WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 I thought gaming mice had peaked, but Ponage is here to prove me wrong once again. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.760 I'm always wrong. This is the Ponage Stormbreaker mouse. 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:13.760 It is a premium magnesium alloy special addition mouse. 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.480 High performance gaming, all that good stuff. We're just gonna get right into it. 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:25.480 Let's unbox everything. We have our mouse. We have our wireless receiver. 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.080 This is surprisingly light. Normally these things are like hefty, you know? 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. 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. 00:00:42.120 --> 00:00:46.200 But it's also your charging cable. Big fan of that type of solution. 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:50.080 We have our grip tape, which is included. Kind of a neat design. 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. 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.200 Oh, it's a little screwdriver. I'm actually a big fan of this. 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:03.080 And this will be useful for this mouse secret killer feature, 00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:07.640 which is that it actually has a sensor. You can change the position up. 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. 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. 00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:21.600 You would notice this beautiful design, very reminiscent of a final mouse, 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:24.800 Starlight mouse, almost looks like a copy. 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, 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:36.780 speed to the shape. Even the honeycombs extend all the way to the mouse buttons. 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. 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, 00:01:44.580 --> 00:01:47.780 it comes in five different colors, including the red, which we have. 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, 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, 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. 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:05.300 This is a magnesium alloy mouse. So it's exceptionally sturdy and rigid, 00:02:05.300 --> 00:02:09.140 even though it comes in at a very light 51 grams. 00:02:09.140 --> 00:02:13.380 The advantages of magnesium is that it's, you know, 33% lighter than aluminum. 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 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:21.540 that are very rigid, especially considering the honeycomb design. 00:02:21.540 --> 00:02:26.220 51 grams isn't the lightest gaming mouse, but it's pretty close. 00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:31.100 The measure that Ponage wants you to focus on is the weight density. 00:02:31.100 --> 00:02:35.100 They say that this is one of the lowest density gaming mice 00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:39.140 is coming in at 0.17 grams per centimeter cubed 00:02:39.140 --> 00:02:43.820 compared to the average of like 0.25. All in all, in real world terms, 00:02:43.820 --> 00:02:46.940 what that means is, that's a light mouse. 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. 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. 00:02:55.820 --> 00:02:59.140 The weight is even more impressive when you consider that the battery is capable 00:02:59.140 --> 00:03:02.980 of 120 hours according to Ponage 00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:06.020 and can charge in just under two hours. 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:09.820 That's pretty good battery performance for a mouse of this weight 00:03:09.820 --> 00:03:13.340 and this kind of performance caliber. And that's nice to see. 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. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:21.060 I'm coming around and I'm trying out a few more of them. 00:03:21.940 --> 00:03:26.820 The way this pattern feels on the hands, you can definitely notice the indentations. 00:03:26.820 --> 00:03:31.020 It's not the most invisible honeycomb pattern. It's not uncomfortable, 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. 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 00:03:40.180 --> 00:03:44.740 on my ring finger and thumb. I'm a big fan of right-handed mice. 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:48.420 I prefer the shape of like a 703 to a G Pro 00:03:48.420 --> 00:03:52.500 and I've been looking for a ultra light, high performance right-handed mouse 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:57.660 because I like the way that my hand shapes into it. The clicks are very clicky. 00:03:57.660 --> 00:04:01.940 They feel very consistent. The side buttons, I can feel the difference 00:04:01.940 --> 00:04:07.820 when I press them with my thumb. These buttons are the Omron 20 million rated switches, 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, 00:04:12.540 --> 00:04:17.580 50 million clicks. But Ponage has said that they hand pick 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, 00:04:23.260 --> 00:04:27.740 I am a big fan of having my parts hand selected and bend for me. 00:04:27.740 --> 00:04:31.540 This scroll wheel is awesome. It's very light to move, 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. 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:41.180 I'm feeling very disappointed by the click though. 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:46.100 That is a bad click. Listen to the beautiful main button clicks 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:50.180 and then listen to the, that's disappointing. 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:53.580 The scroll wheel feels so good to scroll, so bad to click. 00:04:53.580 --> 00:04:57.340 And that lackluster click is pretty disappointing, especially when you consider that, 00:04:57.340 --> 00:05:01.180 like most FPS focused mice, there isn't any other buttons. 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:04.900 There's a lot of games that have actions assigned to the middle mouse click. 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 00:05:10.140 --> 00:05:14.780 and even knowing if I had clicked. So that's pretty disappointing. 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, 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, 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. 00:05:32.700 --> 00:05:39.260 It's got very low liftoff distance. DPI up to 26,000, IPS of 650, 00:05:39.260 --> 00:05:43.060 which in my opinion is a more important measurement. This is an excellent sensor. 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 00:05:47.260 --> 00:05:51.640 as I slide the sensor up and down this bad boy. 00:05:51.640 --> 00:05:55.200 Because it's so light, I feel like the weight distribution might get thrown off. 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:59.360 One of the killer features of this mouse is actually this dongle. 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:04.280 This mouse can do 2,000 Hertz, which is double what most gaming mice can do. 00:06:04.280 --> 00:06:07.960 Yeah, we've had 4,000 and 8,000 kilohertz mice, 00:06:07.960 --> 00:06:12.100 but I'm really grateful that the trend is kind of becoming more widespread. 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:15.520 Personally, I can't super tell the difference, although on Ponage's website, 00:06:15.520 --> 00:06:20.120 they link to a scientific study where they're showing just how much jitter there is 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, 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:27.980 but maybe this one will be the one to change my mind. 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:32.480 I was installing the Ponage software and it is not working. 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. 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. 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, 00:06:48.840 --> 00:06:52.960 not our left click, but everything else. We can kind of mess around with it. 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:58.120 You could even, if you wanted, assign one of your buttons to be a DPI key. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.200 You can change the lift off distance. I'm not sure why you would want anything, 00:07:01.200 --> 00:07:04.560 but the lowest option for increased accuracy. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:08.680 You can turn on motion synced. Theoretically, it's supposed to pair 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:13.120 the polling rate of the mouse better with CPU cycles so that there's no cycles 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.920 that are not getting mouse signal. Next, we have our slam click prevention. 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.840 So, you know, you slam the mouse down. It's supposed to prevent it. 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:24.480 I'm guessing it's just disabling mouse clicks when it's coming down. 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:28.160 You save your profile, export them. It also gives you a little status indicator, 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.520 so it's charging? No, it's not. 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:34.760 I'm also becoming more and more irate 00:07:34.760 --> 00:07:39.680 with these speed holes on the side. Luckily, Ponage has included grip tape 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.160 that kind of covers those holes and I've actually enjoyed some grip tape 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 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. 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:58.980 We have the grip tape on. I'll let you guys judge the aesthetics of... 00:07:58.980 --> 00:08:04.280 No, this is ugly. The grip tape itself feels very good, 00:08:04.280 --> 00:08:08.680 but it has that five-year-old rubber stickiness 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 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. 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. 00:08:26.060 --> 00:08:29.080 Plenty of room, plenty of smooth. 00:08:29.080 --> 00:08:33.200 This mouse feels really good to play on, like very accurate, very responsive. 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. 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:42.800 If I could get over the speed holes, this is otherwise an excellent mousing experience. 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:47.440 All right, let's try moving the sensor using the included screwdriver. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:51.960 It's interesting, the screws are Phillips, but the included bit is a slot. 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, 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, 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 00:09:06.180 --> 00:09:10.640 using your wrist and fingers. Just like we figured out on the Aero One unboxing. 00:09:10.640 --> 00:09:15.080 Let's take the sensor from down here and put it up here. 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:20.080 Feels pretty similar, a little more sensitive, 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.480 which I think is good. I was finding that the 800 DPI on this mouse 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.480 and monitor felt a little slow. 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.680 So this is actually feeling a little bit more familiar for me. 00:09:31.680 --> 00:09:35.640 Oh, hello. Oh, nice teamwork. 00:09:35.640 --> 00:09:39.200 Yeah, I actually like having this sensor at the top. So that's definitely a plus. 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:42.800 The customization is very much appreciated. 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:47.800 The only question that remains is, am I recommending you buy this product? 00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:51.500 No. On paper, based on the specs and the information I had, 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:55.380 I had very high hopes for this mouse, but after using it for a bit, 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. 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. 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:11.360 When you're paying $180 for a mouse, I expect it to be the perfect mouse. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:14.840 And I feel like these small compromises sort of add up 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, 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. 00:10:24.680 --> 00:10:28.800 If money is no object, there's that Razer Viper signature mini, 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:34.280 which is in my opinion, my favorite gaming mouse, but that's $100 more. 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:37.340 If you're someone that likes honeycomb mice and you don't grip your mouse, 00:10:37.340 --> 00:10:40.420 or you don't mind putting grip tape on your mouse, 00:10:40.420 --> 00:10:43.720 this is not a bad option. As a gaming mouse, it performed really well. 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:48.080 It felt good in game, but it is not the one for me. 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, 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.880 the mouse that has its sensor close to the top.