The dearth of Bluetooth connectivity is, presumably, for weight financial savings, however it makes this mouse inconvenient as a journey possibility. The dearth of rigidity already makes touring with it appear unwise. It is meant to be stored on a desk.
The mouse has a complete of 5 buttons: The left and proper clicks, the center click on, and the 2 aspect buttons, that are mapped to “ahead” and “again” by default. There are 5 built-in sensitivity presets, starting from 400 to 2,000 dpi. These presets might be adjusted, and the variety of presets might be decreased. With the default button maps, you possibly can cycle by the presets by holding down the precise click on and again button for 3 seconds. The scroll wheel will flash 3 times to point that the setting has modified. It is a little bit convoluted. Extra importantly, the dpi swap solely works if the rear aspect button is mapped to the “again” key. After I remapped this button to the rest, the mixture didn’t work.
{Photograph}: Henri Robbins
Corsair lately unveiled its in-browser Net Hub utility, changing its iCue software program for peripheral administration. It is a huge enchancment, being simpler to navigate and fewer issue-prone than its predecessor. With the utility, you possibly can simply alter settings like polling charge, dpi, and button mapping. Nonetheless, a mouse this straightforward actually doesn’t have a lot to regulate. I rapidly remapped the aspect buttons, cranked the polling charge to eight,000 Hz, and by no means wanted to make use of the software program once more (outdoors of testing). The one catch is that in-browser administration means you want an web connection, although possibly you may have larger points if that is the case.
The Sabre v2 Professional additionally consists of rubberized “grip tape” stickers, utilized to the first buttons and both aspect of the mouse. These can enhance grip and solely improve weight by half a gram, however they do not make an enormous distinction in performance except you may have notably sweaty fingers. Greater than the rest, it makes the mouse really feel softer and gives some added consolation. Nonetheless, I discovered that the tape was limited-use. After eradicating and reapplying it a few occasions, the sides began to peek again when holding the mouse.
By Any Means Crucial
{Photograph}: Henri Robbins
This mouse has an ethos of lightness at any value. It weighs virtually nothing, to the purpose that it feels surreal if you’re holding it. You possibly can simply flex the plastic by squeezing both aspect of the mouse, and urgent from the highest and backside too laborious will trigger one of many aspect buttons to actuate. Urgent laborious on the mouse from any aspect causes a small creaking noise to emit from the shell.
