ASUS ROG Keris II Ace

[pzogel]

The right-handed ergonomic ROG Keris II Ace comes with ASUS's latest 42,000 CPI AimPoint Pro sensor, along with 8000 Hz wired and 4000 Hz wireless polling. Up to 107 hours of battery life are cited in 2.4 GHz wireless operation, and even more using Bluetooth. The 54 g weight is achieved using a solid-shell design, and optical switches are used for the main buttons.

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[VulkanBros]

Compared to the Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition - is the right button also a bit stiff to press down?
I find these ROG micro switches a bit odd - or is it the shell construction?

 

[Onasi]

Is the AimPoint Pro an actually self-developed sensor like the HERO for Logi or is it just a 3395 in a funny hat, as it usually goes? Come to think of it, are there ANY high-performance optical sensors apart from Pixart and Logi even left?

 

[pzogel]

Compared to the Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition - is the right button also a bit stiff to press down?
I find these ROG micro switches a bit odd - or is it the shell construction?

The switches are different, and not nearly as stiff. The shell rigidity is comparable between the two.

Is the AimPoint Pro an actually self-developed sensor like the HERO for Logi or is it just a 3395 in a funny hat, as it usually goes? Come to think of it, are there ANY high-performance optical sensors apart from Pixart and Logi even left?

It is a PixArt-based design, though I'm unsure whether it is 3395 or 3950-based. The glass-tracking capabilities support the latter assumption, the jitter levels the former.

 

[Onasi]

@pzogel
I seem to remember Razer having dibs for two years on the 3950, no? I don’t recall if the period of exclusivity has ended or not yet.

 

[pzogel]

@pzogel
I seem to remember Razer having dibs for two years on the 3950, no? I don’t recall if the period of exclusivity has ended or not yet.

It has, so theoretically at least this could be 3950-based.

 

[cellar door]

Asus needs to rethink pricing - I'm genuinely curious who is the demographic for their mice at these prices when there are so many better alternatives.

 

[Chaitanya]

Shitsus seems to be castrating their ROGarbage products as well, their previous mice had user replaceble switches this seems to have done away with it.

 

[Chrispy_]

Thanks for the review but I think I'm getting bummed out by the sheer quantity of overpriced mice being covered.

I just had a quick check and the cheapest mice you've reviewed in the last 20 reviews were $50, and the majority of them are $100 or more.

Asus, Corsair, Gigabyte, Logitech, MSI, Razer, Steelseries - all of these companies make wired mice in the sub-$50 range that, based on Amazon review numbers outsell these high end mice by multiple orders of magnitude. I do understand that manufacturers want to send you their flagship products, but for the same reason we don't all game on RTX 4090s, very few people are buying $159.99 mice.

So, uh, polite request from someone who is tired of reading flagship mouse reviews, can we have a few reviews for the masses, too?

Thanks!

 

[pzogel]

So, uh, polite request from someone who is tired of reading flagship mouse reviews, can we have a few reviews for the masses, too?

Thanks!

I fully understand that sentiment. Next two reviews at least will be of some more reasonably priced releases.

 

[qlum]

The black plunger middle mouse button, while I don't know the durability, my experience with other mice tell me, chance of it dying within the year are pretty high. Pretty bad for a mouse in this price range.

After all it's the second most used button, at least for me.

 

[Chrispy_]

The black plunger middle mouse button, while I don't know the durability, my experience with other mice tell me, chance of it dying within the year are pretty high. Pretty bad for a mouse in this price range.

After all it's the second most used button, at least for me.

Agreed. Mouse3 is a very important button and it annoys me that some companies cheap out on mouse3, mouse4, and mouse5 button switches.

A long time ago I had a lovely, near-perfect Logitech G9x that was ruined by a nasty, stiff mouse3 button press. I RMA'd it thinking it was defective because it was so stiff (actuation force needed was 10-20x more than left/right click) and the replacement was exactly the same. I sold it as a new mouse in box on ebay because mouse3 being shit is (and always will be) a total dealbreaker for me

 

[Kosie]

Thanks for the review, fantastic and informative like always. I was just wondering, are the switches easily swapped or are they soldered onto the PCB? I have the mouse but do find these switches quite loud and annoying to be honest so was thinking of swapping them out for something a bit quieter. Thanks!

 

[pzogel]

Thanks for the review, fantastic and informative like always. I was just wondering, are the switches easily swapped or are they soldered onto the PCB? I have the mouse but do find these switches quite loud and annoying to be honest so was thinking of swapping them out for something a bit quieter. Thanks!

Easily switched, as they're merely clipped onto the PCB, but you'd have to find a compatible optical switch to replace them.

 

[Kosie]

Awesome thank you. Did some more research and found that the compatible switches are the Raesha or LK ones (same ones Razer mice use). Just incase anyone else was interested