1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 I thought gaming mice had peaked, but Ponage is here to prove me wrong once again. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,760 I'm always wrong. This is the Ponage Stormbreaker mouse. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:13,760 It is a premium magnesium alloy special addition mouse. 4 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:20,480 High performance gaming, all that good stuff. We're just gonna get right into it. 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,480 Let's unbox everything. We have our mouse. We have our wireless receiver. 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,080 This is surprisingly light. Normally these things are like hefty, you know? 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:36,360 They wanna stay in one spot on your desk. We have a braided USB A to type C, about six feet long. 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:42,120 That's a pretty good length. The dongle actually has a type C, so you plug into this. 9 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,200 But it's also your charging cable. Big fan of that type of solution. 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,080 We have our grip tape, which is included. Kind of a neat design. 11 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,840 You may put that on. And then we have this, which I genuinely don't know what it is. 12 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,200 Oh, it's a little screwdriver. I'm actually a big fan of this. 13 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,080 And this will be useful for this mouse secret killer feature, 14 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,640 which is that it actually has a sensor. You can change the position up. 15 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:12,440 We'll get to that when we get to that. First things first, let's talk about the way this mouse looks. 16 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,440 This is a magnesium alloy mouse, but at first glance, that's not what you would notice. 17 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:21,600 You would notice this beautiful design, very reminiscent of a final mouse, 18 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,800 Starlight mouse, almost looks like a copy. 19 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,620 But that's okay. I like the way the honeycomb shape kind of adds this sense of, you know, 20 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:36,780 speed to the shape. Even the honeycombs extend all the way to the mouse buttons. 21 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:41,380 And the side's kind of like almost like a tiger stripe. Even some speed holes on the bottom. 22 00:01:41,380 --> 00:01:44,580 All in all, a pretty darn good looking mouse. If you're into this sort of aesthetic, 23 00:01:44,580 --> 00:01:47,780 it comes in five different colors, including the red, which we have. 24 00:01:47,780 --> 00:01:51,980 Surprisingly, the details are actually a little more different. I assumed it would be almost exactly the same thing, 25 00:01:51,980 --> 00:01:56,180 just the blue replaced with red, but there's a little more of the silver on the blue one, 26 00:01:56,220 --> 00:02:00,820 which is kind of interesting. Next, let's talk about the shape and how this mouse feels in the hand. 27 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:05,300 This is a magnesium alloy mouse. So it's exceptionally sturdy and rigid, 28 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:09,140 even though it comes in at a very light 51 grams. 29 00:02:09,140 --> 00:02:13,380 The advantages of magnesium is that it's, you know, 33% lighter than aluminum. 30 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:18,340 And you can use less of it compared to plastic. You often end up with these exceptionally light mice 31 00:02:18,340 --> 00:02:21,540 that are very rigid, especially considering the honeycomb design. 32 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:26,220 51 grams isn't the lightest gaming mouse, but it's pretty close. 33 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:31,100 The measure that Ponage wants you to focus on is the weight density. 34 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:35,100 They say that this is one of the lowest density gaming mice 35 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:39,140 is coming in at 0.17 grams per centimeter cubed 36 00:02:39,140 --> 00:02:43,820 compared to the average of like 0.25. All in all, in real world terms, 37 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:46,940 what that means is, that's a light mouse. 38 00:02:46,940 --> 00:02:52,020 By default, it comes with a PTFE feet. You can get optional glass feet, which would be nice. 39 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:55,820 I still think they're a little bit too small of a surface for it to be most effective. 40 00:02:55,820 --> 00:02:59,140 The weight is even more impressive when you consider that the battery is capable 41 00:02:59,140 --> 00:03:02,980 of 120 hours according to Ponage 42 00:03:02,980 --> 00:03:06,020 and can charge in just under two hours. 43 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:09,820 That's pretty good battery performance for a mouse of this weight 44 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:13,340 and this kind of performance caliber. And that's nice to see. 45 00:03:13,340 --> 00:03:17,620 Like I've said on this channel before, I'm not a huge fan of honeycomb mice. 46 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:21,060 I'm coming around and I'm trying out a few more of them. 47 00:03:21,940 --> 00:03:26,820 The way this pattern feels on the hands, you can definitely notice the indentations. 48 00:03:26,820 --> 00:03:31,020 It's not the most invisible honeycomb pattern. It's not uncomfortable, 49 00:03:31,020 --> 00:03:35,620 but it's definitely I'm hyper aware of the skin contact I'm having with this mouse. 50 00:03:35,620 --> 00:03:40,180 Where I grip it on the buttons, I don't feel that. I find the hole's most pronounced feeling 51 00:03:40,180 --> 00:03:44,740 on my ring finger and thumb. I'm a big fan of right-handed mice. 52 00:03:44,740 --> 00:03:48,420 I prefer the shape of like a 703 to a G Pro 53 00:03:48,420 --> 00:03:52,500 and I've been looking for a ultra light, high performance right-handed mouse 54 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:57,660 because I like the way that my hand shapes into it. The clicks are very clicky. 55 00:03:57,660 --> 00:04:01,940 They feel very consistent. The side buttons, I can feel the difference 56 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:07,820 when I press them with my thumb. These buttons are the Omron 20 million rated switches, 57 00:04:07,820 --> 00:04:12,540 which is disappointing when you compare it to some of the other mice that have 80 million clicks, 58 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:17,580 50 million clicks. But Ponage has said that they hand pick 59 00:04:17,580 --> 00:04:23,260 and test every switch that goes into a mouse. So even though it might be a lower rated switch, 60 00:04:23,260 --> 00:04:27,740 I am a big fan of having my parts hand selected and bend for me. 61 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:31,540 This scroll wheel is awesome. It's very light to move, 62 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:36,180 but it's very clear how many clicks I'm pulling through. I like the size of it, the position of it. 63 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:41,180 I'm feeling very disappointed by the click though. 64 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:46,100 That is a bad click. Listen to the beautiful main button clicks 65 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:50,180 and then listen to the, that's disappointing. 66 00:04:50,180 --> 00:04:53,580 The scroll wheel feels so good to scroll, so bad to click. 67 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:57,340 And that lackluster click is pretty disappointing, especially when you consider that, 68 00:04:57,340 --> 00:05:01,180 like most FPS focused mice, there isn't any other buttons. 69 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:04,900 There's a lot of games that have actions assigned to the middle mouse click. 70 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:10,140 And I think that in the heat of a moment, I would have trouble pressing without clicking 71 00:05:10,140 --> 00:05:14,780 and even knowing if I had clicked. So that's pretty disappointing. 72 00:05:14,780 --> 00:05:20,220 And there really is no other buttons. There's not even a DPI switch, which is interesting, 73 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:26,020 considering that one of the big appeals of this is the customization of the location of the sensor, 74 00:05:26,020 --> 00:05:32,700 which thank goodness is an excellent sensor. It's the Pixar 3395, which is a flaw sensor. 75 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:39,260 It's got very low liftoff distance. DPI up to 26,000, IPS of 650, 76 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:43,060 which in my opinion is a more important measurement. This is an excellent sensor. 77 00:05:43,060 --> 00:05:47,260 It's not gonna have any issues. And I'm very interested to see what it's gonna feel like 78 00:05:47,260 --> 00:05:51,640 as I slide the sensor up and down this bad boy. 79 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,200 Because it's so light, I feel like the weight distribution might get thrown off. 80 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,360 One of the killer features of this mouse is actually this dongle. 81 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,280 This mouse can do 2,000 Hertz, which is double what most gaming mice can do. 82 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:07,960 Yeah, we've had 4,000 and 8,000 kilohertz mice, 83 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,100 but I'm really grateful that the trend is kind of becoming more widespread. 84 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:15,520 Personally, I can't super tell the difference, although on Ponage's website, 85 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:20,120 they link to a scientific study where they're showing just how much jitter there is 86 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,880 in a 1,000 Hertz polling rate. I'm not convinced of polling rates higher than 1,000 Hertz, 87 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,980 but maybe this one will be the one to change my mind. 88 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:32,480 I was installing the Ponage software and it is not working. 89 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,120 Oh, it is, but there's no text. It's very confusing. I don't know what I'm clicking. 90 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:43,360 This is fun. All right, let's check out this software. We've got our mouse in the wrong color. 91 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,840 That's a little detail that would be nice to change. On this main page, we can customize what our buttons do, 92 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:52,960 not our left click, but everything else. We can kind of mess around with it. 93 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:58,120 You could even, if you wanted, assign one of your buttons to be a DPI key. 94 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,200 You can change the lift off distance. I'm not sure why you would want anything, 95 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,560 but the lowest option for increased accuracy. 96 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,680 You can turn on motion synced. Theoretically, it's supposed to pair 97 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,120 the polling rate of the mouse better with CPU cycles so that there's no cycles 98 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,920 that are not getting mouse signal. Next, we have our slam click prevention. 99 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,840 So, you know, you slam the mouse down. It's supposed to prevent it. 100 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,480 I'm guessing it's just disabling mouse clicks when it's coming down. 101 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,160 You save your profile, export them. It also gives you a little status indicator, 102 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,520 so it's charging? No, it's not. 103 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,760 I'm also becoming more and more irate 104 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,680 with these speed holes on the side. Luckily, Ponage has included grip tape 105 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,160 that kind of covers those holes and I've actually enjoyed some grip tape 106 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:48,280 on some mice before, so I'm gonna try putting it on. It's pretty cool that it has a little design 107 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,520 and we'll see how it feels on the hand. This is something I'm not good at. 108 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:58,980 We have the grip tape on. I'll let you guys judge the aesthetics of... 109 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:04,280 No, this is ugly. The grip tape itself feels very good, 110 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,680 but it has that five-year-old rubber stickiness 111 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,480 like when it's starting to degrade. I know that's not what it is, but it's not a super pleasant feeling 112 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:19,360 and I kind of like all my gaming stuff to be smooth and this would get gunked up and gross really quick. 113 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:26,060 I'm getting all set up for some halo on this great WAN Show desk pad available at LTTstore.com. 114 00:08:26,060 --> 00:08:29,080 Plenty of room, plenty of smooth. 115 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,200 This mouse feels really good to play on, like very accurate, very responsive. 116 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,480 Immediately, I'm like, this is a mouse I could have as my daily driver gaming mouse. 117 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,800 If I could get over the speed holes, this is otherwise an excellent mousing experience. 118 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:47,440 All right, let's try moving the sensor using the included screwdriver. 119 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,960 It's interesting, the screws are Phillips, but the included bit is a slot. 120 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,020 Is it two-sided? It's two-sided. We could actually move it down if we wanted, 121 00:08:56,020 --> 00:09:01,960 more into the palm area. Kind of a cool thing. Maybe there's someone out there that has that desire, 122 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,180 but the trend seems to be moving the sensor higher up so you have a little more fine control 123 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:10,640 using your wrist and fingers. Just like we figured out on the Aero One unboxing. 124 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:15,080 Let's take the sensor from down here and put it up here. 125 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:20,080 Feels pretty similar, a little more sensitive, 126 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,480 which I think is good. I was finding that the 800 DPI on this mouse 127 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,480 and monitor felt a little slow. 128 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,680 So this is actually feeling a little bit more familiar for me. 129 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,640 Oh, hello. Oh, nice teamwork. 130 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,200 Yeah, I actually like having this sensor at the top. So that's definitely a plus. 131 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,800 The customization is very much appreciated. 132 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,800 The only question that remains is, am I recommending you buy this product? 133 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,500 No. On paper, based on the specs and the information I had, 134 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:55,380 I had very high hopes for this mouse, but after using it for a bit, 135 00:09:55,380 --> 00:10:00,940 it's not super comfortable to use. These speed holes are worse than any I've experienced before. 136 00:10:00,940 --> 00:10:05,680 It's really uncomfortable. And once you put the grip tape on, that premium feeling goes away. 137 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:11,360 When you're paying $180 for a mouse, I expect it to be the perfect mouse. 138 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,840 And I feel like these small compromises sort of add up 139 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:19,640 and make it that I'd probably shift my attention to a different mouse. I really like to find a mouse starlight, 140 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:24,680 but I personally prefer the G Pro X Superlight, which is actually 30 bucks cheaper than this. 141 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:28,800 If money is no object, there's that Razer Viper signature mini, 142 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:34,280 which is in my opinion, my favorite gaming mouse, but that's $100 more. 143 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,340 If you're someone that likes honeycomb mice and you don't grip your mouse, 144 00:10:37,340 --> 00:10:40,420 or you don't mind putting grip tape on your mouse, 145 00:10:40,420 --> 00:10:43,720 this is not a bad option. As a gaming mouse, it performed really well. 146 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:48,080 It felt good in game, but it is not the one for me. 147 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,960 Thanks for watching ShortCircuit. If you liked this video, why don't you check out my unboxing of the Aero One, 148 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,880 the mouse that has its sensor close to the top.