Software

The GHERO Pro comes with its own lightweight software. The first page allows for button remapping to mouse, keyboard, media, and macro functions, along with the ability to adjust debounce time, which effectively controls click latency, at a range of 1 to 30 ms in increments of 1 ms. In addition, one may define the amount of idle time it takes before the mouse enters sleep mode. The second page houses CPI adjustment settings for up to six color-coded levels, ranging from 50 to 26,000 CPI in increments of 50. Non-native values are truncated to native ones. Also included are polling rate (125/250/500/1000 Hz, with 2000/4000/8000 Hz in wireless operation when using the 8K Dongle), LOD (1/2 mm), and angle snapping (on/off) adjustment options. "Ripple control" is disabled by default, but can be enabled to apply smoothing, which lessens jitter at higher CPI steps at the cost of increased motion delay, though the degree of which will be minimal. "MotionSync" can be turned on or off, which turning on synchronizes SPI reads with USB polls at the cost of a motion penalty typically roughly equal to half of the set polling interval. Furthermore, a setting that allows modifying the sensor run mode is present. Typically, this would default to "corded" in wired mode, but on the GHERO Pro, run mode may be set to LP (low power) or HP (high performance) in wired mode as well, though there is little reason to do so. When using a polling rate of 2000 Hz or above, the run mode selection is still present, but will default to corded mode regardless. A macro editor can be found on the third page. Profile management is present as well.

All setting changes are saved live to the on-board memory, so the software does not need to be running (or be installed) all the time. On my system, the software had a RAM footprint of 22 MB on average, which doesn't change when minimized to the system tray. Upon exiting the application, all processes are terminated, as they should be.

Battery Life

Incott cites a battery life of 143 hours, presumably at 1000 Hz. The battery life indicator within the software lacks a percentage or any kind of segmentation, which is why I'm unable to gauge expected battery life.

Sleep mode is entered after 60 seconds of inactivity by default, but can be adjusted within the software.

Using the included USB Type-A to Type-C charging cable, I measured the charging speed during the constant current stage, which sits at 0.500 A when lifted and slightly less when not lifted. The battery has a capacity of 500 mAh (3.7 V) and utilizes a 3-pin JST connector.