WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.040 In the last 10 years, if you were looking for top-end gaming peripherals, 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:10.559 you might not have first thought of the name ASUS, but that might be changing. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:15.440 ASUS sponsored this video uh and sent us over five of their Harp mice. One of 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:21.600 them is actually a Caris, including the Harp 2 Ace Demon 1 Edition. This is not 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:25.840 the box you will get at your house, unfortunately. This is like an 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:30.400 influencer box, but it includes this brand new mouse that is designed by 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:35.360 Champions. uh and is kind of their competitor in the high end for like top 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:40.239 tier gaming mice. And if the specs and our initial Labs report or anything to 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:42.160 go by, this might be a contender, a real 00:00:40.239 --> 00:00:44.960 contender from Asus. This is actually a really cool box. I want to spend more 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:48.239 time in here. If you want to see more ASUS mouse products, let us know in the 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.399 comments down below. They even have kind of a sizing chart and sort of grip style 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:57.360 thing, uh which would make me think that I want the Harp Ace Mini, but that's not 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:02.239 what we're talking about today. Screw that. Get out of here. We're talking 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:06.640 purple baby. Demon one. You thought I was an angel. Turns out I'm a devil in 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:11.600 love with a demon. This is called the Demon One edition because it was designed in conjunction with Demon One, 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:14.799 who's a Valerant Pro, as well as other esports pros to kind of design the 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:19.040 shape. What makes this one special is obviously the color and the styling, but 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:22.320 also the biiobased nylon shell uh that differentiates it from like the Aim Labs 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:26.000 edition uh that we could talk out about at a different time. That means that 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:29.040 this is supposed to be repellent to kind of hand grease, which is nice because 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:33.920 this is a beautiful color, but I think that if they don't uh put the work and 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:38.320 the design in, it could be pretty nasty looking. It's got a pretty nice premium 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:41.600 feel. It's sort of got that velvety uh luxurious feel without being too 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.240 rubbery. So, I don't think it will degrade. I think it'll hold up quite well. You can feel the print of the 00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:50.000 Demon One, which I don't think is a big deal. Your finger will rest and be 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.439 there, but I worry about where kind of especially where your finger will land 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:57.439 depending on how you do it. Um, and the way my hand lands on it, I'm right on 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:01.439 the one. So, mine's just going to be demon. It'll no longer be a demon one, 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:06.880 if you know what I mean. Asus designed this to be both a fingertip and claw 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.640 type grip mouse, which I can see that 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:12.800 working for me. It's definitely lands more in the claw, uh, which puts my 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:16.239 fingers right on the edge, but the buttons do feel good even right at the 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:21.360 back. Uh, I think I could definitely use the mouse like this. They're using the 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:28.000 ROG exclusive optical buttons that are rated for a 100 million clicks. They 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:30.000 feel pretty good. They're quite clicky. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:34.160 Fairly consistent. Although at the front it's a little more travel, which is 00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:40.160 pretty fine cuz it's still very clicky and responsive right at the back. Scroll 00:02:36.239 --> 00:02:42.239 wheel very reminiscent of a Gro style. 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:46.080 It's clicky. It's not designed for scrolling through a million data items. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:49.440 It's designed for scrolling through your inventory. Although I'm a big fan of 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:54.879 using numbers on the keyboard to do that. It's also the only RGB on this 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:58.640 mouse, which uh is either a positive or a negative depending on your opinion. 00:02:56.160 --> 00:03:03.040 I'm the RGB hater. If there's one RGB hater left on this world, it is me. And 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.920 if there's none left, I am dead. But you know what? That's pretty cool. I don't 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:10.159 hate it, especially cuz it's it feels pretty good. I am not a hater of that 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:15.120 amount of RGB. I also not a hater of side buttons. The way I claw grip it, 00:03:13.040 --> 00:03:19.360 these buttons are a little far forward for me. If I had slightly bigger hands 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:23.519 and I was more palming it, I think they would land in a better spot. So, these 00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:28.159 is very personal preference kind of thing for me. Slightly forward, but not 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:32.400 dealbreaker, nothing like that. On the front, we have our type-C port. It is 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:37.680 not recessed, which I'm a big fan of. On this side, we just have the Ace 00:03:34.720 --> 00:03:41.599 branding, not HARP 2 ACE, which is interesting. Uh, also, that's three 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.599 lines. That's not two. Get with the program. You know what I'm saying? On 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:50.400 the bottom, we have our glide skates. uh with their proprietary 2.5D edges to 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:55.360 make them smoother. It's a decent amount of glide space. Glide experience is very 00:03:53.280 --> 00:04:00.000 good. Uh we also have glide pads around the sensor which is pretty standard 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:01.439 these days. I dig it. The glide 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.760 experience is also extra smooth because it is a 48 g mouse which is on the 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:10.879 lighter side. It is not the lightest mouse of all time, but it is definitely lighter than most gaming mice. And 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:14.959 that's an especially impressive weight count because it's not a perforated 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:19.199 body. It's solid. Um, I know a lot of people don't care about that, but I like 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:22.639 the solid body mice, and so the fact that it is this light is a pretty 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:27.919 impressive feat of engineering. Back to the bottom, we have our try mode switch, 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.680 Bluetooth, wired, and uh the dongle 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:33.600 mode. We have our DPI switch and our pairing button. I feel like if you're going to have your DPI button on the 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.639 bottom, it's almost not even worth having, but to each their own. We also 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:43.440 have a little slot for our dongle, which I'm a big fan of. The last thing on the 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:48.800 bottom is the ROG Aimoint Pro sensor. It's a pretty impressive sensor 00:04:44.960 --> 00:04:51.040 specs-wise with 42,000 DPI, 750 IPS, and 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:54.560 50gs of acceleration force. Those last two are kind of the more important ones. 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:59.199 Uh, but it also has track on glass technology. I think lots of gamers have 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:03.520 deskpads. Um, but you might not. And that sensor pairs nicely with the 8K 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:07.919 polling rate on this mouse. Your mileage may vary. I think that a 1000 Hz polling 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:10.800 rate is adequate for most people. Uh, but if you're someone that's really 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:14.400 chasing the cutting edge of gaming performance, 8K is a great feature to 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:18.800 have. And if you want to get extra battery life, you can take it down to 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:22.320 1,000 anyway and get like a 100 hours with this thing. That's pretty good for 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:26.080 a freaking mouse this light. Man, I'm really excited to try this thing. Let's 00:05:23.919 --> 00:05:28.960 plug it in and see how it does. Oh, what a treat. There's no software to 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:33.919 download. You just go right to the gearlink.asus.com website. Automatically 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:37.520 detect my mouse. Even using the wireless dongle, cuz there's a lot of mice you 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:40.720 have to plug in to configure. Big fan of this, especially after the nightmare 00:05:39.280 --> 00:05:44.080 that has been several of the mice we've unboxed recently. I've downloaded the 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:48.479 software. I've connected the mouse. No, continue pairing. I want a pair. Why do 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:52.880 I need advertisements for more products inside of my We can set our five 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:56.080 profiles, which is interesting because I don't see a profile switch button, but 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.280 maybe there's a combination. The first option is our button assignment. We can 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:03.440 assign buttons to do different things, which I do not want to do. But we also 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:08.240 have our hotkey instructions which we have all our different uh [music] 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:12.639 functions that we might want to do. It's kind of neat to have it all very clear. 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:17.039 Profile switch hotkey. Press the DPI button and scroll wheel simultaneously. 00:06:15.440 --> 00:06:21.440 So you can switch profiles just using the mouse. So you make your profile save 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:26.080 to the mouse. That's great. Next we have our speed shift settings which seem to 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:29.680 basically assign a button to get your mouse in top performance mode. Get 00:06:27.840 --> 00:06:33.520 everything cranked all the way. Uh, I don't really want to do that. I want to 00:06:30.880 --> 00:06:37.440 leave everything manual. Next, we have our performance settings where we can 00:06:34.880 --> 00:06:40.400 change our DPI. We can also remove the ones we're not going to use. So, if you 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:44.560 know you only want to switch between 400 and 800, you could just have those two. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:49.919 It looks like you have to have two to switch between, although presumably you 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:53.680 could set them to be the same. Yeah. So, you can kind of trick it that way. If 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:57.280 you only want to have one DPI, I know I want 800 when I'm testing. That's good. 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:01.520 I can turn on and off ankle snapping. Bye-bye. I can change my polling rate 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:05.520 and I can turn on and off motion sync, although in this pre-release version it 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:11.440 looks like I cannot. The next thing that's really cool is uh this angle 00:07:08.080 --> 00:07:13.039 feature. Uh so it'll adjust presumably 00:07:11.440 --> 00:07:17.599 the way it's measuring your hand movements based on the angle. I think 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:24.080 the way I hold my mouse best matches the minus 10 uh on the top down somewhere 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:27.360 between 20, I think, and 10. We'll do 10. Uh, this is very interesting, but 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:32.880 this is not the kind of video where we're going to do a deep dive on this to see how it impacts gaming. Instead, 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:39.120 we're going to move on to lighting. Ooh, yeah. And my favorite RGB setting, off. 00:07:37.919 --> 00:07:46.160 This one's actually pretty useful because you can show how much battery 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:48.160 life is left um using the color, but um 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:52.560 no, I I just want off. I want as much battery life as possible. Next, we can 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:57.759 calibrate. Oh, so you can do a mal manual calibration depending on your 00:07:54.160 --> 00:08:01.599 surface or choose from several preone 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:03.759 ones. We're going to go hone ace. Seems 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:07.919 exactly like an LTT Store deskpad. You know what I'm saying? Come on, ASUS. You 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:10.240 should have a LT deskpad preset. You know, you know, you know what I'm 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:16.080 saying. Next, we have our liftoff distance, which will change how much it's compensating for the adjustments 00:08:13.520 --> 00:08:19.039 when you lift the mouse to move. Um, usually this is a slider, so it's 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:25.039 interesting that it's just [music] low or high. power. We have 96% battery. 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:29.840 That's great. Uh we can set the light to flash when we're low on battery. And we 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:34.240 have our our power saving mode where we can turn off the mouse faster. Uh next 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:38.000 we have zone mode which is sort of like a separate thing from your profile. It 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:41.200 sort of overrides it so you can set it exactly what you want so that no matter 00:08:39.760 --> 00:08:45.440 what in game you can [music] hit the button combo and get there real quick. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.720 And then we have our companion which we need to download and is not [music] 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:52.800 really part of this. Oh, it has quick access to co-pilot. No, this mouse was 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:57.680 doing so good. There was no AI features. To be fair, they didn't advertise this. 00:08:54.880 --> 00:09:01.279 Uh, it's just going to deepen a menu. I'll give that a pass. The last thing 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:05.200 that I realized I didn't talk about is what will be in your retail box, uh, 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:09.360 which we will have listed here. And it includes some grip tape, which is pretty 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:13.120 cool. I like the fit and finish of this mouse texture, but uh, it's nice that 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:19.200 they include that option. Know what I'm saying? Let's play some games. 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:23.120 This feels very responsive, very snappy. That makes sense. We actually tested the 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:28.320 mouse latency at our Labs and in wired mode, this is the second lowest latency 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:33.040 we've ever measured. And in the wireless mode, uh it is among the top tier uh 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.800 that we have tested. In its Bluetooth mode, it's uh normal Bluetooth. So, 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:41.360 don't use Bluetooth if you're planning on going gaming. But both wired and with 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:46.480 the dongle, this is a really, really good, snappy, responsive mouse. And I 00:09:43.839 --> 00:09:50.480 can feel that. I can feel that pretty good. I did switch the liftoff distance 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:53.279 to high because I was having some weird tracking issues when I was moving the 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:59.360 mouse and I'm having a better result. It's hard to comment on the performance of mice because so many of them are so 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:02.399 good. Um, and it's nice that this is a 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:04.000 really solid option for you to explore. 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:09.200 Um, I'm just impressed that ASUS is kind of 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.880 clawing their way into the top tier gaming peripheral market and I feel like 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:17.360 this is a really solid option for you to explore uh and look more into. go to a 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:20.560 local store and see if you can try it because so much of what makes a good 00:10:18.640 --> 00:10:25.279 mouse is just your comfort and your preference. Um, but this one has the 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:30.720 juice. This one has what it takes uh to be very very good. The one important 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:35.200 detail uh whenever you're making a purchase decision is price. It's $170, 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:38.480 which is not out of the realm of other top tier gaming mice. And this has the 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:42.160 juice, it has the good stuff, all the bells and whistles you could want, but 00:10:40.079 --> 00:10:45.680 it is not in the category of bang for your buck. And so if that's what you're 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:50.160 looking for, this is the mouse for you. But if you're someone who's after the 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:55.040 best stuff they got and you like purple like me, this is a really good option to 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:58.000 explore. So check out the ROG Harp 2 Ace at the link in the video description. 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:02.720 The Demon 1 version is coming out in 2026, but you can get the regular black 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:05.600 one right now. And if you want to check out some of their other mice, they have 00:11:03.920 --> 00:11:10.320 a cool little campaign going on called the Find My Ace, which will help you 00:11:07.920 --> 00:11:14.959 find the ROG mouse that might best suit you. So check that out at the link in 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:14.959 the video description. 00:11:17.932 --> 00:11:19.952 >> [music]