Roccat Kova AIMO evaluation: an AIMO gaming mouse for lefties

The shiny sparks over at Roccat have put collectively one other mouse for its AIMO lineup – and this one’s extra left-leaning than a problem of The Guardian. With an ergonomic design mirrored proper down the center, the Roccat Kova AIMO brings smooth styling and a bit of AIMO like to all you lefties on the market.

The Kova AIMO joins the likes of the attractive Kone AIMO gaming mouse, Roccat Vulcan gaming keyboard, and Khan AIMO gaming headset. Each machine options fully-fledged RGB lighting with as much as 16.eight million colors, however, as soon as related by way of the Swarm app, can dance and swirl collectively in a synchronised, multi-coloured jamboree.

This explicit mannequin is the AIMO remake of the Roccat Kova, though they are an identical in each different side. Absolutely an identical. There are simply two RGB zones on the Kova: one on the scroll wheel and one throughout the rear underbelly of the mouse. The latter is comparatively low-key, nevertheless, and is seen solely in very low-light circumstances, e.g. full darkness. Due to the restricted variety of zones, there’s no gradient lighting enjoyable available, both.

Roccat has averted the over enthusiastic RGB lighting pitfalls and saved RGB lighting to an appropriate minimal. It has adhered to its signature fashion – one which I’m moderately keen on – incorporating delicate curves into the design all of the whereas sustaining a smooth and comfy footprint. The mouse is exceptionally low-profile, nevertheless, which is one thing to contemplate for those who want a bit of extra palm assist.

The thumb switches are nicely inside attain, too – irrespective of which hand you favor. Rather than provide detachable thumb switches or covers, Roccat has opted to easily plonk two a number of an identical buttons on both facet of the mouse. But to not fear, these are nicely out of the way in which of your fingers, and it could take somebody with a peculiar grip to depress both facet accidentally.

There’s additionally a single swap on both facet of the left and proper mouse buttons, and both may be operated irrespective of your grip. Last however not least there’s a single DPI button positioned beneath the scroll wheel. Textbook stuff.

Easy-shift performance has made a return as soon as once more with the Kova AIMO, nevertheless, that means its handful of switches may be doubled up for bountiful mixtures of shortcuts, macros, and gaming presets – all addressable by way of the Roccat Swarm app.

At 99g the Kova AIMO is bang smack in the course of the mouse weight scale. A considerably wholesome common for players that don’t demand featherweight rodents, though nothing spectacular.

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Making up a few of that weight is the Pro-Optic Sensor R6, able to as much as 7,000 DPI. Sort of. Technically it’s truly solely delivering a local 3,500 DPI, as is its predecessor, the near-identical Roccat Kova, and will get to 7,000 DPI by way of overdriving the sensor. Even although that’s possible greater than sufficient for a lot of of you, it’s price taking into consideration the sensor is utilizing a bit of little bit of software program trickery to stand up to hurry. It may solely take care of 20G acceleration, which makes it rather less ready than some equally wired mice on this value vary.

However, since efficiency was on level in-game, with no noticeable jittering or wild, sudden behaviour, you’ll discover no quarrel right here.

Roccat has put collectively an RGB gaming mouse for even probably the most restrained amongst us – and one which doesn’t discriminate in opposition to the sinister lefties both. But whereas it does provide a wholesome modicum of gaming prowess for its £53 price ticket, it’s solely gosh-darn an identical to the Roccat Kova apart from a hook for AIMO. And producers seemingly worth their proprietary lighting techniques extremely. Some might say an excessive amount of so.

Certainly the £13 AIMO tax right here appears totally pointless except you completely, positively have to function a purestrain Roccat lighting system throughout your desktop.

And, with solely a proprietary lighting system between the 2, I can’t see many players, other than probably the most loyal/obsessive of Roccat prospects, choosing the Kova AIMO over its £40 twin.