Build quality

The inner workings of the mouse, showing the PCB with sensor, MCU and main switches. In the top shell you see the small PCB that holds the switches for the CPI and side buttons.

Buttons

All buttons on the mouse are really good, there is no notable pre-travel or mushy feeling. The main buttons have Omron D2FC-F-7N switches, all other buttons are either blue or red TTCs.


Here you can see the switch for the left mouse button.


And the switches for the side buttons and CPI buttons.


The click latency is also very good, compared to a current Logitech, which is the gold standard at the moment. In this comparison B is the Logitech G Pro and A is the Kone EMP.

Scroll wheel

The scroll wheel is great as on all Roccat mice I've tried so far. As seen above it sits in a TTC mechanical encoder. The wheel steps are very crisp and pronounced while being easy to scroll.


Here you can see the assembly of the wheel and the switches for the tilt clicks.

Cable

The cable is a relatively thin braided cable. It comes with all the quirks you'd expect from a braided cable, as in it is rather stiff and inflexible. I understand Roccat's approach here as for years somehow premium mice were expected to have braided cables but aside from aesthetics they offer no benefit over a good flexible rubber cable. Still, it's at least the good version of a braided cable, not as stiff as say the one on the original Steelseries Kana.

Mouse feet

The mouse features two big feet, one at the top and one at the bottom of the underside. The glide is actually very good with them, very little resistance and a smooth feeling all the way.

Surface

The surface of the mouse is definitely one of the best I've ever seen. Not only does it look and feel like high quality, it also sticks to my hand really well, even during high speed motions. This means I can grip the mouse in a rather relaxed way, optimal for prolonged gaming sessions. I'm not sure what the surface is exactly, as it doesn't look like a coating.