The lighting issues I have, do not actually affect the use of the mouse. I found using this mouse in long hall sessions, that incorporate both my workday and my gaming evenings to be really satisfying. I’m not a pro gamer, but I do play a lot and I never feel the need to crank it up as high as 16000. You’ll only be able to rig your mouse up to 16000 DPI (dots per linear inch), which might not appeal to some pros who like the absurdly high 20/30K available in the more expensive gaming mice. The PMW 3389 sensor is decent for a mouse in the bracket. From button assignments to your scroll, tilt, click and pointer speed to more advanced settings like poll rate an angle snapping you should be able to set up your Burst Pro however you like it. Outside of that, Swarm will let you tweak everything this mouse does. I never really found a good balance throughout my time with the Burst Pro. So, turning the too-bright wheel down meant further dulling what comes through the case. This is the one element of customisation I’d like, turning down the brightness applies across the whole mouse. Despite coming through the case quite muted, I found the wheel itself to be far too bright for me on standard settings. Illumination is the first thing I used it for.

You can tweak virtually every part of the Burst Pro experience. Swarm is deep and has Burst Pro specific updates, it wants to be useful to Pro gamers clearly. Roccat Burst Pro Review: Performance and Features You can then download Roccat Swarm for further customisation and configuration. Setup is as simple as plugging in the mouse. I’ll also give a shoutout to the heat-treated PTFE skates which are virtually frictionless. It connects to your computer using a standard USB on a Phantom Flex braided Cable. You’ve got a pretty standard 6-button setup here with two side buttons, a DPI switch and wheel alongside your main buttons. It’s hard to know what to say here as everything is adjustable, but on this black mouse I feel like the light through the shell is always a bit muddy. And lastly on the aesthetics, the lights.

I actually found that height to make it quite comfortable. It measures 120 x 58 x 38.7mm (LxHxW), which actually puts it closer to something like a normal computer mouse. The Burst Pro doesn’t come with stick-on grips, but there’s a shiny embossed honeycomb motif on either side that I found to hold my hand position well without slipping. It’s still incredibly light compared to a standard mouse. It weighs 68 grams(2.4oz), so it’s maybe a little heavier than some ultra-light gaming mice, but I didn’t notice it in use.

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