the hump, the side pieces fit very securely to the mouse with one or both spacers installed (though you'll still see a lot of space if you have both installed), and I had no issues with creaking, flexing, or movement from the side pieces while I was using the mouse.

The mouse also comes with three side button sizes, which seem to be mainly designed to accommodate use of the side spacers, as they're longer but are otherwise identical in shape.

The mouse itself is well-made, with a sturdy but lightweight plastic shell and a shiny, ridged notched scroll wheel. It comes in both black and white — our review unit was black, and the smooth, matte finish did show fingerprints somewhat quickly, though they were easy to wipe off.

That said, the shell does appear to be ABS, so it seems like you may have to contend with shininess as the ABS wears down. The mouse is on the slippery side — especially if you sweat while gaming, and it doesn't come with grip tape. I suppose this makes sense, as there are multiple sides and the company probably didn't want to have to account for the different shapes and possible switching (I'm sure some people would need/want grip tape for every single piece), it does seem like they could have included something, especially since the modular sides are a little smaller than most mouse sides and so generic grip tape seems like it would be difficult to fit. Perhaps Orbitalworks will sell grip tape as a separate accessory.

The mouse is on the smaller side in general — the base mouse measures 4.6 inches (117mm) long by 2 inches (50.5mm) wide, and is 1.46 inches (37mm) high at its highest point. Using spacers, the mouse's maximum length is 5.11 inches (130mm), while the maximum width is around 2.74 inches (69.7mm). Orbitalworks says the mouse's configured weight will range between 51 and 55g.

Based on my measurements, the base mouse (unconfigured) weighs 1.56 ounces (44.5g), while the lightest configuration was 1.87 ounces (53g). The heaviest configuration I could make weighed 2.01 ounces (57g), which is still a very lightweight mouse overall.

The Pathfinder is a fairly standard five-button mouse, with left/right primary buttons, two thumb buttons, and a scroll wheel click, all of which are programmable (the scroll wheel is also programmable). It also has a DPS switch button on the bottom, which is not programmable. The scroll wheel is tactile and notched, with fairly stiff notches — a little stiffer than I prefer, and (surprisingly) slightly louder than the primary switches.

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find a power switch, a DPS switch button, and a small indicator light to indicate DPS steps and battery life. There are also four dots installed as mice feet, and you can add additional dots from the included X-Rayband dots for more glide. There's also what appears to be a receiver for a wireless charging dock, but the mouse doesn't come with a wireless charging dock so perhaps that will be a separate purchaseable option in the future.

Specs

Performance of the Pathfinder

At its core, the Pathfinder sports a PixArt PAW-3950 sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 30,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 750 IPS, and can handle up to 70 G's of acceleration. This is an excellent sensor that's on par with the sensors in other flagship gaming mice, and it performed very well — as expected. The mouse was able to track flawlessly on a variety of surfaces, including laminate, wood, glass, and, of course, all types of mouse pads, and movements were smooth, accurate, and precise.

The Pathfinder features Omron's subminiature optical switches, which have a lightweight and relatively quiet click compared to the other flagship mice I currently have on my desk — the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex, the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme, and the Razer Naga V2 Pro. The side buttons are also lightweight and quiet, with a slightly less tactile feel.

The scroll wheel is tactile and notched, with stiff notches and a somewhat firm center click — it's not the worst scroll wheel I used, but I didn't love it (and I would have preferred something with a rubbery finish rather than shiny plastic). I suppose a dual-mode or adjustable scroll wheel might be a little too much to ask, but considering this mouse is all about customizability, it does seem like an oversight.

Scroll wheel aside, the Pathfinder is an excellent mouse if you're looking for a five-button gaming mouse that's (practically) designed just for you. The smaller size, relatively light weight, and highly customizable shape made it feel like an almost-perfect mouse for the ultra-lightweight mouse crowd, though I still like the comforting large-ness of the hump in the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro.

Features and Software of the Pathfinder

The Pathfinder comes with its own custom software from Orbitalworks, which hasn't given me any issues so far (knock on wood). The software features sections for remapping buttons, recording and saving macros, adjusting the DPI steps and report rate, and changing a handful of settings and checking firmware.

The Pathfinder has several gaming-oriented settings that you can change, including lift off distance, debounce time, and "Esports mode," which gives you a "faster response time" at the expense of battery life — this appears to mainly change the polling rate, however, as it's not available if you have the mouse's polling rate set to 8,000 Hz.

It also has a "Game Enhancement" setting in the button function menu, which lets you set up each button to perform X autokeystrokes per second when you hold that button down — perfect for spamming actions (but potentially something that could get you banned in some games).

Wireless Experience and Battery Life of the Pathfinder

The Pathfinder has two forms of connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless with up to an 8,000 Hz polling rate, and wired (USB-C). The company hasn't given official details on the rated battery life, but the mouse features a 300 mAh battery, and I managed to get about a weeks' worth of use from it on a 1,000 Hz polling rate (obviously, this time decreases significantly as you increase the polling rate). You can check the battery level (by percentage) in Orbitalworks' software and by looking at the indicator light on the wireless receiver, which will be green (high), blue (medium), or off (low).

Bottom Line

Orbitalworks' Pathfinder is an ambitious gaming mouse, but it does a pretty impressive job of stepping up. The customization part works extremely well — the mouse feels sturdy and solid in just about every configuration, and even my issue with the hump spacers isn't really that much of a problem when it comes to actual usage.

My only real complaint with this mouse was that the customization worked so well that I expected more customization — different side button shapes, pre-cut grip tape, and a dual-mode scroll wheel are all things I think could have been included, but this mouse is already doing a lot for customizability.

That said, $189 is a lot for a mouse — and if you can find a mouse that's the perfect shape for you right out of the box, you probably don't want to pay that much. But what's perfect for you will depend on you, so it's hard to recommend just one. I still love the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro, but the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex also has a nice ergonomic shape. And this might be the only modular mouse on the market at the moment, but HyperX also has something modular in the works.

If you've experienced the true blacks and eye-popping smoothness of a QD-OLED gaming monitor and there isn't already one sitting on your desk, no doubt you're keeping your eye out for a deal on one. Here is a great opportunity to pick one up. It's large, it's curved, and it's got a sharp, wide QHD resolution. Perfect for upping your battlestation gaming potential.

Today at B&H Photo, you can find the Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 34-inch QD OLED WQHD gaming monitor for just $729. Reduced in price by $70 from its $799 list price. With its large screen and gorgeous QD-OLED display, the Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 has plenty of high-quality specs to impress, including an AMD FreeSync Premium Pro certification.

The Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 features a 34-inch quantum dot (QD) OLED panel with a dense WQHD resolution measuring 3440 x 1440px and an 1800R curved screen to wrap around your peripheral vision for full immersion. The refresh rate can reach as high as 175 Hz on DisplayPort, while the response time reaches an impressively low .03ms thanks to the QD-OLED panel used.

Connections include a USB hub that features 1x USB Type-B port, 1x USB Type-C port, and 4x USB Type-A ports. For the video inputs, the Evnia 34M2C8600 packs a DisplayPort 1.4 input and 2x HDMI 2.0 ports. Even though you would probably never use them, this monitor still includes a 3.5mm audio jack and two integrated 5W speakers. Handy for when you don't have any speakers or a headset to connect to your PC.

We had the opportunity to review the Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 and gave it a rating of 4.5 out of 5 for its high-quality performance. Our biggest complaint was its lack of RGB color temperature adjustment options. However, its overall performance was excellent out of the box and thoroughly impressed our reviewer.

If you're a first-person-shooter aficionado, then you're most likely already aware of the importance of a decently accurate and responsive mouse in helping you steadily rack up those headshots. Well, today's deal is on a surprisingly low-priced 8K-polling mouse from peripheral manufacturer Glorious. It's not the only 8K mouse available, and there are quite a few similar models available from competitors, but not at this price.

You can find this wireless mouse deal at Amazon, where the Glorious Series 2 Pro is on sale for just $38. The white version of the Series 2 Pro is still $98, so it looks like quite the bargain, seeing as this mouse only launched in Sept 2024.

The Series 2 Pro Wireless features Glorious' BAMF 2.0 26K sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 26,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 650 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. It's got 8K polling thanks to the included wireless dongle, and the mouse uses Glorious' own-brand optical switches.

We very recently reviewed the Glorious Series 2 Pro and considered it a worthy addition to the lineup of ultra-lightweight mice on the market. Although its generic shape doesn't stand out as very exciting, its 55-gram weight and shape are indicative of the ultralight category of mice. At just $38, however, it's one of the cheapest mice available with these high specs.

It seems like every other mouse we see is an ultra-lightweight, stripped-down performance mouse with a speedy higher polling rate. But because you can't strip down a mouse and also have it retain any... personality or style, they're beginning to blend together (and they all have similar specs — if one's the best gaming mouse, they may as well all be).

Glorious' new Series 2 Pro Wireless mouse is, unsurprisingly, no exception. This ultra-lightweight (55g) mouse features a low-profile symmetrical shape, six programmable buttons (if you include the scroll wheel click), and comes with an 8K polling dongle for polling rates of up to 8K — though it ships with a measly 1,000 Hz polling rate (whether you need more than a measly 1,000 Hz polling rate in the first place is... debatable). It's slightly smaller than Glorious' other gaming mice, such as the Glorious Model D 2 Pro 4K / 8K, and its 8K polling rate holds true for both wired and wireless connections.

The Series 2 Pro Wireless is available now in black and white colorways, for $129.99.

Design and Comfort of the Series 2 Pro Wireless

The Series 2 Pro Wireless is a symmetrical, lightweight wireless gaming mouse with six programmable buttons. It features a right-handed symmetrical shape with a relatively low, centered hump. Our review unit came in white (the mouse also comes in black), and had a lightly-textured matte surface — similar to that of the white Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro, light gray buttons, and a light gray notched scroll wheel. Glorious' logo and the name of the mouse are printed on the right side, near the front, in dark gray.

It's not a particularly exciting-looking mouse, but most ultra-lightweight mice aren't very exciting. I'm not the biggest fan of the shiny finish on the mouse's gray accent buttons — I think they look a little cheap, but they're also so small that they don't really make that much of a difference. The mouse feels sturdy despite its light weight and otherwise boring exterior, with a curve for grip in the middle and contoured primary buttons to keep your fingers on track. The mouse's matte, textured surface means it doesn't start out slippery (like the Logitech G Pro X 2 Superlight), but it can still get slippery, especially if you sweat. The mouse doesn't come with any precut grip tape like many of its competitors, but it's got a generic enough shape that it shouldn't be too difficult to find some that fits.

The Series 2 Pro is on the smaller side, relatively speaking, measuring 4.69 inches (119mm) long by 2.44 inches (62mm) wide by 1.5 inches (38mm) tall. Specifically, it's shorter than other ultra-lightweight, symmetrical wireless gaming mice, which mostly come in at about 5 inches (127mm) long. The Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 measures 4.92 x 2.5 x 1.57 inches (125 x 63.5 x 40mm), while the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition is 5.01 x 2.51 x 1.56 inches (127.5 x 63.7 x 39.6mm), so the Series 2 Pro is only slightly smaller in width and height. Likewise, the Razer Viper V3 Pro measures 5 x 2.51 x 1.57 inches (127.1 x 63.9 x 39.9mm).

This doesn't necessarily mean the Series 2 Pro is going to be significantly better for those with smaller hands — length isn't usually the issue when a mouse is too big — but it does mean that it might not work with those who have bigger hands if you normally use a palm grip. That said, as an ultra-lightweight, stripped down, symmetrical mouse, the Series 2 Pro audience probably mostly uses a claw or fingertip grip anyway.

The other benefit to being smaller (although, not that much smaller) is weight: the Series 2 Pro weighs a mere 1.94 ounces (55g). Well, sort of, anyway — while this is very light for a gaming mouse, it's not much lighter than other similar mice... such as the mice I just mentioned. The G Pro X Superlight 2 weighs 60g, but both the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition and the Viper V3 Pro weigh in at 54g, so clearly the Series 2 Pro's smaller size isn't really a factor when it comes to weight.

Don't get me wrong, 55g is extremely light regardless, and the weight makes it feel even smaller: it's definitely a great mouse for gamers who frequently pick up and move their mice. The buttons are well placed, though their shiny finish makes them a little slippery, and the notched scroll wheel felt slightly on the stiff side for me (but I'm used to free-scrolling all the time now).

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find four pure PTFE feet, a DPI indicator light, and a power switch. While the DPI indicator light being on the bottom of the mouse isn't super convenient, it's more convenient than the DPI switch button being on the bottom of the mouse (ahem, Razer). You can change the DPI indicator colors in Glorious' Glorious Core software.

The mouse comes with just two accessories: the 8K polling dongle and a 6.5-foot (2m) flexible, paracord-covered USB-C to USB-A cable.

Specs

Performance of the Series 2 Pro Wireless

The Series 2 Pro Wireless features Glorious' BAMF 2.0 26K sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 26,000 DPI, a maximum speed of 650 IPS, and can handle up to 50 G's of force. Spec-wise, this puts it in the same league as the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition. Plus it's got 8K polling — if you turn that on (it's turned off by default), which makes for very smooth, speedy cursor movement and a mouse that feels highly responsive and accurate, overall.

The mouse features Glorious' optical switches (called "Glorious Optical Switches"), which are nicely clicky and tactile, with a firm, decisive click. They're also quite loud — louder than Logitech's, Asus', and Razer's optical switches. I've never paid much attention to mouse switch volume, but if you're looking for a mouse that you can stealth-click in the dead of night, this is not the mouse for you. Volume aside, the switches feel great and make for accurate, precise clicks and feel highly responsive (and they're also rated for 100 million clicks).

The mouse's side buttons, by comparison, are just okay. Maybe the shiny texture is coloring my opinion, but they just felt a little harder to click than other side buttons — it doesn't help that they're slightly thinner than the side buttons on the G Pro X 2 Superlight and the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition, and I occasionally felt like I was just slipping over them when I wanted to click.

This is the first mouse I've tested that had serious stutter issues when the 8K polling rate dongle wasn't pretty close to it. I always have several USB-C cables lying around, so I initially plugged this receiver into a USB-C cable on my other desk — about four feet from where I was using the mouse, and it kept stuttering like crazy. I moved the dongle to my desk, about a foot way from the mouse, and I haven't had an issue since. It's not too surprising that the receiver needs to be near the mouse for the best performance, but I haven't had other mice stutter or lose connection — and this was at a 1,000 Hz polling rate, not an 8K polling rate.

Once the polling rate receiver was placed near the mouse, the mouse performed expectedly well: smooth, speedy swipes with accurate motion and the ability to stop on a dime. I didn't have any issues with double-clicking or disconnecting while in wireless mode, and the 8K polling rate definitely appeared smoother — if not significantly so. While most gamers most certainly do not need a mouse with an 8K polling rate, I'll concede that a few could probably benefit from a 2K or 4K polling rate, which you can also select within the mouse's software.

The mouse is noticeably smooth and tracks well over a variety of surfaces and feels very natural — not quite like an extension of your arm, but close. While Glorious likes to point out the mouse's "fan-favorite shape," I'd argue that the reason this mouse is such a fan-favorite is because the shape is pretty generic — smaller, but still generic. It doesn't feel particularly great — not like the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro does — but there are also no issues with the way it feels.

Features and Software of the Series 2 Pro Wireless

The Series 2 Pro Wireless is configurable with Glorious' Glorious Core 2.0 software, which is... terrible. On the plus side, this is a stripped-down ultra-lightweight mouse with no RGB lighting and only six programmable buttons, so there's not much you'll need to do in Glorious Core. But the downside is that you'll still need to install Glorious Core to unlock the mouse's 8K polling rate — it comes with the polling rate set to the standard 1,000 Hz you'll see on most gaming mice, and you can only change this in the Glorious Core software.

The main reason I dislike Glorious Core is because it doesn't really work — it doesn't seem to do much other than slow down my PC and not be activated when I need it to be running. Luckily, it seems you can download the software and set your 8K polling rate and save it directly to the mouse (up to 3 profiles) and then uninstall the software.

You can also do a handful of other things while you're in the software, before you uninstall it, such as adjusting the debounce time and lift-off distance, changing the DPI steps (and assigning different colors to each step), and remapping buttons. However, this is a six-button mouse (including the scroll wheel click), so you're probably not going to be remapping any buttons.

Wireless Experience & Battery Life of the Series 2 Pro Wireless

The Series 2 Pro Wireless has two forms of connectivity: 2.4-GHz wireless and wired (USB-C). Instead of a dongle that plugs directly into your PC, it comes with a small receiver that connects via the included USB-C to USB-A cable and can be placed on your desk, closer to the mouse. As I determined while testing this mouse, proximity to the 8K wireless receiver is actually very important, so it makes sense that Glorious would force you to put the receiver on your desk (other gaming mice often come with an extender that turns the dongle into a receiver like this, the only difference is that Glorious doesn't give you the option to plug it directly into your PC).

Glorious rates the Series 2 Pro at 80 hours of battery life — over a 1,000 Hz polling rate, of course. That's a decent number — most of Razer's flagship mice are a little higher (closer to 90 - 100 hours), as are most of Logitech's, but it's not too far off. Of course, this number drops significantly if you're using an 8K polling rate: my battery dropped from around 80% to 62% (as measured on Glorious' app) in about 10 hours of mostly not using it.

Bottom Line

The Glorious Series 2 Pro Wireless is yet another ultra-lightweight, stripped-down gaming mouse designed for speed and mobility above all else. It has a fairly generic symmetrical shape with a mild hump, and it's slightly smaller than similar mice, which means it's easier to pick up and move around. It glides well — not surprisingly well, just well — and offers smooth, speedy movement over the 8K polling rate, so long as the receiver is placed relatively close.

At $129.99, it's priced slightly lower than many similar flagship mice, but it seems a little late to the game — we've seen far too many ultra-lightweight, stripped-down symmetrical gaming mice by now, and they've been around for long enough that they're often on sale.

Plus, there are plenty of cheaper mice that do the same thing, like the HyperX Pulsefire Haste 2 Wireless, which weighs 61g and can be found on sale for around $70. On the other end of the spectrum, Asus' ROG Harpe Ace Extreme is even lighter (47g) than the Series 2 Pro, but it also retails for $250 — though right now it looks like the price has jumped to $290.

SteelSeries' QCK Heavy mouse pad has been at the top of our list of best gaming mouse pads for a long time — it features a micro-woven cloth surface and a non-skid rubber base, and the extra thickness (0.16 - 0.24 inches / 4 - 6 mm thick, depending on size) offers a more comfortable, stable surface than the standard QCK series (0.08 - 0.12 inches / 2 - 3 mm thick, depending on size). The QCK lineup hasn't changed much over the years. The QCK Edge added edge-stitching, and the QCK Prism Cloth features RGB lighting. And until recently, only the QCK Hard Pad had a different, polyethylene surface.

SteelSeries' new QCK Performance series of mouse pads is the next generation of QCK pads — and this generation comes in three flavors: Speed, Balance, and Control. Each variation has a unique surface (okay, the Balance mouse pad is pretty close to the original QCK micro-weave), so you can pick the surface that most suits your needs as a gamer. In case it's not clear, the Speed mouse pad is for those who need to glide quickly across the surface, the Control mouse pad is for those who need to make small, precise mouse movements, and the Balance mouse pad is a balance between the two.

The QCK Performance series is available now in two sizes: Large ($39.99) and XL ($49.99).

Design and Size of the QCK Performance Series

The QCK Performance series comes in two sizes — Large, which measures 19.3 x 16.5 inches (490 x 420mm), and XL, which measures 35.4 x 15.75 inches (900 x 400mm). This makes the Large size larger than most "large" gaming mouse pads — including the standard QCK and QCK Heavy large mouse pads, which both measure 17.7 x 15.75 inches (450 x 400mm). Other large mouse pads (e.g. Razer's Gigantus V2, Corsair's MM500 V2) are the same size — or very close (Logitech's large G440, G640, and G740 mouse pads all measure 18.1 x 15.75 inches(460 x 400mm)).

All that is to say that the QCK Performance series "large" is larger than your average large gaming mat — not that much larger, but as I had space cleared out on my desk to fit a standard large gaming mouse pad, I found these mouse pads just a little too big to fit nicely. They're big enough that they started to encroach on my keyboard space. But, of course, they're not big enough to hold both your keyboard and your mouse. I also use a full-size keyboard, though, so if you're gaming with a TKL or smaller, you'll probably be fine. The XL size, however, is the same size as a standard XL or extended gaming mouse pad — large enough to sit under your keyboard and mouse, but not so big that it will cover your entire desk (unless you have a small desk).

It's worth noting that one of the reasons we love the QCK Heavy and the regular QCK is because both come in a variety of sizes — the QCK Heavy comes in medium, large, and XL, while the regular QCK comes in seven sizes — from small (9.84 x 8.26 inches / 250 x 210 mm) all the way up to 5XL (63 x 31.5 inches / 1600 x 800 mm). So you kind of can't go wrong. If the QCK Performance is only going to come in two sizes, it seems like it would make sense for those sizes to at least be two of the most common standard sizes.

All three variations of the QCK Performance series are 0.14 inches (3.5mm) thick, which is right between the QCK Heavy and the regular QCK. They feature "low-profile stitched edges" for durability (neither the QCK Heavy nor the regular QCK have edge-stitching, so this is a nice addition), and have an "extra soft" non-slip neoprene foam backing. The stitching around the edges of all three mouse pads we looked at was neat and tight, and looked like it would hold up decently well with use. The neoprene foam backing was soft — I'm not sure it really needed to be that soft, but it didn't bother me, either — and had a pretty strong smell out of the box. The smell mostly dissipated for me after about a week and a half. The "new mouse pad smell" isn't uncommon, but you'll definitely want to air this out before you use it if you're sensitive to smells.

The neoprene foam backing is a bit memory-foam-like, so if you put heavy things on it, you'll get indents in your mouse pad. (They'll go away eventually, but this was definitely an interesting phenomenon for me, a person who has never used a neoprene foam-backed mouse pad before.) The neoprene foam did a good job of staying put on surfaces, as long as the surfaces were clean. I tested it on wood, laminate, polished concrete, glass, and other mouse pads, as I have so many mouse pads that I now just stack them on top of each other. It slipped around a bit more than my rubber-backed mouse pads did on the dusty surface of my desk, so you'll need to... dust if you decide to buy one of these.

But you should probably be dusting, anyway.

Now, onto the surfaces: Each variation has a different surface aimed at different types of gamers.

Specs

QCK Performance: Speed

The Speed mouse pad is designed for — you guessed it, speed. It features a slick surface with a tight weave that feels a bit like neoprene — the wetsuit neoprene, not the neoprene foam on the back of the mouse pad. It also has a slight glittery sheen (that's how slick it is). Each mouse pad has a tag stitched along the upper right corner with its variation printed on it, as well as SteelSeries' logo printed in gray in the bottom right corner. The Speed mouse pad's tag is pink.

The surface is — again, expectedly — perfect for gliding your mouse across quickly. I found it to be just about as slick as the glass Razer Atlas mouse pad that I still adore — well, it didn't feel quite as slick to touch, but my mouse flew across it just as fast. I used several different mice to test out these mouse pads, and the ultra-lightweight mice I used (the Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 and the Asus ROG Harpe Ace Extreme) were jumping all over the place when I first started using this mouse pad. Once I turned down my DPS and stopped taking caffeine, however, I found the Speed's surface to be very usable — speedy, but accurate. If you're the type of person who uses a stripped-down, ultra-lightweight mouse with an 8,000 Hz polling rate in the interest of shaving off every last micro-millisecond, this mouse pad is the perfect pairing. I did also appreciate the larger size with this surface, as it made it easier for me to make those giant swipes you need to make when you're trying to move across four screens at 600 DPI.

The bane, unfortunately, of the Speed mouse pad's existence was dust, dirt, oil, and, I don't know, a stiff breeze — because every time I looked at this mouse pad a new mark seemed to appear on its surface. While marks did come off fairly easily with water and a microfiber cloth, I felt like I was cleaning this constantly. I had to clean it five times while I was moving it around to take pictures of it, and it still looks dirty in some of the pictures (and I took pictures right out of the box).

QCK Performance: Balance

The Balance mouse pad is designed to strike a balance between Speed and Control — it's not slick like the Speed pad, nor is it textured like the Control pad. Instead, it features a micro-woven cloth texture that's very similar to the regular QCK surface — smooth, but not slippery, with just enough drag to keep your mouse from launching itself off of your screen and into orbit. The Balance mouse pad's tag is light aqua green.

There's not really much to say about the Balance mouse pad, though it was definitely my favorite of the three. The smooth surface made for easy gliding — but not too easy — and while it wasn't impervious to dust or debris, it was easily cleaned off with a blast of canned air. I felt comfortable using all kinds of mice on this mouse pad, from ultra-lightweight mice to my favorite heavier comfort mouse, the Razer Naga V2 Pro. Lightweight mice didn't fly around, and heavier mice were still able to move quickly enough without fatiguing my arm.

QCK Performance: Control

The Control mouse pad is designed for precise control — if you're trying to do something that requires exact mouse movements, like trace out a figure in a photo in Photoshop, or move something pixel by pixel, this is the mouse pad for you. The Control mouse pad has a distinctly textured, almost grippy surface made of a polyester blend, and it definitely slows you down. The Control mouse pad's tag is yellow.

I started my testing with this mouse pad, and at first I loved it — I'm the kind of person who spends hours tracing things out in Photoshop and moving things around pixel by pixel, so this seemed like the right surface for me. I also usually have my DPI set pretty high (because I have four screens and I need to be able to move my mouse across them without ending up in another zip code), and the textured surface of the Control mouse pad was great at keeping my mouse's speed in check.

However, after some time with the Control mouse pad, the slow-down started to become noticeable — while it was great for those times when I was doing detailed, precision work, moving my mouse around started to feel... well, I started to feel it, and that's not something I normally feel (or, rather, notice the feeling of). I immediately felt the difference when I switched to the Balance mouse pad — the Control pad is made to slow you down, and it absolutely does. It's great for precision movements, but I wouldn't want to use it all (or even most) of the time.

This mouse pad was the most resistant to getting dirty of the three — any dust or debris was easy to blast or shake off, though it did need to be blasted or shaken off — just brushing it with my hand did nothing.

The Bottom Line

If you're looking for a mouse pad that's slicker or slower than average, the Speed and the Control QCK Performance mouse pads definitely perform as advertised. It's nice to have options, even if I don't think either of those options is the right choice for me. Of course, it would also be nice to have the option of something smaller than the larger-than-standard QCK Performance large mouse pad, too — this size seems like it's made for Speed gamers with 60- or 65-percent keyboards, but it's far too big for the Control and Balance pads.

The Balance mouse pad was my favorite of the three, and that's because it's basically the same as our favorite QCK Heavy, only with edge stitching and in a slightly unwieldy size. Of course, most gaming mouse pads have surfaces similar to that of the Balance mouse pad — and many are cheaper than the QCK Performance's starting price of $39.99 (including SteelSeries' own $24.99 QCK Heavy and $14.99 QCK). The QCK Performance series does have edge stitching, which many similar gaming mouse pads do not have. It's also slimmer and weighs less than other similar gaming mouse pads. The thickness didn't bother me, and the neoprene foam backing seemed to work pretty well, but I do prefer a thick, rubber backing.

I'm pretty careful with all my tech and treat it well. But, no matter how much care and attention I pay to my mouse pad, it inevitably gets filthy from skin oils or the occasional slight drink spill. To extend the life of my mouse pads, I've washed them by hand, letting them soak and then hanging them outside to dry. This works well for a while, but eventually they succumb to the stains and the cloth wearing out, especially where your mouse wrist is placed. When I spot a deal like today's, it's a great chance to refresh my desk space with a shiny new mouse pad.

You can find today's excellent mouse pad deal at Amazon, where the SteelSeries QcK gaming XL cloth mouse pad is available for only $12, a 50% price reduction from the original $24 list price. This is the lowest price ever for this extra-large mouse pad. The XL SteelSeries pad measures 900 x 300mm (35.43 inches x 11.81 inches), more than ample to accommodate a full-sized gaming keyboard and mouse, while still providing plenty of room to maneuver.

Apart from the SteelSeries logo in the corner, this is an otherwise plain black cloth-topped mouse pad that will get the job done. The cloth top features a low surface friction micro-weave cloth, finely textured for high-DPI gaming, compatible with both laser and optical mouse sensors.

The pad is naturally water-repellent due to its rubber and cloth construction, which gives you time to mop up any accidental spills. The edges of the pad feature braided stitching to prevent the layers from peeling and fraying. The underside of the pad is constructed from a non-slip, rubberized base that prevents sliding. So if you're looking to refresh your setup, you can't go wrong with a new mouse pad from a premium brand for just $12.

Logitech's G Pro line of lightweight, performance-focused, ambidextrous gaming mice has been popular with professional gamers since it debuted. Naturally, the company decided it was better not to mess with a good thing, and, as a result, the line has stayed pretty consistent — even the most recent Pro X Superlight 2 was practically identical to its predecessor. But now it seems like Logitech is looking to branch out (slightly) by introducing a Pro X Superlight 2 alternative: the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex.

The Logitech Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is everything the Pro X Superlight 2 is, it just... looks different. The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex has the same specs as its ambidextrous counterpart: Logitech's Hero 2 optical sensor, which has a maximum resolution of 44,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 888 IPS and can handle up to 88 G's of acceleration; Lightforce hybrid optical/mechanical switches; and up to an 8,000 Hz wireless polling rate. It also weighs the same (60g), has the same rated battery life (95 hours), and comes in the same colorways.

The only real difference is its shape — an asymmetrical, right-handed ergonomic shape with a hump for support and lightly contoured sides for grip. While not the most revolutionary shape for a gaming mouse, it's a huge deviation from the low-profile, uniformly ambidextrous shape that has practically defined the line up until now. It's not surprising, though — the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex looks like it's coming for the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro, which is still one of the best gaming mice on the market thanks to its incredible design.

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is available now for $159.99.

Design and Comfort of the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is a wireless ultra-lightweight gaming mouse with an ergonomic, contoured right-handed shape. It's made of solid, lightweight plastic and features a uniformly smooth, matte surface that comes in black, white, or pink. I will say that I am a big fan of Logitech's bright fuchsia take on pink over other gaming companies' fixation on pastel pink, mostly because bright fuchsia is my favorite shade of pink. As far as design goes, the mouse has Logitech G's "G" logo in silver on the palm rest, and the word "SUPERLIGHT" printed in silver on the right side.

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is on the larger side, measuring 4.95 inches (125.8mm) long by 2.67 inches (67.7mm) wide. It has an ergonomic shape, with contouring along the sides and a hump that's shifted toward the center left. The hump is on the higher side, measuring 1.73 inches (43.9mm) at its highest point. It's worth pointing out that these measurements are almost identical to those of the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro (which is clearly what the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is gunning for).

The mouse is easy to hold thanks to its contoured sides — the contouring is more pronounced on the left (thumb) side, but there's still enough of a groove on the right side that the mouse is easy enough to pick up and move quickly. It helps, of course, that the mouse is ultra-light, weighing just 2.12 ounces (60g). It's not the lightest mouse on the market, though it is just a touch lighter than the DeathAdder V3 Pro (2.22oz / 63g).

It's a very comfortable mouse, though the hump's placement did feel particularly pronounced. Its highest point is at the center left, and the slope toward the right side of the mouse is steeper than expected. This wasn't too much of an issue for me — though I never really got used to it — but I can see this being bothersome for someone with smaller hands. The primary mouse buttons have some very subtle contouring to help keep your fingers in place, though they are a bit slippery. Logitech includes grip tape in the box, but I don't usually need grip tape to keep a good grasp on mice — the smooth finish is just a little too far on the slippery side.

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is a fairly straight forward five-button mouse, with right and left primary buttons, two thumb buttons on the left side, and a notched, clickable scroll wheel. All of the buttons are nicely tactile and clicky, and the scroll wheel has a soft, easy notching that's still delineated enough for precise scrolling but not so stiff that it's taxing to scroll through long webpages.

The bottom of the mouse features a power switch and large PTFE mouse skates — a large piece covering the upper third (or so) of the mouse, a piece surrounding the magnetic door that opens to reveal dongle storage, and a small piece surrounding the mouse's sensor. Logitech includes an alternate PTFE-covered door for those who feel like they're not getting enough glide from the strip around the bottom. The magnetic door can also be replaced with the PowerPlay module from Logitech's PowerPlay or PowerPlay 2 for infinite wireless charging.

In the box, the mouse comes with a 6-foot (1.8m) rubber USB-C to USB-A charging cable, a 2.4GHz wireless USB-A dongle and USB extender, custom cut grip tape for the sides and the buttons, and an alternate magnetic door covered in PTFE.

Specs

Performance of the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex features Logitech's Hero 2 optical sensor, which has a maximum sensitivity of 44,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 888 IPS, and can handle up to 88 G's of acceleration. It gets a standard 1,000 Hz (1ms) polling rate when connected via cable, and up to an 8,000 Hz (0.25ms) polling rate over 2.4GHz wireless. These are the same specs that this mouse's counterpart, the Pro X Superlight 2, has, thanks to a firmware update — the Pro X Superlight 2 and the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex have the same sensor.

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex will work for all grip types, though you'll need larger hands if you want to use this mouse comfortably with a fingertip grip. This mouse is more ergonomically-designed than the regular Pro X Superlight 2, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's for you — it's a comfortable mouse, but it does have a lot of flare at the tip and the hump didn't sit back far enough for my liking. I didn't hate it, but I didn't take to it anywhere near as naturally as I did to the Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro.

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is an excellent gaming mouse for those who don't need extra buttons (you can program the mouse two layers deep with Logitech's "G-Shift" feature, but if you're looking for extra buttons this is not the mouse for you. It's lightweight and easy to grip and pick up, and it glides over just about any surface smoothly thanks to the large PTFE foot on the bottom. It has an extremely low 0.125 ms response time, and even if this doesn't make a significant difference to most gamers, at least this mouse's 2.4GHz wireless connection felt stable and speedy over 1,000 Hz, 4,000 Hz, and 8,000 Hz polling rates.

The mouse feature's Logitech's new Lightforce hybrid optical/mechanical switches — the same as you'll find in the Pro X Superlight 2. These switches can operate both optically and mechanically — optical actuation is faster (literally, the speed of light) but drains battery faster, while mechanical actuation (actually, as configured by Logitech — "hybrid") is still fast enough for most gamers and also saves power. The switches are definitely on the loud, clicky side, and have a tactile, if somewhat inconsistent, feel.

Only the primary buttons are loud and clicky, however — the side buttons and scroll wheel click are practically the opposite. The mouse's side buttons are well-placed, though they may be a little out of the way for those with smaller hands, and are slightly mushy. The scroll wheel is notched, with soft, quiet notches. Despite this, scrolling is somewhat loud, as there's a little bit of a rattle when you scroll quickly. This is not my favorite scroll wheel — I didn't encounter any issues with scroll wheel jump in my testing, but the scroll wheel is just loose enough that I'm concerned this could be an issue in the future. The scroll wheel click is also on the stiffer side (though it is, at least, also pretty quiet).

Features and Software of the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex can be configured in Logitech's universal peripheral software, G Hub. You can use G Hub to set the mouse's DPI steps and wireless and wired polling rates, and to remap buttons (all five of them). There's also an advanced menu that lets you set DPI separately for x- and y-axis movement, as well as adjust the lift-off distance (low, medium, high).

Logitech also includes a sensor calibrator that lets you calibrate the mouse to mimic the feel of a different mouse — say, the mouse you had before this one, so you don't need to worry about a significant adjustment period. G Hub also comes with a handful of generic game-ready presets, such as "First Person," "First Person XY Split," "MMORPG," and "Productivity."

Wireless Experience & Battery Life of the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex

The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is designed to connect primarily over a low-latency 2.4GHz "Lightspeed" wireless connection — it can also connect via cable (USB-C), but the included cable is clearly designed for charging, not wired use. Like other premium ultra-lightweight wireless gaming mice, the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex doesn't bother with frivolities such as Bluetooth connectivity or RGB lighting (though there is a small indicator LED in the center of the mouse that pulses to indicate things like battery life, charging status, etc).

Logitech rates the battery life of the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex at 95 hours over 2.4GHz wireless with a standard 1,000 Hz polling rate; this number drops to around 19 hours, as you might expect, when you bump the polling rate up to 8,000 Hz and turn on the "optical only" switch option. The Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is compatible with Logitech's PowerPlay system, so if you own the PowerPlay or the PowerPlay 2, the mouse will have essentially unlimited battery life. The PowerPlay module does add about 3g of weight to the mouse, though.

Bottom Line

The Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 Dex is an excellent alternative to the regular Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 — it's both lightweight and grippable while adding an ergonomic shape that many users will find more comfortable than the original's ambidextrous shape. Many users, but not all — while it works better than the original does for all grip types, that doesn't make it ideal for every grip type. I generally use a palm grip, and the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex's steeper, more centered hump felt off to me — I couldn't get used to it even after a couple of weeks of testing.

If you're a fingertip or claw gripper who's looking for a non-ambidextrous mouse to take into battle, the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex might just be the mouse you've been waiting for. But if you're a palm gripper or you have smaller hands, I'd stick with Razer DeathAdder V3 Pro, which feels better despite having almost identical dimensions.

I play a lot of MMOs, they are my most played genre of computer games and ever since getting my first multi-button mouse, I’ve never been able to go back to a mouse with minimal buttons. Once I’d tried and gotten used to the first Razer Naga, there was no returning to anything without a 12-button side panel, it’s just so intuitive and useful for MMOs that often have a multitude of spells, abilities, and key binds. The Aerox 9 from SteelSeries looks to creep into the MMO mouse market and challenge the usual suspects on our list of best gaming mice with its wireless lightweight design, bright RGB colors, and functional quality construction.

Design and Comfort of the Aerox 9

The Aerox 9 is a colorful MMO/MOBA-targeted wireless mouse with a matte black chassis with honeycomb cutouts. The cutouts give it a distinct look while also helping keep the weight low. I wasn't a big fan of the cutouts, however — the cutouts flow from the rear of the mouse to the main left and right mouse buttons, and this can be rather uncomfortable if your fingers happen to rest on them for too long. I found this happening quite often if I used a claw grip.

The Aerox 9 is a medium-large mouse measuring 5 inches (128mm) long, 2.6 (68mm) inches wide, and 1.6 inches (42mm) high. It weighs just 3.13 ounces (89g), which is fairly light for a mouse with so many buttons. It's a good mouse for gamers with larger hands, but if your hands are on the smaller size it could be uncomfortable. The mouse wheel is sunk into the chassis and has a low profile, which improves access for scrolling but makes using the tilt function difficult.

Now for the most important part: the Aerox 9 has 18 programmable buttons, most of which are on the elongated 12-button side panel. The other buttons are the left/right primary buttons, the tilt wheel (left, right, middle click), and the DPI switch button behind the mouse wheel.

On the bottom of the mouse, you'll find two large 100% PTFE mouse feet, plus a small PTFE circle around the sensor. This allows the mouse to freely glide around your mouse mat with minimal drag. The mouse is also touted as having an "Aqua Barrier" with an IP54 rating to protect its inner workings from dust, debris, and accidental drink spills (which we know all too well have dispatched a few peripherals to the bin).

In the box, you get the Aerox 9 mouse, a 6.5-foot (2m) braided USB-C to USB-A cable, a USB-C to USB-C wireless extension adapter, and the 2.4GHz wireless USB-C dongle.

Specs

Performance of the Aerox 9

I found the Aerox 9 to be highly accurate and responsive in my testing. It features the TrueMove Air sensor, which was co-developed by SteelSeries and PixArt. This sensor offers a maximum sensitivity of 18,000 DPI and a maximum speed of 400 IPS, and can handle up to 40 G's of acceleration and tilt tracking. I found the mouse performed equally well in MMO games, such as World of Warcraft, and FPS games, such as Destiny 2 and Counter-Strike 2. This was nice, as I didn't have to constantly swap mice between games.

Using the SteelSeries GG software Engine I was easily able to set up multiple profiles for my favorite games, and map macros and spells to buttons with ease. The wireless worked faultlessly with no dropouts and no hint of latency. The option is there to use Bluetooth to connect as well, and it also seemed to work flawlessly, there is a higher latency on Bluetooth, but I honestly couldn’t tell when using it. Primarily I kept to the 2.4GHz Quantum 2.0 wireless for the smoothest experience.

The 1000Hz polling rate and ability to tweak every setting In the software meant the mouse performed flawlessly. The responsiveness of the main and side buttons was perfect and it didn’t take long to acclimatize to them from switching over from a Razer Naga Trinity. I still prefer the layout of the Razer Naga’s side buttons, but I’d rather have the larger and sleeker design of the Aerox 9. Yet the more I use the mouse, the more I don’t miss the Naga.

The only issue I did have with the Aerox 9 in regards to the performance was the positioning of the mouse wheel. I found the mouse wheel to be positioned too deep in the chassis, and as I often bind abilities to the left and right tilt switches of the mouse wheel I found I couldn’t consistently access these abilities on command. Trying to force the left/right tilt switch often led to me scrolling up and down — which I also use for separate abilities. This forced me to have to rebind and change up some key binds, which I wouldn’t have had to do using a mouse with a better-positioned wheel.

Features and Software of the Aerox 9

For me, the SteelSeries GG software is one of the best from the big peripheral manufacturers. It has a lot of features — some that have more to do with other aspects of gaming rather than the peripherals, but I’ve found I like using Moments a lot (when it comes to capturing those hilarious deaths and funny moments with friends it’s awesome).

All of the Aerox 9’s settings are controlled in the Engine section of the SteelSeries GG software. You can control every aspect of the mouse: button assignment, sleep timer settings for battery, polling rate, sensitivity, and, of course, lighting. Here you can configure the RGB for each zone of the mouse, or disable it completely. Disabling the lighting drastically improves the battery life of the Aerox 9.

Battery Life of the Aerox 9

SteelSeries quotes the Aerox as having a 180-hour battery life, and the mouse can certainly last that long over a Bluetooth connection. However, that figure is drastically different when you connect via 2.4GHz wireless, and is even lower with the lighting on.

In my personal testing, the Aerox 9 lasted around 20 hours with the RGB running and around twice that with it turned off while I was gaming. The good news is that the mouse recharges very quickly and notifies you with a red flash when running low; it’s also easy to check the battery status in the SteelSeries GG software.

The Bottom Line

There’s a lot to like about the SteelSeries Aerox 9: it’s the only MMO mouse I’ve tried that I feel could replace my fondness for the feel of Razer’s 12-button side panels on their range of Naga mice. The sensor is responsive and accurate, and the mouse has a great hand shape for sustained hours of gaming — I felt no hand or finger fatigue while using the Aerox 9 over many gaming sessions. The only downside I encountered were the honeycomb cutouts on the left and rice mouse buttons, which made the tips of my fingers a little sore when I changed to more of a claw grip in some games, and the positioning of the mouse wheel in the chassis.

The 3-zone RGB and all the different lighting patterns help to make the mouse stand out on the desk and give that gamified aesthetic, but the trade-off with battery life doesn't really seem worth it to me. I ended up disabling the lighting for extended play time off of the charging cable.

Logitech's wireless charging mouse pad, the PowerPlay, has managed to stand the test of time. It first debuted in 2017 and is still going strong. In fact, just last July the company launched the G309 Lightspeed mouse, which features a supercapacitor that holds just enough charge to power it when it's not directly touching the PowerPlay mat, and can therefore be used, with PowerPlay, sans battery.

While PowerPlay was never wildly popular, it is the only wireless charging gaming mouse pad that you can still buy today (RIP, Razer Hyperflux).

But it has been eight years since the PowerPlay launched, and most of Logitech's current gaming mice support it, so an update makes sense.

Enter the Logitech PowerPlay 2 — a revamped PowerPlay that has a (slightly) larger charging area, is (slightly) thinner, comes with fewer features, and is cheaper... if you ignore the fact that the original PowerPlay launched at $100 and then got a price increase at some point a few years later.

The Logitech PowerPlay 2 has a charging area that's 15% larger and up to 38.5% thinner than the original's. And while the original came with two surface options (hard and soft) and doubled as a wireless mouse receiver, the PowerPlay 2 comes with just one surface (soft), and its wireless capabilities are strictly limited to charging only. But it will be cheaper — sort of — when it launches on March 11, 2025 for $99.

Design of the PowerPlay 2

Logitech's PowerPlay system consists of three parts — four if you include the mouse, which is not included: the wireless charging mat, which sits on your desk and plugs into your PC; the mouse pad / surface, which sits on top of the charging mat; and a "PowerPlay module," or a magnetic puck that attaches to the bottom of a PowerPlay-compatible Logitech gaming mouse.

In a world where the average gaming mouse pad is very, very large, the PowerPlay 2 is... pretty small. It's close in size to most medium-sized gaming mouse pads (remember that "medium-sized" is usually the smallest option when it comes to gaming mouse pads), not including the charging module. The surface area measures 13.54 inches (344mm) wide by 11.14 inches (238mm) deep. Logitech reports the charging mat as measuring 0.09 inches (2.2mm) thick, and the charging mat plus the mouse pad at 0.14 inches (3.5mm) thick. Using calipers, I measured the charging pad plus the mouse pad at 0.126 inches (3.2mm) thick — so, close enough.

By contrast, the original PowerPlay's surface has the exact same width and depth measurements, but is thicker — by my measurements, 0.165 inches (4.2mm) thick with the charging mat plus the soft mouse pad, and 0.204 inches (5.2mm) thick with the charging mat plus the hard mouse pad.

But, according to Logitech, the PowerPlay 2 has a 15% larger charging area, so this must mean that not all of the original PowerPlay's surface is part of its charging area.

The original PowerPlay came with both a soft mouse pad and a hard mouse pad, so gamers could swap between surfaces. The PowerPlay 2 comes with just a soft mouse pad — a very, very thin soft mouse pad with a shiny, rubbery non-skid backing. The mouse mat also has a rubber, non-skid finish, and these work very well together — the surface isn't going anywhere, though it is a little tricky to put on perfectly. (It's sort of like putting a screen protector on your phone, only the stakes are much lower.)

The mouse pad's surface is a shiny polyester weave with raw, unfinished edges — Logitech will be offering replacement pads (but couldn't confirm details on pricing or whether they'll be offering additional surface types), which is good because I don't see this flimsy sheet of mouse pad surface lasting for more than a year — if that. I'm not sure why the company decided to go with just the soft mouse pad, but it feels like a replacement soft mouse pad could have been easily (and cheaply) included.

That said, I have no complaints about the surface insofar as performance or comfort — it is shinier and smoother than the original's soft surface, so my mouse did glide (ever so slightly) better.

Like its predecessor, the PowerPlay 2 has a black plastic "control module" attached to its upper left corner. The control module measures 5.09 inches (129.2mm) wide by 1.36 inches (34.6mm) deep, and is 0.41 inches (10.5mm) thick. The control module on the original PowerPlay has — you guessed it — almost the exact same measurements. But while the control module on the original PowerPlay features an RGB-backlit Logitech G logo, the control module on the PowerPlay 2 is RGB-free. The Logitech G logo is still there, it's just plain, light-free plastic. This isn't too much of a drawback, however, as the RGB lighting on the original PowerPlay seemed like more of an afterthought than anything. There is still a small white indicator LED on the side of the control panel that lights up to indicate when your mouse is charging.

The PowerPlay 2 connects to your PC via a non-detachable 6-foot (1.8m) rubber USB-C cable; I suppose I might as well go ahead and point out that the original PowerPlay's charging cable wasn't USB-C (it launched in 2017, guys, come on — it was micro-USB), but it was detachable. A detachable USB cable is always nice to see on a desktop accessory like a mouse pad, since it's the kind of thing you don't move too often (or ever) and therefore cable management makes sense, but I guess Logitech needed to cut that extra $20 somewhere.

Specs

Performance of the PowerPlay 2

The goal of the PowerPlay 2 is to eliminate the primary problem with wireless mice: the inconvenience of charging. While it's true that most of today's best wireless gaming mice have decent battery life — 100 - 150 hours will get you at least a week of gaming, even if you game like it's your job — you still have to charge them once every week or two. I have a wireless charging dock sitting right next to my mouse pad that I could pop my mouse onto whenever I'm not using it (for example, right now, while I'm writing this review), and yet... I don't. And I inevitably end up needing to switch over to my backup mouse once a week while my primary mouse charges.

Anyway, the point of the PowerPlay system is to eliminate this problem entirely, and it accomplishes this... flawlessly. If you have a compatible wireless Logitech gaming mouse and the PowerPlay 2 (or the PowerPlay), you will never have to plug it in, ever again. It really is that simple. I used the Logitech G309, which has no internal battery (just a supercapacitor), to test this, and, well, yeah — not once did the mouse stop working while it was on the PowerPlay 2.

The PowerPlay 2 uses Logitech's proprietary wireless charging technology, of course, so it's only compatible with Logitech gaming mice (and only certain Logitech gaming mice, though the list is pretty respectable). You will need to pop Logitech's "PowerPlay module" into the mouse for it to charge, so you can only charge one mouse at a time (you can purchase a spare module for the original PowerPlay from Logitech directly for $25, and I assume you'll also be able to do this for the PowerPlay 2 — the charging module from the original is not compatible with the PowerPlay 2, by the way).

Features and Software of the PowerPlay 2

Unlike the original PowerPlay, the PowerPlay 2 does not connect to Logitech's G Hub peripheral software, because it has no customization options (and no other features).

The control module on the original PowerPlay doubled as a Lightspeed wireless receiver — meaning you could connect your mouse to the PowerPlay and not have to worry about plugging in a separate dongle — the control module on the PowerPlay 2 is for charging only. This is pretty frustrating, as being able to connect your mouse to the mat was definitely the other big feature of PowerPlay, and the PowerPlay 2 doesn't even have a pass-through USB port (like the Razer Firefly V2 Pro) to make plugging the dongle in easier.

I suppose this could be a blessing in disguise, however, as I've definitely had problems connecting the original PowerPlay to G Hub, and when I look online the first line of advice is usually "try a different USB cable." But of course, you can't do that with the PowerPlay 2, because the cable is non-detachable.

Compatible Mice

When the original PowerPlay launched, only a couple of Logitech gaming mice could take advantage of its wireless charging capabilities. Luckily, eight years has given Logitech enough time to bring its mouse lineup up to speed, and the PowerPlay 2 is compatible with the following Logitech gaming mice:

• G309
• G502 X Lightspeed
• G502 X Plus
• G703
• G903
• Pro Wireless
• Pro X Superlight
• Pro X Superlight 2
• Pro X Superlight 2 Dex

Bottom Line

Logitech's PowerPlay system is excellent if you're a fan of Logitech gaming mice — it works exactly as advertised, and you'll never have to plug your mouse in again. And, well, what more could you ask for? Absolutely nothing more, apparently, because the PowerPlay 2 cuts all of the original's features aside from the wireless charging, and still costs $99. Even if we accept that the original PowerPlay's sneakily increased price of $120 was in line with inflation, or whatever, the PowerPlay 2 is still only $20 cheaper. It's worth pointing out that the PowerPlay 2 is replacing the PowerPlay in Logitech's lineup, so... go out and grab one of the oirignals while you still can, I guess.

The Logitech G Pro is still a great choice for a gaming mouse, even though it has now been surpassed by newer generations and iterations. The G Pro was replaced by the G Pro Superlight, and then the G Pro Superlight 2. Although more recent iterations reduced the mouse's weight, not everything was an upgrade. The Logitech G Pro still has a sensor with a high accuracy of 25K DPI and is the perfect gaming mouse for lefties, thanks to its truly ambidextrous design, which, unfortunately, was a feature that was dropped in the newer models.

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Using a lightweight design and only weighing 80 grams on the scale, the Logitech G Pro won't put too much strain on your gaming hand. The G Pro features an ergonomic, ambidextrous design with removable side buttons for customization. The sensor used in the G Pro is the Logitech HERO 25K with 25,600 DPI, 400 IPS speed, and 40 G acceleration. The onboard memory of the mouse can store up to 5 profiles.

The bottom of the mouse also has large PTFE skates for smooth mouse glide, and even though the battery life of the G Pro is excellent, should you suddenly need to charge your mouse, you can use the mouse with the cable to carry on playing while charging. Logitech's G Pro uses a solid 2.4 GHz wireless connection with the included dongle for a super-fast 1-millisecond report rate that eliminates any noticeable latency.

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