Let's talk mice. Sure, there's a big movement lately to laptops and portability, and it's a pain to bring mice with you in a laptop bag. And then, it'll be super easy if it was wireless.
I was recently sent from Roccat, the Kone AIMO.But Ryan, this mouse isn't wireless... yeah, that's true. But it's also a pain to find out the mouse died at some point and then having to go find a battery. At least a couple times a month in our office someone's battery is dead in their wireless so they're always having to see if it's really just dead or what, and then "where do we keep the batteries around here?"
So having something wired is fine. Especially with this mouse. Not only is the wire a braided nylon so that it can take some abuse and moving around, it's also not a short little cord either, almost 2m long!
That's the first thing I noticed about this mouse as I got it out of the box.
Then I plugged it in. I'm using it at work so there's a bit of a longer wait for the USB item to be recognized etc... but once it did it lit up and let me move all around.
First up when you use it you'll notice there are lots of buttons. LOTS.12 different buttons.
The first ones you'll typically use are the left/right click, the wheel (and did you know the wheel is clickable too? It's my favourite button to use).
But the first ones I typically use on a mouse like this is the 'sensitivity' ones. They're just under the wheel. There's a +/- on them, and they adjust the DPI sensitivity of the laser underneath so that your mouse pointer either FLIES across the screen or CRAWLS.
I like it closer to 'flying' than slow. But it's so nice to be able to adjust it to the exact point you like.
The other buttons you get are 'thumb buttons' ... if you're right-handed using it the 2 buttons are right where your thumb would rest. Essentially these are used for 'back/forward' when browsing.
Now, here's the cool bit, you can even 'tilt' the scroll wheel. Give it a nudge in one direction or the other and you'll hear it click. I can't find that it does anything in a normal setting, so depending on what you're doing you might be able to assign it to an action.
Speaking of 'assigning' there's a last button called the "Easy+Shift", it's below the thumb buttons and pressing it (you'll notice the light changes) and then you can click one of the other buttons for more features. You can see above for the default assignment. But with the software installed you can do a myriad of actions for the right combination.
And really this is where this mouse is for. It's for, typically, the gamer, who needs some real customization in their mouse to help them make doing things in game easier. And I hope you're a serious gamer, because this mouse will cost you seriously.
$160CDN on Amazon.ca
Ouch.
But it feels so nice...
It is really 'ergonomic' which is a $10 word for 'feels comfy' and getting it to the right sensitivity I like helps make it feel SUPER fluid when using it and same with the keys, they just have that nice 'squeeze' feel to it.
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