Build Quality

Overall build quality is very solid. There is no rattle when shaking the mouse. When applying lateral pressure, no creaking of the shell occurs. Lastly, when slamming the mouse down, no accidental clicks can be observed.

Buttons

Main buttons on the Scimitar RGB Elite are good. Pre-travel is low, but post-travel is moderate. Additionally, the right button in particular is quite mushy, with a rather subdued click feel. Both buttons are easily spammable, although a sharper click response would make rapid firing even easier. Button stiffness is light. Omron D2FC-F-K (50M) (China) switches are used.


Side buttons are decent. There's a balance to be struck here as you don't want the side buttons to be too light to actuate, which would result in unintended button presses. Pre and post-travel vary between the 12 buttons, with some having only little travel and others having lots of post-travel in particular. What they all have in common is that they are not firmly seated; i.e., the button can be moved laterally without pressing it. Furthermore, one button, at least on my unit ("11"), was quite difficult to actuate at all—see the button test below for more details. A nice touch is the riffle pattern on every other column, which makes it easier to tell the buttons apart without taking a look. The position of the side-button panel can be adjusted by using the included Allen key, which works just fine in practice.

At the top of the mouse are two buttons. The upper one cycles through the profiles, while the lower one cycles through the set CPI steps of the selected profile. Both buttons have a subpar click feel. Kailh (black plunger) switches are used here.

Scroll Wheel

The scroll wheel is good. There's some unwanted noise when scrolling, and scrolling up is much stiffer than scrolling down, but the individual steps are fairly well defined, resulting in decent tactility. The middle (scroll wheel) click requires above average force for actuation. An unbranded square switch is used for this one.

Coating

The Scimitar RGB Elite has a black matte UV coating all over. It's very grippy and doesn't attract fingerprints, dirt, or the likes too much. It's easy to clean, and there are virtually no signs of wear left after doing so. All in all, an excellent coating. The ring finger rest appears to be made out of hardened rubber.

Button Sound Test

Disassembly

Opening the Scimitar RGB Elite is pretty simple. Unscrew the four screws beneath the four mouse feet and pop the top and bottom shell apart. Some force may be necessary, but since no cables are connected to the top shell, there isn't much that could be broken. On my sample, one screw was already turning through, which isn't ideal. The interior design may look complex at first, but is actually fairly simple. The whole side-button panel is connected to the main PCB through a ribbon cable. The CPI and profile button switches sit on their own PCB, screwed onto and connected to the main PCB. Finally, the sensor has its own PCB too, which again is connected to the main PCB with a ribbon cable. Compared to earlier revisions of the Scimitar, barely any changes have been made to the design. All PCBs are quite thick, so shaving off a few grams would've been possible here.


I'm unable to identify the MCU. As for the soldering and general quality of the PCB, I'm unable to find any noteworthy flaws.