Review on SteelSeries Prime gaming mouse, black by Wiktor Malczyk ᠌

Name: SteelSeries Prime gaming mouse, black
Item: SteelSeries Prime gaming mouse, black
Rating: 5

May 02, 2023

I was surprised by the quality for the price.

In what century did the stylists manage to do something normal, something different from the shameful rivel line and all sorts of aerox, and obviously with a greater understanding of what exactly they are doing. The mouse turned out (at least the copy that came across to me) with an excellent build, excellent click of the main and side buttons, an almost flawless wheel, an excellent and versatile shape, a pleasant weight and a tactilely very pleasant coating. If not for a number of small features and shortcomings that I described above, I would boldly give this mouse the category of the best mouse of 21 years. But these are styles, they still cannot do everything at once (however, like other vendors, but still), so we have what we have. Nevertheless, we have a very, very good mouse from the SS, bravo!

Pros

- Bomb-free form, in the hand lies like a glove (similar to the EU Zoya but does not completely copy it). Claw grip and fingers fit perfectly, hybrid grips, palm grip (provided that the hand is no more than 19 cm). Quite easy to lift and hold. - Bomb coating, tactilely very pleasant, not easily soiled, not slippery both in wet, just warmed up, and in dry and cold hands. - In my copy, just a great fit of the wheel and very clear cut-offs. Not a hint of the smallest backlash, it feels like the level of some roccata. The click requires medium effort, the click is not tight. - The new "prestige" switches have simply amazing tactility, a rather interesting (pleasant) nature of the sound when clicked, and the uniformity of the click. The main buttons are separated from the body, have light and very useful recesses for the fingers and an amazing fit of the panels without backlash and extra movement back and forth, they sit like glued. Just a monolith. The click of the side buttons is very clear, and the buttons themselves do not have an ounce of extra travel. - The assembly of the entire mouse itself is monolithic, now this is extremely rare, but here it is. There is simply nothing to crunch in the design of the entire body and nothing dangles and does not go back and forth. The most obvious association when evaluating a build is a brick. The mouse is felt entirely as a monolithic piece without a single hint of something there. - The top sensor (3389) and its setup are excellent. And the legs made of not the best Teflon nevertheless provide quite a good glide. - Normal weight of 70 grams and the absence of any honeycombs. - A minimum of RGB lighting, the severity of the appearance. - Where are the peripheries of the SS without their proprietary software? It is here, but if you do not need it, then the mouse works fine even without it out of the box. CPI can be switched with the button at the bottom, 400 immediately go. But even after more detailed settings through the software installation, you can also score on it after. Although it will not be superfluous to ate the firmware after the purchase, and this is only through the software.

Cons

- Not the best (but not the worst) cable, it could be softer for a wired version of the mouse. For some reason, the cable is made removable (why?) and for some reason the micro-usb connector is left, while the wireless version has type c (I would think about unifying the production of all mouse models, but then why change the connector type). - The side buttons are not the best. Bad differentiation is still forgivable and not everyone will notice it, but I personally did not appreciate the hardness in pressing with not the most convenient (thin and sharp) form. Forget about pressing the swipe right away, it would be possible with more softness of these buttons and a less sharp shape (otherwise you just raise the mouse by swiping your finger up). But from the pros - a complete monolith in the fit, no hint of pre and post travel, but at the cost of increased rigidity and the so-so shape of the buttons, which, with the persistence of a ram, stretches from the previous rivl and aerox. - Making legs out of black and white Teflon for different versions of almost the same mouse, it's like color differentiation of pants in a well-known (not everyone) movie. For what? The wireless version has white Teflon feet, while the less premium wired version has plain black. Teflon is not bad, it is quickly polished and the slip is good, but why was it necessary to fence the garden? At 21, putting black Teflon legs in mice is already a sign of bad taste, just like not putting interchangeable legs in the kit. - A wheel button clock switch in a mouse worth more than 50 bucks is, well, such a solution, think about it. The click is not bad in terms of pressing force, but it feels extremely cheap. The Chinese in cheap mice manage to put all sorts of keys, TTCs and even various huans under the wheel, but what prevented the manufacturer of premium peripherals from doing this? - Surprisingly, there are no more obvious flaws.