Corsair Gaming SCIMITAR PRO RGB Gaming Mouse, Backlit RGB LED, 16000 DPI, Black Side Panel, Optical

Pros: The new Corsair Scimitar is one amazingly self-confident mouse for the accompanying price. What makes a mouse so expensive? It’s the difference (to me) between buying a Toyota or buying a Lamborghini. They will both drive, both will get you from point A to point B, both offer the expected creature comforts, but with one, you get a little bit more luxury, a little bit more drive for the money, and a namely reputation that bases success off of offering you the best money can buy. Very rarely do I encounter issues with Corsair products. I often times consider Corsair borderline overpriced. Corsair delivers great products but with that ‘almost buyer’s remorse’ feeling most of the time. I have been using the new Scimitar for a few days now with complete satisfaction, and I am going to talk about why. It is hard to look at the mouse and feel like it is worth the money, but moments after plugging it in and trying it out, every cent spent can come through with my end user experience. Immediately I found it comfortable, well-manufactured, and aesthetically pleasing with four zone RGB control and a beautiful ergonomic design that not only looks appealing, but that made even my big hand feel right at home. All the lighting can be controlled separately. The front light, the rear logo, the keypad on the left, and the wheel can be set to match your desired zoned RGB lighting A very intelligent choice on top is having both the DPI switch and the profile switch. One thing I noticed that is worth mentioning is that Corsair pre-loaded defaults already. While most of us will change these, I found it highly thoughtful that the third profile consists of utility actions (cut, paste, copy, things like this). Pre-set macros that make my life a lot easier for the editing aspect, and easily able to swap to a gaming profile when I am ready. To whoever at Corsair thought of doing this utility profile, thank you. The keypad! This is an MMOers dream. I spent many years playing WOW and used many different mice before settling on one. Where was this Scimitar years ago?! This model allows you to adjust the keypad on a slider. Big hand, small hand, you can find where it is most comfortable to you. Textured rows (6,5,4) and (12,11,10) help identify where to guide your thumb with ease. The mechanical switches add a very satisfying depression to actuation response from the keypad (a nice little click). There is a lot of (call it what you want) excellent design engineering in the keypad alone. The mouse is coated in a very comfortable rubbery ABS material and offers the very high dollar look…which is good since it’s pretty high dollar. The ring finger rest on the right side is textured and makes the mouse very simple to use, comfortable, easy to grip, and not annoying like I would have first anticipated. Left and right click are the perfect balance of responsiveness to me. These switches are tuned like a champ. I have several mice I use daily and love. My Logitech G303 is my travel mouse, but I can depress the switches accidently very easily. They are hyper sensitive. My Gamdias Zeus P1 is a rig mouse but sometimes I become irritated that it’s not sensitive enough. The Corsair Scimitar though, she is on point so far. Incredible satisfying responsiveness makes me highly enthusiastic. The sensor is a collaboration effort between Pixart and Corsair. Together they came up with a highly powerful Corsair exclusive PMW3367, a 16,000 DPI sensor with an immense range of customization, pixel perfect accuracy, and amazing lift off distance. A lot of people on Reddit feel that a specified MMO or MOBA mouse like this is not so deserving of such a top-notch sensor. I could not disagree more. Thinking outside the box of JUST GAMING, I appreciate this sensor for editing, and everything this mouse has to offer. If that sounds strange, I’m sorry I suppose it is. I also play more than MMO games and I want a consistent feel, with a sensor dependable in all categories of games I play. This mouse is clearly geared towards the ‘you want it, we got it’ players. I ask myself with the naysayers, would I want compromises just because all I do at that moment is play MMO games? Why would I not deserve the greater sensor, especially for the price? Corsair’s implementation here is exemplary, I know some who may read this already disagree with me.

Cons: There are four individual PTFE feet (which is just another way of saying Teflon) at the bottom. There are no included spares, which is something we see in most mice across manufacturers. This exclusion was a little surprising. Also for this price, and the hardware in the mouse (namely the sensor) we don’t get the luxury benefit or option for aluminum feet. I somewhat anticipated this would be an option and was only let down because of my own expectation for it. On the keypad side is an LED, it does not appear to count as part of the lighting other than to indicate DPI profiles, and operates independently of the other lights. It stays on, it stays the solid selected color, and seemingly cannot be changed in CUE to match the lighting features, or be disabled (off). I take issue with this and find it a flaw in the customization concept in this expensive mouse. To offer the end users so much, but then to implement this one unchangeable, nonadjustable, very apparent light. I find this frustrating. It’s very Windows Vista-y to me, to not let us decide how it should operate. You are better than Razer Corsair.

Overall Review: My fellow reviewers concerns about the mouse is alarming, I have not encountered this issue but I'll keeping an eye on it. Corsair QC should look in to that. Let’s talk about CUE (Corsair Utility Engine) the GUI that makes the magic happen for you behind the scenes. Cue is simple and straight forward, easy to navigate and customize with. You can add, or modify profiles easily. Quickly assign, or re-assign keys, as well as adjust height distances, calibrate the mouse for different surface settings and of course make awesome use of the RGB functions. The mouse comes out of the box polling at 1k, I confirmed this with third party software called MouseRate. A simple test to tell me how accurately a company informs its consumers. I consistently read between 890-1100 with obvious margins of error to give us the 1k (or 1ms latency) Corsair promises. If you are interested in changing polling rates you will need to go to the gear icon and go under some more advanced settings. This is also where you can locate the ability to disable the application on startup. If you are like me, you might find that useful. The new Scimitar is an all-inclusive mouse with minor setbacks mentioned above. If this is your budget range, or target area for what to spend on a nice mouse, I would absolutely recommend it. I also hope to see some changes to make this mouse more about what its end users want, than that of what Corsair thinks they want. I hope some of this was informative, if I missed anything I’m sorry, I recommend reading multiple reviews to see if you can find other views and opinions to add to your own.

Pros: Well designed professional mouse. Can be used for gaming or any kind of application. Works great on a 4K display or even multiple 4K displays using DPI up to 16000. Users can pick and tweak their own preferred horizontal or vertical DPI. Almost every button on the mouse can be customized using the CUE (Corsair Utility Engine) software. The 12 button keypad on the side can be shifted and adjusted for comfort. Lighting, DPI, performance and surface calibration can all be set using the CUE.

Cons: Larger than most average size mice. The mouse may feel uncomfortable for anyone with medium or small hands. The CUE software can be confusing. After installing the CUE, my corsair strafe RGB keyboard lost all its settings and I have yet to figure out the new format. I'm not a fan of the CUE, still trying to learn it actually.

Overall Review: It's a beautiful well-designed high quality mouse. I imagine hardcore MMO gamers would benefit the most from the Scimitar Pro. Buttons can be programmed and timers set for macro playback, precision attacks and defense combinations. But a lot of time will need to be invested to learn the CUE and to perfect the settings.

Pros: Great ergonomics – ring finger rest is great for long term use CUE software is good – customization of all kinds is possible – from lighting to macros/keystrokes for a variety of use cases (even for not gaming) Capable of very high dpi and is easily adjusted Center wheel scrolling is just right All buttons have just the right amount of feedback to them Great braided wire Just the right weight (for me) I have another Corsair mouse (M65 Pro) and it has held up remarkably well, I expect this mouse to be no different

Cons: Takes some getting used to with the 12 side buttons – can sometimes be hard in the middle of a moment to figure out which button your thumb is on. Some kind of raised notch for orientation would be nice. The last row of the 12 buttons is a bit of a reach (for my thumb anyway, it's hard to press a smaller button where my thumb bends at) No dedicated forward/back buttons (can be accomplished in CUE software though) CUE software can occasionally forget settings (only happened to me once) Cannot adjust the weight if that matters to you

Overall Review: This is a love it or not kind of mouse. If you can get used to the software this mouse delivers.

Pros: + Feels fantastic in the hand + 16,000 DPI !! + CUE Control software is great + Solid 2 year Warranty + All the buttons

Cons: - Makes me sad I do not play any MMO's right now

Overall Review: Having owned just about everything from Corsair, from headsets and cases to water cooling and keyboards, I was excited to finally getting a chance to test one of their gaming mice. And not just any mouse, but the Scimitar Pro RGB. After dislodging the mouse from it's plastic packaging prison, the first thing that strikes you is the quality look. The braided cable, textured buttons, side grip and mouse wheel all look the business. At first it looks maybe a tad large, but at first touch, you notice the excellent feel and weight in your hand. The side buttons are well placed (and offer slide adjustment) and everything offers fantastic feedback when pressed. The CUE software is very easy to use and lets you set up profiles for assigning buttons, DPI, lighting, macros, etc. It is really a solid step above what I have been accustomed to from similar software offerings. In terms of performance, the Scimitar is fantastic. Granted I am not as hard core of a gamer as I once was. Long gone are my days of marathon WoW and Battlefield sessions. But the accuracy is spot on and the abundance of buttons really offers so many options. Aside from games, I also tested it out at work to macro some of my repeatable work tasks and the side buttons offer a notable boost to productivity. Overall I absolutely love this mouse. It feels just right, works great and is well made. If you do not need all the buttons, there are perhaps better options for you, but if you do or even think you might, you really cannot do better than the Scimitar Pro RGB.

Pros: 12 backlit side buttons on a thumb numberpad Numberpad is on a movable slider allowing optimization in terms of position. You even get an Allen driver to make the adjustment, fortunately a standard size so ok if you lose it. All buttons are fully customizable with macros, keystrokes or mouse actions. Two DPI buttons to the rear of the mouse wheel. Lights… everywhere! 16000 dpi sensor Textured 3rd finger rest 3 onboard profile slots Facility to calibrate for the current surface Braided cord Good heft to it Shape is good for large hands. For Skyrim and World of Warships I have found this mouse to be brilliant. The Number pad, while it took some getting used to, is absolutely the bee’s knees in terms of doing something quickly without removing your eyes form the screen. Saints Row IV, Fallout: NV and Fallout 4 are similarly benefitted. Even in normal computer usage I now have various shortcuts tied to the 12 buttons, alt F4, Ctrl W, Ctrl T, Ctrl Shift T, forward backwards etc. It takes a little time to get your thumb memory trained as to which button does which but it is worth it.

Cons: It may just be me but I found that I was mashing the thumb buttons in certain situations in Quake Arena (I’m old ok!) and Open Arena, I eventually realized that for that kind of old school FPS a profile with a disabled Number pad was best. Really only con I could come up with, well apart from the price I suppose. The heft of this mouse may cause some users an issue but for me with my bear paws it is fine. None of these warrant an egg deduction though, this is an excellent mouse.

Overall Review: A word on the packaging, obviously put together by someone with a Master’s degree in Origami! Seriously, good luck putting it back together if you need to. On to more relevant stuff, I have been using a Corsair Sabre RGB pretty much since it came out and have been very satisfied with it, a few quirks with it but something you get used to. My biggest complaint about it was the software that Corsair made available for the mouse configuration, it was horrible, very convoluted and certainly not intuitive. The Scimitar Pro uses the CUE 2 software and this is a marked improvement over what was available before, still not the easiest to deal with but much better than it was. I do wish that the developers would knock together some lighting profiles and make them available for download before the launch of the mouse, it would allow us early adopters to see the possibilities and mess with them.

Pros: I'm kinda nit picky about mouses especially with mice that have more than your standard buttons but this one feels great. -Plastic isnt glossy and cleans pretty easy -the only rubber part is on the right side and it doesnt seem to collect oils and dirt from your hands like other mice do -mouse scroll wheel is easy but not too easy and the click operation is satisfying and again, not too easy but just right -adjustable mechanical side buttons is surprisingly fantastic! You can adjust the postion to fit any size hands and they all have a statisfying clicky feel to them and also 2 of the rows of keys are textured differently so you can find your place easy without looking -RGB lightning in all the right spots make the mouse look awesome without being too bright -one of the lit up areas is a DPI light that tells you what dpi profile it's on based on the color -CUE software setup was easy and it already manages my keyboard and my headset so no issues there. -16000 dpi is kind of overkill tho if you have higher resolutions it definitely becomes helpful. I run at 3200dpi on regular 1080p monitors and its fine for me. -the usual 1ms polling and some sort of calibration software seems to be found on lots of mice and works very well. -macros can go a long way as well for any key.

Cons: Side buttons are a little close even with the different textured keys. CUE software crashes for me and it stops all my macros from working and won't save any profiles. The box is just silly. Make a box thats easy to open not to look good while its inside. It took me a minute to figure out not really a con just an annoyance that unboxing the mouse was harder than trying to use the software for it.

Overall Review: Ive always been indifferent to having 12 buttons where my thumb sits. I play mmo's and i cant think of a single time id rather have all the buttons on my mouse but i guess that's just me, so instead i made a bunch of macros for certain buttons to do things that make life easier like print screen or copy and paste (some of these are default just not in the right spot for me) Not too heavy or to small its super responsive and has great flexibility.

Pros: + Great feel - very important when spending hours gaming on your PC + 16000 DPI sensor adjustable in software and up/down on the fly + Premium braid protected cord + Fully customizable lighting effects + CUE - Corsair Utility Engine software for all your fine tuning needs + Configurable for Macros and/or keystrokes + Check for and install firmware updates within CUE

Cons: - Having trouble coming up with any - Side buttons are close together and rather small - Nitpicking here, Lol

Overall Review: Let me start by saying I was sent this mouse in exchange for an unbiased review. I take reviews seriously and if you are reading this review you probably do too. You probably read many before making the choice where to place your coins. With that being said, this is not the first Scimitar mouse I have had the pleasure of using and reviewing. I previously tried out and reviewed the original Scimitar mouse about 9 months ago. I like that mouse a lot and it is still being used. The Scimitar Pro has only improved upon that design with a better 16000 dpi optical sensor. The dpi is fully configurable in the CUE software. You can set it to as little or as much movement as you require to make those sniper shots or to make quick turns in that tank or plane. Once set up it is changeable on the go using the buttons on the mouse. The Corsair Utility Engine has only improved with each version update. That being said, though, it still came back with an error when I did a check for a newer version of software. CUE originally did that when I first installed it. I would have thought that issue would have been resolved by now. A check on the Corsair web site showed a newer version that was released in January. I uninstalled the version I was running, Version 1.16.42 and installed the newer version. Version 2.9.53 offers a surface calibration adjustment that saves once it is run. I am using a Steel series mouse pad that tracks beautifully with the Scimitar. Cue may seem a bit daunting at first glance, but once you have spent some time with it, I thing you will agree the people at Corsair have put together a great package. It offers a vast array of choices on how to customize everything from the buttons to the macros to the colors. You will need to spend some time and familiarize yourself with the program. One can spend a lot of time setting up and tweaking the mouse exactly to your liking. In my experience, Corsair has always made good products with performance and gaming in mind. I have used their RAM, keyboard and mice and have yet to experience a problem. If you are a gamer and considering this mouse then I say go for it; especially if you can grab it on a sale. I do not think you will be disappointed in the mouse or the software.

Pros: - I didn't know I wanted this many options for customization on my mouse until I got the Corsair Scimitar Pro. - Feels great in the hand, plenty of weight to it. - LED lights on this thing are beautiful. - There are about 4 different areas of LED lighting on the mouse that you can customize. - Scroll wheel has a nice notch feel and has plenty of grip. - 16k dpi optical sensor, if you swear by optical vs laser, than this is definitely for you. Software allows you to fine tune up to +/- 1 dpi. - 12 button macro is great for MMO and any other game that benefits from many macros. Could even macro simple office/work related macros like cut/copy/paste. - Software allows incredible customization. There is onboard memory, so once you save your settings, you can take the mouse with you and all your settings stay on the mouse. - Macro buttons are on a slider, that allow for roughly ~8mm of travel. This is a nice customization feature, but I duno how much of a difference 8mm really makes. - Macro buttons are mechanical as well. - Braided cable. - Right side of mouse has a nice grip area.

Cons: - No infinity scroll wheel like many Logitech mice. - As a standard browser day-to-day mouse, this can actually be pretty annoying to use. Programming 2 of the 12 macro buttons to be 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons for web browsing can be irritating, cause you might end up pressing a different macro button. - No weight customization. Can't add or remove weights to adjust mouse weight. - Braided cable comes out of the left-front side of the mouse. This was a little awkward, as any resistance from the cable will be felt off-center.

Overall Review: This mouse really shines on a gaming rig or anyone playing lots of MMOs. If you use a lot of macros commonly, even for work, this mouse could work as well. Wouldn't recommend this mouse as a daily use mouse for standard computing. Still a fantastic mouse none-the-less.