Buttons, Scroll Wheel

The buttons are the part where the cheaper price tag shows its teeth. Thankfully, the situation isn't bad, but these cannot really compare to the Rival 600's buttons, for example. The main buttons have a rather stiff and mushy feedback with a small amount of pre-travel and a negligible amount of post travel after actuation. They are still spammable, but they need some extra tactility. The switches only have a SteelSeries logo, and these have an alleged lifespan of 30 million clicks. They are most probably manufactured by TTC, but I am not entirely sure of that.


As for the scroll wheel, it has very well-defined notches; the scrolling is tactile but not too light. It's a bit harder to scroll through the steps than on the Rival 310, 600, or the Sensei 310. However, it definitely is an update from the Rival 100's scroll wheel. The rubber texture has a pleasant touch to it and is grippy, I did not have issues with it slipping. The middle click needs around the same force to actuate as the main buttons, but it has a tighter feel and very little actuation travel. Overall, it feels pretty good, but isn't very spammable either; however, I don't really think many people would spam their middle clicks, so I don't think of this as an issue.


There are two long and thin buttons on the left side of the mouse shell. These have quite a lot of actuation travel and are unusually loud. Their overall click-feel isn't that good, to be honest, as they are quite stiff, but not very tactile. At least the chance of accidental actuation should be very close to zero. The side button switches are manufactured by Kailh. The CPI switcher located right beneath the scroll wheel on top of the shell actually feels a little bit better than the side buttons. It is noticeably softer and also feels more tactile. The micro switch used here is a TTC with a burgundy plunger.

I also made a video in order to demonstrate how these buttons sound:

Cable

The cable is in the same gray color as the bottom of the mouse shell and has a smooth rubber coating. It's pretty nice and flexible and among the better stock cables I have seen so far. It is 2 meters (6.5 ft) long, which should generally be enough for everyone. Its connector has a SteelSeries logo engraved into it.

Mouse Feet

The stock mouse feet glide quite smoothly, which should not have these produce a scratchy or uneven feel. However, my copy had one of the feet very slightly misaligned by default, which had it scratch up against my mouse pad a bit. It can easily be realigned if you heat the feet up with a hairdryer, for example. Unfortunately, SteelSeries does not include an extra set of mouse feet by default.

Disassembling

You can disassemble the Rival 110 by removing the three mouse feet and unscrewing the four screws beneath them. Be careful when you separate the upper and lower shells because there is a ribbon cable holding the lower and upper PCBs together, which you don't want to break.