Fantech Aria II Pro

[pzogel]

Much like the regular Aria II, the right-handed ergonomic, 53 g Aria II comes with PixArt's PAW3395 sensor and Huano switches for the main buttons, but on top of that, polling rates of up to 8000 Hz are supported in both wired and wireless operation, along with Bluetooth.

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[ArchStupid]

I'm somewhat confused about this review. It claims that this mouse's polling rate is very unstable in wireless mode - so unstable in fact, that it's stated that there wasn't even a point of measuring motion delay in wireless mode; which some might consider the single most important metric for such a mouse. Assuming that many of this mouse's potential buyers (I would imagine vast majority) would intend to use this mouse solely in wireless mode, I can't understand how it got a GREAT VALUE badge.

It sounds to me like this mouse is borderline unusable for its declared purposes of "elite gaming performance".

... or am I over exaggerating?

 

[pzogel]

I'm somewhat confused about this review. It claims that this mouse's polling rate is very unstable in wireless mode - so unstable in fact, that it's stated that there wasn't even a point of measuring motion delay in wireless mode; which some might consider the single most important metric for such a mouse. Assuming that many of this mouse's potential buyers (I would imagine vast majority) would intend to use this mouse solely in wireless mode, I can't understand how it got a GREAT VALUE badge.

It sounds to me like this mouse is borderline unusable for its declared purposes of "elite gaming performance".

... or am I over exaggerating?

Unusable is definitely an exaggeration, in fact I would expect most people to not even notice anything. The Aria II Pro is not a top performer, which is why it misses the Recommended award, but for what is on offer, the pricing is quite good (one could argue a "quite good value" award would be more appropriate). Consider that other manufacturers like Glorious, Pwnage, ASUS, and many others all charge upwards of $100 for wired/wireless 8K, and other wired/wireless 8K mice such as the Rapoo VT3Pro/VT9 Air for $59.99 are clearly worse performers, even with the issues the Aria II Pro has, and the VT9 Air at least got the award as well.

I agree, however, that an argument for not giving that award could be made, and I indeed was going back and forth on it. On balance, I believe giving it is justified.

 

[Onasi]

Fantech need to get their shit together. Even budget mice that are cheaper than this one offer good wireless nowadays. They want what, 90 bucks for it? That’s Scyrox territory. I know it’s a different shape, sure, but if that’s important - just grab the Z1 Pro. Size difference is minimal. Can even save more and go for the 1000Hz version - 8K is mostly a meme anyway. And if one isn’t set on an egg shape - again, Scyrox is right there. Hell, so is Hitscan. This product at the price they are asking just makes zero sense.