Surface and Materials

Aside from the backlit parts, the entire top shell is coated in a very soft-touch material. I'm not sure if it's rubberized or not, but it feels great and generally doesn't seem slippery. It does appear to collect fingerprints rather well, though. The scroll wheel has a textured rubber finish, so no accidental slips should occur—this is definitely one of the best scroll wheel surfaces I ever tried by the way. The CPI and side buttons are out of a matte plastic without a special coating.


Moving on to the side areas, the side panels feature a heavily textured rubber finish that feels absolutely great, and it helps with grip a lot (just as I mentioned under the Modularity section before). The non-rubberized parts are matte plastic, and the LED stripe above the side buttons has a glossy surface.

Build Quality

Corsair's build quality game is astonishing with most of their mice, and the Glaive RGB Pro isn't an exception. While I could make it creak slightly by pressing down on the shell with great force, this never happened during regular use. I also couldn't make it rattle by shaking it vigorously, nor could I find any misaligned mouse feet or funky-looking solder joints. All in all, this mouse is very well put together.

Weight

The Corsair Glaive RGB Pro weighs about 112 grams on my scale with a few centimeters of cable. This means it's more on the heavy side with these dimensions, but it's well-balanced and doesn't feel too slow and sluggish. It's also worth mentioning that it's more than 10% lighter than previous Glaive models, though I would much prefer it to be an extra 10 grams lighter yet—heavy mice tend to put more strain on the wrists, especially with players who prefer a lower in-game sensitivity.