Corsair have produced some implausible gaming mice this yr. The Ironclaw RGB went straight into my best gaming mouse record once I checked out it again in March, as did the Harpoon RGB Wireless once I examined it in May. Therefore, it certainly follows {that a} wi-fi model of the Ironclaw RGB, which makes use of the identical Corsair Slipstream know-how because the Harpoon Wireless, needs to be one other absolute shoe-in, proper? Err… not fairly. Here’s wot I feel.
From the skin, the £85 / $73 Ironclaw RGB Wireless feels roughly equivalent to its wired £45 / $58 sibling. Its giant, palm-hogging form and patterned, rubbery sides are simply as comfortable and beautiful to the contact as earlier than, and its comfortable, clean end doesn’t get sullied by horrible sweat patches once you take your hand off it. It additionally has the identical 100-18,000 DPI sensor inside it, too, and a 1.8m braided cable for when you must cost it.
The primary downside I’ve with the Ironclaw RGB Wireless is that it’s so rattling heavy. While the wired model was nearly okay for my spindly fingers at 105g, the wi-fi mannequin is available in a whopping 130g, which, after the 80g delights of my day-to-day Logitech G Pro Wireless mouse (and even the 99g Harpoon RGB Wireless) simply appears like I’m shunting a really giant rock round my desk (albeit a really clean giant rock) as an alternative of a lightweight, nimble clicking machine.
Space automotive from the long run, or RGB mouse?
The transfer from seven to 10 programmable buttons additionally feels mildly pointless, as making an attempt to hit its knobbly Triforce of thumb buttons is nearly not possible with out plenty of deliberate thought and focus. The backside two are simple sufficient to faucet, however the high one undoubtedly requires a correct press from above, quite than beneath or the aspect the place your thumb would possibly naturally sit in an effort to hit the opposite two. That means squashing your thumb even nearer to your forefinger, and it’s simply not very simple or sensible to do within the warmth of the second.
I additionally discovered it onerous to press the decrease of the 2 forefinger buttons additional up the mouse. Bizarrely, these are the DPI up and down buttons by default (not the 2 beneath the scroll wheel, which cycle by its three accessible profiles), however fortunately you may assign this perform to whichever button you need by downloading Corsair’s iCUE software program.
Here, you get all the same old choices, resembling with the ability to assign keyboard instructions, media controls, recordable macros, in addition to utilizing them to launch sure purposes, and you too can assign one button to be a devoted sniper button, which is able to gradual the Ironclaw Wireless’ DPI pace right down to a crawl to assist line up issues like headshots when taking part in games on-line. I simply want all of its many buttons have been simpler to press with out me having to consciously give it some thought.
This could also be much less of an issue for these with bigger, extra versatile arms than I, however each second I take advantage of the Ironclaw RGB Wireless simply makes me lengthy for both the Harpoon RGB Wireless or common wired Ironclaw RGB – or, certainly, my trusty Logitech. I’d really feel barely in a different way if the Ironclaw Wireless had a superior battery life to both of its wi-fi rivals, however its 2.4GHz endurance is miles behind the Harpoon RGB Wireless, coming in at simply 16 hours with its default RGB lighting enabled and 24 hours with out, whereas the Harpoon’s respective batteries lives are rated for 30 and 45 hours. The Logitech G Pro Wireless, in the meantime, is even additional out in entrance with 48 hours on its default lighting and 60 hours with all of it switched off.
All in all, a wi-fi model of an important gaming mouse doesn’t one other finest gaming mouse winner make. The Logitech G Pro Wireless remains to be the top of wi-fi gaming mice in my eyes, however should you’re after one thing that doesn’t break the financial institution then Corsair’s Harpoon RGB Wireless is the following neatest thing at simply £53 / $50.
