Gamesense MVP Wireless Gaming Mouse Review 7

Gamesense MVP Wireless Gaming Mouse Review

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Build Quality

Overall build quality is solid. There is no rattle when shaking the mouse. When applying lateral pressure, major creaking but no flexing of the shell can be observed. Activating the side buttons by squeezing the sides is possible but requires excessive force. Lastly, accidental clicks when slamming down the mouse do not occur regardless of the set debounce time.

Buttons


Main buttons on the MVP Wireless are good to very good. The left button in particular has some pre and moderate post-travel, but the button response is firm and snappy, albeit duller and not as sharp on the right button. Despite being visually separated from the shell, lateral button movement is minimal. Button stiffness is medium. A pair of Kailh GM 4.0 (60 M) switches is used.


Side buttons are excellent. Both pre and post-travel is minimal, and the button response firm and pleasing. The pressure point is almost entirely even across the entirety of these. Button size and placement are good as actuation is possible rather easily by rolling one's thumb across. Another pair of Kailh GM 4.0 (60 M) switches is used for these.

At the top of the mouse is a single button for cycling through the set CPI levels, which works just fine. A Huano switch (white plunger) is used for this one. At the bottom of the mouse is a slider which lacks any markings. The bottom position turns the mouse off. If set to the middle position, the mouse is on and RGB lighting enabled, while the top position disables illumination. Functionally, the slider is fine, but on my sample, it doesn't sit flush on the bottom position. The button to the right cycles through the RGB lighting effects provided the slider is at the middle position.

Scroll Wheel


The scroll wheel is good to very good. Scrolling up in particular is noisy, but tactility is quite good, providing decently separated steps and fairly light yet controlled scrolling. The encoder comes from F-Switch (brown, orange core) and has a height of 11 mm. The middle (scroll wheel) click requires medium to high force for actuation. Yet another Kailh GM 4.0 (60 M) switch is used here.

Surface

The MVP Wireless has a smooth matte surface all over. Grip is fine, but it does attract fingerprints, dirt, or the likes somewhat readily. It is easy to clean, and there are no signs of wear left after doing so. All in all, good materials.

Button Sound Test


Disassembly


Disassembling the MVP Wireless is moderately difficult. The screws are located beneath the rear skate. Once those are taken care of, the clips at the sides and front need to be dislodged. The former in particular are clipped in very tight, so wedging in a credit card or something similar may be required to avoid breaking anything.

The internal design is equally simple. Aside from the side-button PCB, which is screwed into the top shell and connected through a 3-pin connector, everything sits on the main PCB, which is fairly thin. The battery sits on a plastic assembly secured by two screws and two legs, one of which has been glued to the PCB. Four additional screws and four pins are used to affix the PCB to the bottom shell. The MCU is a CompX CX52850.


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