Aerox 9 Wireless - Holey RGB Gaming Mouse - Ultra-lightweight Water Resistant Design - 18 Programmable Buttons - Lag-free 2.4GHz / Bluetooth Wireless - 18K DPI TrueMove Air Optical Sensor

for referance I've been used to a Razer Naga for the past 5+ years, the Steel Series is both lighter and smaller, which for someone with bigger hands is a bit jarring to get used to but once you've used it for a few days it settles being feeling comfortable! Lighting effects are awesome, especially with the design of the top of the mouse. Hotkey buttons are a bit of a funny shape too if your used to a Naga or anything simalar, the middle row is very hard to hit in comparison to others, but again, you get used to it over time. Happy buyer overall!

This is my first wireless mouse and I have to say i'm glad I made the switch. It's incredibly lightweight so takes some strain off my wrist due to a disability causing joint problems, my wrists being some of my most problematic joints. I also have small hands and it fits perfectly with it being a relatively small mouse, other than having to stretch my thumb to get to the button 10-12, but I have that with every MMO style mouse. The battery lasts me around 3/4 days before I have to put it on charge, and that's with between 8-10 hours of use a day, I also love that the RGB turns off when you're actually moving the mouse to save battery, since you won't see the colours under your hand anyway. As well as turning off when you haven't moved the mouse for longer than 5 minutes(I believe you can change the time through the software, same with the lights turning off when moving the mouse)

The item worked flawlessly for about 9 months. 2 week battery life with high efficiency mode enabled with 2-3 hourly usage in this period. Lightweight and a good size for medium hands. Side buttons can be a bit small if you have larger hands. Works great for MMOs and any other type of game which requires number inputs. Easy to set up out the box and mostly plug and play, software can be downloaded for additional customisation. However the reason for the 1 star review - customer support The item began always displaying a green LED even when the device is turned off, this led a signficantly compromised battery life of about 1-2 days as the device is always on. Now this poses an issue for a wireless device, as I personally travel a lot and not having to worrying about cables and charging devices was a big selling point for the item. I contacted customer support at SteelSeries who agreed the item was in warranty and were happy to sort a replacement. This is where the problem is. As per their policy, the consumer has to destroy their item, send photo evidence, then wait an undisclosed time to be provided a coupon to purchase a replacement, after which you can do what you wish with your now broken device. The issue with this policy is you will be without a device for a period of time, which may affect you in xyz ways, and ultimately it seems to go against sustainability pledges outlined by SteelSeries, as you are destroying a functioning item albeit with a compromised battery life. I appreciate this is to stop fraud or reselling of the item, however it seems anti consumer and I'd expect better from a large company. To summarise, buy with caution, the product is great but should you run into problems, you will have to deal with the outlined issue.

Having switched from a multpile generations of Razer Naga I was looking forward to trying this SteelSeries and out of the box I was impressed at the asthetics and how much more comfortable in my hand it felt initially. But as soon as I tried to reach the 1, 2 and 3 keys the problems began. Unless you have longer than average fingers you will probably find that to reach the first 3 (and smallest) keys that a change of grip is necessary when it should not be. Also within 2 months mine had suffered a broken scrollwheel which was basically terminal as it rendered the mouse next to useless considering how vital a scrollwheel is for everyday use. It is a pity as it is very lightweight and very easy to take apart (which I did to try and fix the scrollwheel issue) and amazingly lightweight beside other MMO style mice.

Pros: - Good battery life and it charges quite fast when connected by wire - Lightweight, with the centre of gravity ending up quite close to the sensor - Solid wireless connection without any perceptible input lag - High degree of customisability for the buttons and other mouse functionality Cons: - The software is glitchy at times, making configuring the mouse more difficult than it should - No "offline profile" for when you connect it to a computer that doesn't have the SteelSeries software, it instead uses whatever profile you last had configured - Sometimes slow to come back up when the USB receiver is disconnected and reconnected - I wish it came with an included USB male-A to female-C adapter for the receiver (it does come with an USB-A to USB-C cable and a female-to-female USB-C adapter so you can use it with an USB-A port, but it's a clunky setup on a laptop for example) - Somewhat awkward button placement (for my hand at least), can't really find a good grip that allows me to hit both the 3 and 10 buttons without having to shift my hand

Bought purely to play Warframe but the glides on this mouse are the best I've tried so it has become my main mouse, product was plug and play, but i highly recommend installing the steelseries software to edit the responsiveness of the sensor to your liking, battery life is pretty good, lasts me a good few days

This mouse is not worth the money, and its quality is surprisingly subpar: When you first unbox the mouse, it feels great actually, and it still does, but when you start using it long-term you notice some really odd design decisions SteelSeries made that make it feel very cheap. Firstly the left and right click "paddles" when pushed down, especially when with a bit of force, creak like no other. They feel like they're not adequately attached to the mouse and it's squeaky plastic rubbing against plastic and clicking out of place. The scroll wheel is very embedded which makes it surprisingly difficult to push the scroll wheel left and right for the clicks. Speaking of the scroll wheel, the encoder in my mouse has broken after only 9 months. For every 5 ticks I scroll down, it scrolls up 4 ticks, it's infuriating to have to battle it to just scroll, and is unusable. Due to taking it apart in an attempt to fix it, SteelSeries won't even provide replacement parts to me (despite me offering to pay for them), and they will not offer any datasheet describing the encoder they use in the mouse for a DIY replacement. Which makes quite lacklustre support in my opinion. (For anyone wondering, it's a "5mm TTC Mouse Wheel Encoder", but you need to know how to solder to replace it). The mouse is well sized for my regular hand. The grip is a little slippery, especially when you have to grip it rather lightly due to the buttons on the side to avoid pressing a bunch of them, but that seems to be unavoidable on a mouse like the Aerox 9. Battery life is the most notable positive here. I rarely ever charge it, despite significant usage every day, and when I do it charges easily within only an hour. It seems like most of these gripes could be avoided if SteelSeries just allowed another gram or two of weight to reinforce the left and right click, and maybe raise the scroll wheel slightly using a bit more plastic, but it's a shame they didn't.

This mouse is great and does exactly what I need it to do, the numbers on the side take a bit to get used to but every single one is easy to press, it's a great little mouse and works well with other steelseries products... I genuinely can't find a fault with this mouse