Software

The software for the Redragon M913 Impact Elite may look basic, but has all the important options. The first page includes button remapping options (mouse, keyboard, media, and macro functions), polling rate adjustment (125/250/500/1000 Hz), and a percentage-based battery life indicator (increments of 10%). The second page allows for CPI adjustment (100–16,000 CPI, increments of 100) in up to five color-coded levels, along with basic Windows pointer settings. The third page houses the macro editor. The fourth page concerns lighting options and is detailed below. Profile management is available, too. All setting changes are saved 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 16 MB on average when running in the foreground, which doesn't change when minimized, be it to the taskbar or the system tray. Upon exiting the application, all processes are terminated, as they should be.

Lighting

The M913 Impact Elite has four lighting zones: the scroll wheel, logo at the back, and two lighting strips at the sides. Three lighting effects are available: Neon, Respiration, and Steady. Transition speed and LED brightness can be customized further, along with colors. Of course, disabling the lighting altogether is also possible.

Color accuracy and vibrancy are excellent throughout. Here's a short demonstration video in which I go through the Neon and Respiration lighting modes:

Battery Life

Redragon states a maximum battery life of up to 80 hours in "eco mode." From what I can tell, eco mode merely disables all lighting, but leaves the polling rate intact. After roughly four hours of use with illumination fully enabled, battery life was sitting at 90%. Thus, I would expect a battery life of roughly 35-40 hours in non-eco mode. Charging the 10% that were missing took no more than a minute, so the Redragon M913 Impact Elite appears to be capable of USB Type-C fast-charging. The battery has a capacity of 1000 mAh. Unfortunately, there's a sticker on it that makes it impossible to identify the manufacturer.