the easy way to do this video would be to explain that the Sensei Wireless is
basically the Sensei with like an upgraded sensor that goes up to 8200 CPI
natively and 50 CPI increments and up to 16,400 CPI with the steel series engine
3 software and some fancy interpolation although I doubt any of that will be
necessary since even on a 1440p monitor anything that high will be Beyond being
able to control but they also removed a
wire so I guess we'll need a full video for
this
with its Factory tuning and data center DNA an Intel 730 series SSD is an
amazing choice for gamers and performance enthusiasts so let's open up
with a physical tour of the mouse my IM median impression was one of relief that
steel Series has ditched the glossy plastic of the Sensei and gone back to a
soft touch finish like the zy in the akari series Bravo steel series hard
plastic is sucky and I really like this implementation now a tour of the buttons
they are all completely remappable with a pretty comprehensive list of
individual commands or macros that can be set up with no delay a recorded delay
or predetermined delay and starting on the top we've got your standard left and
right click with a middle click scroll wheel that has a very satisfying resistance as you scroll and a great
rubber texture some people will be turned off by the fact that that scroll
wheel does not include tilt but personally I find til a little bit hard
to use without accidentally clicking it anyway so I don't miss it and then
finally the last button on top is a CPI toggle that you can use as a sniper mode
if you want or reprogram it to whatever else if you want anyway on the sides the
mouse is ambidextrous so there are two buttons on each side for your pinky or
your thumb depending on whether you're a righty or a self paaw and then finally
on the bottom you've got the sensor charging contacts for the internal battery a power switch a connect button
that I never had to use and finally a cable lock for when you want to switch
to wired mode a nice touch in terms of
customizability the mouse has three different lightings zones Each of which
can be used to indicate battery status with green yellow and red color codes or
be configured to Glow any color you want with either a steady glow or a breathing
effect the zones are on the sides of the scroll wheel the steel series logo at
the back of the mouse and finally around the outside of the base station where
the mouse goes on top of it speaking of the base station I actually really like
the implementation here there's only so much you can do to make a mouse feel
premium without making it heavy so wheel
Series has thrown that premiumness into the base station it's a flat charging
dock that has a really high-end you know nice heft to its construction with a
thick aluminum top plate and then a great rubberized grippy bottom so it's
not going to go anywhere it's flat so the mouse is very easy to put in place
and have it be charging and the braided cable that plugs into it looks and feels
nice and not only that but it acts as an auxiliary cord for the mouse as well now
I would have preferred an additional
cable that goes from the base station to the mouse so that you don't have to
unplug and then replug the mouse in while switching and wait for it to be
redetected but maybe we'll get a feature like that in revision two somewhere down
the line back on the subject of the weight of the mouse though the Sensei
Wireless is on the heavy side at about 117 G and considering that compared to
other you know Competitive Gaming mice it needs a battery then I guess that
weight seems pretty reasonable I mean it's almost exactly the same as the
Logitech g502 without any added weights which is a Wired Mouse and only about 5
G more than the old Sensei but as an old
school aari laser user I might have liked something a bit lighter with an
optional weight system if they could swing it again I understand the
constraints given that it is wireless
and that's about it for Hardware so let's move on to the software steel series engine has evolved a lot and
supports an unlimited number of profiles now that you can trigger with application or game launches with the
usual suspect adjustments such as lift distance angle snapping pulling rate and
acceleration control in there as well that's all old stuff though the big new
feature that's being introduced with the Sensei Wireless but actually works with
other devices as well is steel series Cloud it basically just syncs your
profiles across devices whenever you sign into steel seies engine 3 in much
the same way that competing Solutions do with a big part of the pitch being that
you aren't being forced to use it if you do decide to use it the sign up process
takes a few seconds and they just ask for a name email address and password
you can give them your birthday in gender if you want but if you don't feel like it you can just press skip neat
final thoughts time since it weighs about the same and to the best of my
ability to perceive it performs exactly the same as an equivalent wired gaming
mouse there are only a couple of things to really discuss in this conclusion
first is the convenience of being able to use it from the couch aside whether I
think it's worth it to deal with the hassle of recharging versus the hassle
of cord drag to start with the 16h hour battery life is not very impressive
while it's enough for any but the most hardcore gaming sessions and a flat easy
to align aesthetically pleasing charger is a heck of a lot better than a finicky
one like the one that came with my first wireless mouse in the Logitech MX Duo
hardcore Gamers will have to charge their Mouse every day or two or keep an
eye on the colored battery indicator to avoid needing to switch to wired mode
from time to time something that would bother me less if it wasn't for the
whole red detection thing the second is
the controversial continued use of laser
sensors that boast massive DPI or CPI
ratings but are known to have acceleration even if you turn it off
compared to less expensive Optical sensors like the pixart 3090 and 3310
that do not I understand that it puts steel Series in an awkward position
since they'd be saving only a couple of bucks on the sensor so they'd be trying
to Market a $150 wireless mouse that doesn't have top-of-the-line specs in
every category against their competitors and I realize that a big part of the
problem is the consumers who are mindlessly shopping by bigger numbers or
whatever Mouse some Pro Player I think is cool uses but I would like to see
steel series use the most appropriate Hardware rather than what sounds better
I wouldn't ask this of just anyone but I think steel series leaders that they are
in the gaming peripheral space have a responsibility to invest in educating
Gamers about the real world gaming experience that a perfect sense delivers
versus one with amped up CPI but maybe
most people will think I'm just being a crusader over nothing here I mean if
you're using a laser mouse already and it's not bothering you then this one
won't bother you either so if you like everything else about it the overall
performance of the Sensei Wireless can't be faulted enjoy your new gaming mouse
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