Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE RGB WIRELESS MMO Gaming Mouse - 26,000 DPI - 16 Programmable Buttons - Up to 150hrs Battery - iCUE Compatible - Black

Corsair SCIMITAR ELITE RGB WIRELESS MMO Gaming Mouse (what a mouthful - talk about a long name) -It feels well built and nice in the hand -lots of buttons and customisation via the app -so far the mouse wheel feels smooth -battery life (via inbuilt battery) is miles ahead of my old RAT 9 wireless mouse -flexibility of bluetooth or wireless receiver (the usb dongle is neatly hidden in the bottom of the mouse - nice touch) -ergonomics are pretty good and i love that the buttons have different textures to tell them apart without looking. The side buttons can also be slid closer and further from your thumb and locked in place. -usable for me as an adult with small baby hands Negatives - I miss my pinky and thumb rests from the RAT 9. The corsair has an indented place for the pinky but its not quite as comfortable though Im glad its there. Not something you find on all gaming mice. -The iCue software took 3 attempts to install for me. Could have been my AV detecting registry entries being made. -the inbuilt battery is a double edged sword - much larger capacity and charge at the cost of some effort to replace later down the line. Ive made my peace with this but worth thinking about.

I purchased this MMO mouse to replace my unreliable Razer 'Naga'. This unit us lighter, has a noticeably better battery, contains a storage space for the RF dongle (very useful for long term use), has FAR better software than the Razer equivalent and is compatible with the really nice 'iCue' colour co-ordination for peripherals software. The RF mode has great response time for games, switching between it and the energy-saving bluetooth mode is instant. There's multiple DPI settings you can flick through with one button. Highly recommended . Assuming this lasts better than the Razer Naga did, it represents pretty great value - even at the relatively steep £80 GBP price point.

I used to own the previous "Pro" version of this and it lasted just outside of it's 2 year warranty - numerous left & right mouse button issues and the mouse wheel snapped (made of cheap plastic). Saw the new "Elite" revision and decided why not, maybe they've made improvements. It's almost identical to the "Pro", the only difference I noticed was having clicky side/thumb buttons vs the old mushy ones. Been using it for almost 3 years with no issues until now where the middle click has given out. Not the plastic on the wheel that snapped (still uses the same stuff), just the button itself doesn't work 99% of the time. Overall I do like this mouse a lot it's just disappointing that corsair's scimtar mice only last just outside of warranty period. I imagine this is planned obsolescence to make you buy another. Pros: - Good size for medium hands - All the buttons have good clicky feel - Software has improved quite a lot in the past few years and is no longer a major pain point I used to have Cons: - Expect to replace or fix yourself every 2-3 years

Corsair at their best standard again

I really wanted to love this mouse. I really did. And at fist I did. It's everything I ever looked for in a mouse, super comfortable, buttons easy to reach, works really well, great software etc... BUT the scroll wheel issue is just unforgiveable. I have had two of these mice now and both of them have suffered from broken scroll wheels within a year. A friend of mine also bough this mouse on my recommendation, and the scroll wheel broke within a year. I'm sure corsair know of this issue but for some reason they do not fix it. They brough out a new version of this mouse and it STILL had the same issue. I cannot buy a corsair mouse anymore and I will not recommend them. It's a real shame, if it wasn't for the scroll wheel this would be my forever mouse

Fits good and very responsive. Dead easy to set up with i cue

Functionally, the Scimitar is great. Despite having stopped playing World of Warcraft, being able to hit 12 buttons on a mouse is unbelievably freeing, to the point I mostly use my keyboard for simple WASD movement in games and bind everything else to the mouse. Before this I used a Reddragon M905, the budget MMO option which served me very well, until my hard mousepad chewed up the feet and every replacement I tried felt off. The Scimitar similarly doesn't feel great on a hard mouse pad. It's a heavy mouse, and moving it at all sounds like slamming a brick on your desk. I highly recommend using a cloth pad for a mouse like this. The cable is too quite rigid and noisy, so I recommend a bungie of some sort to fix it in place. For any Linux users, this mice plays well with the OpenLinkHub software so no VM or secondary Windows install is needed for rebinding the buttons or changing the LED colours (check your firewall settings if it refuses to show). Coming from the M905, I expected to warm to this instantly, but it actually took some time. The M905 has a thumb-rest which this (and most mice) lack, and to be honest I miss it. It means your thumb is always on the number pad, and pressure needed to actuate them is far lighter than with the M905. For weeks I was accidentally hitting buttons until muscle memory developed enough to rest lightly on the buttons. Even then, moving quickly in an FPS game for example means the delicate pressure you're used to applying is thrown out of wack. Even now, the actuation needed for the right click is so light and I'm constantly accidentally right clicking. In short, this will take time to adjust to if you're used to a mouse with hard buttons. The bigger problem with this mouse is the build quality and potential issues down the line. The mouse wheel is frequently identified as a near inevitable failure point, though I've yet to see any issues after a few months. The left click however has developed this weird creaking when held down hard, a problem the right click doesn't have. To reiterate, this mouse functions very well and feels good in the hand, but potential quality issues (and current odd behaviours) mark it down a few stars. It sits in a weird place of being more premium than cheaper MMO mice, but not cheap enough to be a first time users first MMO mouse. If you're on a budget or haven't used an MMO mouse before, I highlight recommend the M905. Otherwise this is perhaps a good fit.

One of the best MMO mouse IMO. It's big, but pretty comfortable. The buttons area can slide so you can position it perfectly. I like that each row has a different texture so you know where your thumb is. The Corsair iCue software is a bit of a monster and a pain to use, but that's fine, you won't have to use for too long. The profiles can be saved directly on the mouse so you won't have to re-install iCue on other computers which is very very handy. There is a ton of buttons but I do end up missing the forward/backward buttons when browsing. I probably need to make a special browsing profile for that.