![]() Switches: Many gaming mice use mechanical switches, which can fail sooner than expected on a small percentage of gaming mice.Manufacturers like to brag about high-DPI sensors, but many people rarely use settings higher than 3,000, and most Overwatch League players keep it between 800 and 1,600. Sensor: All modern gaming mice-even the budget models-have good sensors, so this isn’t a differentiating factor in our evaluation.Build quality: A good gaming mouse shouldn’t feel hollow and cheap or flex under pressure.It should also provide a crisp, satisfying click, and it shouldn’t feel mushy or too difficult to press. Scroll wheel: The scroll wheel should be sturdy and easy to grip, with distinctive ratchets that make it clear when you’ve swapped weapons, for example.We eliminate mice with buttons that are too easy to click by mistake or too difficult to reach on purpose. All these buttons should be easy to reach for average-size hands. Buttons: In addition to left- and right-click buttons, a mouse should have at least two extra buttons near the thumb, and maybe one or two on top (including the clickable scroll wheel).We aim to find mice that feel comfortable for the widest range of hand sizes and the most popular grips (fingertip and palm, followed by claw), but no mouse is universally comfortable. Comfort is reliant on your hand size and grip style, so what works for one person doesn’t always work for another. Comfort: The most important feature of any mouse is whether it feels comfortable in your hand.The Harpoon has now made its way to the top of my shopping list and I’ll be spending some money on one very soon. That’s not bad for a mouse with a 10,000 DPI sensitivity rating.Īs something I use daily, I consider a good mouse (and keyboard) investment a top priority. In terms of battery life, it delivers around 30 hours of use with the RGB enabled and around 15 hours more if you turn the lights off. It adds a nice veneer to an already solid mouse.įor around R900 there really is not much to find fault with here. ![]() The scroll wheel features a solid rubber grip while the sides of the mouse are made from the same material that you’ll find on the Corsair K70 MK2 palm rest. The software also enables you to map each of the six programmable buttons along with a few other technical settings if you like to tinker. The RGB logo at the back can be customised in a variety of ways using Corsair’s iCue software and you can assign a DPI level with a colour of your choosing to the DPI switch. Your response times won’t be sub 1ms but it’ll get the job done.Īs its name implies, there is indeed a set of RGB lights that decorate the logo and DPI switcher. You can also connect this mouse to your PC wirelessly via Bluetooth, by pairing it as a Bluetooth connected device. Supported by Corsair’s Slipstream 2.4GHz wireless tech, this dongle delivers “sub 1ms” latency according to the spec sheet, and in real world performance, I didn’t detect any lag in-game or elsewhere. A small USB dongle that fits neatly inside the mouse body is the best way to use the Harpoon wirelessly. It’s a minor issue but if you often lose and misplace cables, this will cause you some frustration as the batteries are not replaceable.Ĭonnecting the mouse to your PC wirelessly can be done in two ways. ![]() The included charging USB cable turns it into a wired mouse should you need it when the battery is drained – although it should be noted that this is a proprietary cable and you won’t be able to use just any old USB to micro-USB cable if you forget this one somewhere. Interestingly, the Harpoon gives you the best of both worlds. This is important because there aren’t many good wireless gaming mice available, and I really don’t like to use a wired mouse with a notebook. As someone who switches from Photoshop to PUBG over lunch, I really like the idea of having a versatile mouse with me all the time at least one that also caters to both my work and play demands.Įrgonomically, it’s comfortable to use for hours on end and unlike my old mobile mouse, having the ability to switch DPI for graphic work is fantastic. As a starting point I must note that I’m super impressed with both gaming mice – the Elite which I used as my main gaming rat has made me a more accurate shooter, but it’s the Harpoon that has me swooning.Įven though the Harpoon is a gaming mouse first and foremost, this is also by far the best mouse I’ve used for design and graphic work. I published the first review last month and today it’s the Harpoon RGB wireless mouse’s turn. Over the last two months I’ve been using the two new Corsair mice as part of my daily routine.
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