ROCCAT Lua - Review

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I got a good chance to test out the ROCCAT Lua at a two-night LAN-party. That means I got an in-depth feel of the mouse over an extended period of continuous usage.

The Experience

I just came back from the LAN-Party yesterday, and i can already say that the mouse works very well for long gaming sessions, since it almost never gets uncomfortable. Even though the ambidextrous design pulls a bit down on the comfort level, it's not turning down the niveau of comfortability much.

 If we look at the performance, it has a variety of different settings that you can play with as you please, to make it fit exactly for the game you're playing. The ROCCAT Lua has seven, or so, different dpi-speeds, that means moving too fast or too slow won't be an issue. It has three different buttons, that can be altered to do many different mouse-related functions. It even has a setting for left-handed people, which sets the left mouse button to function as the right mouse button, and converserly.

 The ROCCAT Lua has anti-sweat sides, which means that the sides are rough and after some habituation it is really hard to live without.

Another cool thing about most ROCCAT mouses, includning the Lua, is that you can download a software, where you can customize the dpi-speeds and more.

To be honest a very impressive experience for such a simple mouse.

The Look

The ROCCAT Lua have a very simple and clean design, the two mousebuttons, the scroll-wheel and the dpi-changer right beside the scroll-wheel.

 As for aesthetics, it has a ROCCAT- logo on the piece where your palm will be resting, that lights up, and can be set to shine constantly, pulsate or be turned off completely. In addition the Lua haves a ROCCAT written on the right mousebutton, which can be annoying if you place your fingertip right at the text, but it looks good, nonetheless.

 There is a little text saying Lua in the front bottom.

Advantages/Disadvantages

Advantages

  • Works for both left and right hand
  • Comfortable
  • Sleek design
  • Multiple different DPI-speeds
Disadvantages
  • ROCCAT logo on mousebutton is a bit misplaced

Final comment

Afterall, the ROCCAT Lua is a really great gaming mouse for those who doesn't need tons of macro keys, but will be doing fine with a tri-button mouse.
So a really great choice for almost any gamer out there, that wants a mid-size mouse.

Read more: www.roccat.org

Steelseries Sensei - Review

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Steelseries is known for their products that is made to be the best for gamers. It's much more functionality than visual focus they have, but with the Sensei i believe they managed to do both. Lets start!

The look

Even though the focus ain't the look, lets start with that anyways. The mouse is bigger than most other models, and it takes a bit of time to get used to it, but when you have been used to a mouse in that size, you just can't use a computer mouse that ain't in that size, both positive and negative. The Sensei is made for every size of hand, and works for both left- and righthanded persons. The mouse got eight buttons that you can program just the way you like with the free software Steelseries Engine provided by Steelseries.
The surface of the Sensei is silver and got black sides and a black bottom. On the back of the mouse is the logo of Steelseries. Under the mouse is there serial- and productcodes and in addition some gimmick, that is a LCD display, and you choose what the display has to show, all by yourself. The wire is braided and is good quality like everything else on the mouse.

Functions

As said earlier the mouse have 8 buttons that you can program to do almost everything. The magic happens in Steelseries Engine, that you can get from the Steelseries website.

Additionally you can change the speed and the colors of every light. 16.8 million different colors, so it can be hard to choose.

As standard the buttons are:
  1. Back (in the browser)
  2. Forward (in the browser)
  3. Leftclick
  4. Rightclick
  5. Scroll
  6. Scroll up
  7. Scroll down
  8. Change speed
You can also change what gets displayed on the LCD screen as mentioned earlier. Either you can download a picture or make one yourself on Steelseries website (link in the end of the review).

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages
  • Cool design
  • Fits in every hand
  • Customize it to be your own in every possible way
  • Great quality
Disadvantages
  • Gets easy smeared
  • Gets scratches when it's used alot 

Last comment

Overall the Steelseries Sensei is a really great mouse, that really fulfill every demand a consumer would make. It fits perfectly in your hand, you can change the speed in no time and last, but not atleast, you can make it personally by change everything about the mouse. The Sensei keeps standing, even against cola, strawberry cake and other stuff that shouldn't be there.

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